Thanks for the comment and sharing some positive memories of the Pontiac!

Chevette/T1000 was alright with Isuzu Turbo-Diesel and 5MT - preferably as a 2-door for weight reduction’s sake. The 1st gen Isuzu I-Mark (Gemini) was even better - basically a Chevette that was well-made and assembled properly, very good economy car

The I Mark was built on the T body (Chevette) platform.

They’re easier to find overseas. Remember that the 1st gen Isuzu Gemini, Opel Kadett C, and Holden Gemini were the same car. If anything I’d prefer the Isuzu Gemini because it had better build quality (although it didn’t look like the Chevette due to body panel styling) and were actually fairly reliable.

hahaha. Wish I'd thought of that one while I was recording! :)

Noted!

Thanks!

Thanks, will do!

Thanks for the comment, and appreciate your kind words. It was super-stressful to release this wondering what my community would think, but I love the responses I've gotten and 2 more are on the way in coming weeks... and planning the epic 4th one now!

Great, thanks for the reply. I've got a few more of these laid out, so we'll see how they go. :)

It had a faulty kickdown for the trans. That would kill any performance

Sometimes I wonder... why did people move to Toyotas....

I'm not sure I'd want a Suzuki or Isuzu these days, but I'd like the option and some personality available.

@@AllCarswithJon well we had plenty of brands to choose from in the 80s. Brands like Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, AMC, Ford, Mercury, Licoln, Chevy, Pontiac, GMC, Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Subaru, Suzuki, Isuzu, Mistubishi, Volkswagen, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Opel?, Alfa Romeo?, Peugeot?, SAAB, and Volvo.

Was the faulty kickdown they mentioned.

Someone put a 427 V-8 in a Chevette! Yes, a 427!

Hey, my mom's family (my grandparents) were from the Fergus/Guelph area! Spent many summers up there!

@@AllCarswithJon that's just north of me I really enjoy your videos Jon thanks

Do you remember the Pontiac Acadian? That was the Chevette clone for a long time up there. They sold the 1000 after a while, but it was never common

@@Project_Low_Expectations Not at all. It appears that was a Canadian name for the car, and I've not heard that before. Thanks!

@@AllCarswithJon that was actually supposed to be for Peter, he said he’s Canadian and doesn’t remember the 1000

Great suggestion!

This one wasn’t working properly. They even admitted that the kickdown wasn’t working. They were slow, but not nearly that slow

all those cars were originally rear wheel drive. There was no backside so there was no way to reach the spark plugs from the firewall. They were at the fenderwells. You got your cars a bit mixed up as only a few of them names made it to the FWD era.

The monza was mostly sold with the 2.5 iron duke 4 cylinder. There was a v6 and a couple v8 engines sold in them… a 262, a305, and the 350 for one year when the 305 wouldn’t pass smog regs. Drilling holes in the fender wells was common.

I have seen all four of those cars. Not recently, though. They were sportier versions of the Chevrolet Vega and Pontiac Astre. They were RWD coupes and hatchbacks that could even have an optional V8. They were not great cars. Only the Vega and Astre were worse.

Thanks for the view and good to see you back here! Since I am, seriously, asking if people like this "react' format, and as a frequent-viewer, I need to ask a clarification! When you say "Why", is that in reference to "why did you do this" or "Why would anyone want a Pontiac 1000"? Since I've recorded a couple of others that'll come out, I'm looking if people like these!

@@AllCarswithJon sorry what I meant was why bother to expand the life out of a car that no one really wanted at the end?

I know, right? No need to know what's going on with the engine! Look at the fuel!! LOOK!

