It's mind boggling that GM didn't introduce the SS trim with the widely available supercharged 3800 or at least make it an option. It's a shame that these early Monte SS cars would get roasted at a stop light by a Park Avenue Ultra.
They gave it a v8 too later. Why waste all that power though on a front wheel drive turd car? The NA 3.8 was probably about all the power it could handle
@@LargeMuscularTitties they shouldve kept It RWD in first place, (using the Camaro platform)because big cars and FWD don't mix, (because of the torquesteer) and the Grand Prix GXP V8, should have been RWD aswell, (It could have been a cheaper G8) and probably a good police cruiser with better performance than a Crown Vic, who knows. If I want a FWD then I'd look into small sporty hatches and coupes from Honda.
Had a 2003 Monte Carlo for 13 years 111,000 miles.. loved it. Ran great… only reason I traded it in is that they brought back the camaro or I’d still have it…
Full Disclosure : A perspective as a retired Automotive Journalist, that tested a few of these , with friends who used to work at GM Powertrain, Engineers , and Marketing. This was a good, fun, stylish car that should and could have been truly great. ( The 2007 SS was damn good ,but..) Plans were drawn up in the late 90s for the 2000 Monte Carlo SS debut with a choice of two engines : A 3800 Supercharged V6 with 240+HP as STANDARD equipment , and a "small displacement V8" was to follow mid year as a $5k option . Internal debate over whether to use the GM 4.6 32 valve Northstar V8 with 320 hp or , the GM 5.3 V8 with 300hp caused executives headaches ,and stalled the FWD V8 Impala/Monte Carlo program for years . The Supercharged 3800 did arrive , TOO LATE, as did a very limited run of 5.3 V8 cars later as well . Prototypes with the lightweight 4.6 Northstar 32valve DOHC were tested at well over 320hp using various widely available GM Performance components, with top speeds of 162-165 mph . The 98-2000 era stock Camaro SS test vehicles got their asses handed to them on several test tracks, by a FWD Monte Carlo SS! Sadly the "Cadillac/ GM / Northstar" 4.6 32v was put on the back burner indefinitely at Chevy, and handed down to the 2005 era Pontiac Bonneville SSE , also fwd , but a slightly different , heavier platform . GM literally bungled it, for a variety of reasons in my opinion.
Probably best the Northstar (actually an Olds engine) wasn't put in a Chevy, it being GM's value division and given the cost of mainenance for that engine family. It would have likely been the 4L anyway.
Really? Hard to believe they would have put an ohc Northstar type engine in the monte carlo as it would it would have priced right out of the customer base they were targeting. Usually the low end chevy's got the base engines
With GM sitting on the Monaro as the GTO around the corner, I feel like it would have been better suited as a Monte Carlo SS, along with a Commodore-style Impala for good measure. Sure, Pontiac was supposed to be the sportier brand, but that being the case the Impala and Monte Carlo SS shouldn't have existed by that logic. Stylistically the GTO always reminded people of the Cavalier anyway, so it would have slotted in just fine as a Chevy. The mid-aughts/naughts sure was a hell of a time, with the GTO, Cadillac CTS-V, and the SRT LX cars all coming to the market around that time (among many others, obviously). The market spoke for what would come-- the Impala and Monte Carlo were never as sought after as the Hemi's (and RWD VQ cars that have become essentially the Honda Civic-esque tuner for todays youth). For that, I feel like even with FWD Northstar power as described, people still would have gone elsewhere. After all, a catfish Camaro wasn't as refined as the overseas based competition and replacements.
My father-in-law had a base model '05 That thing was SMOOOOTH on the highway and the seats were comfortable as hell. This was definitely the end of an era for GM and full-sized coupes
As a Coaster Enthusiast and Nascar fan, I love the old look of Dale Earnhardt's black Monte Carlo, since two coasters made in his honour, Intimidator and Intimidator 305 at Carowinds and Kings Dominion respectively, both have trains that have a nose cone resembling his Monte Carlo, as well as the distinct Black, Red and Grey paint down the side
Thank you for posting another GM car. The other day it was Pontiac Grand Prix, today it was Chevrolet Monte Carlo. This car was indeed legendary in its time in the 1970s and 1980's. This one was trying to get back to roots. This one shared a lot of parts with the Impala especially later on towards the end. Thank you again.
This was just about the end of the road for domestic coupes, the 2006 model really underlined that when GM gave it a facelift from the cowl forward while the Impala sedan got a full reskin. There was a long tradition of doing that to workhorse station wagons, but the coupe had been meant to be the style leader.
I was a freshman in high school when this car came out. A guy at my high school came up there in an orange SS. I will never forget it. I didn't know him, he was an upper classman, and I only saw the car once, but that day solidified my love of the Monte Carlo SS. Wanted one for years after high school when they were very popular around here in Chicago. But never got one. I did test drive an SS back in 2010 or so, but that one was in poor condition. It didn't even have the original key. Now I barley see them driving around. Even the later refresh model I hardly see.
I still see tons of these in the Midwest. I absolutely love the 2004-05 SS Supercharged, would love to own one someday when I upgrade my 05 Grand Prix GT.
The exact same drivetrain had a supercharged option in nearly every other platform *but* the SS. The regal, the intrigue, the Grand Prix, the Bonneville all had a supercharged version of this exact drivetrain. That means people with power had meetings and made decisions and amongst those decisions was that. I just....don't know. We never will.
@@dr.jiIIaIicecooper2587 ok can someone just point out which car it is instead lmfao, I know theres some other oddball factory one out there and I'm down to Buick park Ave, am I wrong or am I wrong
I owned an ‘03 SS until recently. Ended up donating it to charity. The SS was a great car, but ongoing brake system issues left me with no choice but to move on. Great looking, great handling car, but these cars needed a V8 from day one.
If I remember correctly, there were always rumors of Chevy offering the car with a V8. It would have done so much better with it or at least a supercharged 3800.
*Finally! I've been asking for videos of this platform for years now. Buicks, Pontiacs, olds and Chevys from the 90s-00s are some of my favorite cars.*
@@CJ.262 lol go ahead, defend the Chevy "slow, wannabe NASCAR that looks at home at the trailer park" Monte Carlo. I was at race tracks doing track days with other Miata owners when I had mine, along other types of cars. I've never seen this gen Monte Carlo at any kind of race track, circuit or strip, because obviously.
