Ah, the Chevrolet Celebrity manufactured in Framingham, Massachusetts at the last auto plant in the state. There was a law on the books that the state had to purchase cars from in-state plants. This meant lots of fleet Celebrities including the Governor's car.
Remember our Governor in the 80's? Little guy, drove a tank, ran for President? Yes that's right Mike Dukakis drove a Celebrity. He had the pick of the plant and naturally chose a stripped down model that he dutifully never drove over 55 MPH. No Eurosport for him. The car was probably light blue too. #eurosport
The first mistake is calling any American car in the 80-90s "euro." even the opel shared platform cars were horribly bland/bleh/caca. But hey, it worked, someone must've seen this commercial and went "hmmmm chevy celebrity eurosport, exactly what I want in my life" #eurosport
@eurojulien: There never was much love for the Celebrity, and most ended up in boring suburbs or fleets. They were mainly bland appliance non-cars. However, having driven a Eurosport-package wagon for several months in the late '80s, I can tell you that it had a surprisingly good handling/ride combination. It might have been FWD, but there wasn't enough power for serious torque-steer. Even the buff magazines gave the handling high praise. A small number of Eurosports had a Getrag five-speed stick along with the V6. Wonder how many of those are left?
Meanwhile, in 1988, across the pond in France, an automotive designer was creating a Peugeot 505 with whitewalls, vinyl landau roof, "brougham" emblems, pillow-top velvet upoholstery, curb feelers, and wire-wheel hubcaps.
It was called the Peugeot 505 "Ameri - luxurique" special edition.
Uh, yeah. Of course. The exotic chick has never seen an automobile before, so she's startled when this dull, square, uninspired beast lumbers through her tropical paradise.
Yeah, that must be it.
Either that, or the driver is her Dad looking for her because she's SO in trouble for skipping school again. #eurosport
The babe can haul on my lanyard anytime she wants. The Eurosport was way too little, way too late. I don't think I'll be returning that call. #eurosport
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11/15/09
Remember our Governor in the 80's? Little guy, drove a tank, ran for President? Yes that's right Mike Dukakis drove a Celebrity. He had the pick of the plant and naturally chose a stripped down model that he dutifully never drove over 55 MPH. No Eurosport for him. The car was probably light blue too. #eurosport
11/15/09
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11/15/09
It was called the Peugeot 505 "Ameri - luxurique" special edition.
#eurosport
11/15/09
that, and it had a console mounted shifter.
It really doesn't get more european then that, does it? #eurosport
11/15/09
I think the only difference was the blue-tinted plastic-wood print trim and the center console.
And maybe the spoiler?
It wasn't a horrible car, It was the worst car.
Got $4000 on my trade at the end of summer though. :-)
11/15/09
Yeah, that must be it.
Either that, or the driver is her Dad looking for her because she's SO in trouble for skipping school again. #eurosport
11/15/09