1980 Chevrolet Citation Test Drive
Chevy’s Nova replacement and its version of GM’s new X-car platform was the Citation, a heavily advertised subcompact that became the division’s fastest-selling model ever. Although Citation looks boxy, almost appliance-like in retrospect, at the time it offered clever utilization of space, thanks to the front-wheel-drive/transverse-engine design. Introduced in mid-1979, Citation was named 1980 “Car of the Year” by Motor Trend, an honorific that inevitable suggested considerably more than what the car delivered. The 5-door hatchback sedan was the most popular Citation body style; inline-4 and V-6 iterations combined to sell more than 458,000 units. Conversely, the “stripper” Club Coupe found only about 43,000 buyers.
1981 Chevrolet Citation vs Ford Fairmont Comparison Test Drive
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There’s no audio on the road test.
Edit; Turns out that’s a hardware issue on my end…loose wire going into the desktop PC speakers. Strange, but it only showed up here and on some other old Bob Mayer road tests.