Chevrolet Monza is a subcompact automobile produced by Chevrolet for the 1975 through 1980 model years.
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19 Facts About Chevrolet Monza
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The Monza is based on the Chevrolet Vega, sharing its wheelbase, width, and standard inline-four engine.
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The smallest V8 ever offered by Chevrolet Monza, it featured a Rochester two-barrel carburetor and generated 110 horsepower at 3,600 rpm.
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The Chevrolet Monza 2+2 won Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year award for 1975.
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The Chevrolet Monza dashboard contained round gauges in a brushed-aluminum instrument panel.
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Chevrolet Monza “Mirage” was a one-year only sporty body modification package produced by Michigan Auto Techniques, an aftermarket company contracted by GM; the Mirage was painted white, with red and blue racing stripes along the length of the car.
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The Chevrolet Monza "S", marketed as the Chevrolet Monza price leader, used the Vega hatchback body.
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The Chevrolet Monza wagon was offered in an estate wood-trimmed version, using the Vega wagon body.
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The 1978 Chevrolet Monza line gained a new base coupe and 2+2 hatchback with round headlights in an upright front end with a crossbar grille and new tri-colored taillamps.
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Chevrolet Monza made extensive changes to the Spyder package including separate equipment and appearance packages with separate RPO codes found on the build sheet.
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Chris Cord's original DeKon Chevrolet Monza is owned and vintage raced today by Ken Epsman, while Holbert's Chevrolet Monza has been found and is undergoing restoration in northern California.
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In 1978, driver and prominent businessman Bob Jane imported a DeKon Chevrolet Monza, which was rebuilt and engineered by his chief mechanic Pat Purcell and driver-engineer Ron Harrop.
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Brock and the Chevrolet Monza consistently matched the speed of Jones and the two put on some of the best racing ever seen in Australia, but reliability was still a problem with the car and results were not forthcoming.
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Grice and the Chevrolet Monza easily won the championship, winning all but one round.
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Chevrolet Monza was then prepared for the 1984 Sandown 1000, the final round of the 1984 World Endurance Championship.
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Chevrolet Monza then sold the car in 1990 to an unknown owner who then sold it to longtime Sydney-based sports car racer Des Wall.
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Chevrolet Monza was a favourite of drivers in Australian speedway in both super sedan and grand national racing during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Chevrolet Monza was revived for the Chinese market and was launched in March 2019 in Wuhan.
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