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If you're looking for a vehicle that's perfect for speed and comfort, look no further. This Chevy Monte Carlo is exactly what you need. With its two doors, it's named after an administrative area of the principality of Monaco in the south of France. Whether you're hosting a show, writing a script, or just washing your car, NOS Energy has got you covered with its good energy that helps you get the job done.

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It was the mid-60s and Chevy was doing well. With 12 different models for sale, such as the Camaro, Impala, and Malibu, it seemed like the bow tie boys and girls had it all. However, the grass wasn't always greener. Sometimes, it had big yellow spots where your dog's been doing his business. Chevy had a problem, and that problem was named after a rival car - the Ford Thunderbird.

Ford's luxury two-door had been selling well enough since the mid-50s to force GM brands like Pontiac and Buick to respond with cars like the Grand Prix and the Riviera. GM brass was stoked, but back at Chevy, there was another story. Chevy general manager, Pete Estes, remember him from the Camaro episode, he's literally nuts. He was pissed off.

The Reason Behind the Rivalry

Chevy division sales manager, Lee Mays, didn't agree with Petes' stance. He was like, "If Pontiac and Buick are allowed to have personal luxury cars, why shouldn't Chevy?" This debate highlights the competitive nature of the automotive industry in the 1960s. Both GM brands were trying to outdo each other with their latest models, and the Monte Carlo became a key player in this rivalry.

The Legacy of the Chevy Monte Carlo

The Chevy Monte Carlo is an iconic car that has been around for decades. With its sleek design and impressive performance, it's no wonder why it's become a favorite among car enthusiasts. Whether you're looking for speed or comfort, the Monte Carlo has got you covered. So next time you're out on the road, keep an eye out for this classic car - it might just be the one to take your breath away.

