My parents had the 3.1 V6 in their Lumina when I was in High School, and that car was flat-out fun to drive (despite looking like a sleepy family sedan). A couple of years later, when it came time for me to get a car for college...the big factor that sold me on Cavaliers was that I found out you could get the 3.1 V6 in those as well. I got one in a Z24, and that was an absolute fun car to drive during those years.
@@Volkswagen_Yeetle true. I believe Ford did the right thing back in the early 90s when they priced the Escort 2dr, 4dr and the wagon the same. And the wagon did not scream bottom barrel like the 2dr did. Sales outpaced the 2dr and by the last generation the wagon soldiered on along the other body styles
Cavaliers are some of those cars that will run badly for longer than many cars will run at all. They're surprisingly difficult to kill and served a necessary purpose of basic transportation. Attrition has finally gotten most of them so it's nice to see a reasonably clean, not very rusty one still going. That late 80s-mid 90s GM font is iconic.
Yea, the car looks good, extreme heat cycles kill off the ones that don’t get garaged or serviced, over heating and the paint would of been shot doing 115 degree summers
that's true but keep in mind they can also get some rust if they're driven through Coastal cities. My FIL's 99 Tacoma has always been a So Cal truck, it's never been through snow nor salt but it's got some pretty bad rust around the center stop light to the point it now leaks.
"Budget without punishment" The 3 speed automatic is all the punishment you need. 3 forward gears with no overdrive was borderline unacceptable even in 1994.
For budget vehicles of the time in 1994 a 3 speed auto really wasn't that bad, it definitely wasn't cutting edge at the time but it was okay. I think you're being a little dramatic, especially considering 1994 was the last year of this car.
@@engineer_alv but there was a choice between 3spd and 4spd anyway. US Corollas/Prizms also had strange specs in the 90's (in Europe or Japan 3spd auto "died" by 93 or 94).
Except it has TCC lockup which makes it feel like it has OD. I drove this car all the way home to Detroit from Phoenix and it averaged 28mpg. Nothing “punishing” about that.
Absolutely awesome car. Very durable & reliable. Took my driver's test in same car/color. Beings back good memories seeing this video. Very parking lot and city driving friendly...
Are there even full size sedans/wagons anymore? The Charger is gone, the 300C is gone, the Avalon is gone, the Impala is gone. Except you're going for luxury brands, the closest you're going to get to a full size sedan these days is the Honda Accord.
I worked for a major car rental agency back in the early to mid 90s. We had these in our rental fleet, oddly classified as a mid size car or the same classification as a Corsica or Grand Am. My understanding was they were a popular choice for our renters, especially business travelers who needed the cargo space for equipment but didn't necessarily want a larger wagon or minivan.
My wife had a new fully loaded Olds Firenza ES back in 1984 - we kept it for about 5 years and it wasn't exactly a refined 4 cylinder, but the rest of the car was really comfortable - the packaging on the J cars was really good. I'd love to have another one in good condition just for fun.
I get what you're saying. As someone who grew up in the 80s, a 1964 car has always seemed from another era. This 1994 car doesn't seem THAT much different than modern cars... Just a little boxier.
The GM "J" car. The bloody Australians inflicted these on us in NZ, with a 1.6 litre engine, flogged as the Holden Camira, with the "Camtech" engine. Gee, thanks, ya bastards. And we fell for it, too, after such glorious vehicles as the 4-cylinder Toranas and Sunbirds, and then the 4-cylinder Commodore with the mighty Starfire 1.9 engine, (a Holden 6 with 2 cylinders lopped off, and the oil filter fitted to ensure that every start from cold was dry - if it WOULD start), and 13 Inch wheels, and the most horrendous carburetor ever invented. They fitted the Starfire to the Aussie Toyota Corona, and that killed sales pretty much immediately. They sounded like a metal trash can full of bolts being violently shaken. Plus they ate fuel - provided they'd start. Even our Police ran them. Shit, they must be powerful with those twin exhaust outlets... I had an automatic SL/X, and it was a true pig. Handled OK, but SLLOOOWWWW. I loaned it to someone who annoyed some people in Rotorua, and they set it alight. Good one, Trevor. The Camiras were probably sort of OK when brand-new, if a bit gutless, but they soon turned into oil-burning horror stories. What a 3-speed auto version drove like, thankfully I'll never know. JB Camira? Then they went JD in OZ, but WE got the Isuzu Aska, sold as the JJ Camira in NZ - 1.8 and 2.0 litre models, and, if the subframes and rear window apertures hadn't started rusting in the showroom, there might be one around somewhere. I had a 5-speed manual sedan, (there was no wagon option), and it drove fine. I seem to recall a Sport version or something with the 2 litre, which looked kinda cool. I've seen Subaru Legacy/Liberty models also sold in NZ as Isuzu Askas. I think we got the JE Camira as well, but I haven't seen one in decades.
