I was with GM back then and I'll tell you that Pontiac East put out some pretty bad trucks, the Ft. Wayne trucks were much better.

All they need is a carb that isn't gay a set of headers intake and you can drive them. Smogger engines need air/fuel. 85c30 chirps 3rd . GM#1.

I think the Cavalier was a decent attempt, but the Japanese ran away with this market in the 80s. And with good reason, they were much better cars. Yes they rusted, but so did Chevies.

I think the 88 and newer Chevy is one of the nicer driving highway trucks, comfortable seating nice ac although the 88-94 controls can be a pain. I just wish at the time they would have continued some features that made a GM truck a GM truck ,like the double wall steel roof,and the bolt together pick up box,but progress,and cost cutting along with change can't be avoided.

that was badass

That Ranger is not an '89. It got facelifted for that year. The one in the commercial is probably an '88 or earlier.

Wonder why the Dakota wasn't in this commercial.

Where do you order one at

I had an 01 Cavalier, first brand-new car, I ever owned, I was a corrections officer up in Virginia, when my probationary period was over, my 95 Grand Am was giving me trouble. I had to get rid of her, my father brought her brand new off the lot two days after Christmas 94, when the head gasket blew at 115K miles, I traded her in on a white, with grey interior, my father and I looked at Honda, Toyota, even Ford, but they were all out of my league, I decided on this one, I wanted a red one, like the one showed, but the only red one that was on the lot had a dent in it, so mad, the sticker was just about the same as the Grand Am was six years earlier it was a neat car, got wonderful gas mileage, it was just me at the time, I drove it up to visit my aunt to Connecticut shortly after 9-11 for Thanksgiving, I took the long way around, still leery about driving through New York City. I think I had to fill it up only three times, still good for an economy car, Id give anything to have it back.

1:53. OnStar rockin windows 3!

The 6.2 in those was definitely capable of over 20 mpg . Gutless but got incredibly good mpg in a van that size .

Its so cool being able to watch videos like this about my car and see the history

I'd take a Sport Coupe with 2.8L V6 4 Spd Auto and the Custom Cloth Interior

This donut media guy seems like he may be kicking back Grandpa's cough medicine.

THANK YOU, GM AND CHEVROLET!!!! YOU GUYS DID AN AWSOME JOIB WITH YOUR MAJOR OVERHAUL!!!! IT IS A CLASSIC NOW!!!! WITH A CULT FOLLOWING!!!! I LOVE YOU AND I THANK YOU.

GREAT VIDEO PETE!!!! I LOVE EVRYTHING!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

*I've had so many B-bodies I can't count. I Love them. I owned box Caprices, bubble Caprices, Buick Roadmasters, Caddy DeVilles/Fleetwoods and more. I have always wanted a Pontuac Parisienne/Bonneville, though. My absolute favorite.*

The Cavalier was a lot better built and a lot more reliable than the terrible Cobalt that replaced it.

I was attending the University of North Dakota in 1987. I recall in the local newspaper an article about GM taking preproduction 1988 GMT 400 trucks to North Dakota to validate their HVAC systems...this was in January during a bitter cold snap. They had a picture of two of the trucks being tested and it looked so radically different than the OBS previous generation.

I had an 1984 Cavalier wagon and ran it all through college. I loved that car! I got it in 1998 from my grandmother and it only had 16k miles on it. The only thing I had to fix was the AC and it just needed a new seal and more R-12.

I still have my 2004 2500hd silverado with 205k

I wish gm cared this much about there customers now days

My 2000 LS 2WD has only 66K kms and still just as new as the day it was made.

I had a black turbo one! I miss my baby!😢😢

0:39 I love those original hubcap on these van, it is not a chevy truck or van without these hubcaps.

Meanwhile EFI 5.0L and 4 speed auto was STANDARD in LTD Crown Victoria in 83 w/ tbi and 85 got MPFI. Caprice was a good work horse but gm was really behind Ford here. I mean, 15-18mpg real life with carb 305... 22-24 mpg real world in efi 302 plus better reliability. LS 4.8 swap a b body and pretty well perfect cruiser

Just got my '82 El Camino running. it's going to be a great shop truck. The 4.4 gets the job done, just not in a hurry.

My cousin just gave me one with a 4.3 5-speed it's not in bad shape all I got to do is put a slave cylinder on it

Nice

It's remarkable that Chevy's carbureted 305 was up to 165 HP that year while the upscale Olds 307 was still wheezing out only 140. Why did GM not invest more in that engine?

I miss the 1st Gen S-10 lineup.

These look roomy, practical, and useful.

Love the wagon

Beautiful trucks more beautiful than new cars ugly made from blastic and losers feul pump electric losers supposed to be mechanical

Talk about the best 5 point sales video

The Cavalier was GM's second best selling vehicle just behind the Silverado. It was also GM's longest running compact car nameplate. Why was it dropped? Chevrolet should bring it back.

Escorts didn’t become decent till they got fuel injection

I just bought a 2000 GMC 2500 Classic with the 454 V8 and it only has 87k original miles on it! It is like a time capsule. Definitely going to take care of this truck for years to come.

He said it can tow 5,400lbs 😂😂😂😂

I would get that sport coupe and put a turn-key 350 300+hp auto trans in it.

New puel pump

Thank you GM Engineers, I'm still running a 95 as a daily driver today! And have a mint 98 too!

Damn, where can I find a pair of those colorful seat covers? Those are rad! 27:54

Awesome photo collection. It was incredible show! ✌🏻

My 84 ol blue still is rust free with 34k miles and running strong. Just did its first set of spark plugs and wires oem were still OK and ran well prior. Oem carb has never needed touched fires up first key turn still. Shame we can't build them like this anymore

I take it the folks at GM had a different team on this engine versus the Oldsmobile

i had a 1986 gmc S15 jimmy with 2.8 litre engine as my first vehicle

I love 1980s economy cars!

2nd owner of one and it has 546000 miles. Its in the shop. Tranny finally went out