In this article, we explored the world of the Chevy Monte Carlo, from its origins to its modern-day appeal. We also delved into the rivalry between GM brands like Pontiac and Buick, and how it affected the development of the Monte Carlo. Whether you're a car enthusiast or just looking for a reliable ride, the Monte Carlo is definitely worth checking out.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey kid, you wanna go fast?You wanna be real comfortable too?You wanna be a NASCAR driver?Well, I got what you need right here.It's got two doors, and it's named afteran administrative area of principalityof Monaco in the south of France.This is everything you need to knowto get up to speed onthe Chevy Monte Carlo.Sometimes, you're justtoo tired to do the job,whether that's hosting ashow, writing a script,or washing your car.But thanks to NOS Energy,I got that good energy thathelps me get the job done.♪ Power baby ♪♪ More power baby ♪♪ More power baby ♪♪ More power ♪- It was the mid-60s andChevy was doing well.With 12 different models for sale,like the Camaro, Impala, and Malibu,it seemed like them bow tieboys and girls had it all.But the grass ain't always greener.Sometimes, it has big yellow spotswhere your dog's been doing his business.Chevy had a problem, and that problemwas named the Ford Thunderbird.Ford's luxury two-door hadbeen selling well enoughsince the mid-50s to force GM brandslike Pontiac and Buickto respond with carslike the Grand Prix and the Riviera.GM brass was stoked, but back at Chevy,there was another story.Chevy general manager, Pete Estes,remember him from the Camaro episode,he's literally (bleep) nuts.He was pissed off.If Pontiac and Buick were allowed to havepersonal luxury cars, why shouldn't Chevy?Chevy division sales manager,Lee Mays, didn't agree.He was like, "No means no, Estes."Jesus, literally walking out the door."I gotta get to a frickin'recital, don't you know?"So there wouldn't be a Chevycompetitor to the Thunderbird,not for a few more years.Then, it was 1968.John Z. DeLorean, you ever heard of him,was now the general manager at Chevy.He was hot off his success at Pontiacwhere he made the Grand Prix aworthy Thunderbird competitorand helped start the muscle carwars with the legendary GTO.DeLorean was a marketing fricking genius,who knew that making youngpeople like your brandwas the key to success,kind of like how the Champion brandused to be for your Uncle Jeff,but now Ryan Tuerck wears themand they sell for 75bucks at Urban Outfitters.I bought four.Tuerck's cool.So in walks John DeLorean with that BDE,and he didn't get alongwith Lee Mays either.DeLorean goes to the top GM brass and saysthat Mays is straightup getting in the wayof DeLorean's success.Mays was reassigned to Buickgeneral manager shortly after.Now that he was out, nomore Mays, no more problem.That's how you gotta be, man.If someone's in the wayof where you gotta be,get them out of there.That's the Kentucky cobra way.With Mays gone, the Chevy team got to workon their new personal luxury vehicle,code name, Concurs.Here's how it's spelled.That's how I'm gonna say it.The car was based offof GM's G-body platform.Coincidentally, the sameas the Pontiac Grand Prix.To make sure buyers knew that Chevy's newpersonal luxury vehicle was luxurious,the Concurs team took inspirationfrom another one of GM's luxury cars,the 1967 Cadillac El Dorado.And when I say inspiration,I mean they basically traced the designand changed a few thingslike the headlights.Cadillac was like, "What the heck, bro?"But the Concurs team kept working.They were like, "Don't evenfreaking worry about it, dude."They dressed up the recycled bits,so people wouldn't feel badabout dropping more coinon what was basicallya dressed up Chevellewearing a Cadillac fur coat.Before the Concurs, again how it's spelledand how I say it, went on sale,they gave it a new name.What better name for a bigbodied coupe built in Detroitthan that of a principality atthe base of the Maritime Alpsnestled in the south of France?In 1970, General Motorsdebuted the all newChevy Monte Carlo.The buzz was undeniable.Car and Driver said it'sa composite of Buick,Oldsmobile, and Cadillac.That's what I call high praise.Along with the base Monte Carlo,Chevy also made a performancemodel with the SS badge,The main differencebetween the base and the SSwas the engine.The SS was equipped witha 7.4 liter, 454 V8,making 360 hrsprs.To help this beefy boy get around turns,the SS was outfitted with wider tiresto get the power downand heavy duty, self-leveling suspension.To critics, the MonteCarlo might have beenan odd mish-mash of GM parts and styling,but to customers, itwas the most affordablepersonal luxury car inAmerica at the time,and it sold well in thefirst two years of its life.- Monte Carlo, number onein the personal luxury car field.- And since the Monte didn'thave a lot of bespoke partsthat were expensive to make,it made Chevy a lot of money.Unfortunately for some fans,the SS was not here to stay.Chevy bigwigs thought theidea of a quick luxury carwas a contradiction and axedthe Monte Carlo SS in 1972.However, that contradictiondid not stop themfrom making the MonteCarlo custom package,which was basically anSS without the badges.Speaking of badges, Chevy loves them.And they were so committedto making the Monte Carloa luxury mainstay thatthey kept the numberof Chevy badges on the car to a minimum.- Hey Craig, what is that car over there?It looks like a Chevy but nice.- I don't know, Jerry.- I guess we'll never know.Anyway, we're late for ourreservation at Applebee's, whee.