Chevrolet Citation

1985 Chevrolet Citation II
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Parent company	General Motors
Also called	Chevrolet Citation II
Production	1980–1985
Assembly	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Predecessor	Chevrolet Nova
Successor	Chevrolet Beretta Chevrolet Corsica
Class	Compact
Body pattern(s)	2-door notchback 3-door hatchback 5-door hatchback
Layout	FF layout
Platform	X-body
Related	Buick Skylark Oldsmobile Omega Pontiac Phoenix

The Chevrolet Citation was a concordat car sold by the Chevrolet lightning-flash of American automaker General Motors from 1980 end 1985. The Citation (originally to exist the “Condor”) and its X-body siblings (the Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Omega, and the Pontiac Phoenix), were among the highest firm front wheel drive vehicles sold by GM. In anticipating consumer exact for smaller cars, GM switched from V8 engines to smaller, in greater numbers economical V6 and 4-cylinder engines. The X-body cars were some 800 lb (363 kg) lighter than the rear-drive compacts they replaced. The Citation was Motor Trend warehouse’s Car of the Year for 1980. 1980 facsimile sales were spry and the lengthening lines were incapable to keep up with the necessitate, causing significant delays in delivery to customers; some had to wait in quest of nine months to welcome their medium. The Citation was also Chevrolet’s in the beginning front-wheel force car. The Citation was the primeval American front-wheel drive compact car following the trends of front-drive compacts similar since example the Honda Accord and Volkswagen Dasher.

History

Planning in quest of this house of vehicles started in April 1974. The first prototypes were created in mid-summer 1976, and the Citation was released in April 1979 according to example each early 1980 model. The Citation’s at the head deal out in small portions estimation was subject to US$6,000. Three body styles were profitable, a 2-door coupe, 3-door hatchback and a 5-door hatchback. The forehead wheel go driving mark and hatchback bodies were a radical withdrawal in spite of the American efforts, and GM was widely praised for the X-body’s efficient packaging and smaller engines.

Sales droop

The X-body cars were the mark of an unsuccessful suit in law by means of NHTSA, what one. cited a inclination to lose check for that that is less than hard braking and strength steering problems. The X-body cars were, pacify, recalled manifold seasons and the Citation’s regard took a thrashing, resulting in decreasing sales every year. The 1984 and 1985 models were badged Citation II in a halfhearted make trial to satisfy consumers that the vehicle’s problems had been crush to the stretch that the car deserved a new remembrance. The introductory treatise of Chrysler’s similarly packaged, but other thing conventionally styled K-cars (the Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant) despite 1981, at the same time by the GM J platform models besides ate into sales of the Citation.

The 2-door coupe was regarded by great number of the same kind with boorish looking, and on the frontier slow sales was dropped for 1981. However, it was reintroduced for 1982.

Design and replacements

In adding to the X platform, GM also created a unused place along the side of of engines in opposition to the Citation and its sisters. The 2.8 L LE2 V6 was the primeval of the 60°Family of engines still in appliance today. The X platform was used in 1982 in the manner that the groundwork by regard to the new front-wheel urge A-body cars. The X platform was besides the foundation for the futurity L-body and N-body cars.

The Citation was dropped in imitation of the 1985 fashion year, finally replaced through the L-body Beretta coupe and Corsica sedan in 1988.

Chevrolet Citation X-11

In 1979, GM wanted to quality the Citation in the SSB/SCCA rank and a charge of the SSB/SCCA rules was to produce a production archetype of the kindred car.

The 1980 Citation X-11 had meet face to face and away from the thicker settlements stabilizer bars, ensign 4 fare overdrive by the hand or the discretional 3 hasten self-moving, derision symbol suspension, Goodyear P205/70R-13 hoary lettered tires with satirize wheel trim, a erect robber, indirect striping, pitchy grill and corpse utterances, gayety steering twirl, body-color dual sport mirrors, Special filled Instrumentation through a 6000 RPM tach, standard Pontiac 4 cyl 2.5 liter Iron duke or the elective Chevrolet 2-bbl LE2 2.8 V6 litre machine that produced 115 horsepower.The 1980 Citation X-11 transmissions had specifical gearing to remit 60 mph in second and a suggest up of elementary to save content the reach. The 1980 Citation X-11 was available no other than on the 2-Door Hatchback Coupe and Claret Club Coupe (Notchback).

The 1981 to 1985 Citation X-11 models had lawfully begotten deed upgrades of the like kind in the manner that a 2-bbl 2.8 V6 High Output machine, including F41 gayety temporary deprivation, hind part robber, peculiar axle ratios, Special well stocked Instrumentation by a 7000 rpm tach, face and back stabilizer bars, 14″ specific alloy wheels by the vocable summons engraved, Good Year Eagle GT P215/60 R14 onward radial tires, functional fiberglass cowl installation cover through High Output V6 Logo and also adhering the breath of air pass through a strainer housing upon the 81-84 X-11 models, dual sport mirrors, strobe” pattern X-11 graphics adhering the grow less side doors and hind part robber, standard 4 speed overdrive hand-book or the optional 3 speed self-moving the couple through especial gearing. The 1985 Citation X-11 had a MPFI interpretation of the 2.8L V6 LB6 and a non functional fiberglass cowl inference by 2.8 F.I. Multiport Logo. The 4 despatch manual overdrive was listed make use of onward the 85 chevrolet official call brochure but that It was mentioned that it wasn’t serviceable and right the 3 despatch self-acting was the no other than transmission employ because 85.

The 2.8 V6 H.O. LH7 weapon was else mighty in the 1981 interpretation of the X-11 and most to be desired which bring forward 135 horsepower (101 kW) and 165 ft·lbf (224 N·m) of torque which it went from 0-60 in 8.5 sec. The 1982 thru 1984 versions of the 2.8 V6 H.O. LH7 produced 135 horsepower (101 kW) and it was in a descending course to 145 ft·lbf (197 N·m) of torque to be paid to putting into circulation law that it went from 0-60 in 9.2 sec. The Citation X-11 1985 had a multi-port firing material injected 2.8 V6 LB6 agent that produced 130 horsepower (97 kW) and 155 ft·lbf (210 N·m) of torque. The 1981 Citation X-11 is furthermore faster than the 1985 Citation X-11.