The one thing a monte has that the other cars on the list don't? An aftermarket.

 

I may be hated, but I kinda agree...I think the biggest gripe most people and monte loyalists included are out cars are not RWD V8...honestly if my monte came from the factory as a rwd with 350-400hp, I woulda never got the gto...

Totally agree about the prowler, and I'd add the Mercury Marauder to that list as well..

Joe

 

^ I bet this Monte isn't slower than it looks

 

So glad I got rid of my slow Monte!









JK!

 

plenty fast for me. idk what youre talking about?? how fast do you really wanna go..? youll just get killed or arrested! the 6th gen monte is faster than the 80 montes? it is an improvement. fwd was a bad call but how often are you going to be spinning out the tires? people barely know what kind of car it is half the time and if they do they dont know that its fwd. what they dont know wont hurt them

these articles are mostly written by people that have never driven or owned a monte. i think their opinions are not valid.

 

Where's the Hyundai Tiburon on that list? And I second the Mercury Marauder.

Let people think our cars are slow. That makes it that much easier to surprise them.

 

Just because its a Monte Carlo doesn't mean its a nascar..

 

While I agree with some of those ratings ( especially the Prowler ) I would like to agree that GM should've made the MC a rwd car from the get go. However, I have to say that for a fwd car wanting to be a 21st century muscle car, it does a pretty good job at it. And for me personally; I still get a lot of compliments and I've won over 5 trophies since I started showing it.....

 

Okay... you can't own every car and write opinions on it. I admit, a lot of people think these cars are V8 and they look like they could be....

But I have to step up and live up to my title as this forums NASCAR Historian. WHOEVER SAYS THAT CAR WASN'T A GOOD TALLADEGA RACER IS A COMPLETE MORON!!!! The Chevrolet Monte Carlo could not be more at home on a race track than at Talladega, or Daytona. That was the era when big packs meant it took a strong car to get out front... Dale Earnhardt, Jr, Michael Waltrip for a while, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart... those guys couldn't get a Monte Carlo to the front of the pack there quick enough!!! Chevrolets DOMINATED superspeedways, and the design of this car was made just so NASCAR could run that design on superspeedways!!! They pretty mcuh shut Ford and Dodge out at Talladega and Daytona!! Just becuase a Ford won the championship like 3 of hte 5 years these cars were made, they dang sure didn't get there by winning Talladega.... or Daytona. Not jsut there... Ford drivers won the driver championships, Chevrolet Monte Carlo won Four of hte Six manufacturers championships between 2000 and 2005 Puh-leeze. Don't cross me here.

End of rant.... someone needs to check a NASCAR stat before saying that. Morons. I generally like Jalopnik though. Good humorous reading.

 

I think the celica shoulda made the list and not just been a comment on another car's picture.


and i agree 100% about the tiburon :P