Every successful automobile is a reflection of its time, but very few cars are as representative of their era in automotive history as Chevrolet's Chevy II and Nova. That may seem like a pretty grand statement to put on the shoulders of such a simple economy car, but after all the Chevy II changed many times over during it's 17 year run. The 1960's and 1970's were a time when automotive categories and markets were in a constant state of change, thanks to new assumptions about the automobile brought about by social changes, revitalized foreign competition, international oil policies, and new more powerful environmental standards and safety lobbies. Like few other cars of its era, the Chevy II was transformed to meet the requirements of all those constantly changing market conditions. The Chevy II was a perfect reflection of the attempts by General Motors (GM) to meet the rapidly changing demands of consumers during those two constantly changing turbulent decades.

Introduced in the early 1960's as a frugal economy car, at a time when economical foreign competition and a domestic recession

had made economy cars the new darlings of the auto industry, the Chevy I

stop Chevrolet. A 396 Nova Super Sport had little of the well-balanced feel of a sports car or lightweight performance sedan. It was more or a drag-strip bully, ready to convert the helpless tires to smoke at the nudge of the throttle, ready to smash drivers against the seatback as only a car with a big-block can.

That the Chevy II was able to fill so many niches in Chevrolet's lineup is an indication of the flexibility of the platform, and of the public's acceptance of the car. The Chevy II was Chevrolet's entry-level, do-everything family sedan for a lot of people, and if those people wanted economy, practicality, and healthy does of horsepower, torque and style, well Chevrolet wasn't going to send them searching for those things from another manufacturer.

Being introduced as a mainstream alternative to the unique Corvair, the Chevy II became perhaps the ultimate utility player for Chevrolet. This versatile platform included Chevy II models that served as mundane economy cars, as well as the rude Chevy Nova Super Sport models whose V-8 power gave this lightweight machine true muscle car performance.

I was transformed into a muscle car in the mid-1960's when all the country was overwhelmed by horsepower. The Chevy II, the simpl

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