I think the car looks better than it did, the restyle works for me.

Like Darth, I really kinda liked the rear end styling but I was lukewarm to the front end - they just didn't seem to belong on the same car. I know most of the car rags dislike the rearend, but I found that it reminded me of the G-body and the mid 80's SS in particular and I have a soft spot for the 80's SS, since I had one.

While there may be a market for these cars as new and there are a fair amount of new ones on the road around here, they have been pretty slow to move off lots in the "previously owned" market - at least around my neck of the woods.

 

That car is about as exciting as the Charger.

 

I like the styling of the current Monte, not the FWD, but what ever. Now I officially don't like the Monte anymore, this new front end couldn't be any more plain and unexciting.

 

It looks as if the front end of the 2006 Monte Carlo was "inspired" by the 1995 Lumina. I guess this redefines the term "retro."

If you're the sort of person who drinks an entire case of Budweiser on Sunday afternoons while you watch NASCAR, this Monte Carlo will appeal to you. What I see is yet another oversized, pointless "personal luxury coupe." It's the last of it's kind - which in this case might be a good thing. Maybe that should be a hint both to GM and potential MC buyers.

 

Be careful of what you wish for. Overseas the Chevy Lumina is still sold... as a sister car to the Holden Monaro and Pontiac GTO.

Which leads to the notion that the next gen GTO/Monaro will be on Zeta. Which means the new Zeta Chevy Coupe might be called... Mo.... I can't even say it.

 

im not saying its anything worse but what they had... but it looks like they took the ugly from the old one and exchanged it for the 'happy ga ga face' look. :blah:

whats the deal with all these new car's that have headlights that appear to be more on the quarter panel than on the front end

 

i like it, and yea, i can see whereit says class (in an AFFORDABLE way)
and yea, that market is great
if my grandmother (longtime chevy fan and definately a fan of montes- has a 96 right now) was looking for a new car, i'd definately try to interest her in this
the biggest thing she likes about it- the fact it has 2 doors