Chevrolet Celebrity

Chevrolet Celebrity
1986 Chevrolet Celebrity 4-door sedan
Overview
Manufacturer	Chevrolet (General Motors)
Production	1981–1990
Model years	1982–1990
Assembly	Canada: Oshawa, Ontario (Oshawa Car Assembly: 1982–1987) Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec (Sainte-Thérèse Assembly: 1987–1990) Colombia: Bogotá, Distrito Capital (Bogotá Assembly) Mexico: Ramos Arizpe (Ramos Arizpe Assembly: 1982–1989; 1987–1989, export) United States: Framingham, Massachusetts (Framingham Assembly: 1982–1988) Fremont, California (Fremont Assembly: 1982) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma City Assembly: 1983–1989) Venezuela: Valencia, Carabobo (Valencia Assembly)
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size
Body style	2-door coupe 4-door sedan 4-door station wagon
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform	A-body
Related	Buick Century (fifth generation) Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Pontiac 6000
Powertrain
Engine	2.5 L LR8 I4 (gasoline) 2.8 L LE2 V6 (gasoline) 2.8 L L44 V6 (gasoline) 2.8 L LB6 V6 (gasoline) 3.1 L LH0 V6 (gasoline) 4.3 L LT7 V6 (diesel)
Transmission	3-speed 3T40 automatic 4-speed 4T60 automatic 5-speed Getrag manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	104.8 in (2,662 mm)
Length	Coupe & Sedan: 188.3 in (4,783 mm) Wagon: 190.8 in (4,846 mm)
Width	Coupe & Sedan: 69.2 in (1,758 mm) Wagon: 69.3 in (1,760 mm)
Height	Coupe & Sedan: 54.2 in (1,377 mm) Wagon: 54.3 in (1,379 mm)
Chronology
Predecessor	Chevrolet Malibu
Successor	Chevrolet Lumina Chevrolet Lumina APV (station wagon)

The Chevrolet Celebrity is a front-drive, mid-size passenger car line, manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet for model years 1982–1990, over a single generation.

Marking the transition of the mid-size Chevrolet range to front-wheel drive, the Celebrity succeeded the rear-drive Chevrolet Malibu line. Initially marketed between the Citation and the Impala within the Chevrolet model line, the Celebrity was later marketed between the Corsica and Caprice sedans.

The Celebrity shared the front-wheel drive GM A platform with the Buick Century, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, and Pontiac 6000 in two-door notchback coupe, four-door sedan, and five-door station wagon body styles.

After the 1989 model year, the Celebrity sedan was replaced by the Chevrolet Lumina; the Celebrity station wagon was discontinued after 1990, with the Chevrolet Lumina APV minivan serving as its replacement.

The Celebrity and its A-body counterparts became widely known as one of the most transparent examples of corporate product rebadging in the American automotive industry. The four model lines were highlighted on the August 22, 1983 cover of Fortune as examples of genericized uniformity. Hemmings Motor News would later cover the effect of the Fortune article, relating "how a single magazine cover photo changed the course of auto design at GM in the Eighties."^[1] Embarrassed by the incident, GM subsequently recommitted to development of divisional brand identity.^[1][2][3]