Great video ❤ If I had known back in the 90s that GMs vehicles will progressively will get worst by 2024, I would have bought a couple of these Cavaliers and stored in Cheyenne. GM cars are disastrous nowadays, case in point the garbage Chevy Cruze.
Sold as a Vauxhall Cavalier estate here in UK. Still made in Australia whereas the saloon (sedan) and hatch were made in UK and Germany ad of better quality than the Estate. It was only sold here for a few years in the mid 80's.
🎉We had one in our family in the same color you have here. It was a 1992 RS. The 3.1 had a lot of torque, and it really moved this car. It was a sleeper. People thought it had a 4 cylinder. The 3.1 when it woke up left everything in the rear view mirror. The 3.1 did have intake gaskets that would leak externally after several years of driving that had to be replaced. Test drove both the 4 cylinder and V6. The 4 cylinder was gutless in this wagon, and that was why we went with the V6. Had the car for 14 years.
Had a 94 coupe, 4 cyl. As my second car it seemed like a huge step up from my 86 that threw a rod. Many memories of playing creed tapes in the thing 25 years ago😂
My sister had the two door convertible version of this. I had to borrow it in 2001 when my Stealth R/T Twin Turbo had a catastrophic axle / brake failure. It was no fun. Bad times.
My 1996 Honda Accord had a vinyl headliner. I wish every auto maker installed vinyl headliners. So embarrassing when cloth headliners fail. Just a thought not meant to be derogatory or demeaning.
my mom had the 91 cavalier sedan with sliver paint was a great car from brand new to 2005 never skip a beat only thing was battery & starter other then that nothing i love it
I had one of these! Mine had the 4 cylinder and was purple. It was my first car and was bulletproof until my mother had it for like a week and it started pouring oil everywhere.
Interesting car. I used to have a '92 Buick Regal with the same engine. It was a pretty decent car, it had the factory stereo and a digital speedometer that could be switched to kilometers per hour. It had the same keys as this car too.
Fabulous-we had these in Oz as the Camira. Terrible quality at first but good to drive. Later ones were pretty decent-efi etc. Only 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 four bangers.
This brings back memories, Bad ones. I had a 93 Cavalier, and for the first few years it was great. And then it started to stall. I took it to mechanic after mechanic trying to get it fixed. Always being told they had found the problem and fixed it. Sometimes it wouldn't restart and one guy helped me push it off the road at a redlight. I decided at that time I would never own another GM product again. All of this happened to a car with less than 100k miles on it.
My first car was an '88 coupe that was a base model (VL) with the 2.0L 4-cylinder. It was very stripped down - no power anything. It didn't even have power steering. It did have automatic transmission, since I didn't know how to drive stick yet at the time. You can't get cars that stripped down anymore.
This would have the Turbo Hydro Matic 125 which is a three speed automatic. They are some of the best three speed transmission ever made. Extremely dependable.
My aunt had a plain white 4 door. Somehow that cat drive through mountains. I kinda miss cars being slower though. It seemed people were not in so much of a hurry
My dad had one exactly like this when i was a kid. I remember opening the door on the hwy and scaring the living crap out of my parents. Thats mt best memory of this car lol
4:06 - It would have been cool to see a dressed-up Cavalier wagon, like a Z24 wagon. Why did they all have to look like poverty trim with steelies/wheel covers and manual everything? 😕
That 3.1L v6 is actually the same engine as the 3100 in the Pontiac you reviewed earlier this week, the intake plenum design was just revised in the years between to give it a bit more hp
8:00 GM punishing you for being poor has literally been their strategy since the Sloan days... hell, since the Durrant days. Why desire a Cadillac if a Chevy is so comfy? This Cavalier represents the final death gasp of Malaise-period "the interior is more comfy than what we used to offer when we gave you horsepower instead" design from GM. There's a reason my club considers the end of Malaise as 1995.
