Garland Pollard

Detroit: Please Bring Back the Stripped Car

Great points all. And I meant 1987 for the Chevette, not 1997. By then, I guess Chevy had introduced Geo?

The point of adding crank windows and such is totally valid; you don't want to INCREASE the price of a car just to make it seem like it is cheap. But I do think some things can be eliminated. For instance, cars used to have simple rolled plastic on the floors, rather than carpet. Of course you might save $10 bucks with that...but Part of selling a cheap car is creating a perception of value in the upper end models. If you sell the base model with vinyl floor, you make $100 by selling the carpet version.