Had both an 03 Base model and an 07 SS (with the LS4 engine in it). I loved the looks (the trapezoid taillights harkened back to the 80's Montes), the ride, and power in the SS. The only real problem with these cars were the weak transmissions. No matter the trim, they basically had the same weak transmission in the 2000-07 run. I had to have warranty work done on the 03's tranny at 70K miles, and had to have work done at 90K miles on the SS.
I am a GM boy but drive a Nissan at that time General Motors had it going on was a child when these cars came out also had few as hot wheels cars and maisto as well the maisto diecast was blue with sunroof and tinted windows looked realistic bit loved it. The 3800 engines in these were amazing it reminds me of the Grand Prix still love them to this day after two decades now. I also had brochure of 2000 model got a '04 brochure that my aunt got me when she took her Buick to dealership get her door handle fixed, grew up on GM Buick was my favorite car brand but the Monte Carlo really looked was such a beautiful car still see few of these around not rare.
seriously?? You need new glasses, and LOTS of good taste. This utter crappy car looks AWFUL inside and out. ANd "SS" for a crappy car with ONLY 200 HP??????
@@NSXTypeRGTRLM it's more making the design cleaner. Much like using blackout tape to sort of hide B pillars, the black finish makes the mirrors blend into the windows rather than stand out. I wouldn't want them any other colour when they're mounted within the window line.
I own five cars: 04 MC SS, 06 Jeep Liberty, 14 Challenger 100th Anniv, 19 Camaro 2.0L Turbo and 21 Mustang ecoBoost 2.3L Turbo. I still love my MC SS. Its lowered with DynoMax exhaust and ZZP catted down pipe. Its a great cruiser and still gets many compliments. Its my most comfortable cruiser. As a former v8 only guy it took me a while to appreciate the 3800 series II. If only they had a turbo option.
In recent times, GM really overdid the SS moniker. Impala SS, Monte Carlo SS, Camaro SS, Cobalt SS, HHR SS, Chevy SS, 454 SS, Silverado SS, Trailblazer SS, and finally the SSR. The SS was meant to be special, not a nameplate that you throw in an attempt to generate sales. IMO, the only ones that deserved it were the 94-96 Impala SS, the Camaro SS, Chevy SS, and the Trailblazer SS.
Damn right! They even did a Malibu Maxx SS. Plastering that historic badge on all those late 90's and 00's Chevy's did more damage than good to their credibility. First thing I think of about seeing SS badge on 2000 Chevy product is cheap molded plastic and front wheel drive. The '14 SS model and '10+ Camaro SS performance deserved the badge, but that was an ugly decade before that.
In the 1980s, GM systematically downsized nearly all of its passenger cars, moving to unibody designs with transverse-mounted engines (engines in sideways), smaller engines, and front-wheel-drive. The purpose was to modernize its fleet, reducing vehicle weight and increasing fuel mileage. V8s and straight-sixes were replaced with smaller V6s and four-cylinder motors. More cars were equipped with overdrive gears. Fast-forward your internet VCR to the 1990s, and all of GM's billions of dollars and effort are turned sideways. This video gave me mixed feelings. On the one hand, GM finally created (in this 2000 Monte Carlo SS) the ultimate 1980s front-wheel-drive "sport sedan" (like the Chevy Celebrity Eurosport and Pontiac 6000STE; meant to compete against European sport sedans of the time) but in the form of an up-sized two-door sport coupe. But Motorweek (unwittingly?) delivered the most damning contradiction of GM's multi-billion-dollar 1980s downsizing: even quoting automotive magazines calling for the Monte Carlo SS to be equipped with a V8. WHY? The 2000 SS wasn't a rear-wheel-drive muscle car anymore. It's front-drive lineage puts it more in line with the Eurosport and STE of the 1980s. What was the purpose of GM's 1980s downsizing if not for combining smaller motors, unibody and front-wheel-drive? If GM had proposed a 2000 Monte Carlo SS with rear-wheel-drive and a V8, it would have effectively called GM's entire downsizing enterprise into question. Why did GM spend billions of dollars over a decade, only to wind up producing this result? And for GM to produce yet another V8-powered front-wheel-drive car would make even less sense. Who is the most silly in this folly? GM, for up-sizing its down-sized cars? The automotive press, for calling for another ridiculous V8 be stuffed into a cheesy front-wheel-drive descendant of the Celebrity and Citation? Or Motorweek, for creating this video's silly un-NASCAR carnival atmosphere? The 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, SS or no SS, had nothing in common with NASCAR race cars, and hadn't had anything in common with them since the rear-wheel-drive G-special Monte Carlo was discontinued in the late 1980s. I honestly could not believe my ears when John Davis tried to compare the '00 SS to the race cars. First there was the absurd, then there was the sublime. If I were to take a wax fruit apple and spray-paint it gold, could I award a Golden Silly Apple Poilshers' Award to Mr. Davis at Motorweek for this ridiculous farce?
This car is not a sporty nor compact it is what would be classified as a personal luxury coupe. Essentially large two-door sedans intended to cruise on American interstates for our upon hour.
I mean its hardly that contradictory when other GM sports cars like the Corvette existed. Its more likely that the Carlo was denied being such a set up because of GMs desire to jeep the vette a “pinnacle”
@@dos1763 I think some cars of the 2000s have aged reasonably well. The last Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs and Saturns still look good (although I have an '04 Bravada and '08 Aura, so I might be a little bias lol - but I really do think they still look sharp vs. similar cars from the era). I also think that the large GM and Ford SUVs from this era (Tahoe, Suburban, Expedition, Navigator etc.) have timeless designs, since they were at the peak of their popularity pre-late 2000s recession. On the flipside, I saw a Hummer H2 and H3 the other day and then when I thought about the Hummer EV that's coming out, I thought "man... those have aged HORRIBLY. Definitely a product of their era."
I have 2001 ss and I love it , it looks cool and is practical has good amount of space in the game inside and the trunk its get good gas mileage with out being a under power mess
Always thought the proportions on this generation looker awkward compared to the smoother 95-99 generation. Granted the 2006 update, did help smooth the lines a bit
I was going to say I wish these were v8 and RWD but the Camaro platform already met that market for GM, what an interesting though. They look a lot cooler on the road than most other cars these days
In spite of MW’s enthusiasm here, these were very average cars with styling directed at a very specific target customer. They sold accoringly and went by the wayside along with the decline of Nascar. I drove many of its cousin Impalas as rentals at the time and that steering wheel was absolutely horrible. The side spokes were way too wide and left no comfortable position for the hands on long drives. A neighbor down the street actually has two of these, a red driver and a black Dale Earnhardt “keeper”. Some still believe.
