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Show ' . . . ' v. -I r ' . .-.:.- .... .-r-T , . i .,zr :Utf f A LARGE SELECTION of the only American - made - economy car, the Chevrolet Chevette, is one of the spotlights of the new car display area at Sheldon Hansen Chevrolet. Cfoevelle Ssiclustry scales leciier A new peak of individuality in-dividuality for Chevelle paces the industry's intermediate in-termediate sales leader for 1976. Highlighting the refined styling accents for most of the line, Chevelle's top-of-the-line Malibu Classic series features new stacked headlights, a lightweight diamond-patterned grille and new bumpers and new rear styling. The standard Malibu models retain the single unit round headlights but have a new horizontally ribbed grille and the restyled rear end. The popular exterior styling of the sporty Laguna Type S-3 coupe is retained with the only change being the restyled rear and other detail refinements. The 1976 lineup also includes in-cludes a Landau coupe, regular coupe, sedan and either - two or three-seat wagons in the Malibu Classic series. In addition, Chevelle offers a two or three-seat Malibu Classic Estate wagon along with the familiar coupe, four -door sedan and two or three-seat station wagons in the base Malibu series. A new lighter small block 305-cubic inch base (5 litre) V8 engine is offered in 1976. Weighing approximately 20 pounds less than the 350 V8 it replaces, the new engine is expected to deliver improved im-proved fuel economy while providing excellent performance per-formance levels. Because of the engine's bore-to-stroke relationship, less produc tion of hydrocarbons should result in an improvement in emission control, according to engineers. While the bore on the 305 is 3.74 inches . . . unique among Chevrolet engines . . . the relatively long stroke is the same as the 350 V8 for a reduced combustion chamber surface area-to-volume ratio. Along with the new V8, the 250-cubic inch six-cylinder six-cylinder engine continues to be a base power plant for Chevelles. The six-cylinder is teamed with either three-speed three-speed manual or optional Turbo Hydra-matic transmission trans-mission while the V8 uses Turbo Hydra-matic only. The new small V8 is available on wagons. Optional Op-tional V8s are the two-barrel two-barrel 350 and the four-barrel four-barrel 400 V8. The four-barrel four-barrel 350 V8 is available only in California. The 454-cubic 454-cubic inch V8 is discontinued discon-tinued as an optional Chevelle engine. Vacuum power brakes will be standard for virtually vir-tually all Chevelles. Manual brakes are base equipment only on the six-cylinder Malibu coupe and sedan with limited options. Improved Im-proved braking for 1976 Chevelles provides reduced fade and better overall performance. Specific improvements include larger rear drum brakes for coupes and sedans and new lining materials for all models. |