It was optional

I might just do that... but it does sound painful. :)

@@AllCarswithJon my brother owns a 1983 Pontiac 6000 STE a 1989 Buick century wagon 83 Chevrolet Caprice classic 01 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP and a Chevrolet Elcamino as you can see GM family and is looking at Chevrolet citation he loves the 80’s GM cars I love them I’m in the process of buying a 2000 Grand Prix GTP or a Chevrolet celebrity whatever I find first anything after GM killed off the 3800 V6 is in my opinion is junk I heard so many people tell stay away from the 3.6 vvt V6 is they have so many problems I was told if you buy GM get something with a 3800 V6 or older

Those stats were messed up anyways. The trans kickdown wasn’t working

Generally speaking, Americans WANT the big, comfortable cars. Generally our roads and spread-out lives require cars. We tend to change when we HAVE to. :)

@@AllCarswithJon but what was happend in the 90s when everybody drove normal sized and compact cars sedans. Like accord and corolla. And what was the reason that americans were able to step in the huge cars again?

@@jdnrotterdam2150 : A few years ago we had a German support engineer to work for a month in our company here in Michigan. He initially wanted to rent a small car, like a Corolla, but he finished up getting a Dodge RAM truck with a V8 engine. The guy simply fell in love with that truck, said he wants to pack in his suitcase when he returns to Europe. Moral of the story: don't jump to conclusions until you experienced driving in US... Wide open roads can be an eye opener.

@@bkucinschi i do believe that a dodge ram drives great. But what was the reason that people drove smaller before and go back to huge? Like they sis with those american flagships in the 60’ 70’s and 80’s. But stopped in the 90s

@@jdnrotterdam2150 : It's a long story... Before WW2 people in US went through a lot of economic hardships (the Great Depression basically subsided only in 1942, based on economic indicators). After the War the Americans enjoyed a pretty good standard of living, the industrial production converted back to civilian production and the automotive industry could provide enough cars for everybody. Gas was cheap, driving distances quite long compared to European countries... why would choose a small engine, sacrifice comfort and safety for a few pennies? Look at the engines in the 50's and 60's ... like, say, the famous GM V8 of 425 cubic inches for a sedan (that's 7000 cm3 by the way...). In Europe of course everybody was poor after the war, economies is shambles, few people could afford a new car. and when they could they were quite small. I think the classic VW Bug was 1100 cm3. On top of that, the taxation was based on engine size. In France they used to have nice big cars&engines before the war (Delahaye, Voisin, Bugatti), but after the war I heard (but not sure...) they taxed based on cylinder bore, which favored long stroke engines. Gas was always heavily taxed in Europe, so it got more expensive. But as US suffered from the 1973 oil crisis, people started to consider smaller engines. The conditions here encourage big vehicles, such that when times get a bit better people return to bigger vehicles, that's probably why car and trucks did indeed become larger after that. We still have cheaper gas than in Europe... but that's slowly eroding, and the standard of living is slowly but surely going down the drain, especially now that Feds print money like there's no tomorrow. Soon we'll be lucky if we can afford to drive a lawn mower.

Yes law of averages. :)

And they sold that Firebird with a 2.5 4 cylinder too

Hey, Knight Rider was a great series. It made me love the Firebird even more.

In the SUVs and crossovers, the hatch is not so obvious. That's why they do better than traditional hatchbacks.

Pontiac always had rebranded cars. Even back in the 1960's Pontiac had cars that were similar to what Chevrolet had. The difference was different taillights, grills, and hubcaps. Some Chevrolet Bel Aires, and Impalas were also sold as rebranded Pontiacs.

That’s a Korean car. This was a messed up cart with the kickdown not working. They were slow cars, but not that slow. I feel it was irresponsible for them to publish this knowing it wasn’t working properly.

​@@Project_Low_ExpectationsKei cars are a Japanese thing. Korea may have had some but the idea of Kei cars started with the Japanese.

@@johnnymason2460 Took me a moment to figure where my mistake was, I read that as Kia. The Japanese Kei cars are neat

@@Project_Low_Expectations Honest mistake. Kia wasn't good back in the 1980s and 1990s. They are absolutely better today. The Stinger and Soul are, to me, their best vehicles.