I own a 2000 SS Monte Carlo I thought for only having 200 hp it actually ran pretty well and didn't have any mechanical issues with that vehicle for the eight years that I own it
I had the 2004 LS variant of this model for a few years. I used it as a daily driver. It was a vanilla car but it was competent and comfortable to ride in for my twice daily 40 minute drive. It's sad that the 3400 V6 I'm my '04 was more powerful than the 5.0 liter V8 in the last rear wheel drive Monte Carlo SS from 1987/88.
GM listened to the critics and it cost them the Monte, by installing a sideways V8 and restyling went along way to kill the popularity of the car, I've noticed cars that once used 3800 engines like Pontiac Bonneville, Grand Prix,la crosse, Monte Carlo, SS these of cars sales fell dramatically, which means Northstar engines were fine for Cadillac, but Buick engines weren't perfect either but considering these are front wheel drive cars you couldn't have stupid enough to think that today's Monte Carlo with front wheel drive could possibly mimick the Monte Carlo SS (454)1970-74 with either engine.
This Monte Carlo SS should've had a optional manual transmission & V8. But seeing as it was a coupe version of the Buick Regal, doubt it would've happened in 2000.
I was just curious how cheap these things were, maybe I'd take out $300 from the ATM and go buy one just for fun. But holy-e-jesus, these 2000-ish SS's are selling for like $15k. Why? Who in the world would want to pay more than your ATM daily cash limit for one of these? I'm not a Monte Carlo hater, I owned a 1984 Monte Carlo SS convertible, but come on, these 2000s Monte Carlos are not classics, they're not attractive, and they're slow. Why would they be collectors items?
@@NewDesignVinylGraphics it's an exaggeration, kiddo. Although I did assume they'd be very cheap - and they're not. I have no idea who would want one of these as they're pretty awful cars. Ugly, slow, don't handle well - and for that they want $15k? Why?
@@AP-st1li I wasn't looking at low mileage cars, or stuff in amazing condition. Also Monte Carlos from the late 2000s were sell for like half the cost. It means these early 2000s are collectors, makes no sense.
Coupes were dad by 2000.T-Bird was gone after 1997 until the retro model came out in early 2000's .Even Nascar went to the Impala for 2006 when they restyled the Monte and Impala and put V8's in the SS models.
I had a 2001 SS in silver. Had it 3 years then at just under 50k it developed a head gasket issue...was that common?to this day I find it very strange the 3.8 V6 developed this issue.
We have been training some police officers for a while and the car they take from the cop shop motor pool to get to our location is a ragged out non-SS Monte Carlo though I think it's a couple of years newer than the one tested. I believe one of them said it's a drug repo car. They must put 50 miles a day on it 4-5 days a week and have used it for a couple years until quite recently. It has some pimped out wheels and looked quite sketchy. I noticed the feral cat that we leave food out for was always sniffing the rear bumper! lol
I had a few of the GM cars with the super charged 3800 series 2. The 4 speed autos in these cars were horrible and held the car back badly. Shifts were so bad when actually using the power on tap. Not having a manual transmission was a crime, but by then Americans were so accustom to not shifting gears in almost everything
Had an '04 GTP with the "competition group" package, and the trans was a joke. After getting it fixed the 3rd? time, the car got traded in for a G8 GT. Muuuuch better ☺
Or... and here's where it gets REALLY crazy, Offer them with a 5.7L V8. But they absolutely would have had to make them rear wheel drive which I'm assuming had to do with cost. By 2000, GM was the only American company left making a full size 2 door. The Thunderbird had gone away 3 years prior and the Sebring coupe, while still in production was mainly a fleet car. This was absolutely about $$$$.
@@johnnymichael1804 Yeah but they were never, ever, ever going to do do that, it was a FWD car. That's why I'm saying the least they could've done here was a Supercharged 3800 on SS models from the start. Maybe because it wasn't a Chevy engine they didn't want a Buick motor in their "race on sunday sell on monday" NASCAR Monte...either way it's always about money with GM. For whatever reason they spent a ton of it making a FWD Monte for the 90s-00s, even if that isn't really what people would've preferred.
Not particularly a fan of these cars but it's worth noting that the interior and exterior styling of this gen were definitely an improvement on the horrid, bland 95-99 Lumina. The Impala/Monte Carlo of this gen were far better looking cars. Ridiculous that GM didn't equip these SS models with the 3800 Supercharged engine from the get go
These cars are a terrible and embarrassing reminder from when pre-bankruptcy GM slapped all of its loyal/legacy customers in the face by giving all their crappiest FWD Chevy 4cyl and V6 models an SS trim simply to desperately and cheaply try to generate sales smh. These were pathetic, unattractive, and absolutely depressing when they were new, even more so than the previous generation which was nothing but a rebadged Lumina coupe, but at least it wasn't called an "SS" smh.
Some high school and college bound kids like those cars. My son wants to buy a used one cuz his friend has one I’m more of a JDM fan. I don’t know much about these cars but the 3800 V6 are reliable.
Don't know how they got a 7.5 second 0-60. My 03 SS got about 8.5. Granted it had a lot of miles(161k), but I also have an 06 3.9L V6 monte carlo with 242hp and 242lb-ft(42 more hp and 17 more lb-ft), and comes with VVT, higher shift points than the 3.8L, etc. and its best is 7.0 0-60.
@@zzoinks i donno. my elevation is only about 500ft. So even if they were sea level in the video, thats only about a 1.5% power loss from mine compared to theirs. I had Douglas all season tires on it, which are actually the same tires that my 06 ran the 7.0 0-60 on. The 03 SS died and I swapped the tires and wheels off of it and put them on the 06 before selling the 03 for parts. So literally the same tires and wheels. I also ran my 06 at the track with those tires and ran a 15.78@93mph on an 85 degree day. I also have an 08 uplander cargo van with the same 3.9L V6 that my 06 monte has and I would almost bet money that it would run almost right with the 03 SS I had from 0-100mph. Don't know about which tire is better out of Douglas vs factory tho.
I give you props for being honest. If you go and see what people say about their cars, I feel like everybody’s car on the internet is at least 2 seconds faster on the 1/4 mile. I doesn’t matter if they drive a Corvette or a Nissan Versa. It’s really tiring when people show up and say that in every car video. Like EVERY video, even the lowest car imaginable.
