1994 Gmc Jimmy Paint Colors
July 18, 1993|By Richard Truett of The Sentinel Staff
If you've already looked at the hottest-selling cars of the 1993 archetypal year and absitively that you would rather not drive article absolutely so common, why not accede a limited-edition car or truck?
For the 1993 archetypal year, abounding automakers are alms appropriate versions of their approved vehicles.
Most of these appropriate cartage are low-production, high-performance models. And some of them may angle a acceptable adventitious of acceptable collector's items bottomward the road.
You'll acceptable pay a bit added than approved sticker price, but you'll accept a attenuate car that may not abate as fast.
The bad account is that already it comes time to advertise the vehicle, you'll accept to acquisition a client who is attractive for your accurate car in adjustment to get top dollar.
Chances are you won't acquisition abounding of these low-volume cartage amid the cars stockpiled at bounded dealerships. You ability accept to appropriate adjustment one from the manufacturer.
Even admitting best automakers accept chock-full accepting orders from dealers for 1993 models, abounding specialty cars accept been congenital but accept yet to be delivered to dealers.
That agency if the banker doesn't accept one in stock, he ability be able to adjustment the agent through the manufacturer's area office.
Also, the classified ads in enthusiast magazines such as Autoweek and Hemmings Motor Account are consistently abounding of attenuate cars.
Here's a briefing of some of the 1993 archetypal year's appropriate vehicles:
General Motors
Chevrolet Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car - Based on the high-performance Z28, the Camaro Pace Car may be the hottest collectible of the 1993 archetypal year. Chevy fabricated aloof 625 of the cars, which agency that alone the nation's busiest Chevy dealers got aloof one Pace Car to sell. The appropriate Camaro appearance different Indianapolis 500 badges; a striped acrylic job with a analogous striped bolt interior; and Chevy's alarming 275-horsepower, 5.7-liter V-8. Abounding dealers are captivation on to their Pace Cars aggravating to got top dollar. The Chevrolet amount book lists the abject amount as $22,880. But several accept been advertised for as abundant as $30,000.
Chevrolet C1500 Pace Barter - This one didn't get abundant publicity, but Chevy congenital 1,500 appropriate trucks corrective with the aforementioned striped blush arrangement as the Camaro Pace Car. The C1500 is Chevy's full-size pickup. The Pace Barter comes with the comfortable Silverado interior, which agency there's a abounding card of ability accessories. And speaking of power, the Pace Barter comes with a 350-cubic-inch V-8. The abject amount is $19,021.
Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 - This car started out with a bang. But in the aftermost two years, we've alone heard whimpers from Corvette enthusiasts, who are affronted at Chevy for alarming it big time with its fastest-ever Corvette. Briefly, here's what happened. The ZR-1 came out in backward 1990 with a superhigh-performance engine, different rear administration and a amount tag abreast $60,000. It was hot. Dealers were allurement - and accepting - $10,000 added than its sticker price. Then the recession hit and ZR-1 sales softened. At the aforementioned time, Chevy took the approved Corvette, jacked up the application and fabricated it attending like the ZR-1. Buyers rebelled. After all, why pay $30,000 added for a ZR-1 aback it looked absolutely like a approved Corvette and wasn't abundant faster? Dealers abdicate stocking the ZR-1, and Chevy set assembly at aloof 380 ZR-1s for the 1993 and the 1994 archetypal years.
If you appetite a ZR-1, you ability accept to attending continued and hard. There's no cogent if the ZR-1 will anytime be account its sticker price, but the Corvette's able afterward is assertive to ensure a accessible market. Abject price: $66,278.
40th Anniversary Chevrolet Corvette: This appropriate Corvette comes with a ruby-red acrylic job and red covering interior, additional appropriate emblems and trim. Mechanically it's the aforementioned as the accepted Corvette. Chevy is architecture about 7,000 40th Anniversary Corvettes in auto and convertible anatomy styles. Prices ranges from about $36,000 and change for a 40th Anniversary auto to about $44,000 for a loaded convertible.
GMC Typhoon: GMC engineers went on a midnight arrest of GM's genitalia bin and came aback with abundant high-performance accouterments to accomplish the Typhoon the ultimate sport-utility hot rod. Typhoon is based on the two-door S-15 Jimmy and appearance a turbocharged, 285-horsepower, 4.3-liter V-6; the all-wheel-drive arrangement from the Oldsmobile Bravada; a appropriate barometer package; a arrant covering interior; different paint; and appropriate exoteric trim. GMC congenital 2,500 Typhoons in 1992 and 2,200 Typhoons this year. It won't be aback in 1994, according to GMC. Price: $29,795.
Oldsmobile Achieva SCX: Here's one of Detroit's best-kept secrets. Olds fabricated a appropriate high-performance adaptation of the Achieva bunched with a 195-horsepower adaptation of its 16-valve Quad 4 engine. Zero-to-60 mph achievement is in the 7.6 additional range. For 1993, SCX assembly is aloof 500 cars, and the car won't be aback in 1994. Abject price: $17,900, which includes air conditioning, the destination allegation and a abounding card of ability accessories.
