15 Facts About Chevrolet Cavalier

Chevrolet Cavalier is a line of compact cars produced by Chevrolet.

Three versions of the Cavalier have been sold, including three generations sold in North America sold from the 1982 to 2005 model years, a version produced by SAIC-GM for China from 2016 to 2021, and a SAIC-GM version produced for Mexico since the 2019 model year.

Chevrolet Cavalier was among the inaugural vehicles of the GM J platform.

Cavalier began development in the late 1970s, as Chevrolet sought to replace the compact Monza with a front-wheel drive model line sized between the Chevrolet Chevette subcompact and the front-wheel drive Nova replacement.

Chevrolet Cavalier first went on sale in May 1981 as a 1982 model with front-wheel-drive, a choice of two carbureted versions of the GM 122 series four-cylinder pushrod engines, and 2 and 4-door sedan, hatchback, and station wagon body styles.

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The Chevrolet Cavalier name originated from GM's then-British subsidiary Vauxhall, who applied it to badge engineered variants of the Opel Ascona, the third generation of which was the first J-body car to be released.

The Chevrolet Cavalier could be bought in 4 body styles; a 2-door coupe, 3-door hatchback, 4-door sedan, and a 4-door station wagon and was offered with three trim packages to include the entry level Cadet, the mid-level Base and the upscale CL, which could be optioned with two-tone paint, accent stripes and aluminum alloy wheels.

Chevrolet Cavalier was introduced in Mexico in model year 1990 to replace the Chevrolet Celebrity, which had been until then the entry point to the Mexican GM lineup.

For 1993 and 1994, the Cavaliers sold there featured Sunbird body panels, as opposed to US-spec Cavalier panels and the Mexican Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 took on the appearance of the Pontiac Sunbird GT sold in the United States.

Third-generation Chevrolet Cavalier earned several low scores in crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Average for the Chevrolet Cavalier class was 103 to 134 driver deaths per million registered vehicle years.

Chevrolet Cavalier was not the only GM product sold in Japan; the Saturn S-series was sold at Saturn dealerships from 1996 until 2003, and some Toyota Vista Stores retailed Saturns.

Chevrolet Cavalier was entirely produced by GM in the US at the Lordstown Assembly location, and sold from 1995 to 2000.

The Chevrolet Cavalier was introduced at the 2016 Chengdu Auto Show on September 2,2016.

Fifth-generation Chevrolet Cavalier is marketed in Mexico since in late 2021 as a 2022 model.