Just north of Flint, MI
When these were new I thought they were pretty lame but as time passes I think the styling and general proportions on these are pretty good. Bit of gingerbread to get rid of including those awful wheels and this car looks a little tired all over but the price is right. A Quad-4 and manual trans would be my preference, smoothness be damned. Wonder what the interior is like at this point... not enough to find out first-hand though.
They've aged well.
I want that.
I can’t believe that they were still making Berettas in 1994.
I love Berettas!
In reply to Woody :
Believe it or not, they lasted until 1996. I'm surprised the Corsica stuck around that long also.
I always liked these, but never owned one. V6 manuals are very hard to find, and 94-96 were auto only for the V6. A Quad 4 5-speed could be fun too. The GTZ actually had some trick parts in the font suspension regular cars didn't get.
Look at how low the window line is and how much greenhouse there is. The first gen Lumina sedan had that same greenhouse proportions. Really brings into stark contrast how short windows are today.
That said, it has aged very well. I would be happy to be seen in that.
I will be in that part of town tomorrow if anybody wants me to look at it
Gm won the factory ground effects and spoiler wars of the early-mid 90's
Man, I have not seen one of those around in ages.
I always thought these looked pretty good. Weird how the Beretta was a few inches longer than the somewhat ungainly looking Corsica. Seems like they were designed as a 2 door, and the 4 door was an afterthought.
I want the wheels. Those are beautiful.
eastsideTim said:I always thought these looked pretty good. Weird how the Beretta was a few inches longer than the somewhat ungainly looking Corsica. Seems like they were designed as a 2 door, and the 4 door was an afterthought.
My mother had a silver with red interior 88 Corsica 4 cylinder 5-speed. It was the only car I think my father ever bought brand new. I learned to drive on that turd. I will admit that after we got it I thought it was cool as E36 M3 as we had only hand me down American land yachts from my grandparents prior to this. The car wasn't built real well, but my mother drove the wheels off of it for sure. In hindsight maybe it wasn't so bad, as I've now come to realize my parents are terrible car owners. The fact that is survived for probably 10 years at the hands of them is a testament to the resiliency of these automotive cockroaches.
Those are massively tall side windows compared to today’s bunker styling. It has aged well.
slowbird said:In reply to Woody :
Believe it or not, they lasted until 1996. I'm surprised the Corsica stuck around that long also.
I think the main reason they didn't last longer was side impact standards, but I could be thinking of a different car.
My second car was a 91 Beretta GT. Got it as a leftover for cheap. The dealer didn't understand why it wasn't selling. It had all the right things; 5 speed, 3.1L, red with charcoal interior.... and the ugliest yellow and pink decals and pinstripes. God it was awful.
I bought it and promptly pulled all those decals off.
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