GM’s factory skunkworks turned out this Chevy Vega with a well-engineered all-aluminum small-block in 1972. It didn’t make it ...

Chevrolet doesn’t make affordable sports cars anymore ... Cosworth to create a competition motor for the Vega, but bailed on that project and pivoted to a street car instead.

but Chevrolet was able to lower shipping costs by making it possible to ship 30 Vegas per rail car, in turn allowing the price of the Vega to remain as low as possible. Each rail car had 30 doors ...

General Motors was heavily invested in this project and directed $75 ... highlighted in 1971 with a Motor Trend Car of the ...

All was not well in Vega Land, however. You'd think a few Vegas would still be running around, considering that nearly two million were sold before GM halted production after the 1972 1977 model year.