The Last Chevrolet Monte Carlo Rolls off The Line

[gopedxr7]

too bad. its a great car. mine has never been in for warentee in the three years i have had it so far, or for service.

Alan

[supraracer]

I expect my personal luxury to handle well and to be pretty quick. This car did none of that well. A little too big and heavy.

[darndot]

May the MC return as a RWD V8 some day in the future.

[rsbaker]

I still don't understand why there is no replacement or at least a Coupe version of Impala or Malibu. This is another sector that GM is abandoning when they should be offering new exciting product. There are lots of people who prefer sporty Coupes to 4 door Sedans. I am one of them!

[Firebird00]

Kind of sad to see it go. I haven't liked them at all since the 1980s models. I guess its the enthusiasts I feel bad for. It sucks losing the car you love with no immediate hope on the horizon.

[momolos]

I really do hope that they make a new Monte Carlo from the ZETA platform.
Offer it in only one trim level......V8 with only a couple of options...like NAV, sunroof, wing in the back XM.
If they keep the options low it won't cost that much to produce.
Price it at $35,000 and make only about 30,000 of them a year if that!

[chadbarb99]

Thank God!! Now bring it back on ZETA with a different name like Chevelle?

[chrisnyc1213]

I don't know how they ever sold any Montes with that wavy back bumper from a few years back. Case in point, I was in my car with a friend. We were driving behind a Monte.

Me: You see that wavy bumper?
Him: Yes.
Me: That's not melted. It's on purpose, you know.
Him: For real? You are lying.

In my opinion, I think it's sad that they could have made this a real killer, stylish coupe, but they either lacked the skill or desire to do so. There was nothing wrong with the name. I liked it.

[TJ95GAGT]

So now Chevys only coupes will be the Corvette and Cobalt? Quite the gap there, I guess there is the G6. And the only 4-5 passenger coupes offered by GM will now be the G6 and Cobalt/G5? They sure have trimmed down that category of vehicles, but on the brightside there are a million and 1 SUV's to choose from.

[Whitesky]

Good riddance.

[NINETY_EIGHT_REGENCY]

It is always sad to see long lived or legendary nameplates go away. It had a good run:

1970-1987 and 1995-2007

You do miss them even if they were not were they originally were.

[FoMoCo Fan]

Bring on the Camaro! RIP Monte.

[Strapping.Young.Lad]

Thats Sad, I wish they made them longer, as I really would like one whem im older.

[paul8488]

The end of a historic name. Again. I like the Monte... hopefully resale prices will tank and I can pick one up cheap in a few years!

[tgagneguam]

Originally Posted by mcool

Good riddance. Not to be harsh, but the sooner GM rids its portfolio of uncompetitive products like this, the sooner it can replace them with contemporary, class-leading offerings.

Originally Posted by t-rex

No tears shed here! I know most of you guys are fans of that car, but I'm glad to see that 4-wheeled-wart-on-a-witch's nose gone.

The Monte Carlo is symptomatic of the disease; it's not the disease. When you have a headache due to a brain tumor, you extract the tumor, you don't simply take Tylenol for the headache. So simply dropping the MC doesn't address the MC's problem, per se. The MC as an affordable coupe made by Chevrolet was not a bad idea. It was executed poorly. Funny that the only solution GM seems to find is to drop the car and walk away from the market. That's what I lament. It's not that I hold any special fondness for the car itself.