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did Chevrolet inherit the reins from Pontiac to be the EXCITEMENT!!!! division? yes, I tried to find again the one with all the 'extra vents' lol

Blazer SS EV for 2024 Yeah, Id take a Bonneville GXP over the Chevy EV. I like the EV part of the Chevy over the 4.6 liter V8 for the Bonnie. But I much much prefer the sedan part of the Pontiac versus the crappy CUV part of the Chevy.

If you are talking about specific models, I'd agree that, while the MC was a dud, the Malibu was "safer" than the aero-back-like Buick Century and Olds Cutlass (an insult to the Cutlass name) that they released. I almost forgot that they made a coupe. I think the sedan almost looked worse because of all the window divisions along the greenhouse sides. What surprised me is that some head honcho didn't slap the s**t out of the designers for designs so ugly. (They didn't do that for the Citation's design, either.) Bob Lutz "tossed over the tables in the temple," so to speak, about some fairly bad Hyundai Azera like design work-ups for the first-gen LaCrosse. Boy, did they ever right the ship on that one: Jaguar-esque front end, Mercedes like rear end, and classic tried American greenhouse and sides. I think that the problem with the first downsized late '70s MC is that it too strongly went from being too much to being too paltry. Then, the cheapness of the interior and dash on all Chevy models on that chassis - that ran all the way until the platform was done away with - was almost appalling. It got a little better along the way, both inside and out. Outside, they put quad lamps on the '80 MC and the '81 refresh was a breath of fresh air. It's all water under the bridge, but I have been accused of "living in the past!" 1978 Buick Century sedan - this thing was a fright * 1978 Buick Regal coupe - on the same chassis, but sort of dignified ... not bad. - - - - - * what a hoot it would be to find one with the even smaller 3.2 (196 c.i.) V6, no air, no electric options, and low miles belonging to some elderly person in the heartland where they didn't salt the roads during winter who wants to unload it.

Saw this today in a supermarket parking lot, parked way out. What a feast for the eyes. I think I'm dreaming. The last of the 500 cubic inchers, perhaps. You could have taken MANY high school friends to the drive-in free of charge in a trunk like this if your parents lent you their Eldorado! There's my sled beyond, and slightly to the left. A Cadillac dash shared with its siblings. And, with the placement of that bag, a flat floor due to FWD. I suppose it is strange to take photos of the interiors of random people's cars. My sled as viewed through the hood ornament and finned front fender (say that 3 times, real fast) of this Eldorado. I don't recall if I've seen Eldorado inscribed on other Eldorados, but this was a Biarritz. These look like 50/50 seats with individual armrests. Cadillac used this color (chamois, vanilla, I don't know what they called it) that was not seen in other GM divisions which used a uniform and darker tan interior. Some family friends had this color in the first downsized Coupe De Ville to use the 425 c.i. V8. I can do without the wide whitewalls. The thin whitewalls seen on some Lincoln products might have worked better. I believe a standard whitewall came with the car. I definitely like the opera windows. I prefer a vinyl roof that is not padded. I'm walking back to my car at this point, but this is the first view I got of it as I was about to get into my car to leave. I'm glad I didn't leave. What a presence. I also like the canting and character lines on the belt line near the opera window. This is somewhere between 1975 and 1978. I'm guessing it's a '77 or a '78. If so, the 500 c.i. V8 may have been gone and this vehicle would have been powered by a 425 c.i. V8 by then.. - - - - - With 8 photos (actually more), I obviously liked this car. While it didn't make it day, it helped make it better.

Maybe Chevy needs to be the excitement division. given the Camaro and the Corvette. Sales are strongly biased against cars these days, though.

I always liked the Brady Bunch house.

Agreed with the Monte Carlo, but I think the Malibu was a cleaner design and looked better than the goofy slant back 2dr and 4dr Century and Cutlass that Buick and Olds respectively fielded for the their downsized '78 A-bodies, IMO.. Regarding this particular MC, that tan w/ beige interior seems like it was ubiquitous across GM in 1978...I've seen so many GM models of that year in that color over the years...

This was in a class by itself! Bombastic, excessive, call it what you want ... but what a neat and unique Cadillac.

The Maxima was a terrific sleeper of a family hauler in the 1980s and 1990s. It even became a sexy sedan in the 1990s. Too bad they mucked it up. I mean, I like the looks of the Maxima of today. It doesnt follow the usual lines of eveybody else's sedans. But it lost so much of its 1980s and 1990s identity. I used to love this car back in the day. Many people didnt know how fast this car was. My friends were all geeking over the German crap, I was geeking out over this and the Impala SS. Albeit, I was not so vocal about geeking out on the Japanese sports sedan... I, however, was SUPER loud on my hatred of BMWs back then!!! The Impala SS in black and the Maxima SE in white. Throw in a Pontiac Bonneville, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and Aurora and we round out my favorite more or less mainstream sedans of the day.