@@9ZERO6 Ah yes, I can't wait to go to your club's upcoming car show in which you try to justify your 102 horsepower 1993 Civic and 215 horsepower Windsor block SN95 Mustang as "not-Malaise" while ignoring whatever other qualities the car may have because you never developed a sense of taste for cars beyond "race car go vroom vroom!" Oh wait, you don't have a car club. Or a car. Or a life. Well done, NPC.
@@Doctor_Robert jesus man. I need to go to your little car clubs show. Where is it. I will put new tennis balls on my walker so I wobble around and gaze upon your new high horsepower machines that were put on earth without any prior cars that were used as building blocks on which your cars that came from. Its like immaculate conception. I will drive my malaise 1987 Buick GNX.
That has 1992 Dodge caravan or a Plymouth Voyager rims on it. I know those rims anywhere my grandmother had a 1990 Chevy cavalier CL it lived until it was 18 years old it was okay. The k-frame completely rotted out.
Yep! I never had a crank window car fail when the motor died,or windows coming off the track & going outside of the frame,or slipping down as you go over bumps! All this power BS is just a pain when you drive old,high mileage cars!
I have a red 1993 chevy cavalier stationwagon. Looks similar to my car but mine just has a cassette player which is my biggest ick with it. Would love to be able to find a radio that fits and has cd and or aux cord for me.
Without? Ya sure? I was in high school from 98-02 and have ridden in a number of these. These weren't complete pieces of junk but they certainly felt cheap and the engine sounded like a coffee grinder with a wheeze. EVERYTHING Rattled. The Escort, Protege, Civic and Corolla were much better. I do love the color and it is totally a period piece so that's fun.
The Cavalier name was one of GM's longest running compact name plates. It sold well, and they lasted a long time. I know people who have one, and have gone 250,000 to 300,000 miles. The Cavalier never should have been dropped. It was a popular car. A few years ago Chevrolet filed a US patent with the United States Patent and Trademark office for the Cavalier name in the U.S. A rumor was going around the Cavalier may be coming back to The United States. It still has not happened. The Cavalier is still being produced in Mexico, and some Foreign countries.
They changed the name to Cobalt, then later to Cruze, before discontinuing their compact car altogether a few years ago. But I agree, I liked the name Cavalier. My first car was an '88 coupe. American carmakers tend to change model names every so often, while the Japanese keep the same names for 50 years (Accord, Civic, Corolla, etc).
@@mbd501 I was put into a Cobalt when my Impala LS was having silent recall work done to fix a cracked subframe. The Cobalt was cheaply made, and I did not like it. After having a Cavalier, and Corsica the Cobalt never impressed me so I never bought one. The Cavalier is still in production in several Foreign countries, and looks alot like the Cruze does. I currently drive a Cruze, and a trusty and reliable old Ford Freestar minivan.
@@ericknoblauch9195 Yeah, apparently they're currently selling a car called the Monza in China and the Cavalier in Mexico, that's a little bit smaller than the last Cruze was. It's made in China. But they currently have no plans for a new small sedan here.
This video Is why I love this channel you show all the vehciles that people forgot! I too really miss how vehciles use to be modern gm is such garbage and all these damn cuvs and suvs I just don’t like it!
Howdy Zack!! Wanna check out my 2013 Mazda CX5 Sport with 2wd auto, completely stock and 178000 miles on it? Its nearly pristine condition. Im in Houston TX. This car/suv deserves a second look for anyone in the market for an affordable, reluable, fun to drive vehicle in the $6-8,000 range.
