The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is an American-made two-door coupe introduced for model year 1970, and manufactured over six generations through model year 2007. It was marketed as a personal-luxury coupe through its entire history and the last type of car of its kind when it was discontinued in 2007, outliving many competitors that were either discontinued many years earlier, changed in concept to either a four-door sedan or smaller sport coupe.
The Monte Carlo endured six styling/design generations. The first four (1970-72, 1973-77, 1978-80 and 1981-88) were of a rear-wheel-drive, V8-powered (V6 available beginning in 1978) coupes utilizing separate body-on-frame construction as opposed to unit-body construction along with smaller engines, which were becoming increasing common beginning in the early 1980s as automakers downsized their vehicle lines to meet increasing stringent fuel-economy regulations in the aftermath of two energy crises that led to gasoline shortages and skyrocketing pump prices in 1973-74 and 1979-80. Despite those trends, the Monte Carlo remained a popular seller and even regained the SS version (initially offered for 1970-71 with 454 cubic-inch V8) from mid-1983 to 1988 with a high-performance 305 cubic inch V8.
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