View Poll Results: Which name would you want on your Commadore?
Commadore
12
20.69%
Chevelle
20
34.48%
Nova
6
10.34%
Monte Carlo
3
5.17%
Lumina (as in Middle east)
17
29.31%
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What Chevy name would you put on Commadore?
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) If the "Chevelle" name is to return, it needs to be a cool 2-door retro sedan along the lines of the Dodge Challenger. Otherwise the name should stay dead.
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I dunno. I remember the Chevelle as a budget midsize Chevy.
Today we think of Chevelle as cool because we see all those SSs from the mid 60s to the early 70s, but we forget that the only Chevelles anyone is going to spend time maintaining or restoring is going to be these high intrest models. also, the level of design for all cars in the 60s and even the 70s was much higher than in the 80s, 90s, and the 1st half of this decade. So of course these cars look cool, and we hear the word Chevelle and these restored, highstyled cars are what we think of.
When I was growing up my mom had a base '69 Chevelle station wagon. My cousin in Akron had a '66 El Camino. A cousin here had a 70 Chevelle Custom. A old girlfriend in highschool bought a '71 Chevelle. Before I went into the Navy, I even had a '75 Chevelle Malibu Classic. These were cheap, easy to insure cars that were no more special than a Honda Accord is today when I was growing up.
Cool cars back then was the Dusenburg-like Grand Prix, 60s era Ford Mustangs and Camaros, even GTOs were still cool (though almost no kids my age bought them because they had a rep for draining gas budgets).
Chevelles were what people on budgets and people who needed co-signers bought.
Today we think of Chevelle as cool because we see all those SSs from the mid 60s to the early 70s, but we forget that the only Chevelles anyone is going to spend time maintaining or restoring is going to be these high intrest models. also, the level of design for all cars in the 60s and even the 70s was much higher than in the 80s, 90s, and the 1st half of this decade. So of course these cars look cool, and we hear the word Chevelle and these restored, highstyled cars are what we think of.
When I was growing up my mom had a base '69 Chevelle station wagon. My cousin in Akron had a '66 El Camino. A cousin here had a 70 Chevelle Custom. A old girlfriend in highschool bought a '71 Chevelle. Before I went into the Navy, I even had a '75 Chevelle Malibu Classic. These were cheap, easy to insure cars that were no more special than a Honda Accord is today when I was growing up.
Cool cars back then was the Dusenburg-like Grand Prix, 60s era Ford Mustangs and Camaros, even GTOs were still cool (though almost no kids my age bought them because they had a rep for draining gas budgets).
Chevelles were what people on budgets and people who needed co-signers bought.
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I dunno. I remember the Chevelle as a budget midsize Chevy.
Today we think of Chevelle as cool because we see all those SSs from the mid 60s to the early 70s, but we forget that the only Chevelles anyone is going to spend time maintaining or restoring is going to be these high intrest models. also, the level of design for all cars in the 60s and even the 70s was much higher than in the 80s, 90s, and the 1st half of this decade. So of course these cars look cool, and we hear the word Chevelle and these restored, highstyled cars are what we think of.
When I was growing up my mom had a base '69 Chevelle station wagon. My cousin in Akron had a '66 El Camino. A cousin here had a 70 Chevelle Custom. A old girlfriend in highschool bought a '71 Chevelle. Before I went into the Navy, I even had a '75 Chevelle Malibu Classic. These were cheap, easy to insure cars that were no more special than a Honda Accord is today when I was growing up.
Cool cars back then was the Dusenburg-like Grand Prix, 60s era Ford Mustangs and Camaros, even GTOs were still cool (though almost no kids my age bought them because they had a rep for draining gas budgets).
Chevelles were what people on budgets and people who needed co-signers bought.
Today we think of Chevelle as cool because we see all those SSs from the mid 60s to the early 70s, but we forget that the only Chevelles anyone is going to spend time maintaining or restoring is going to be these high intrest models. also, the level of design for all cars in the 60s and even the 70s was much higher than in the 80s, 90s, and the 1st half of this decade. So of course these cars look cool, and we hear the word Chevelle and these restored, highstyled cars are what we think of.