@@runoflife87 Now compare the torque number.. the v6 is probably much higher. Also.. the v6 is more reliable more relaxed and never overstressed. It was an old engine.. but simple and it worked. Would be interesting to compare the fuel economy. Probably similar to your 140HP I4. Keep in mind.. the US gallon is 20% smaller than the UK gallon... an often overlooked point when comparing fuel economy. We have this debate all the time.. in the USA we tend to have big displacement v8's but simple pushrod design. like the Corvette camaro etc.. Euro cars.. tend to be smaller displacement but more complex and high reving. Just different ways to accomplish the same goal..
That 3.1 V6 is a large reason it doesn't feel like you're scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Never scraping the bottom of the barrel with a wagon
My parents had the 3.1 V6 in their Lumina when I was in High School, and that car was flat-out fun to drive (despite looking like a sleepy family sedan). A couple of years later, when it came time for me to get a car for college...the big factor that sold me on Cavaliers was that I found out you could get the 3.1 V6 in those as well. I got one in a Z24, and that was an absolute fun car to drive during those years.
I had a 95 2 door grand am with that 3.1 and even though I was only 17, I loved that car
@@Volkswagen_Yeetle true. I believe Ford did the right thing back in the early 90s when they priced the Escort 2dr, 4dr and the wagon the same. And the wagon did not scream bottom barrel like the 2dr did. Sales outpaced the 2dr and by the last generation the wagon soldiered on along the other body styles
So many Cavaliers in my high school parking lot. They were everywhere back in the day.
Brad Paisley even mentions one rolling into a high school parking lot in his song "Camouflage." ;-)
This generation of Cavalier is my favorite styling-wise. I always thought they were really good looking for being a little economy car.
Holden could have had a Camira with a V6.
Agreed, I think it looks good
The Z24's flat-out looked sharp.
First-gen was too boxy, third one was too blobby. Second one was the creme de la creme.
Cavaliers are some of those cars that will run badly for longer than many cars will run at all. They're surprisingly difficult to kill and served a necessary purpose of basic transportation. Attrition has finally gotten most of them so it's nice to see a reasonably clean, not very rusty one still going. That late 80s-mid 90s GM font is iconic.
"..run badly for longer.." That's a really accurate way to put it. ;-)
Yup, that was the one. Exact one we had growing up. Those bristles bring back fond memories.
The desert climate in Southern California/Arizona does wonders for vehicle preservation.
Yea, the car looks good, extreme heat cycles kill off the ones that don’t get garaged or serviced, over heating and the paint would of been shot doing 115 degree summers
that's true but keep in mind they can also get some rust if they're driven through Coastal cities. My FIL's 99 Tacoma has always been a So Cal truck, it's never been through snow nor salt but it's got some pretty bad rust around the center stop light to the point it now leaks.
"Budget without punishment"
The 3 speed automatic is all the punishment you need. 3 forward gears with no overdrive was borderline unacceptable even in 1994.
It was unaccaptable by 1986, lol, when Toyota and Honda had 4-speed auto.
@@runoflife87 then again a friend from HS had a 99 Corolla with a 3 spd auto.
For budget vehicles of the time in 1994 a 3 speed auto really wasn't that bad, it definitely wasn't cutting edge at the time but it was okay. I think you're being a little dramatic, especially considering 1994 was the last year of this car.
@@engineer_alv but there was a choice between 3spd and 4spd anyway. US Corollas/Prizms also had strange specs in the 90's (in Europe or Japan 3spd auto "died" by 93 or 94).
Except it has TCC lockup which makes it feel like it has OD. I drove this car all the way home to Detroit from Phoenix and it averaged 28mpg. Nothing “punishing” about that.
My first car was a 92 Cavalier 3.1 RS coupe , same color as that one . I still miss it
My dad had a Corsica, with the 3.1 pushrod. He put a Magnaflow turbo muffler on it. Never broke down. Decently comfortable. Bland, but reliable. ✌️😊💙
Absolutely awesome car. Very durable & reliable. Took my driver's test in same car/color. Beings back good memories seeing this video. Very parking lot and city driving friendly...
Opel Ascona is reliable. This is obsolete garbage.
