Entry level Pintos were priced on launch at around $ 1850, making the Pinto the least expensive Ford since the " Six " of 1958, undercutting GM's Chevrolet Vega and directly targeting imported models — which continued to add competitors such as the Mazda 1200 in 1971, the Subaru DL in 1972, and the Honda Civic in 1973.

Canadian Chevrolet / Oldsmobile dealers continued to sell a rebadged HB as the Envoy Epic through 1970 while Pontiac / Buick dealers kept selling the car under its real name.

Chevrolet was still actively marketing the Corvair in 1967, including color print ads and an " I Love My Corvair " bumper sticker campaign by dealers, but production and sales continued to fall off drastically.

GM Canada continued to sell the Chevrolet Sprint until 1991, when GM Canada announced it would introduce Geo to Canada.

However, unlike other GM makes ( such as Chevrolet and Cadillac ) Oldsmobile continued to use a full perimeter frame, instead of the GM X-frame.

He continued in national and international championships for 7 years, and in 1998 moved into Formula Chevrolet, finishing the Brazilian championship in fifth place.

" Originally formed by GM to compete with the growing small import market of the mid 1980s, the line continued through the 1997 model year, after which the remaining models were given the Chevrolet name itself.

When the Toyota Cavalier was cancelled, Yanase continued to sell Chevrolet and other GM products.

However, the Chevrolet version continued to sell alongside it until both models were discontinued in 1978.

The 2-door coupe ( produced alongside the Chevrolet Monte Carlo at GM's Pontiac, Michigan plant ) continued, until the new front-wheel drive version was released in December 1987.

The Valiant was less radical in configuration than General Motors ' compact Chevrolet Corvair, which had an air-cooled rear-mounted engine, but was considered more aesthetically daring than the also-new Falcon which had a more conventional look, while the Valiant boasted a radical design that continued Exner's Forward Look styling with " sleek, crisp lines which flow forward in a dart or wedge shape.

1966-69 Beaumonts continued to use the Chevrolet Chevelle body with minor styling revisions, including different taillights and a Pontiac-style split grille, but dropped the Acadian name as Beaumont became its own separate make.

Unlike the Chevrolet Blazer, the GMC Jimmy was no longer produced starting in 2001 ( US only, Canada continued to receive it until 2005 ).

The continued to be standard powerplant for cars with the three-speed manual transmission until 1954, when the became the standard powerplant on all Chevrolet passenger cars.

The new GMC Yukon was introduced for 1992, while Chevrolet continued calling their version the Blazer.

Notably, the latter two Chevrolet Classics are the past generation versions of the Malibu that are continued to be produced for fleet sales, as the current generations are sold though retail.

Canadian models continued with the Chevrolet Sprint and Pontiac Firefly nameplates, while the second generation Suzuki Swift replaced the Forsa nameplate.

Like Pontiac, Olds continued building its own V8 engine family for decades, finally adopting the corporate Chevrolet 350 small-block and Cadillac Northstar engine only in the 1990s.

1991 was the last year for the Chevrolet Tracker as the Geo marque was brought to Canada in 1992 and all Chevrolet Trackers were renamed Geo Trackers, yet they continued to display the Chevrolet " Bow Tie " symbol on the front grill emblem until the end of production in 1998.

Even though the re-sized Bonneville was also sold in Canada, the full-size Parisienne continued for 1982, although its distinct Pontiac front-and rear-end treatments and interiors were largely replaced with Chevrolet components ( described in detail below ).

Cherry returned to GM's US Chevrolet operations in 1991, though his work in Europe continued in parallel.

The popular culture surrounding the Trabant was referenced by the performance artist Liz Cohen in her Bodywork project, which transformed an East German 1987 Trabant into a 1973 Chevrolet El Camino.

After the deal was completed in 1917, Durant became president of General Motors, and Chevrolet was merged into GM as a separate division.

