If you grew up in the later 1980s (like me), your vision of the Monte Carlo is likely that of a front-wheel-drive, V6 coupe that shares basically everything with its four-door Lumina stablemate. Before that namesake, there was a proper Monte Carlo; a big brash rear wheel drive coupe with, more often than not, eight cylinders under the hood.
Produced from model years 1970 to the middle of the 1988 model year, this Monte Carlo was positioned as a luxurious coupe, similar to Ford's Thunderbird and Chrysler's Cordoba. But, in true Chevy fashion, there was a performance model-- however this one certainly isn't it, although the new wheels and white letter tires might suggest such. On the outside, this Monte certainly looks "tough", given its luxury car status. The beige and bronze two-tone definitely doesn't scream "sport" like the wheels do though. That's not so bad-- I rather like this color and wheel combination. It appears as if it could've been chosen in 1980, or 2008. Whenever the combo was chosen, it suits this big vehicle well.
Inside, don't get any sporting pretensions. Wide cushy seats, column shifter, not an ounce of race harness of any sort of "protection" save for regular devices. A corner carver this is not. But that's okay; you wouldn't use this car for showing Porsches their way around the Nurburgring to be honest. (On second thought, it'd sure be fun to try.)
I actually really like this example, which is odd because I'm generally not a fan of this generation. The generation before-- yes, and ditto the 1982-1988. I'm not quite warming up to the mid-to-late seventies versions just yet. At least this one isn't a complete rustbucket, although the Washington plates probably have something to do with that.
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