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In a few months, we’ll reach the tenth anniversary of
of the
brand.
,
, and
continued to be built until 2010, but I’m noticing a marked decrease in
lately, as I perform my
. Here’s a
, photographed in a Colorado wrecking yard.
was the near-identical sibling to the
, based on the long-running (1982-2005) J-Body platform. It was cheap and simple, looked pretty sporty (at least in coupe form), and every parts store in North America carried just about everything you’d need to keep one running.
This coupe had to compete for sales not only with a vast and menacing array of imports but with
own
(not to mention the
itself). Meanwhile, the J platform was showing its age more with each passing year.
This car sports what must have been the complete line of
bomber-nose-art/skate-punk/gang-tag-influenced decals, circa 2010. I actually photographed this car back in 2011, then misplaced the image files until last week.
The stickers are very California-centric for a Colorado car, but then plenty of Californians — including me— move here.
When you know you’re a car’s final owner, it’s a lot easier to whip out the paint pens and redecorate the interior.
Power came from the engine GM developed for the very first J-Bodies: the 2.2-liter
. 2002 was the last model year for 122-powered Sunfires and Cavaliers; the most affordable S-10/Sonoma/
trucks got this engine through 2003.
It even came with a remote, so bad Midwestern farmgirls could make quick getaways when caught in the act by enraged broom-wielding mothers.
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