@@JVelez-we9my usually motorweek gets terrible times. Thats why its really odd they got 1 second faster than mine did. I've had a few cars that they've tested and I have clocked them quite a bit faster than what motorweek got. My 96 trans am was quicker than what they got and my 15 challenger is quicker than what they got. Motorweek just hits the gas snd lets the tires spin for as long as they can. Motor trend and car&driver will actually launch the cars correctly so they get times that are at least 1 second quicker than motorweek. But with the monte SS, even one of those two only got like an 8.4 0-60
@@timmypstyle Ah. Those are good observations. Maybe your 03 SS lost some horsepower? I saw a video FCP euro made where they measured the horsepower of a car with 300k miles, and it had lost some though not as much as they expected. It's a lot more miles than your car, but I had no idea that cars can lose a fair amount of HP when they're older!
@@doug6191 they'd been faster than either though and just as reliable lol even just the 4L60 was very well capable of holding all of those motors and with the right rear, would have made these cars alot more fun.
Hahha he said the radio was “idiot proof” thats great… imagine they could have built it on the camaro base… but the impala was much more modern design i guess. Wish i could buy an ss today for $23,000… would do it in a second.. maybe i’ll get an old one for fun..
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It's mind boggling that GM didn't introduce the SS trim with the widely available supercharged 3800 or at least make it an option. It's a shame that these early Monte SS cars would get roasted at a stop light by a Park Avenue Ultra.
There was a step above. The SS Supetcharged
They did give it a supercharged option for 2004 and 2005
@@LargeMuscularTitties too late.
They gave it a v8 too later. Why waste all that power though on a front wheel drive turd car? The NA 3.8 was probably about all the power it could handle
@@LargeMuscularTitties they shouldve kept It RWD in first place, (using the Camaro platform)because big cars and FWD don't mix, (because of the torquesteer) and the Grand Prix GXP V8, should have been RWD aswell, (It could have been a cheaper G8) and probably a good police cruiser with better performance than a Crown Vic, who knows.
If I want a FWD then I'd look into small sporty hatches and coupes from Honda.
This car has a Retro Review now. I feel so old.
join the club...the old club, that is.
Indeed. I drove an SS exactly like this one for 10 years. Thoroughly enjoyed it, though it was starting to have costly issues by the end.
Yup same here…I was 15 when this car came out.
That's right grand dad
This body style has no in between. You either love it or hate it. Personally I love it
It’s not the body style, but the engineering. I wish this was RWD.
Nah ever since i was a kid I just thought the car looked alright
I kind of disagree, I just bought an 03, I don’t hate it but I never grew up loving them.
@@boss12I had this car and I hated that it wasn’t RWD. I hydroplaned into a curb smh.
I love it too. It reminds me of a nascar
Had a 2003 Monte Carlo for 13 years 111,000 miles.. loved it. Ran great… only reason I traded it in is that they brought back the camaro or I’d still have it…
Full Disclosure : A perspective as a retired Automotive Journalist, that tested a few of these , with friends who used to work at GM Powertrain, Engineers , and Marketing. This was a good, fun, stylish car that should and could have been truly great. ( The 2007 SS was damn good ,but..)
Plans were drawn up in the late 90s for the 2000 Monte Carlo SS debut with a choice of two engines : A 3800 Supercharged V6 with 240+HP as STANDARD equipment , and a "small displacement V8" was to follow mid year as a $5k option . Internal debate over whether to use the GM 4.6 32 valve Northstar V8 with 320 hp or , the GM 5.3 V8 with 300hp caused executives headaches ,and stalled the FWD V8 Impala/Monte Carlo program for years . The Supercharged 3800 did arrive , TOO LATE, as did a very limited run of 5.3 V8 cars later as well . Prototypes with the lightweight 4.6 Northstar 32valve DOHC were tested at well over 320hp using various widely available GM Performance components, with top speeds of 162-165 mph . The 98-2000 era stock Camaro SS test vehicles got their asses handed to them on several test tracks, by a FWD Monte Carlo SS! Sadly the "Cadillac/ GM / Northstar" 4.6 32v was put on the back burner indefinitely at Chevy, and handed down to the 2005 era Pontiac Bonneville SSE , also fwd , but a slightly different , heavier platform . GM literally bungled it, for a variety of reasons in my opinion.
GM missed an opportunity!
Probably best the Northstar (actually an Olds engine) wasn't put in a Chevy, it being GM's value division and given the cost of mainenance for that engine family. It would have likely been the 4L anyway.
Especially since the Northstar engine totaled many a Cadillac when the head bolts came loose.@@lb9gta307
Really? Hard to believe they would have put an ohc Northstar type engine in the monte carlo as it would it would have priced right out of the customer base they were targeting. Usually the low end chevy's got the base engines
With GM sitting on the Monaro as the GTO around the corner, I feel like it would have been better suited as a Monte Carlo SS, along with a Commodore-style Impala for good measure. Sure, Pontiac was supposed to be the sportier brand, but that being the case the Impala and Monte Carlo SS shouldn't have existed by that logic. Stylistically the GTO always reminded people of the Cavalier anyway, so it would have slotted in just fine as a Chevy.
The mid-aughts/naughts sure was a hell of a time, with the GTO, Cadillac CTS-V, and the SRT LX cars all coming to the market around that time (among many others, obviously). The market spoke for what would come-- the Impala and Monte Carlo were never as sought after as the Hemi's (and RWD VQ cars that have become essentially the Honda Civic-esque tuner for todays youth). For that, I feel like even with FWD Northstar power as described, people still would have gone elsewhere. After all, a catfish Camaro wasn't as refined as the overseas based competition and replacements.
My father-in-law had a base model '05
That thing was SMOOOOTH on the highway and the seats were comfortable as hell.
This was definitely the end of an era for GM and full-sized coupes
Not Ace of Base playing when the radio was turned on 😂 Makes me feel old now
As a Coaster Enthusiast and Nascar fan, I love the old look of Dale Earnhardt's black Monte Carlo, since two coasters made in his honour, Intimidator and Intimidator 305 at Carowinds and Kings Dominion respectively, both have trains that have a nose cone resembling his Monte Carlo, as well as the distinct Black, Red and Grey paint down the side
Thank you for posting another GM car. The other day it was Pontiac Grand Prix, today it was Chevrolet Monte Carlo. This car was indeed legendary in its time in the 1970s and 1980's. This one was trying to get back to roots. This one shared a lot of parts with the Impala especially later on towards the end. Thank you again.
Looks like an EV1 in the front end.
And Ace of Base on the stereo!