It’s crazy that compact cars used to have V6s. Now it’s hard to get one in anything in anything smaller than a full size
Are there even full size sedans/wagons anymore? The Charger is gone, the 300C is gone, the Avalon is gone, the Impala is gone. Except you're going for luxury brands, the closest you're going to get to a full size sedan these days is the Honda Accord.
Especially with all these damn turbos
😂 true
@@damilolaakanni And that Accord was classified as midsize in the 20th century. You want a REAL full-size car? You have to go back to the 80's.😎
I worked for a major car rental agency back in the early to mid 90s. We had these in our rental fleet, oddly classified as a mid size car or the same classification as a Corsica or Grand Am. My understanding was they were a popular choice for our renters, especially business travelers who needed the cargo space for equipment but didn't necessarily want a larger wagon or minivan.
My wife had a new fully loaded Olds Firenza ES back in 1984 - we kept it for about 5 years and it wasn't exactly a refined 4 cylinder, but the rest of the car was really comfortable - the packaging on the J cars was really good. I'd love to have another one in good condition just for fun.
2 Cavalier Z24s here in New Jersey. Thanks for this review on a 94 wagon with the 3.1✌️
Imagine reviewing a 1964 car in 1994. Wild to think about it.
I’m not sure I’m following what you’re saying
This car is 30 years old now. When it was new, a 30 year old car would've been from 1964
@@harkin3684 yes. I get that. Waters wet, what’s the point 😂
I get what you're saying. As someone who grew up in the 80s, a 1964 car has always seemed from another era. This 1994 car doesn't seem THAT much different than modern cars... Just a little boxier.
@@andyk6796 that is exactly what I meant. Thank you.
I'm here to support your channel, when you have low income, this car is lifeline.
The GM "J" car.
The bloody Australians inflicted these on us in NZ, with a 1.6 litre engine, flogged as the Holden Camira, with the "Camtech" engine.
Gee, thanks, ya bastards.
And we fell for it, too, after such glorious vehicles as the 4-cylinder Toranas and Sunbirds, and then the 4-cylinder Commodore with the mighty Starfire 1.9 engine, (a Holden 6 with 2 cylinders lopped off, and the oil filter fitted to ensure that every start from cold was dry - if it WOULD start), and 13 Inch wheels, and the most horrendous carburetor ever invented. They fitted the Starfire to the Aussie Toyota Corona, and that killed sales pretty much immediately.
They sounded like a metal trash can full of bolts being violently shaken.
Plus they ate fuel - provided they'd start.
Even our Police ran them.
Shit, they must be powerful with those twin exhaust outlets...
I had an automatic SL/X, and it was a true pig.
Handled OK, but SLLOOOWWWW.
I loaned it to someone who annoyed some people in Rotorua, and they set it alight.
Good one, Trevor.
The Camiras were probably sort of OK when brand-new, if a bit gutless, but they soon turned into oil-burning horror stories. What a 3-speed auto version drove like, thankfully I'll never know.
JB Camira? Then they went JD in OZ, but WE got the Isuzu Aska, sold as the JJ Camira in NZ - 1.8 and 2.0 litre models, and, if the subframes and rear window apertures hadn't started rusting in the showroom, there might be one around somewhere.
I had a 5-speed manual sedan, (there was no wagon option), and it drove fine. I seem to recall a Sport version or something with the 2 litre, which looked kinda cool.
I've seen Subaru Legacy/Liberty models also sold in NZ as Isuzu Askas.
I think we got the JE Camira as well, but I haven't seen one in decades.
I really liked the dash in this, unlike the other they made that cracked
ahh the good days of chevy
you dont know what you got till its gone
My dad had a small fleet of these for his office supply company. He was so pissed at GM when they discontinued them back in 96.
Great video ❤
If I had known back in the 90s that GMs vehicles will progressively will get worst by 2024, I would have bought a couple of these Cavaliers and stored in Cheyenne.
GM cars are disastrous nowadays, case in point the garbage Chevy Cruze.
i miss wagons this one is beautiful. it's got 91 caravan hubcaps on it
An icon of my childhood. Love that you go old school with the reviews. Great video.
Cool, my Uncle Robert had a 1983 light blue Chevy Caviler Wagon. 🥰
The best compact wagon ever made ! Almost 200,000 miles ! The proof is in the puddn !
