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| 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 style(s) | 2-door notchback 3-door hatchback 5-door hatchback |
| Layout | FF layout |
| Platform | X-body |
| Related | Buick Skylark Oldsmobile Omega Pontiac Phoenix |
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There have been two X-body Automobile platforms from General Motors. The Buick Skylark was a passenger car produced by the Buick division of General Motors. The Oldsmobile Omega was a Compact car sold from 1973 through 1984 by the Oldsmobile division of General Motors. The Pontiac Phoenix was a Compact car sold from 1977 to 1984 by the Pontiac division of General Motors. Front-wheel drive (or FF layout) is a form of engine / transmission layout used in Motor vehicles where the engine drives the front Wheels In anticipating consumer demand for smaller cars, GM switched from V8 engines to smaller, more economical V6 and 4-cylinder engines. A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders The X-body cars were some 800 lb (363 kg) lighter than the rear-drive compacts they replaced. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass The Citation was Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year for 1980. Motor Trend is one of the oldest Automobile magazines still publishing. Car of the Year is a phrase usually considered to have been invented by Motor Trend magazine in the 1950s for their annual award for best automobile 1980 model sales were brisk and the production lines were unable to keep up with the demand, causing significant delays in delivery to customers; some had to wait nine months to receive their vehicle. The Citation was also Chevrolet's first front-wheel drive car. The Citation was the first American front-wheel drive compact car following the trends of front-drive compacts such as the Honda Accord and Volkswagen Dasher. Front-wheel drive (or FF layout) is a form of engine / transmission layout used in Motor vehicles where the engine drives the front Wheels A compact (North America small family (European or c-segment car is a classification of cars which are larger than a supermini The Honda Accord is series of midrange Automobile manufactured by Honda since 1976 and sold in most automotive markets throughout the world The Volkswagen Passat is a Family car built by Volkswagen through six design generations since 1973
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History
Planning for this family of vehicles started in April 1974. The first prototypes were created in mid-summer 1976, and the Citation was released in April 1979 as an early 1980 model. The Citation's initial retail price was under US$6,000. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Three body styles were available, a 2-door coupe, 3-door hatchback and a 5-door hatchback. The front wheel drive design and hatchback bodies were a radical departure for the American industry, and GM was widely praised for the X-body's efficient packaging and smaller engines.
Sales decline
The X-body cars were the target of an unsuccessful lawsuit by NHTSA, which cited a tendency to lose control under heavy braking and power steering problems. There have been two X-body Automobile platforms from General Motors. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA, often pronounced "nit-suh" is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U There have been two X-body Automobile platforms from General Motors. The X-body cars were, however, recalled many times and the Citation's reputation took a beating, resulting in decreasing sales every year. The 1984 and 1985 models were badged Citation II in a halfhearted attempt to convince consumers that the vehicle's problems had been overcome to the extent that the car deserved a new name. The introduction of Chrysler's similarly packaged, but more conventionally styled K-cars (the Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant) for 1981, along with the GM J platform models also ate into sales of the Citation. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 The Chrysler Corporation 's K-cars were compact-to-midsize cars designed to carry six adults on two Bench seats and were aimed not only to replace Chrysler's nominally-compact The Dodge Aries was an Automobile sold by the Chrysler Corporation from 1981 to 1989 The Plymouth Reliant (or Reliant K, as it was sometimes called was one of the first two so-called " K-cars quot (the other being the Dodge The J platform, or J-body, was General Motors ' inexpensive Front-wheel drive Automobile platform from the 1980s and 1990s
The 2-door coupe was regarded by many as awkward looking, and after slow sales was dropped for 1981. However, it was reintroduced for 1982.
Design and replacements
In addition to the X platform, GM also created a new line of engines for the Citation and its sisters. The 2. 8 L LE2 V6 was the first of the 60°Family of engines still in use today. The General Motors 60° V6 family of engines began with the 1980 Chevrolet 2 A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders The General Motors 60° V6 family of engines began with the 1980 Chevrolet 2 The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a The X platform was used in 1982 as the basis for the new front-wheel drive A-body cars. The General Motors A platform (commonly called A-body) was a Mid-size car Automobile platform. The X platform was also the basis for the future L-body and N-body cars. The General Motors L platform (commonly called the L-body) is a Front-wheel drive Compact car Automobile platform that was produced The General Motors N platform (commonly called the N-body) was a Front-wheel drive Compact car Automobile platform produced from
The Citation was dropped after the 1985 model year, ultimately replaced by the L-body Beretta coupe and Corsica sedan in 1988. The Chevrolet Beretta was a Front wheel drive Coupé produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1987 through 1996 The Chevrolet Corsica is a Front-wheel drive mid-sized Automobile that was produced by General Motors from 1987 to 1996
Chevrolet Citation X-11
In 1979, GM wanted to race the Citation in the SSB/SCCA class and a requirement of the SSB/SCCA rules was to produce a production model of the race car.
The 1980 Citation X-11 had front and back stabilizer bars, standard 4 speed overdrive manual or the optional 3 speed automatic, sport type suspension, Goodyear P205/70R-13 white lettered tires with rally wheel trim, a rear spoiler, side striping, black grill and body accents, sport steering wheel, body-color dual sport mirrors, Special full Instrumentation with a 6000 RPM tach, standard Pontiac 4 cyl 2. 5 liter Iron duke or the optional Chevrolet 2-bbl LE2 2. 8 V6 litre engine that produced 115 horsepower. The 1980 Citation X-11 transmissions had special gearing to allow 60 mph in second and a move up of first to help fill the stretch. The 1980 Citation X-11 was available only on the 2-Door Hatchback Coupe and Claret Club Coupe (Notchback).
The 1981 to 1985 Citation X-11 models had legitimate performance upgrades such as a 2-bbl 2. 8 V6 High Output engine, including F41 sport suspension, rear spoiler, special axle ratios, Special full Instrumentation with a 7000 rpm tach, front and back stabilizer bars, 14" specific alloy wheels with the word citation engraved, Good Year Eagle GT P215/60 R14 on radial tires, functional fiberglass cowl induction hood with High Output V6 Logo and also on the air filter housing on the 81-84 X-11 models, dual sport mirrors, strobe" style X-11 graphics on the lower side doors and rear spoiler, standard 4 speed overdrive manual or the optional 3 speed automatic both with special gearing. The 1985 Citation X-11 had a MPFI version of the 2. 8L V6 LB6 and a non functional fiberglass cowl induction with 2. 8 F. I. Multiport Logo. The 4 speed manual overdrive was listed available on the 85 chevrolet citation brochure but It was mentioned that it wasn't available and just the 3 speed automatic was the only transmission available for 85.
The 2. 8 V6 H. O. LH7 engine was more powerful in the 1981 version of the X-11 and most desirable which produce 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 down to 145 ft·lbf (197 N·m) of torque due to emission regulation which it went from 0-60 in 9. 2 sec. The Citation X-11 1985 had a multi-port fuel injected 2. 8 V6 LB6 engine which produced 130 horsepower (97 kW) and 155 ft·lbf (210 N·m) of torque. The 1981 Citation X-11 is also faster than the 1985 Citation X-11.
X-11 Production Numbers by Year
1981: 11,631 1982: 3,864 1983: 1,934 1984: 1,458 1985: 1,687
External links
- Chevy Citation Forever
- Citation X-11 History
- Chevy Citations Forever Yahoo Group
- Team Yo! Rallysport
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