You like that huh....gets you excited
I saw the sign...
All that she wants is another babeeeee
This was just about the end of the road for domestic coupes, the 2006 model really underlined that when GM gave it a facelift from the cowl forward while the Impala sedan got a full reskin. There was a long tradition of doing that to workhorse station wagons, but the coupe had been meant to be the style leader.
Not to mention that the money Carlo finally got that V-8 in 06
Granted Dodge is trying to bring it back with that new Charger
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I was a freshman in high school when this car came out. A guy at my high school came up there in an orange SS. I will never forget it. I didn't know him, he was an upper classman, and I only saw the car once, but that day solidified my love of the Monte Carlo SS. Wanted one for years after high school when they were very popular around here in Chicago. But never got one. I did test drive an SS back in 2010 or so, but that one was in poor condition. It didn't even have the original key. Now I barley see them driving around. Even the later refresh model I hardly see.
When NASCAR was at its peak a few of these in my town were done up to look like Earnhardt and Gordon race cars.
I’m pretty sure they issued Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt editions of these.
Those were special models sold that way new...
Goofballs loved em.
They came factory like that. Intimidator as and the Gordon ss. Still slow as dirt though 😭
and they were lame as hell...
Always liked the look of those! Still fun to see the occasional one in traffic
I still see tons of these in the Midwest. I absolutely love the 2004-05 SS Supercharged, would love to own one someday when I upgrade my 05 Grand Prix GT.
I bought a 2000 SS shortly after they came out and I drove it for 12 years and put 250k miles on it. Guess you could say I loved it.
Back in the day, I remember thinking how hilariously ugly these things were with an interior that appeared to be made by Rubbermaid.
And still hideous. GM really knows how to make turds.
You proved my point!👌😎👍very cheap
No, these are still ugly 😂
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I think most of these cars have gone to the car crusher.
The exact same drivetrain had a supercharged option in nearly every other platform *but* the SS. The regal, the intrigue, the Grand Prix, the Bonneville all had a supercharged version of this exact drivetrain. That means people with power had meetings and made decisions and amongst those decisions was that.
I just....don't know. We never will.
There are a few SS cars out there with Supercharged 3800 power. Very few, but they’re out there.
The Century never had it but I get your point.
@@jsciarri thanks for pointing that out, I had mixed up whether the century or intrigue had it, surprised to learn the intrigue did.
@@dr.jiIIaIicecooper2587 ok can someone just point out which car it is instead lmfao, I know theres some other oddball factory one out there and I'm down to Buick park Ave, am I wrong or am I wrong
@@robf7537 The Park Ave Ultra had a blower. Both the pre- and post-1997 generations.
I owned an ‘03 SS until recently. Ended up donating it to charity. The SS was a great car, but ongoing brake system issues left me with no choice but to move on. Great looking, great handling car, but these cars needed a V8 from day one.
Abs problem??
If I remember correctly, there were always rumors of Chevy offering the car with a V8. It would have done so much better with it or at least a supercharged 3800.
@@flyjarrett in the later year models 06-08 I believe the years were… they did in fact come with a 5.3 LS v8 motor.
@@FLINTmitten810 Total brake failure three times.
@@flyjarrett The SS had a supercharged V6 2004-2005. 5.3 Litre V8 with cylinder deactivation 2006-2007.
*Finally! I've been asking for videos of this platform for years now. Buicks, Pontiacs, olds and Chevys from the 90s-00s are some of my favorite cars.*
Saturn's and SAAB's too!!
I LOVED these cars when they were new. They used to be everywhere.
They still are lol
Very few are left bc gm really shit the bed on quality for this generation
Because they were cheap econoboxes that every goomba and his goomba friends could afford.
@@beeterracing7024 I haven’t seen one of those in at least 10 years
@@dr.jiIIaIicecooper2587 still are ☠️
I thought these were hilariously ugly even back when they were new. The fact that it was FWD while looking like a NASCAR is still crazy to me.
Yea, these sucked. So did the Impala SS they put out a few years later. A pretty dreadful era for American cars.
The 97 Monte Carlo concept car looked great. I remember that as a kid. Then the production car looked cheap and American in the worst of ways.
my ex GFS dad was so proud of his and thought it was a race car XD XD
Ain't no way you said the Monte carlo is ugly while you driving a baby ass Miata 😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@CJ.262 lol go ahead, defend the Chevy "slow, wannabe NASCAR that looks at home at the trailer park" Monte Carlo. I was at race tracks doing track days with other Miata owners when I had mine, along other types of cars. I've never seen this gen Monte Carlo at any kind of race track, circuit or strip, because obviously.
Had both an 03 Base model and an 07 SS (with the LS4 engine in it). I loved the looks (the trapezoid taillights harkened back to the 80's Montes), the ride, and power in the SS. The only real problem with these cars were the weak transmissions. No matter the trim, they basically had the same weak transmission in the 2000-07 run. I had to have warranty work done on the 03's tranny at 70K miles, and had to have work done at 90K miles on the SS.
People often talk about how great the 3.8 engine was, but they forget that the 4T65E transmission it was typically paired with was anything but.
I am a GM boy but drive a Nissan at that time General Motors had it going on was a child when these cars came out also had few as hot wheels cars and maisto as well the maisto diecast was blue with sunroof and tinted windows looked realistic bit loved it. The 3800 engines in these were amazing it reminds me of the Grand Prix still love them to this day after two decades now. I also had brochure of 2000 model got a '04 brochure that my aunt got me when she took her Buick to dealership get her door handle fixed, grew up on GM Buick was my favorite car brand but the Monte Carlo really looked was such a beautiful car still see few of these around not rare.
Grand Prixs and Monte Carlos are the same cars.
2019
I have an 07 ss with a v8 and I gotta say it’s awesome. The hate these cars get is unreal lmao. I love it.
Anyone else noticed the blackout side mirrors?! The past was modern if you looked!
This was well designed!
The present can be future too, just need money, thats it.
seriously?? You need new glasses, and LOTS of good taste. This utter crappy car looks AWFUL inside and out. ANd "SS" for a crappy car with ONLY 200 HP??????
That’s just Chevy being cheap and not matching the rear view mirrors to the rest of the body style.
@@NSXTypeRGTRLM it's more making the design cleaner. Much like using blackout tape to sort of hide B pillars, the black finish makes the mirrors blend into the windows rather than stand out. I wouldn't want them any other colour when they're mounted within the window line.
