yer | Page 80, May 38, 1979 -North Shore News _ _ OSHAWA, Ont. - Front: wheeld ve Cars are-not new, of cot “but -Chevrolet’s ‘Citation| is a new kind of. an af-— front-drive car - fordable, ‘Functional family- size vehicle that is at once efficient, | economical operate, comfortable and serviceable. The Citation is shorter on the outside than the sub- compact Monza, yet six cubic . feet bigger’on the inside than. the 1979 Nova it replaces in _ ‘the Chevrolet lineup. Compared. to the Nova, it is almiost 363 ke (800 Ibs.) lighter. But it ‘has more luggage room, more interior volume, more standard and optional equipment. And in — Chevrolet tests, it had: better . fuel economy, ‘formance and better overall - ride and handling charac- teristics. “It is a car of the "80s, a car of tomorrow today,”’ said F. Alan Smith, GM of Canada President. ‘“‘It - is designed to serve a wide variety of individual trans- portation needs with the kind of excitement and -ef- | ficiency that will be even more important in the world of tomorrow than it is today. “This is a new level of multi-functional personal transportation. It is not just another new car. It is a totally new automotive design concept. ‘It delivers as much economy of operation as many subcompacts; as much, total usable driving power as_ a compact; as much seating room and passenger comfort as many mid-size cars; and as much luggage and package- -carrying capacity as many Full-size sedans. “If ever the time was right » to say - drive it, you'll like it - this is it.”” But unless Citation drivers check under the hood, they won't notice the main reason this car is in a class by it- self - the transverse-mounted - engine/transaxle. Since an automobile engine is generally longer than it is wide, placing it crosswise, or transversely, in the engine compartment allows the designer to sharply. reduce total car length without affecting passenger and ‘uggage space. That, alone, accounts for nost of the 508 mm (20 in.) lifference in length between he Citation and the 1979 Nova it replaces. And since the entire drivetrain is up front on the Citation, only a small hump for the exhaust system in- - sudes into the floor of the yassenger compartment, Even this rise could have xeen removed by raising the to. * Two-door hatchback cou- -- Four-door hatchback se- better per-. floor on each side. But. engineers decided to keep it low so passengers and driver 3m would have extra leg room on :.- each side.) The interior package, completed, has - room for two individuals in front and threein back. —- SEVERAL OF CHEVROLET CITATIONS’ MAJOR FEATURES... are shown in this cutaway of the hatchback" Citation comes in three with XII Sport package. The unit body has extra strength double-panel construction. Engine and transaxle are. 4 basic styles: _ transversely mounted. Also shown is the MacPherson strat front suspension with coil springs and the rack and- 4 ; Two-door club coupe pinion steering. A partial view of the trailing arm rear suspension with coll springs and integral stablizer bar is: also . a shown. Ther rear mr polier ls is part of the xm Sport package. . . . co ‘: pe. dan. Another two-door coupe model is the same style as the club coupe: but has less standard equipment and fewer options. Club and_ hatchback coupes and hatch- back sedans have interior and exterior deluxe: equipment packages, and the two-door models have available ‘‘XI}’’ sport packages. The XII option includes = sport suspension, rear spoiler, | sport steering wheel, _rally wheel trim and several trim and paint styling touches. All models have the same basic dimensions: - 2664 mm _ (104.9 wheelbase. _. ~ 4488 mm (176.9 in.) overall length. - 1736 mm (68. 3 in.) overall width. - 1323 mm (52. 1 in.) overall - height. Curb weight ranges from 1118 kg (2,463 Ibs.) for the 4- cylinder coupe to 1157 kg (2,551 lbs.) for the four-door hatchback sedan with six- cylinder engine. in.) Since the Citation weighs so much less than the Nova, smaller, lighter engines can be used without sacrificing performance. In fact, in Chevrolet tests, Citations equipped with _Chevrolet’s all-new 2.8-litre V6 engine outperformed Novas with 5.0-litre V-8 engines, and Citations with the standard 4- cylinder engines out- performed Novas equipped with standard six-cylinder engines. Citation’s standard engine is the 2.5-litre (151 CID) L4. The engine features crossflow cylinder head design. 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