Dude i love your reviews of ordinary cars! As Doug did it at beginning, dont loose it like him
Sold as a Vauxhall Cavalier estate here in UK. Still made in Australia whereas the saloon (sedan) and hatch were made in UK and Germany ad of better quality than the Estate. It was only sold here for a few years in the mid 80's.
Super amazing car! I drive a 94 Pontiac Sunbird. You should come drive it Zach
I love your reviews. Not too long, straight to the point
🎉We had one in our family in the same color you have here. It was a 1992 RS. The 3.1 had a lot of torque, and it really moved this car. It was a sleeper. People thought it had a 4 cylinder. The 3.1 when it woke up left everything in the rear view mirror. The 3.1 did have intake gaskets that would leak externally after several years of driving that had to be replaced. Test drove both the 4 cylinder and V6. The 4 cylinder was gutless in this wagon, and that was why we went with the V6. Had the car for 14 years.
Coolant leak issues for days tho
All the kids at my high school loved them back in the day.
Had a 94 coupe, 4 cyl. As my second car it seemed like a huge step up from my 86 that threw a rod. Many memories of playing creed tapes in the thing 25 years ago😂
I had a loaded '93 Cavalier RS wagon in Maroon with the gray interior, comfortable, relatively quick and was a great car for trip taking.
I get my supercharged 3800 swapped Pontiac 6000 wagon on the road now I’m seeing wagon videos everywhere. 👍
My sister had the two door convertible version of this. I had to borrow it in 2001 when my Stealth R/T Twin Turbo had a catastrophic axle / brake failure. It was no fun. Bad times.
My 1996 Honda Accord had a vinyl headliner. I wish every auto maker installed vinyl headliners. So embarrassing when cloth headliners fail. Just a thought not meant to be derogatory or demeaning.
my mom had the 91 cavalier sedan with sliver paint was a great car from brand new to 2005 never skip a beat only thing was battery & starter other then that nothing i love it
I had one of these! Mine had the 4 cylinder and was purple. It was my first car and was bulletproof until my mother had it for like a week and it started pouring oil everywhere.
Those are some very clean looking gauges. Like the steering wheel too!
Interesting car. I used to have a '92 Buick Regal with the same engine. It was a pretty decent car, it had the factory stereo and a digital speedometer that could be switched to kilometers per hour. It had the same keys as this car too.
That was cool! Your love of basic cars is showing and i love it! You are doing great work and i enjoy your vids!
I enjoy Cavaliers of all generations, so I enjoyed this review and wouldn't mind finding one of my own to drive.
Fabulous-we had these in Oz as the Camira. Terrible quality at first but good to drive. Later ones were pretty decent-efi etc. Only 1.6, 1.8, 2.0 four bangers.
This brings back memories, Bad ones. I had a 93 Cavalier, and for the first few years it was great. And then it started to stall. I took it to mechanic after mechanic trying to get it fixed. Always being told they had found the problem and fixed it. Sometimes it wouldn't restart and one guy helped me push it off the road at a redlight. I decided at that time I would never own another GM product again. All of this happened to a car with less than 100k miles on it.
My first car was an '88 coupe that was a base model (VL) with the 2.0L 4-cylinder. It was very stripped down - no power anything. It didn't even have power steering. It did have automatic transmission, since I didn't know how to drive stick yet at the time. You can't get cars that stripped down anymore.
This would have the Turbo Hydro Matic 125 which is a three speed automatic. They are some of the best three speed transmission ever made. Extremely dependable.
The wheel covers look like they came from a 1991 Dodge Caravan SE, lol
I had this same car, mine was a 1993. It ran very well and only ran properly on 87 gasoline.
Those 2nd gen Caravan wheels are cheeky... but I reckon they work on this car! :D
I recognize that area! Kind of cool to see a Shooting Cars video that was filmed near me!
My neighbor had one of these a long time ago. All of us kids in the neighborhood used to hide and throw snow balls at it when she would drive by 😂😂
Once upon a time the Cavalier was the best selling car on the continent.
