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Encouraged by Pontiac’s success with the 1969 Grand Prix, Chevrolet came up with its own slightly larger and more luxurious muscle car on the G-body platform in 1970 and called it the Monte Carlo. The big V-8s (including the 360-hp LS5 big-block), well-executed coke-bottle styling and attractive price helped the Chevy Monte Carlo outsell the rival Ford Thunderbird by about 3-to-1 in its debut year despite a labor strike. Today, these early 1970-72 Monte Carlos offer a tempting performance value compared to similarly equipped Chevelles. GM’s “Colonnade” pillared coupe bodywork adorned the second generation 1973-77 Monte. The '73 car earned “Car of the Year” honors from Motor Trend, but performance continued to drop, and Chevrolet had already discontinued the sporty SS model after 1971. GM downsized the model for the 1978-80 third generation, with the base engine now a V-6. Then a smoother, sleeker Monte Carlo arrived for 1981, and performance started to creep back with a range of V-8s and a Monte Carlo Turbo with Buick’s 231 cid V-6 under the hood. The Monte Carlo SS returned for 1983. The Monte Carlo was a long-time fixture of NASCAR racing, and for 1986 an “Aerocoupe” model with a sloped rear window was introduced for NASCAR homologation. For 1990, Chevrolet replaced the Monte Carlo with the new Lumina, but for 1995 revived the Monte Carlo name on the coupe version of the mid-size, front-wheel drive Lumina sedan. Although they were still powered by a V-6 and were front-wheel drive, the final 2000-07 Monte Carlos spawned numerous NASCAR-inspired models, including Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon editions. The last Monte Carlos left the factory in June 2007, with the model discontinued to make room in the Chevrolet lineup for the revived Camaro.