Chevy kills off Monte Carlo

[NFS4]

Ugly b@st@rd

A member of the GM Inside News forum posted today that he received an email from General Motors announcing the end of the Monte Carlo. We rang up the General for confirmation and received word that the Monte Carlo is indeed being offed. May 4th will reportedly be the last day you can order a Monte Carlo and production of the car at GM's Oshawa plant in Canada will cease on June 20th. Apparently production of the Monte Carlo is being cancelled to make room for all those extra Malibu orders the automaker is expecting when the new 2008 model sedan begins production in October. This is the sixth generation Monte Carlo, and when asked if we'd see the name return on a new model in the near future, we got the canned answer from GM, "We do not comment on future product." Sigh. Monte Carlo sales were off 64.2% in January of 2007 with only 1,639 units being sold. In 2006, 34,113 units were sold, a slight improvement over 2005.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/28/rip-chevy-kills-off-monte-carlo/

 

[mrSHEiK124]

FINALLY!

 

[nakedfrog]

Maybe next time they bring it back it will be RWD like it's supposed to.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
FINALLY!

 

[halik]

THANK. GOD.

What are all the people down south gonna do? It was a naescah icon!

 

[Arcex]

Everybody knows car companies never kill off a model to spike interest to boost sales when they bring it back, they would never do anything like that with a Musta... I mean Charg... no, I meant camar...

The Model T! Yeah, they haven't brought those back yet!


P.S.

If someone links to a company or 5 that does make them for collectors I will go insane and I will take you with me.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Arcex
Everybody knows car companies never kill off a model to spike interest to boost sales when they bring it back, they would never do anything like that with a Musta... I mean Charg... no, I meant camar...

The Model T! Yeah, they haven't brought those back yet!


P.S.

If someone links to a company or 5 that does make them for collectors I will go insane and I will take you with me.

Hang on, let me google for a few minutes...

 

[hanoverphist]

only comeback car i ever liked was the impala back in 94 or 95 (cant remember). then they made it into what it is today, so they had like 3 good years of awesome cars and then turned to crap. monte carlo wont be a stellar comeback IMO, and no real loss with it gone.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Arcex
Everybody knows car companies never kill off a model to spike interest to boost sales when they bring it back, they would never do anything like that with a Musta... I mean Charg... no, I meant camar...

The Model T! Yeah, they haven't brought those back yet!


P.S.

If someone links to a company or 5 that does make them for collectors I will go insane and I will take you with me.

Ford never killed off the Mustang...

Oh, and the Monte Carlo is a total piece of crap...has been for decades.

 

[ElFenix]

current monte carlo is a POS lumina. hopefully they'll have a new rwd full sized coupe based off the new rwd full sized impala that should be coming shortly.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
current monte carlo is a POS lumina. hopefully they'll have a new rwd full sized coupe based off the new rwd full sized impala that should be coming shortly.

The last Monte Carlo was too, wasn't it?

 

[IronWing]

So how are young Mexican-American men supposed to get to work now? This town is going to go into mourning.

 

[Arcex]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Arcex
Everybody knows car companies never kill off a model to spike interest to boost sales when they bring it back, they would never do anything like that with a Musta... I mean Charg... no, I meant camar...

The Model T! Yeah, they haven't brought those back yet!


P.S.

If someone links to a company or 5 that does make them for collectors I will go insane and I will take you with me.

Ford never killed off the Mustang...

Oh, and the Monte Carlo is a total piece of crap...has been for decades.

Eh, I pretty much picked that one out of my arse, it sounded good...

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: ironwing
So how are young Mexican-American men supposed to get to work now? This town is going to go into mourning.

Same way they have for decades...in a 30 year old Japanese car/pickup with the headliner falling down and 10 years worth of dirt and scratches on it. Duh.

Only the most wealthy Mexicans can afford a Monte Carlo.

 

[JackBurton]

Finally.

 

[Doggiedog]

About time. I saw one on the street a couple days ago and thought "how did that car get production approval?" The trunk of the car is as long as the hood!

 

[ballmode]

Thank god

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: ElFenix
current monte carlo is a POS lumina. hopefully they'll have a new rwd full sized coupe based off the new rwd full sized impala that should be coming shortly.

The last Monte Carlo was too, wasn't it?

yup

 

[RU482]

starting to think the Malibu is getting way overhyped

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: redly1
starting to think the Malibu is getting way overhyped

Is it going to be RWD?? I have an '05 and torque steer is a pain under hard acceleration
otherwise I like the car..

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

LOOOL, WTF is that?!

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
LOOOL, WTF is that?!

WTF are you referring to??

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
LOOOL, WTF is that?!

WTF are you referring to??

The pics of the car

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
About time. I saw one on the street a couple days ago and thought "how did that car get production approval?" The trunk of the car is as long as the hood!

It's because GM designed the body style of the Monte Carlo to be a race car first, production car second. They worked with the GM NASCAR Cup teams on the aerodynamics of the car for racing, and then the production car came from that.

 

[IHAVEAQUESTION]

It has always been a piece of crap. Who in their right mind would buy one?