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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

A History Of The Chevy Lumina

By Andy Zain

The Chevy Lumina was a sedan and minivan designed by the popular American Company, General Motors. It was in production from the year 1990 all the way until 2001 when it finally ceased production. Having undergone various redesigns and changes over the years, it proved to be a popular car with a good track record.

Originally, the cars were built in a single plant which was set in Ontario of Canada. The car had a fairly unique design, being known as being one of the longest cars of the W-body type. In 1997, the product line had started to be phased out, slowly being replaced with a Chevrolet Venture.

The first generation of cars, introduced in 1990 introduced mid-sized cars similar to the Pontiac Grand Prix. It became a popular seller, but it was widely criticised by various motoring magazines for being rather late in the game, being rather technologically behind certain competing models.

The next generation began in 1995 and a whole new range of models was introduced. This second generation for the Lumina saw various redesigned, resurrecting and all not to talk version which was originally want sold as the Lumina coupe.

The car also became popular be sold to law enforcement agencies and taxi companies. This was partly because of its reliability and reasonable performance, and it became very popular, as did many cars from General Motors, for all sorts of government agencies and other major organisations.

In 1998, the Chevy Lumina went through yet another overhaul, receiving some more advanced second generation airbags and various other safety changes. A four wheel drive was also introduced, replacing the Lumina back in 2000. However, for a while after, the cars were still produced sold exclusively for rental fleets.

The four wheel drive was also bought into the market, which replaced the original Lumina back in 2000. Nonetheless, the original cars were sold exclusively to rental fleets for a considerable period of time afterwards. Finally, production finally came to an end back in 1999 in Canada.

Finally, the product range came to an end of production in 1999 in Canada. Production was finally terminated in the United States two years later, but production also continued in certain countries in Asia and Latin America, the car was sold under a different name. Certain versions the car also very popular in the Middle East and South Africa and continue to be for quite some time. - 21393

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