Talk:Chevrolet Chevette

message: I was the original owner of a 1976 Chevette Scooter.  This car had a sticker price of $2695cad and that was what I had to pay ("loss-leader"?).  The only three options mine carried was the Canadian emmissions control package, white paint, and ivory colored vinyl upolstery (emmission control was mandatory for Canadian cars, and the other options were simple color choices).   Mine came completely standard with a 1400cc (1.4L) 4 cylider (the 1600cc/1.6L was not offered until 1977), 4 speed manual transmission (automatic was not offered until 1977), standard steering, standard brakes, black plastic shelf in place of a folding rear seat, cigarette lighter, glove compartment door (with a non-locking twist latch that promptly broke and was replaced with a locking one a week after I bought the car), swing-out rear windows, AM radio, chrome front and rear bumpers, chrome "hub caps" (covering only the inner lug ring), chrome grille and headlamp trim, "Scooter" nameplate stickers with chrome "Chevette" emblems, black carpet, black dash panel, vinyl upholstered seats, vinyl upholstered pressboard interior panels (with pullstraps instead of armrests).  This was the only year that Canadian Chevette/Acadian had an Imperial system speedometer (Miles) instead of Metric (Kilometers).  I drove the car until 1994, putting a whopping 1.8 million miles on it; performing all post-warranty maintenance myself.
Following a front-end collision in 1986, I discovered that 1976 was the only year that chrome trim was offered for the grille and headlamp bezels (I replaced my broken chromed parts with factory replacement metallic silver painted parts for 1978 Pontiac Acadian because of the cost of replacement 1976 Chevette chromed parts.  I also had to replace the hood, using a 1977/1978 Acadian/Chevette replacement because the grille openings were slightly different (larger with a shorter radius on the rounded corners of the grille, while the headlamp bezels were identical shape and size).  The Pontiac replacements had a chromed metal horizontal insert through the middle of the moulded plastic grilles.
The 1976 Acadian (Pontiac T1000) was considerably higher priced and carried several upgrades including an optional automatic transmission.  To my knowledge there were no Pontiac "Scooter" equivalents...I could not even special order one without a rear seat, opening rear windows, or moulded interior panels with armrests.  In 1976, my local Pontiac/Buick/GMC dealer did not sell any of the 6 Acadians originally shipped until there were 1977 models on the lot.  By comparison, my local Chevrolet/Oldsmobile/Cadillac dealer had what seemed at least 2 truckloads of Chevettes delivered per month.
A commercial "Delivery" package was available for the Chevette when I bought my Scooter, which offered the same "shelf" in the rear seat position, with pressboard interior panels (veneered finish, not upholstered), silver painted bumpers, grille and headlamp trim, fixed rear windows and no radio (possibly no glove compartment door?).  24.235.198.91 (talk) 04:39, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: "Scooter" Package annonalies?

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the proposal was merge. Jgera5 (talk) 17:59, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger Suggestion 

message: I've not been able to find clear information about the different seating arrangements available in the Chevette. I mean I know it has 5 door variants, and they should obviously have some sort of back seat, but I cannot figure out if its a 3 seater or 2 seater. And did the 3 door/hatchback have ever any rear seats? Might be something to include if someone has any information about this. --Dux Ducis Hodiernus (talk) 12:53, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I had '76 and '84 Chevette 3 door hatchbacks.  Both had standard rear bench seats with 3 seat belts.  They folded down to increase cargo space. Nostep (talk) 03:44, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: There were a slew of super stripper models around the time of the Chevette — e.g., the Pinto Pony MPG and the VW Basic Beetle — due to rapid inflation affecting car and fuel prices. The Chevette Scooter was Chevrolet's response.  For 75-76 only, among other deletions, Scooter models had no rear seat and Scooters were thus two-seaters.  All other Chevettes came with rear seats.842U (talk) 14:33, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seating configurations 

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message: It's been a popular option in Colombia and Venezuela, with a more limited demand in Brazil. The entire range had been offered with the TH180 transmission after the last facelift, including the hatchback, wagon and coupe-utility (which still holds the distinction of being the only Brazilian coupe-utility to have ever featured this option)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F4:C480:5745:0:0:0:1 (talk) 21:48, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Availability of automatic transmission for the Chevette in Latin America 

message: This piece here has been a constant battle to maintain the proper information.
"This engine is either a 1.4L Isuzu G140 or 1.6L G161Z. The inline four Isuzu engine had its block cast in Brazil and there is some confusion whether this is a different engine but the twin cam covers solves this issue; this is a Japanese Isuzu motor."
If you have ever opened the hood on a Chevette in Canada, USA or Brazil you'll see an engine that is not in anyway a G140/161Z, but a completely different Opel designed engine. There is no Isuzu stamp on these. Nothing is interchangable. 
The shape of the valve covers is more than enough to see the difference between these two engines.
It is NOT a Japanese Isuzu engine! 2001:569:FE94:BC00:8D20:CFA8:8BCB:B610 (talk) 21:18, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to agree.  My 1976 Chevette 2 door hatchback had the 1.4L engine and I'm pretty sure I remember it using non-metric bolts.  It had a Rochester carb and it liked to eat timing belts.  It would also shred accessory belts because it was hard to keep the pulleys in line with each other.  My 84 Chevette 2 door hatchback had the 1.6L and it used standard as well.  Both used GM AC Delco parts for the starter and accessories, though I don't know if this info is helpful or not. Nostep (talk) 02:53, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chevette engine information.