Production of the 1969 Firebirds was extended into the first three months of the 1970 model year ( all other 1970 Pontiacs debuted Sept. 18, 1969 ) due to a decision to delay the introduction of an all-new 1970 Firebird ( and Chevrolet Camaro ) until after the first of the year-Feb. 26, 1970 to be exact.

En route, traveling at about, his car ( a rented 1957 Chevrolet sedan ) hit a patch of ice at an S-curve on Dosoris Lane near Apple Tree Lane, skidded into a telephone pole and overturned, breaking Campanella's neck.

* Clamshell: Full-size GM 1971 – 1976 wagons ( Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac ) featured a ' clamshell ' design where the rear power-operated glass slid up into the roof as the tailgate ( manually or with power assist ), dropped below the load floor.

Wanting to avoid internal competition with the " Euro-styled " Pontiac Grand Am, and looking for an entry into the compact muscle market populated by the Plymouth Duster 360, Ford Maverick Grabber and AMC Hornet X, Pontiac moved the 1974 GTO option to the compact Pontiac Ventura, which shared its basic body shell and sheetmetal with the Chevrolet Nova.

After the credits, Dominic is seen driving through Baja, Mexico, in a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS, while he narrates the words that he explained to Brian before he disappears into the sunset.

Thus began the Commodore's rapid expansion into parts of Indochina, the Middle East and South Africa badged as the Chevrolet Lumina, to Brazil as the Chevrolet Omega 3. 8 V6, and later on with the Monaro to the United States, where it was sold by Pontiac under the GTO nameplate.

By 1916 the profits from the Chevrolet company allowed Durant to repurchase a controlling stake in General Motors, and by 1917 the Chevrolet company that Louis had cofounded was folded into General Motors.

By the mid-1910s, Louis Chevrolet had shifted into the racing car industry, partnering with Howard E. Blood of Allegan, Michigan to create the Cornelian, a state-of-the-art racing car, which he used to place 20th in the 1915 Indianapolis 500 automobile race.

Unsatisfied with this approach, however, he abandoned it and went into partnership with Louis Chevrolet in 1911, starting the Chevrolet company.

During his presidency from 1916 – 1920, Durant brought the Chevrolet product line, as well as Fisher Body and Frigidaire into General Motors.

Except for five races in 1973, driving for Bud Moore Engineering, Waltrip primarily drove his own cars at the beginning of his NASCAR career until the middle of the 1975 Winston Cup season when he was signed a multi-year contract and replace driver Donnie Allison to drive the # 88 DiGard Chevrolet, Waltrip's long awaited jump into the big leagues of United States stock car auto racing.

Notably, Baldwin Chevrolet of Long Island, New York, became famous for offering the " Street Racer Special ," a 1968 Biscayne coupe with dealer-fitted high-performance 427 cubic-inch V8, and heavy-duty suspension components, turning the Biscayne into a serious drag car.

Davey could not avoid Irvan's spinning car and plowed into the # 4 Kodak Chevrolet Lumina.

More recently, in the 2000s, two SWB cars ( one a 1965 model and the other a 1966 ) were converted into Chevrolet El Camino-esque pick-up trucks.

* Street Legal Performance, an auto parts company, best known for making upgrade parts for Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds, and for modifying Firebirds into the rare Pontiac Firehawk

The system, shared with other GM B -, C-and E-body cars along with the compact Chevrolet Vega, used the heater fan to draw air into the car from the cowl intake, and force it out through vents in the trunk lid or tailgate.

Despite an economic recession that cut into new car sales industrywide, and especially affected the medium-priced car market that Olds competed in, Oldsmobile saw only a slight decline in sales for 1958 and even rose in industry standings to fourth-place behind the " Low-Priced Three " of Chevrolet, Ford and Plymouth, while surpassing a now-floundering sister division Buick on the sales charts for the first time in many years.

The system used on all GM B -, C-and E-body cars and the Chevrolet Vega, used the heater fan to draw air into the car from the cowl intake, and force it out through vents in the trunk lid or tailgate.