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1975 NOVA LN : A RESTYLED AND BEAUTIFIED NOVA THAT SPELLED CLASSTAD BURNESS Column TitleUpdated: 08/28/2009 01:38:39 AM PDT

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first entered the compact-car market, along with Ford and Plymouth, for
the 1960 model year. The Chevrolet compact was the rear-engined
Corvair, an air-cooled car that was different from anything else on the
road. But many thought it was too different, and though the Corvair was
continued into 1969 (a full decade from its 1959 Autumn introduction),
Chevrolet introduced another, more conventional compact for 1962: the
Chevy II. It's top-line model was the Nova, and within a few years Nova
had replaced the Chevy II name completely.
Throughout the 1970s, Nova was popular, but the 1975 model was
excellently restyled, along with a new top-of-the-line LN that you see
here (available as a coupe or four-door).
The 1975 catalog proclaimed that "Nova has always been good.
Now it's beautiful. The compact '75 Nova has been emphatically refined
along the lines of elegant European sedans. Yet it's more than ever a
strong reflection of the Chevrolet engineering tradition."
 Chevrolet replaced the Nova with the Concours (1976-1977),
though there was a Nova "rally" in 1977 and 1978. The final 1979
American-built Nova was assembled on Dec. 22, 1978. But from 1985 to
1988, Toyota built a new Corolla-like Nova in affiliation with General
Motors.
Thanks to Alden Jewell of Yuba City for helpful information concerning Nova's later years in the U.S.
As you may have noticed, many older Novas are now being sought by collectors. Those in original excellent condition are 


especially desirable. 

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