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Porcelain-enameled cast-iron cookware, such as Le Creuset, has a seemingly bulletproof, relatively nonstick surface, but it can get crusty like any other type of pan. Like any good personal-luxury coupe, the Monte Carlo offered a host of “personalizing” options: Custom Cloth or Vinyl upholstery, a bevy of sound systems (some with built-in CB radios), power windows/locks/seats, power trunk opener, power sunroof, and “Removable Glass Roof Panels,” more commonly known as T-tops. The Monte Carlo was the only 1981 Chevy to enjoy a sales increase. This third-generation model was a foot shorter and 800 pounds lighter than the 1977. Less overhang and a tighter turning circle made this Monte easier to manage and park. Of the 358,191 Monte Carlos produced in the 1978 model year, less than 40 percent were Landau coupes rather than basic sport coupes. In back, the 1981 Chevrolet Monte Carlo replaced vertical taillights with horizontal lenses in a higher tail that was likewise boxier and adorned with body-colored bumpers. The few changes to the 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo included a fine-patterned crosshatch grille, segmented parking lights, and wraparound taillights. The 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlos sold in California made do with two engine choices: a 231-cubic-inch (3.8-liter) V-6 or the 305 V-8.

Horsepower ranged from 110 to 155. But added for 1980 was a turbocharged version of Buick’s 231-cubic-inch V-6 rated at 170 horsepower. The nose looked similar to the 1980 edition but was lower, more squared off, and wore body-colored bumpers. More “personal-size luxury” competitors had been scrambling for customers since the Monte Carlo was introduced in 1970, but Chevrolet’s example of the concept remained a stalwart contender. The 1976 Monte Carlo topped 1975 sales by more than 90,000 units. Now that full-size Chevrolets had been downsized, they rode the same 116-inch wheelbase as Monte Carlos. A three-speed manual gearshift was standard, but California Monte Carlos came only with automatic. Unfortunately for performance buffs, the four-speed manual transmission offered (but rarely ordered) for 1979 was dropped, making a three-speed automatic the standard — and only — transmission. Landau versions of the 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo displayed a new canopy-style vinyl roof treatment, described as “an aristocratic arch of textured padded vinyl.” Landaus had pinstriping and black rocker panels, as well as deluxe wheel covers and sport mirrors.

Landau coupes had pinstriping and a vinyl half-roof. Shoppers snapped up 224,327 copies of the “S” sport coupe, along with 186,711 Landau coupes. The Monte Carlo Landau came with an automatic transmission, deluxe wheel covers, sport mirrors, pinstriping, elk-grain vinyl rear roof cover, and wide sill moldings. A floor-shifted three-speed was the standard transmission, but California-bound Montes came only with automatic. Turbocharged engines typically don’t make much power at low speeds, so the automatic transmission coupled with a tall 2.29:1 rear axle ratio meant that off-the-line punch wasn’t a Turbo Monte’s strong suit. All Monte Carlos had Turbo Hydra-Matic. Monte Carlos shared their platform, on a 108-inch wheelbase, with the “new-size” Malibus — which were a foot shorter and as much as half a ton lighter than equivalent 1977 Chevelles. This “trim and timely new edition” with “stately stance and sculptured sides,” the sales brochure insisted, “retains the unique personality of Monte Carlos past.” It was “beautifully in tune with the times, yet emphatically apart from the crowd.” The new front end held a grid-patterned grille flanked by single rectangular headlights. But then Monte Carlos as a whole didn’t sell very well. Monte Carlo coupes could be ordered with removable tinted-glass roof panels that fit into the trunk.