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Old April 9th, 2009, 7:39 AM
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Now i understand it , i was read wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrol...a#Novas_abroad ) and then i uderstand the "urban legend" about the Nova. in first place the Chevy Nova never has been sold in europe, the nova in europe is this( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Corsa ). here the nova was a small and cheap car.

* And here in Spain when you say, "este coche no va" you are saying "this car doesn't start" but in Spain the nova was called corsa.
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There are no modern-day Novas in the US at all. Just the 62-79 Chevy models.

Novas lost their popularity in the US when It became a joint venture between Chevrolet and Toyota in the 80s. Corolla and Nova were the same cars. It was the death of many cars at the time.
Its what killed the Chevy Luv... it was the same as the Toyota T1 Truck.
Old April 9th, 2009, 9:24 AM
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Ok , now i understand, i don't know this about the american nova, but ,
What engines fit the nova? because they will be better than the toyota's engines, truth??
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Phaeton, in 1972 they came with the following: (from Wikipedia)
Engine(s)
151 cu in (2.47 L) Iron Duke I4
230 cu in (3.8 L) I6
250 cu in (4.1 L) I6
262 cu in (4.29 L) V8
305 cu in (5.00 L) V8
350 cu in (5.7 L) V8
Transmission(s) 3-speed manual
4-speed M-21 manual
4-speed M-22 manual
4-speed Borg-Warner T-50 manual
3-speed THM350 automatic
3-speed THM400 automatic
Old April 11th, 2009, 12:15 PM
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Ok thank you gwampa, now reading this, i learned something about the american engines, because when i hear on the Tv , an Chevy 572 or a dodge 440....... now i undertand that they are huge engines, for example my car here in spain its a considered a big engine and is a 2.0L (122 cu in) and the normal size of engines is 1.6L (98 cu in)
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