This lavishly illustrated history of Chevrolet, beginning with itsīase-level companion to the Chevrolet Nova. Get the inside story of one of America’s greatest automotive marques in Vehicle? Check out these reports, which include safety recalls and In the market for a used Chevy or virtually any other pre-owned Information on today's cars, minivans, SUVs, and pickups. Here's your source for news, reviews, prices, fuel-economy and safety Muscle Cars: Look back at tire-smoking Chevys and scores of other machines from the golden age of American high performance.ĭiscover the pleasure of sports motoring at its purest in theseĬaptivating articles on the best sports cars from around the world. Nova's longest-running body style spannedįor more picture-packed articles about Chevys and other great cars, see: Nova had come a long way, but it always represented sensible value and, occasionally, serious fun, as you'll see in the pages that follow. The Nova name, however, would resurface for 1986 on a modern, front-wheel-drive subcompact built in California from a design shared with Toyota. By 1969, the Corvair was history, Nova was Chevrolet's smallest car, and Nova buyers could order a 375-horsepower 396-cubic-inch V-8 to create a muscle car revered to this day.īy the early 1970s, the Chevrolet Vega had slipped in under Nova as Chevy's smallest offering, but the basic 1968 design served Nova well, finally being phased out during the 1979 model year. That was also the year Chevrolet redesigned its compact car, giving it curvaceous new styling. By 1968, the Chevy II name had been shed altogether and the entire lineup operated under the Chevrolet Nova banner. Sales of the thrifty four- and six-cylinder cars were strong from the start, and for 1963, Novas could be ordered with Chevy's hot Super Sport package. That name doubled as the label for the new car's entry-level models, while sportier versions proudly wore the Nova badge. Into the breach stormed a front-engine compact with conventional good looks, low prices, and a nice array of sedan, hardtop, and convertible body styles. The oddly styled Corvair had debuted for 1960, but buyers were already shunning the little rear- engine car - and more would reject it as its safety woes became public. The Nova traces its roots to the 1962 model year, when it came to the rescue of a division that had put its compact-car eggs in one fragile basket called the Chevrolet Corvair. The Chevrolet Nova was an economy car that, in 1962 convertibleįorm, had style.
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