When I was growing up my mom had a base '69 Chevelle station wagon. My cousin in Akron had a '66 El Camino. A cousin here had a 70 Chevelle Custom. A old girlfriend in highschool bought a '71 Chevelle. Before I went into the Navy, I even had a '75 Chevelle Malibu Classic. These were cheap, easy to insure cars that were no more special than a Honda Accord is today when I was growing up.
Cool cars back then was the Dusenburg-like Grand Prix, 60s era Ford Mustangs and Camaros, even GTOs were still cool (though almost no kids my age bought them because they had a rep for draining gas budgets).
Chevelles were what people on budgets and people who needed co-signers bought.
Last edited by 5thgen69camaro; Dec 21, 2006 at 01:48 PM.
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Well, let me revise what I said somewhat. I think it would be possible to revise the "Chevelle" name for a muscle oriented car -- I just don't think this is the car to use it on. If they're going to sell a Euro-style performance sedan, it doesn't make any sense to use the "It's a Hemi" Guys marketing plan.
But the real issue is that GM has *so many* good historical brand names (starting with Camaro), that it's hard to think of a really good use for Chevelle.
But the real issue is that GM has *so many* good historical brand names (starting with Camaro), that it's hard to think of a really good use for Chevelle.
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FWIW, my first car was a 1967 Chevelle Malibu. It was a 2-door hardtop, with a 283 2-bbl V8 and 3-spd on the column. It even had a front bench seat. Although it wasn't technically a musclecar; it was cool looking, it did have a V8 and it did have only 2-doors. (It was also Matador Red. 
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That said, I honestly don't see a point of changing the name. If its a Lumina or Caprice in the middle east, it should be a Lumina or Caprice in NA.
)That said, I honestly don't see a point of changing the name. If its a Lumina or Caprice in the middle east, it should be a Lumina or Caprice in NA.
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FWIW, my first car was a 1967 Chevelle Malibu. It was a 2-door hardtop, with a 283 2-bbl V8 and 3-spd on the column. It even had a front bench seat. Although it wasn't technically a musclecar; it was cool looking, it did have a V8 and it did have only 2-doors. (It was also Matador Red. )
That said, I honestly don't see a point of changing the name. If its a Lumina or Caprice in the middle east, it should be a Lumina or Caprice in NA.
)That said, I honestly don't see a point of changing the name. If its a Lumina or Caprice in the middle east, it should be a Lumina or Caprice in NA.
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If you follow that logic, the GTO should've been called either Monaro or Lumina.
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Monaro maybe... not following the logic to keep an original renamed name such as Commadore or Monaro to Lumina when Lumina wasnt the original name of the car. Caprice was a Chevy name. I dont know when it became a Holden one but its currently a Holden car that doesnt yet exist by car or name in Chevy line up. Ford Falcon hasnt existed here for some time, however is alive and kicking in Austrailia. In the end if the car and name are cool enough everything else goes out the window.
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I say stay tuned because we disagree about that one.
I've been told by a certain person (whose also hinted it publically) that the next Impala would be about the same size as the current one.... which the Holden Caprice is (it has a deceptively long wheelbase).
Charlie's source believes it will be Commodore sized (a G6-like 190" long).
Based on how the project was sold (large roomy car for Police & Taxi markets, and a competitor for the LX which was rewriting the book on large cars at the time), actually seeing the difference between the Commodore and the Caprice, and knowing that GM won't be overlapping models of this chassis, I'm sticking with Caprice.
But still, just like finding out what's going to happen with GTO, stay tuned.
Who knows, I might be wrong.
I've been told by a certain person (whose also hinted it publically) that the next Impala would be about the same size as the current one.... which the Holden Caprice is (it has a deceptively long wheelbase).
Charlie's source believes it will be Commodore sized (a G6-like 190" long).
Based on how the project was sold (large roomy car for Police & Taxi markets, and a competitor for the LX which was rewriting the book on large cars at the time), actually seeing the difference between the Commodore and the Caprice, and knowing that GM won't be overlapping models of this chassis, I'm sticking with Caprice.
But still, just like finding out what's going to happen with GTO, stay tuned.
Who knows, I might be wrong.
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