I own five cars: 04 MC SS, 06 Jeep Liberty, 14 Challenger 100th Anniv, 19 Camaro 2.0L Turbo and 21 Mustang ecoBoost 2.3L Turbo. I still love my MC SS. Its lowered with DynoMax exhaust and ZZP catted down pipe. Its a great cruiser and still gets many compliments. Its my most comfortable cruiser. As a former v8 only guy it took me a while to appreciate the 3800 series II. If only they had a turbo option.
Lol at 4:00 you can hear ace a base playing, I think the song is "I saw the light" or sun
Love these retro reviews. One of my favorite cars!
I've noticed pretty much all of the ones from this gen rust out between the side skirt and rear fender lip.
3800 V6 was the best engine GM made in various vehicles like park Ave ultra etc
Yet most always mated to one of their worst transmissions in modern history (the infamous 4T65E).
At 4:02 the song by Ace Of Base, The Sign was playing. Released in 1992.
Finally, my dream car
In recent times, GM really overdid the SS moniker. Impala SS, Monte Carlo SS, Camaro SS, Cobalt SS, HHR SS, Chevy SS, 454 SS, Silverado SS, Trailblazer SS, and finally the SSR. The SS was meant to be special, not a nameplate that you throw in an attempt to generate sales.
IMO, the only ones that deserved it were the 94-96 Impala SS, the Camaro SS, Chevy SS, and the Trailblazer SS.
SS was always meant to raise the price... and it worked...
Lol trailblazer ss.....
As you simultaneously say special
@@johnnymichael1804 An SUV with an LS2 and 4.10 gears is absolutely worthy of the SS badge.
303hp from a V8 for the '06/'07 Monte Carlo SS was absolutely a qualifier to deserve SS status.
Damn right! They even did a Malibu Maxx SS. Plastering that historic badge on all those late 90's and 00's Chevy's did more damage than good to their credibility. First thing I think of about seeing SS badge on 2000 Chevy product is cheap molded plastic and front wheel drive. The '14 SS model and '10+ Camaro SS performance deserved the badge, but that was an ugly decade before that.
This car saved my life i was pushed into inbankment rolld 3 times stoping on top
Nothing like some Ace of Bass when crusin in the Monte.
Was that Ace of Bass I heard on the radio?
4:00 yep! 🤣🤣
2000 monte carlo... was my first car. was a great vehicle. the transmission was definitely the weakness of this car it was so slow.
I wanted one of these so badly growing up and still do
4:08 John: (ON THE CLIMATE CONTROLS) LESS GARISH GRAPHICS ARE OUR ONLY REQUEST! LOL
my father worked in a mold injection plastics factory that made the taillights for this car, also made taillights for the jeep cherokee at same time.
Daass nuts bro thanks for sharing not that anyone is caring.
In the 1980s, GM systematically downsized nearly all of its passenger cars, moving to unibody designs with transverse-mounted engines (engines in sideways), smaller engines, and front-wheel-drive. The purpose was to modernize its fleet, reducing vehicle weight and increasing fuel mileage. V8s and straight-sixes were replaced with smaller V6s and four-cylinder motors. More cars were equipped with overdrive gears. Fast-forward your internet VCR to the 1990s, and all of GM's billions of dollars and effort are turned sideways.
This video gave me mixed feelings. On the one hand, GM finally created (in this 2000 Monte Carlo SS) the ultimate 1980s front-wheel-drive "sport sedan" (like the Chevy Celebrity Eurosport and Pontiac 6000STE; meant to compete against European sport sedans of the time) but in the form of an up-sized two-door sport coupe. But Motorweek (unwittingly?) delivered the most damning contradiction of GM's multi-billion-dollar 1980s downsizing: even quoting automotive magazines calling for the Monte Carlo SS to be equipped with a V8. WHY? The 2000 SS wasn't a rear-wheel-drive muscle car anymore. It's front-drive lineage puts it more in line with the Eurosport and STE of the 1980s. What was the purpose of GM's 1980s downsizing if not for combining smaller motors, unibody and front-wheel-drive? If GM had proposed a 2000 Monte Carlo SS with rear-wheel-drive and a V8, it would have effectively called GM's entire downsizing enterprise into question. Why did GM spend billions of dollars over a decade, only to wind up producing this result? And for GM to produce yet another V8-powered front-wheel-drive car would make even less sense.
Who is the most silly in this folly? GM, for up-sizing its down-sized cars? The automotive press, for calling for another ridiculous V8 be stuffed into a cheesy front-wheel-drive descendant of the Celebrity and Citation? Or Motorweek, for creating this video's silly un-NASCAR carnival atmosphere? The 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, SS or no SS, had nothing in common with NASCAR race cars, and hadn't had anything in common with them since the rear-wheel-drive G-special Monte Carlo was discontinued in the late 1980s. I honestly could not believe my ears when John Davis tried to compare the '00 SS to the race cars. First there was the absurd, then there was the sublime. If I were to take a wax fruit apple and spray-paint it gold, could I award a Golden Silly Apple Poilshers' Award to Mr. Davis at Motorweek for this ridiculous farce?
This car is not a sporty nor compact it is what would be classified as a personal luxury coupe.
Essentially large two-door sedans intended to cruise on American interstates for our upon hour.
I mean its hardly that contradictory when other GM sports cars like the Corvette existed. Its more likely that the Carlo was denied being such a set up because of GMs desire to jeep the vette a “pinnacle”
It was a sharp looking car during that time.
Not anymore lmao, late 90s early 2000 cars body styles have not aged well
I remember I wanted one so badly back in the day. 😂
@@dos1763 I think some cars of the 2000s have aged reasonably well. The last Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs and Saturns still look good (although I have an '04 Bravada and '08 Aura, so I might be a little bias lol - but I really do think they still look sharp vs. similar cars from the era). I also think that the large GM and Ford SUVs from this era (Tahoe, Suburban, Expedition, Navigator etc.) have timeless designs, since they were at the peak of their popularity pre-late 2000s recession. On the flipside, I saw a Hummer H2 and H3 the other day and then when I thought about the Hummer EV that's coming out, I thought "man... those have aged HORRIBLY. Definitely a product of their era."
I have 2001 ss and I love it , it looks cool and is practical has good amount of space in the game inside and the trunk its get good gas mileage with out being a under power mess
Best care free car I owned. Drove great and had an awesome stereo.
Always thought the proportions on this generation looker awkward compared to the smoother 95-99 generation. Granted the 2006 update, did help smooth the lines a bit
95-99 were BLAH !!! My buddy did have a '95 converted to RWD and 502" BBC V8... I want to do an '06...
