Not sure what I saw

[69396cst]

Yesterday while driving home on a busy tollroad I saw a Chevy car that a pick up back on it that had what looked like a stepside kinda of like the Ford Ranger Edge where it is not truely a stepside but kinda looks like one. This was very new car. It did not look full size. It looked like the size of a Cobalt. My friend ( who is not that into cars ) said "is that the new El Camino you told me about" I said no, it cant be. They dont even make them yet. I thought it could be a car from Mexico as I live in Texas and we see strange vehicles from all makes with Mexican license plates on them but this had what I thought was Texas plates. I couldnt get up close enough to see or even to see a name badge on it anywhere. Alls we could see is a new chevy truck size bowtieon the tailgate. Anyone know what this was?

[Camino LS6]

Yesterday while driving home on a busy tollroad I saw a Chevy car that a pick up back on it that had what looked like a stepside kinda of like the Ford Ranger Edge where it is not truely a stepside but kinda looks like one. This was very new car. It did not look full size. It looked like the size of a Cobalt. My friend ( who is not that into cars ) said "is that the new El Camino you told me about" I said no, it cant be. They dont even make them yet. I thought it could be a car from Mexico as I live in Texas and we see strange vehicles from all makes with Mexican license plates on them but this had what I thought was Texas plates. I couldnt get up close enough to see or even to see a name badge on it anywhere. Alls we could see is a new chevy truck size bowtieon the tailgate. Anyone know what this was?

Possibly a ME market Chevy Ute, there are several in the US right now. The step-side thing doesn't fit with that though, so I am curious as well.

[Drew Dowdell]

Chevy Tornado

[69396cst]

Chevy Tornado

That looks like it. BUt with out the thing on the roof and Chevy symbols. Thanks for finding that for me.

[Camino LS6]

God, but that's ugly!

[Drew Dowdell]

Riddle me this Batman... if the Vectra is good enough to import to Mexico... why can't it come to the US?

[69396cst]

Riddle me this Batman... if the Vectra is good enough to import to Mexico... why can't it come to the US?

The Chevy version I saw looked nicer than the Opel version in the pic. It was a nice royal blue and had a little bit of charcoal grey cladding on the side that really didnt look like it belonged.

[Oracle of Delphi]

God, but that's ugly!

In Mexico it's the Chevy Tornado, South of Mexico and in all of South America it's called the Chevy Montana. It's based on an Opel, they made it for you Camino! Can you feel the Opel love?

[ocnblu]

Looks Australian.

[Camino LS6]

Opel love?

Is that what's making me ill?

Tell them to keep it, I'm not interested.

[Flybrian]

Its honestly a shame this car isn't sold here. Imagine how much of the low-budget/urban/tuner/small contractor pickup market Chevy would dominate with a Tornado.

$9,995 gets you the truck. Cranks, manual locks, 5-speed stick, vinyl seats and flooring, AM/FM/CD, and A/C.

$10,495 gets you a 4-speed automatic.

$13,995 gets you power windows, locks, and mirrors, carpeting, auto headlamps, etc.

$16,995 adds more engine power, leatherette seating, alloys, and a bed cover.

$19,995 gets you a Tornado SS - which sound freakin' sweet - with the 2.0l T/C Ecotec mated to a 5/6-speed auto or 6-speed stick. Lowered ride height, blacked-out trim, dual exhaust, foglamps, 18" aluminum wheels.

With its light weight, it would make a MINI its bitch and still haul. It would be the fasted run to Home Depot you'd ever make.

[Drew Dowdell]

Give it a face lift and I'd agree with you Fly..... until then.... they're wasting T/C ecotecs on THAT?!?

[ocnblu]

You know, I think Mr. Fly has a point, and so does Oldsmoboi. With the current Chevy front end and non-GMT800 taillights, this thing could do well here... NEVER as a replacement for a true El Camino, but as a small runabout pickup, especially if it has AWD.

I used to see a grayish-green Rabbit pickup down in MD, a diesel with exhaust stacks (ha), and up here I occasionally see a very clean Rabbit pickup with rims, exhaust and a non-factory (but sensible, not wild) paint color. There is also a raggedy-looking Rampage, gold and brown two-tone, running around town.

The time could be ripe for a return of a few tiny pickup trucks, especially with "compact" trucks growing ever bigger.

[Camino LS6]

You know, I think Mr. Fly has a point, and so does Oldsmoboi. With the current Chevy front end and non-GMT800 taillights, this thing could do well here... NEVER as a replacement for a true El Camino, but as a small runabout pickup, especially if it has AWD.