- I'm gonna be frank.Throughout the rest of the 70s,the Monte Carlo wasn't that exciting.It was making GM money, sure,and it was getting somefancier touches along the way.Engineers fitted the MC withfront seats that could swivelsideways to make gettingin and out easier.I would love if seatsswiveled back and forththat make it easier to get out.Cut to a super cut of megetting in and out of cars.Despite one of the coolest technologiesever in automotive history,the old gas crisis hit.And that wasn't Chevy's only problem.Japanese car makers weremaking life hard for Detroit.Japan's cars were reliable, economical,and most importantly, very affordable.The Monte Carlo was literallynone of those things.So, (sighs) they wouldhave to make it smaller.The third gen Monte was producedfrom 1978 all the way to 1980.That's 12 whole years, 12whole years, 12 whole years.1978 all the way to 1980.That's 12 whole years.The flat grill was familiarto the Chevy faithful,but the rest of the carwas downsized and reshapedinto a sleeker form.It wasn't a bad car, but the Monte Carlohad yet to really reachits full potential.And this.Is this where you talk about the partwhere the Monte Carloreaches its full potential?Am I really that predictable?I mean, your content is entertaining,but let's be honest, youreally do have a formula.Well, if you've figured out that formula,feel free to submit towrite for this show.Go to donutmedia.com, andthen there's a clicky spotwhere it says, "Join the team."1981, the Monte Carlo was leanerand meaner than ever beforeand still retained thesignature personal luxury.There were a ton of choiceswhen it came to engines.Buyers could choose from smallV6's, Oldsmobile 350 diesel,and even a turbo-charged V6 from Buick.The variety was proof Chevywanted the Monte Carloto be the luxury car for everyone.There was just one problem.That (bleep) Ford Thunderbird.For the 1983 NASCARseason, Ford introduceda new Thunderbird stock car.It was a super sleekand aerodynamic design.Some people startedcalling it the Aero-Bird.The Aero-Bird would break 200on an oval on the regular,and it even set a racelap record at Talladegathat still stands today, today.Chevy responded by petitioning NASCARto let them run a newnose on the Monte Carlofor the 1983 season, which NASCAR allowed.We got friends at NASCAR.Shout-out Matt Sommers.But since it was stock car racing,that meant the Monte Carlo road carhad to be produced withthe new nose as well,and that wasn't all.Since the Monte Carlo wasnow an aerodynamic race car,it neededperformance to match.Chevy dropped a 305 cubicinch V8 under the hoodand brought back a long lost trim level.Super sport.Yes, the Monte Carlo SS was backfor the first time in 12 yearsand looked better than ever.The new SS was a huge hit with customers,outselling the more luxurious LS packageand becoming the mostpopular Monte Carlo trim.It also didn't hurt that the Monte Carlowas kicking (bleep) in NASCAR.That's what you call kickin' Nass.The Monte Carlo was holdingits own against the T-Bird,but holding its own wasn't good enough.As Monte Carlos screamed around the track,the dramatic drop of the rear windowcreated a high pressure zone,which pulled backwards on the car.If they could make thatangle smoother, the carwould go faster, so that's what they did.Chevy engineers made athree-piece rear windowthat significantly decreasedthe slope to 25 degrees.They called it the Aerocoupe.Chevy had to build 200 ofthese things for the publicto meet homologation rules.So in 1986, that's what they did.But something weird happened.People really liked them.So in 1987, they didn'tlimit Aerocoupe productionand ended up selling morethan 6000 of them that year.But wait, what about your friend, Dale?Dale Earnhardt was a one-timeWinston Cup champion.He spent the mid-80s behind the wheelof a Ford Aero-Bird but switchedto a Monte Carlo Aerocoupefor the 86 season.Good move, Dale.He took the blue andyellow Wrangler Jeans Monteall the way to the tippity topand earned his secondchampionship that year.The next year, he followed itup with another championship.That makes three, which was fittingbecause that's also his number.Dale's in your face driving styleand nearly unquenchable need to winearned him the nickname, The Intimidator.The intimidation factorwas made official in 1988when Dale got a new sponsor.His Monte Carlo went fromthe jovial blue and yellowto a new paint scheme thattruly embodied his nickname.It was painted black.If that didn't make other drivers puh-pooin their puh-pants, nothing would.Earnhardt would winfour more championships,bringing the total to seven.As the 80s came to an end,Dale had made the Monte Carlo a legend.Unfortunately, that wasn't enoughto justify the car'sexistence in the real world.Those Japanese cars theMonte Carlo had downsizedto fight 10 years earlier were gettingreally, really, really good.So 1988 was the last modelyear for the Monte Carloand would be replaced by thefront wheel drive Lumina.But this wasn't the endfor the Monte Carlo.All right.By 1995, the Lumina's image wasvery, very, very boring.So to spice things up, Chevyrenamed the two-door Lumina,the Monte Carlo.Whoo, we're back, baby.But not really.The new Monte didn'treally have anything to dowith the old one.Aww, man.Chevy did eventually introducea new SS model in 2004featuring a superchargedV6, making 240 horsepower.In an attempt to relive the glory days,Chevy also released a DaleEarnhardt edition Monte Carlo,available in either black for Senioror red for Junior.The Earnhardt edition had a bunchof other NASCAR style touches,like either Senior or Junior'snumber plastered insideand some race inspired gauges.Most importantly, the black one camewith an Intimidator badge on the back.You could only buy one of thoseif you were truly mostdefinitely doing it for Dale.Shouts to CleetusMcFarland, what's up, man?I like you a lot.We should hang out.The Monte Carlo got itsfinal refresh in 2006with its most notableimprovement under the hood.The Monte Carlo SS wasonce again powered by a V8the first time in 18 years.That's right, a V8.I don't know, yeah, they do it.Chevy announced that the MonteCarlo would be discontinuedfor 2007, citing low consumer interest,i.e., no one cared.And fears that the Monte might steal salesfrom the upcoming Camaro,which I don't really follow along with.I just want to give a quickshouts to (bleep) helmets,I'm gonna have to bleepyour name on the episode,This guy painted thisreally cool helmet for me,and he talked to me about itand he let me design it with him.I'm very happy with it,so check out his Instagramand his website, I'll put thelink in the description below.I love you.