I love the rare cavalier convertible
My aunt had a plain white 4 door. Somehow that cat drive through mountains. I kinda miss cars being slower though. It seemed people were not in so much of a hurry
My dad had one exactly like this when i was a kid. I remember opening the door on the hwy and scaring the living crap out of my parents. Thats mt best memory of this car lol
4:06 - It would have been cool to see a dressed-up Cavalier wagon, like a Z24 wagon. Why did they all have to look like poverty trim with steelies/wheel covers and manual everything? 😕
That 3.1L v6 is actually the same engine as the 3100 in the Pontiac you reviewed earlier this week, the intake plenum design was just revised in the years between to give it a bit more hp
You aren’t incorrect but with the 3100, it introduced sequential fuel injection so it’s technical a new generation
I wanted one back in the day.
8:00 GM punishing you for being poor has literally been their strategy since the Sloan days... hell, since the Durrant days. Why desire a Cadillac if a Chevy is so comfy?
This Cavalier represents the final death gasp of Malaise-period "the interior is more comfy than what we used to offer when we gave you horsepower instead" design from GM. There's a reason my club considers the end of Malaise as 1995.
Your club? Well that settles it then. 1995 is hereby recognized as the end of the Malaise era that ended around 1986.
@@9ZERO6 Ah yes, I can't wait to go to your club's upcoming car show in which you try to justify your 102 horsepower 1993 Civic and 215 horsepower Windsor block SN95 Mustang as "not-Malaise" while ignoring whatever other qualities the car may have because you never developed a sense of taste for cars beyond "race car go vroom vroom!"
Oh wait, you don't have a car club. Or a car. Or a life. Well done, NPC.
@@Doctor_Robert jesus man. I need to go to your little car clubs show. Where is it. I will put new tennis balls on my walker so I wobble around and gaze upon your new high horsepower machines that were put on earth without any prior cars that were used as building blocks on which your cars that came from. Its like immaculate conception. I will drive my malaise 1987 Buick GNX.
I think those were the last of the Station Wagons cause once the 90s started SUVs started getting popular.
Chevy Cavalier Wagon the car epitomizing the early 90s
I like it. I love it. I want some more of it. 80s and 90s wagons that is haha
I had a '95 with the 4 cylinder. That thing was gutless lol
That has 1992 Dodge caravan or a Plymouth Voyager rims on it. I know those rims anywhere my grandmother had a 1990 Chevy cavalier CL it lived until it was 18 years old it was okay. The k-frame completely rotted out.
I love manual windows.
Yep! I never had a crank window car fail when the motor died,or windows coming off the track & going outside of the frame,or slipping down as you go over bumps! All this power BS is just a pain when you drive old,high mileage cars!
I have a red 1993 chevy cavalier stationwagon. Looks similar to my car but mine just has a cassette player which is my biggest ick with it. Would love to be able to find a radio that fits and has cd and or aux cord for me.
Without? Ya sure? I was in high school from 98-02 and have ridden in a number of these. These weren't complete pieces of junk but they certainly felt cheap and the engine sounded like a coffee grinder with a wheeze. EVERYTHING Rattled. The Escort, Protege, Civic and Corolla were much better. I do love the color and it is totally a period piece so that's fun.
at the beginning of the day nice wagon.
The Cavalier name was one of GM's longest running compact name plates. It sold well, and they lasted a long time. I know people who have one, and have gone 250,000 to 300,000 miles. The Cavalier never should have been dropped. It was a popular car. A few years ago Chevrolet filed a US patent with the United States Patent and Trademark office for the Cavalier name in the U.S. A rumor was going around the Cavalier may be coming back to The United States. It still has not happened. The Cavalier is still being produced in Mexico, and some Foreign countries.
They changed the name to Cobalt, then later to Cruze, before discontinuing their compact car altogether a few years ago. But I agree, I liked the name Cavalier. My first car was an '88 coupe. American carmakers tend to change model names every so often, while the Japanese keep the same names for 50 years (Accord, Civic, Corolla, etc).
@@mbd501 I was put into a Cobalt when my Impala LS was having silent recall work done to fix a cracked subframe. The Cobalt was cheaply made, and I did not like it. After having a Cavalier, and Corsica the Cobalt never impressed me so I never bought one. The Cavalier is still in production in several Foreign countries, and looks alot like the Cruze does. I currently drive a Cruze, and a trusty and reliable old Ford Freestar minivan.
