The Chevy Caprice Classic Over The Years
The Chevy Caprice Classic over the years managed to hang around for over three decades, and was once one of Chevrolet's most successful offerings right from its birth in mid-1965 until it ended its run after 1996. As far as a what it was meant to do, it pulled that off very ably and managed to appeal to a wide segment of car buyers no matter its body styles and engines offered.
As a vehicle for the masses, the Caprice Classic became Chevy's most-expensive, full-size rear-wheel-drive model, and General Motors took care right from its roll-out in mid-1965 to keep it as well-stocked as it could with all the good things that Americans expected from their traditional rear-wheel, full-size automobiles.
The Caprice sported only 8-cylinder engines - both big and small block - over the course of its first two generations of life, and it wasn't until the third that an inline-6 cylinder was offered in an attempt at increasing fuel economy, which up until that point had never been its strong suit. Perhaps its most radical change came in 1977, when the Caprice Classic was totally redesigned and reduced in overall dimensions.
The third generation proved to be as successful as the previous two, and was quite a big change over its ancestors, taking a cubed and boxy kind of shape that it would carry until 1990. Police everywhere loved the big Chevy for its body-on-frame build (which made it easy bump out and repair) and the rear wheel drive V8 layout and huge back seat.
As the luxury offering in the Caprice line, the Caprice Classic did its job well and with a great deal of aplomb, never straying far from the top of the Chevy price lists for full-size cars. Its final offering resulted in it appearing in another new redesign, though it carried over nicely-powered V8 engines to the point it offered a detuned Corvette mill.
Never a vehicle that conceded anything in the way of interior room, the Caprice Classic continued to be a favorite not only of consumers - though fragmentation of the market meant that sales would never be as robust as during the vehicle's 1970s and 1980s heyday - but of cops everywhere. It also carried on in station wagon form until the end of its life.
The Chevy Caprice Classic, for all intents and purposes, went away after 1996, though there is a version of the Caprice being sold in Middle Eastern markets which is based off an Australian vehicle made by the Holden auto company. Truly an American icon, the big Chevy occupied a place in many an American consumer's heart for over thirty years. - 21393
As a vehicle for the masses, the Caprice Classic became Chevy's most-expensive, full-size rear-wheel-drive model, and General Motors took care right from its roll-out in mid-1965 to keep it as well-stocked as it could with all the good things that Americans expected from their traditional rear-wheel, full-size automobiles.
The Caprice sported only 8-cylinder engines - both big and small block - over the course of its first two generations of life, and it wasn't until the third that an inline-6 cylinder was offered in an attempt at increasing fuel economy, which up until that point had never been its strong suit. Perhaps its most radical change came in 1977, when the Caprice Classic was totally redesigned and reduced in overall dimensions.
The third generation proved to be as successful as the previous two, and was quite a big change over its ancestors, taking a cubed and boxy kind of shape that it would carry until 1990. Police everywhere loved the big Chevy for its body-on-frame build (which made it easy bump out and repair) and the rear wheel drive V8 layout and huge back seat.
As the luxury offering in the Caprice line, the Caprice Classic did its job well and with a great deal of aplomb, never straying far from the top of the Chevy price lists for full-size cars. Its final offering resulted in it appearing in another new redesign, though it carried over nicely-powered V8 engines to the point it offered a detuned Corvette mill.
Never a vehicle that conceded anything in the way of interior room, the Caprice Classic continued to be a favorite not only of consumers - though fragmentation of the market meant that sales would never be as robust as during the vehicle's 1970s and 1980s heyday - but of cops everywhere. It also carried on in station wagon form until the end of its life.
The Chevy Caprice Classic, for all intents and purposes, went away after 1996, though there is a version of the Caprice being sold in Middle Eastern markets which is based off an Australian vehicle made by the Holden auto company. Truly an American icon, the big Chevy occupied a place in many an American consumer's heart for over thirty years. - 21393
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