Chevrolet Xp 887

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Chevrolet xp 887. This is one of those cases where we get to laugh at the chumps in the past because we know. Xp 887 turns out to have been chevrolet s internal designation for the vega the compact car introduced with great fanfare for the 1971 model year and produced with ever decreasing fanfare until. Here s a snippet from 1969. No that was a pontiac.

The vega engine is only getting 12 to 15 mpg in testing compared to the 24 to 28 of the similar sized opel 1900 engine. The chevrolet vega is a subcompact automobile that was manufactured and marketed by gm s chevrolet subdivision from 1970 to 1977. The 1970 xp 882 corvette prototype the aerovette unless you ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years you ve likely heard that chevrolet is going to be introducing a mid engine corvette later this year as the successor to the c7 corvette stingray platform. The car that sterling cooper pryce draper has a chance to work on is the xp 887 otherwise known as the chevrolet vega and the pontiac astre.

This fiberglass model was photographed in mid 1968. Available in two door hatchback notchback wagon and sedan delivery body styles all models were powered by an inline four cylinder engine with a lightweight aluminum alloy cylinder block. It set gm on a different development path and put the chief engineer in charge of the entire program. There was abundant post show guessing among fans followed by the inevitable fact checking.

Xp 887 was the advanced design and engineering program aimed at developing a high volume small car program. Xp 887 hatchback coupe clay model chevy studio final design 1969 the chevy vega was conceived in 1968 as a simple low cost transportation vehicle to utilize the newly developed all aluminum die cast engine block technology. We know it as the vega. First viewers had to decode which car it was because it was referenced in the show by its code name xp 887.

Xp 887 was the foundation for chevy s vega program. A fuel efficient high tech compact from the company best known for bristling muscle cars and living room like sedans. Was it the corvette. Dreamed up in 1968 the vega represented an entirely new direction for chevrolet.

Corvette enthusiasts around the world are divided by this news many consider the car to be.