@@ericknoblauch9195 Yeah, apparently they're currently selling a car called the Monza in China and the Cavalier in Mexico, that's a little bit smaller than the last Cruze was. It's made in China. But they currently have no plans for a new small sedan here.
Many of them that generation had the strut towers rust through and then off to the crusher.
Nice car except for the steering wheel. What was the point of the bottom spoke?
Undercover cop cars back in the early 90's
Fix the headliner and she’s good to go!
I've always wanted a cavalier wagon damnit oh please @zack get a berreta
This video Is why I love this channel you show all the vehciles that people forgot! I too really miss how vehciles use to be modern gm is such garbage and all these damn cuvs and suvs I just don’t like it!
Has the crude aesthetic of something from the 1980s
My 1986 Cavalier only made it to 75k miles before the repairs and lack of reliability made me get rid of it. Worst car I had, first car I had.
Also I'm pretty sure those tailights are from a Skyhawk. I'm sure they're interchangeable.
Correct! This is my car and I prefer how the Skyhawk tails have the reverse light on the bottom.
You didn’t mention when folding down the rear seat there’s even more cargo space
Wow. They kept building them exactly the same as they came out in 1982 in wagon form. Holden killed them in 1987 iirc.
Howdy Zack!! Wanna check out my 2013 Mazda CX5 Sport with 2wd auto, completely stock and 178000 miles on it? Its nearly pristine condition. Im in Houston TX. This car/suv deserves a second look for anyone in the market for an affordable, reluable, fun to drive vehicle in the $6-8,000 range.
My parents had a beige one when i was 16, i got to drive it until i bought my first car
It would have been nice if you took a pic of the underbody.
That’s a sweet car
Wasn’t the 3.1 known for blowing head gaskets ?
My friend had the 4 cylinder version, it was miserable and the worst part it wasnt even reliable.
I would pay a lot of money for this car if I could buy it
Only General Motors would build a car with Roll Up Windows, a Factory CD Player and Air Conditioning!!😅😅😅
Back in the day of ala carte options 😩
No "ABS" badge on this one?
94 was a pretty watered down year, only 92 and 93s had the ABS badge.
Try to find a Toyota Cavalier. This is not a typo.
3.1V6 makes 140hp? Opel Ascona Irmscher (another J-car) made 140 hp out of its 2.0 I4.
Cool story. 🤷♂️
@@doug6191nope, it's just US engineering ai its "best".
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Now compare the torque number.. the v6 is probably much higher. Also.. the v6 is more reliable more relaxed and never overstressed. It was an old engine.. but simple and it worked.
Would be interesting to compare the fuel economy. Probably similar to your 140HP I4. Keep in mind.. the US gallon is 20% smaller than the UK gallon... an often overlooked point when comparing fuel economy.
We have this debate all the time.. in the USA we tend to have big displacement v8's but simple pushrod design. like the Corvette camaro etc.. Euro cars.. tend to be smaller displacement but more complex and high reving.
Just different ways to accomplish the same goal..
I think North American emission controls being more stringent back then gave US market cars less bhp,too.
The V6 had a lot more torque, though - 185 lb-ft.
I can't believe this what they gave Alexandra in Walker S1 lolll, couldn't get her any less attractive.. n her mouth her always gasping make me cackle
Donde see meney is got drove tham into the ground some had 200+miles on the odometer 😮
Had one exactly like this. Loved it until someone tboned it and totaled it
Dodge caravan hub caps
I thought so too. Similar to the factory wheels but different. A little chunkier looking. Good spot!
Does this car have any airbags?
No. GM got around the 1989 passive restraint regulations by installing the door mounted seatbelts. Airbags weren’t mandated till 1996.
Did you know you could open the door and the belts extends automatically?
@@danielferstendig yes, that’s why it’s considered passive, because you can leave the belt buckled.
With wheels from a Caravan.
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V6. Non existent. 99%. Were 4 cyl
Idt this guy has ever been in the backseat of a car.