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Posted 2/28/2007 5:09:31 PM by Rory Jurnecka  
Filed under: Car News, Chevrolet

The long and winding road is about to come to an end for the Chevrolet Monte Carlo, according to reports quoting General Motors sources. The news appears to have broken on the GM InsideNews website where a forum member posted an E-mail he received from GM stating that production of the Monte Carlo will end June 20 with final orders being taken by May 4.

The news was later confirmed by Autoblog who called GM and verified the information.  The first Monte Carlos were produced in 1970 and have subsequently survived six generations.  Unfortunately, sales for the model have slowed (down over 64 percent as of January 2007), inevitably the cause for the Monte Carlo's axing. 

There is no word on whether the name will return to the GM lineup in the future, but the car did previously take a seven year hiatus between 1988 and 1995 before being brought back into GM's lineup.


 Brief History of the Monte Carlo  

Although it debuted in 1970 at the height of the muscle-car era, the Monte Carlo wasn't just another Chevrolet street machine looking for a fight. Instead, the Monte was Chevrolet's bid for customers who wanted a sporty, upscale coupe that provided a balance of performance and comfort in a stylish package. Additional performance was still an option as the Monte Carlo could be ordered with the famed "SS" package just like its "A-body" siblings. Super Sport Monte Carlos had one of two 454 V8s, beefed-up suspensions and "SS" badges inside and out. A new model was released in 1973 sporting even swoopier sheet metal, but Chevrolet put the kibosh on the SS package due to stiffening emissions restrictions. Second-generation Monte Carlo models lasted until 1978 when an all-new, and considerably smaller, version debuted. The third-generation model offered a V6 for the first time, but the Monte still retained the arcing lines and long hood/short rear deck appearance of its predecessors. Just three years later, the fourth-generation Monte arrived. Although it initially retained "A-body" underpinnings, the Monte Carlo was quickly switched over to the new "G-body" platform in 1982. The Super Sport package returned in 1983, although this time around it consisted of mostly cosmetic changes. Chevy car buyers loved it anyway as the Super Sport Montes proved to be quite popular throughout the '80s. Production continued until 1988 when the Chevy Monte Carlo was replaced by the Lumina coupe. This was not to be the end, however, as the Lumina coupe became the Monte Carlo once again in 1995. At this point the Monte Carlo had been softened and rehashe

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