Smoooooove those lieeeeeenz owwt
Yep, everything from the rear window back looked like was grafted from another car and didn't line up giving it that huge square @ss look.
I was going to say I wish these were v8 and RWD but the Camaro platform already met that market for GM, what an interesting though. They look a lot cooler on the road than most other cars these days
In spite of MW’s enthusiasm here, these were very average cars with styling directed at a very specific target customer. They sold accoringly and went by the wayside along with the decline of Nascar. I drove many of its cousin Impalas as rentals at the time and that steering wheel was absolutely horrible. The side spokes were way too wide and left no comfortable position for the hands on long drives. A neighbor down the street actually has two of these, a red driver and a black Dale Earnhardt “keeper”. Some still believe.
most cars were crap in 2000.
Average at best!🤣👍
The DE Edition might actually be worth something........ Some day😂
Another glorious blast from the past!
What?? 👋🤣
The nostalgia factor of the episode. The car is a turd on rubber
Ahh yes, the car that once filled the category now filled by Challengers, Camaros, and Chargers today.
And we're fixing to barely those anymore
Retro reviews of regular ish cars...I like that.
I had a 2005 Monte Carlo LS with the 3400 V6, great car I got 172k miles out of it, sold it 5 years ago guy still has it with over 190k.
I had the 05 LT (same vehicle as shown here)
It was SO comfortable on long drives
I own a 2000 SS Monte Carlo I thought for only having 200 hp it actually ran pretty well and didn't have any mechanical issues with that vehicle for the eight years that I own it
I had the 2004 LS variant of this model for a few years. I used it as a daily driver. It was a vanilla car but it was competent and comfortable to ride in for my twice daily 40 minute drive.
It's sad that the 3400 V6 I'm my '04 was more powerful than the 5.0 liter V8 in the last rear wheel drive Monte Carlo SS from 1987/88.
What happened to the 1999 Mercury Cougar video?
They had already uploaded it 6 years ago, so it was an accidental duplicate. Search for the original upload.
One of the best, most comfortable, fastest cars I've ever owned. The only GM product I'd ever buy again (if I could find a clean one).
Yep, I liked, miss those Monte Carlo's
i had a 1999 monte carlo i loved that car
I still see these cars driving around I don't see many old Fords though
GM listened to the critics and it cost them the Monte, by installing a sideways V8 and restyling went along way to kill the popularity of the car, I've noticed cars that once used 3800 engines like Pontiac Bonneville, Grand Prix,la crosse, Monte Carlo, SS these of cars sales fell dramatically, which means Northstar engines were fine for Cadillac, but Buick engines weren't perfect either but considering these are front wheel drive cars you couldn't have stupid enough to think that today's Monte Carlo with front wheel drive could possibly mimick the Monte Carlo SS (454)1970-74 with either engine.
This Monte Carlo SS should've had a optional manual transmission & V8. But seeing as it was a coupe version of the Buick Regal, doubt it would've happened in 2000.
3:38 didnt some of these offer bench seats?
I don’t think this generation of Monte Carlos ever did, but the previous one did, and Impalas 2000 and newer did.
I was just curious how cheap these things were, maybe I'd take out $300 from the ATM and go buy one just for fun. But holy-e-jesus, these 2000-ish SS's are selling for like $15k. Why? Who in the world would want to pay more than your ATM daily cash limit for one of these? I'm not a Monte Carlo hater, I owned a 1984 Monte Carlo SS convertible, but come on, these 2000s Monte Carlos are not classics, they're not attractive, and they're slow. Why would they be collectors items?
What cars are selling for $300 in 2022? It’s not 2010
@@NewDesignVinylGraphics it's an exaggeration, kiddo. Although I did assume they'd be very cheap - and they're not. I have no idea who would want one of these as they're pretty awful cars. Ugly, slow, don't handle well - and for that they want $15k? Why?
@@rodmunch69 almost any car in good condition with low miles is 15k now. That's just 2022. 15k is the new 7k
@@AP-st1li I wasn't looking at low mileage cars, or stuff in amazing condition. Also Monte Carlos from the late 2000s were sell for like half the cost. It means these early 2000s are collectors, makes no sense.
@@rodmunch69 Dude you realize that these cars are 20 years old now and are considered classics by insurance companies right… keep on being jealous
I used to love these Monte Carlo SS especially the 04-05 3.8 SC. I had a 07 LT with the 3.5 v6 in gray.
Very nice this Monte Carlo 2000
GM had so many good power trains available to make this car fast... so much potential... and yet they went with the slowest engine possible
Coupes were dad by 2000.T-Bird was gone after 1997 until the retro model came out in early 2000's .Even Nascar went to the Impala for 2006 when they restyled the Monte and Impala and put V8's in the SS models.
The SS Supercharged made 240hp/260tq, 60 in 6.5 1/4 in 15.1@93. I've seen the supercharged 3.8 make 350hp.
I had a 2001 SS in silver. Had it 3 years then at just under 50k it developed a head gasket issue...was that common?to this day I find it very strange the 3.8 V6 developed this issue.
You sure it wasn’t the lower intake manifold gasket, they all eventually went bad
I loved to drive this car in about a half year in 2003/2004.
Wow, forty thousand in todays money another legend sadly gone 😪😪
We have been training some police officers for a while and the car they take from the cop shop motor pool to get to our location is a ragged out non-SS Monte Carlo though I think it's a couple of years newer than the one tested. I believe one of them said it's a drug repo car. They must put 50 miles a day on it 4-5 days a week and have used it for a couple years until quite recently. It has some pimped out wheels and looked quite sketchy. I noticed the feral cat that we leave food out for was always sniffing the rear bumper! lol
I had a few of the GM cars with the super charged 3800 series 2. The 4 speed autos in these cars were horrible and held the car back badly. Shifts were so bad when actually using the power on tap. Not having a manual transmission was a crime, but by then Americans were so accustom to not shifting gears in almost everything
Had an '04 GTP with the "competition group" package, and the trans was a joke. After getting it fixed the 3rd? time, the car got traded in for a G8 GT. Muuuuch better ☺
4:02 Am I the only one who notices that The Sign by Ace of Base is playing at that part?
Ace of Base on the radio....mans this is in the past lol
Rear wheel drive and 400 horses. That would've made a classic! Plus an interior upgrade from floor to ceiling.
Chargers replaced all these in the hood.
An what would replace the chargers and Challengers after 2024 when dodge stop making them.