I used to see a grayish-green Rabbit pickup down in MD, a diesel with exhaust stacks (ha), and up here I occasionally see a very clean Rabbit pickup with rims, exhaust and a non-factory (but sensible, not wild) paint color. There is also a raggedy-looking Rampage, gold and brown two-tone, running around town.

The time could be ripe for a return of a few tiny pickup trucks, especially with "compact" trucks growing ever bigger.

No.

Please.

They'd just use it as an excuse not to bring the real thing to market.

[ocnblu]

God, I would withdraw my idear if I thought that, that is scary.

Hmmm... Chevy El Chico? :AH-HA_wink:

[Camino LS6]

More like La Chica.

La Chica gorda y fea!

[ocnblu]

Um ok Charo. :AH-HA_wink:

[Oracle of Delphi]

Opel love?

Is that what's making me ill?

Tell them to keep it, I'm not interested.

Awww, give love a chance!

[Oracle of Delphi]

Its honestly a shame this car isn't sold here. Imagine how much of the low-budget/urban/tuner/small contractor pickup market Chevy would dominate with a Tornado.

$9,995 gets you the truck. Cranks, manual locks, 5-speed stick, vinyl seats and flooring, AM/FM/CD, and A/C.

$10,495 gets you a 4-speed automatic.

$13,995 gets you power windows, locks, and mirrors, carpeting, auto headlamps, etc.

$16,995 adds more engine power, leatherette seating, alloys, and a bed cover.

$19,995 gets you a Tornado SS - which sound freakin' sweet - with the 2.0l T/C Ecotec mated to a 5/6-speed auto or 6-speed stick. Lowered ride height, blacked-out trim, dual exhaust, foglamps, 18" aluminum wheels.

With its light weight, it would make a MINI its bitch and still haul. It would be the fasted run to Home Depot you'd ever make.

Hmmmmm, be careful what you wish for.

[ocnblu]

Who are you really, Bob Luts?

[Oracle of Delphi]

Who are you really, Bob Luts?

Who's asking?

[Camino LS6]

Who are you really, Bob Luts?

:rotflmao:

[toesuf94]

Finally! An answer to the WHAT THE F^&(! is that question I have been asking since I have spotted this truck in Cedar Rapids at least three times and have been unable to 'badge it'! Wow! I bet that thing would sell thy the ton...if there are that many idiots buying the Tundra every month - how many would buy a cheap little trucklet that gets good mileage and has utility??? Not the prettiest belle of the ball, but still a neat little alternative to a Japanese product!

[Camino LS6]

Umm, no.

[bobo]

The era of big trucks as suburban vehicles is waning, and it's perfect timing for cheap trucklets to come back in a market niche below the recent Subaru Baja and Honda Ridgeline, which were too expensive and poorly styled. I would get a Tornado/Montana.

[Drew Dowdell]

big oil line fire kills 28 in Saudi Arabia.....

which way do you think gas is going to head?

[Oracle of Delphi]

The era of big trucks as suburban vehicles is waning, and it's perfect timing for cheap trucklets to come back in a market niche below the recent Subaru Baja and Honda Ridgeline, which were too expensive and poorly styled. I would get a Tornado/Montana.

I will buy one too, if/when it comes to the USA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Montana

[Camino LS6]

Sorry guys, but that thing is complete

[Drew Dowdell]

Sorry guys, but that thing is complete

so refresh it to look like your sig and bring it up here.... it doesn't have to come here looking like that. It's obviously due for a refresh even in the mexican market.

[Camino LS6]

so refresh it to look like your sig and bring it up here.... it doesn't have to come here looking like that. It's obviously due for a refresh even in the mexican market.

It would need more than a refresh.

[ocnblu]

Heck I'd take one if it had a current Chevy front clip, a rightfully spunky Ecotec, a manual transmission, and AWD.

[Drew Dowdell]

It would need more than a refresh.

you're really starting to turn into a "can't do" old crank ya know...

[ocnblu]

Maybe a bit of the hate will wear off now that the latest GM maneuver appears to include a US version of the Ute. :AH-HA_wink:

[Camino LS6]

you're really starting to turn into a "can't do" old crank ya know...

Sorry about that - I just hate this thing.

OK, here goes.

It needs:

- lower ride height

- to be wider

- to be based on Alpha

- have awd optional

- an entirely different style

Then you might have something. :AH-HA_wink:

[Camino LS6]

Maybe a bit of the hate will wear off now that the latest GM maneuver appears to include a US version of the Ute. :AH-HA_wink:

Perhaps after the Ute is confirmed.

[Drew Dowdell]

See, I'm not against this being FWD with AWD optional.... mostly because I think it would make a better business case for GM