I usually avoid the "should coulda" comments on these reviews but every single one of these sold as an SS should've been supercharged 3.8 no excuses.
Or... and here's where it gets REALLY crazy,
Offer them with a 5.7L V8.
But they absolutely would have had to make them rear wheel drive which I'm assuming had to do with cost.
By 2000, GM was the only American company left making a full size 2 door.
The Thunderbird had gone away 3 years prior and the Sebring coupe, while still in production was mainly a fleet car.
This was absolutely about $$$$.
@@johnnymichael1804 Yeah but they were never, ever, ever going to do do that, it was a FWD car. That's why I'm saying the least they could've done here was a Supercharged 3800 on SS models from the start. Maybe because it wasn't a Chevy engine they didn't want a Buick motor in their "race on sunday sell on monday" NASCAR Monte...either way it's always about money with GM. For whatever reason they spent a ton of it making a FWD Monte for the 90s-00s, even if that isn't really what people would've preferred.
@@3800TType the 3800 SC was based on the same 3800 used in this car
@@lb9gta307 yes....exactly the point
I don’t know what’s more ratchet, a 6th generation Monte Carlo or a Dodge Journey.
The Monte for sure in my area.
Very fun to drive and cruise around in
That soundtrack slaps fr
Not particularly a fan of these cars but it's worth noting that the interior and exterior styling of this gen were definitely an improvement on the horrid, bland 95-99 Lumina. The Impala/Monte Carlo of this gen were far better looking cars. Ridiculous that GM didn't equip these SS models with the 3800 Supercharged engine from the get go
I have always thought these cars were kind of ugly but I still really like them. I just wish they were rear-wheel drive or V8s.
I've had seen a Monte Carlo SS just like the one in the video at a high school football game that I have attended in October 2022.
Muito obrigado por aposta Chevrolet monte carlo eu tava pensando na minha cabeça caraca que carrão bonito 👍👍👍🎤🎤
These cars are a terrible and embarrassing reminder from when pre-bankruptcy GM slapped all of its loyal/legacy customers in the face by giving all their crappiest FWD Chevy 4cyl and V6 models an SS trim simply to desperately and cheaply try to generate sales smh. These were pathetic, unattractive, and absolutely depressing when they were new, even more so than the previous generation which was nothing but a rebadged Lumina coupe, but at least it wasn't called an "SS" smh.
That car had a nicer interior and dash than I expected.
So you were expecting Yugo quality
Rest your neck, Johnny.
@@johnnymichael1804 yeah , my Parents bought an Impala in 2000 , all the black paint came off the buttons within a few years , really bad materials
I wish they still made these cars, they make good cars for taking on the highway
What happened to the dale Earnhardt edition supercharged?
It came later
SS badge for 200 hp and a miserable 4-speed automatic? Shameful
Scrolled too far to find an honest assessment of this garbage car.
@@dr.jiIIaIicecooper2587 I'm sure you could see at least one rusted out example in every trailer park in America to this very day.
My mom has the 95 model year and it’s fantastic. 60,600 miles only.
Some high school and college bound kids like those cars. My son wants to buy a used one cuz his friend has one I’m more of a JDM fan. I don’t know much about these cars but the 3800 V6 are reliable.
Man this is a sharp car! Especially in red.
The last Body style of the Monte Carlo.
A car that has almost been entirely forgotten about and rusted off the road...
You could say that about virtually everything GM has built since around 1980.
Don't know how they got a 7.5 second 0-60. My 03 SS got about 8.5. Granted it had a lot of miles(161k), but I also have an 06 3.9L V6 monte carlo with 242hp and 242lb-ft(42 more hp and 17 more lb-ft), and comes with VVT, higher shift points than the 3.8L, etc. and its best is 7.0 0-60.
Maybe your elevation is higher or their tires are better, I wonder!
@@zzoinks i donno. my elevation is only about 500ft. So even if they were sea level in the video, thats only about a 1.5% power loss from mine compared to theirs. I had Douglas all season tires on it, which are actually the same tires that my 06 ran the 7.0 0-60 on. The 03 SS died and I swapped the tires and wheels off of it and put them on the 06 before selling the 03 for parts. So literally the same tires and wheels. I also ran my 06 at the track with those tires and ran a 15.78@93mph on an 85 degree day.
I also have an 08 uplander cargo van with the same 3.9L V6 that my 06 monte has and I would almost bet money that it would run almost right with the 03 SS I had from 0-100mph.
Don't know about which tire is better out of Douglas vs factory tho.
I give you props for being honest. If you go and see what people say about their cars, I feel like everybody’s car on the internet is at least 2 seconds faster on the 1/4 mile. I doesn’t matter if they drive a Corvette or a Nissan Versa.
It’s really tiring when people show up and say that in every car video. Like EVERY video, even the lowest car imaginable.
@@JVelez-we9my usually motorweek gets terrible times. Thats why its really odd they got 1 second faster than mine did. I've had a few cars that they've tested and I have clocked them quite a bit faster than what motorweek got. My 96 trans am was quicker than what they got and my 15 challenger is quicker than what they got. Motorweek just hits the gas snd lets the tires spin for as long as they can. Motor trend and car&driver will actually launch the cars correctly so they get times that are at least 1 second quicker than motorweek. But with the monte SS, even one of those two only got like an 8.4 0-60
@@timmypstyle Ah. Those are good observations. Maybe your 03 SS lost some horsepower? I saw a video FCP euro made where they measured the horsepower of a car with 300k miles, and it had lost some though not as much as they expected. It's a lot more miles than your car, but I had no idea that cars can lose a fair amount of HP when they're older!
Just imagine if all these 3800, Northstar and 5.3v8 cars were RWD.
And had a 6-speed manual
They'd still be ugly and assembled as though Toyota and Honda don't exist.
@@doug6191 they'd been faster than either though and just as reliable lol even just the 4L60 was very well capable of holding all of those motors and with the right rear, would have made these cars alot more fun.
Yeah, my buddy did have a '95 converted to RWD and 502" BBC V8... I want to convert a 2006 to RWD...
They needed a supercharger in the SS model.
Yeah it seems chevy played games with this one. I liked the song that came on the radio - true time indicator lol.
Huh. TPMS back in 1999! I had no idea it was a thing back then.
Hahha he said the radio was “idiot proof” thats great… imagine they could have built it on the camaro base… but the impala was much more modern design i guess. Wish i could buy an ss today for $23,000… would do it in a second.. maybe i’ll get an old one for fun..