1996 Geo Metro - Throwback Thursday
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- The small car segment today is comprised of some cool looking vehicles. However back in 1996 was the Geo Metro, an example of why they were called... Econoboxes?
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(The segment originally aired on Motoring TV 1996 Episode #10) - Авто та транспорт
OMG, my very first car. And mine was an LSI with Anti Lock Brakes and AC. This was an incredible car and so reliable. A drunk driver rear ended me at 80 km/h while being chased by the police. I was crushed into the back of a Taurus wagon. I should have been killed, but by some miracle, I lived and the safety first design of this car, was unfortunately, lumped with the previous generation Metro. The police officer that visited me in the hospital said he would buy one for his daughter as he couldn't believe I survived being sandwiched between a Taurus and Honda Accord. I have Volt and Model 3 now, but would give anything to drive 'Mister Metro' just one more time. I miss it so much after watching this. 😊
WOW 😀
Jenny glad you are still with us!
@@davemcguigan218 Yup. Learning how to walk again was loads of fun, but better than the alternative, LOL. Older metros were notorious death traps. These were excellently made small cars. So underappreciated. 50 mpg nowadays... Hahaha! Few cars could do that today. LOL.
@@matthewlibanio8227 I worked with a friend who had one and mentioned the lack of power. He had to drive on the PA turnpike about 40 some miles to work. He did say about the great gas mileage.
@Jenny Nguyen I have a 1999 Chevy metro you can take it for a spin. It's really fun to dive especially the five speed. 🙃
We'll never see a car like this Geo Metro again... the height of simplicity, reliability and excellent fuel economy at an affordable price. I had one as a rental car back around 1996 (though it was automatic) and it was surprisingly fun to drive!
95 Geo Hatch here. 1L 3cy. Still gets 44+ mpg. Carries 8' 2x4's, down the middle, great for camping, and cheap to fix.....when needs fixing , which is rare. Gas prices @$4.89 gal. My tanks lasts 2 weeks sometimes more. Bring Back The Metro !!!
With the passenger seat removed a Metro can haul quite a bit. With a 2 x 10 you can almost close the hatch all the way
during the Geo metros final production run there where re branded as Chevy's, 2001 was the last model year for the Geo/Chevy metro.
Didn't they make them up to 2003 or something like that in Mexico
I thought they made him later than that in Mexico but I know the I believe the 99 tour also Chevy's and maybe the 98 swear Chevy's I know the two thousands were Chevys I've had like 16 of them
Even in 2020, I still see this one older gentleman who drives a Suzuki Swift that has never broken down and a full tank of fuel would last him two weeks. :-)
now its 2024 and the wife still drives a Metro , still can compete with alot of cars in the mpg department
I had a black 1995 Pontiac Firefly SE 3 door hatchback with the same 1.3 liter 4 cylinder engine with automatic and I loved that car. It was pretty peppy, REALLY good on gas and very reliable. I had it until 2008 with over 300,000 kilometers on it. I only got rid of it as it was getting hard to get parts for it when things did break. I miss that car.
acadian76:
Parts are dirt cheap for the Suzuki Cultus World Wide, regardless of which Country one lives in.........they were assembled in nearly every Continent on the Globe. Millions upon Millions have been made.
@@dmcnamara9859 Parts from the Internet are cheap for the Metro as I think warehouses want to eliminate the old slow selling stock.
I have a 99 metro as my daily driver. I get compliments on it all the time, people are always sharing stories like the ones in the comments here. My metro spends most of it's life with short drives around the city, still gets around 40mpg in the city at 220k miles, even more on the highway as in 5th gear, it barely idles and is so light, it just glides down the highway. You can park it just about anywhere and is really easy to maneuver all around. I have it for 2yrs now, bought and used it for food delivery for most of the that time, perfect car for it. Now it's turned into my favorite car I have ever owned...even compared to the few new more expensive cars I have unfortunately bought. Mine is a 5spd, also manual everything, so it's quite a workout to drive but I am used to it. The only downside...is hills...it HATES any steep incline, luckily, being a manual and I can push through it...but it hates every second of it.
This guys voice could sell any car.
Not fancy but am about to buy one again and it 2021 here. Shit 47 miles a gallon and 42city is great . I use to drive every where when I had mine on like 10 to 15 dollars a week . know it be like 20 to 25 you can't beat that period
I remember the Geo Metro in the nineties I had a few friends in high school that had them automobile manufacturers today need to take a note from the past the American masses need a cheap car like this these things were under $7,000 base price they were always running specials at 6500 bucks brand new they boasted 58 miles to the gallon they were reliable and easy and cheap to work on even a little 13 inch tires back in a day we're like $30 a piece and cheap to replace there's millions of people in this country that would embrace a cheap and expensive car like this for the masses in this country if somebody would produce one today a No-Frills point A to point B car to get yourself back and forth to school or work we don't really have that in this country anymore about the cheapest POS they have on the road is still $15,000 or more and with the price of full coverage insurance going up every day even that is unobtainable there for the poor people living paycheck-to-paycheck in this country
Joseph Atnip Mirage. They can be had for about 10 grand. More airbags, safer, 10 year warranty, standard a/c and power features, slightly faster and similar gas mileage. I have a Metro convertible and I love it but I also have a Mirage and the Mirage is a much better car in every way.
Not to mention that these Geo Metros you can still find out on roads even after 25 years, the cheapest cars made today have so much plastic and computer crap in them the first owner would be lucky to get 15 years out of them.
Problem is those who want a small car like this want it to be electric, but I don't see electric cars being as "green" as a gasoline car that gets 50 mpg. I can't say that if the Metro were made today it could sell for under 10 grand, if it was, it'd have to be made in China.
I've been thinking recently that the goal for transportation should be to make buying a reliable, fuel efficient small car as cheap as possible. 13 grand for a POS Mitsubishi is not the answer, electric cars won't be cheap for decades, need to go back to basics.
Mitsubishi Mirage 😎👍
Still waiting for my Elio :(
*Mitsubishi Mirage* Am I a joke to you???
This is golden.
Practical and reliable , it gave so much for so little money. Sane goes for the current suzuki swift which looks good as well.
Bought a white xfi off the showroom floor in 1989 for 7800 dollars, window sticker said 58 mpgs on the Hywy and 53 in the city, got every bit of that.
In 1994 had to trade it in for a safer vehicle for my two young daughters, only drawback other than the safety factor was
1 clean the egr valve, to keep your fuel injector clean, and avoid burnt valves, and
2. Rust, they were built so light for gas efficiency ,primarily important were the A arms on front .
The car never failed to start, honda like dependability, and drove great through snow, the small tires cut through well and front wheel drive assisted it well.
Loved the little car, in 2009 at the height of the gas crunch these cars were commanding big money, I lucked out and bought a 1992 red geo convertible, for 1600 dollars, I've still got it, and I'm keeping it.
Cute sporty looking little car in surprisingly great shape.
It gets about 48 mpg, only the xfi got the 58.
Also got a 2001 Honda insight, 68 mpg, and 2017 Chevy Trax.
Love my Geo, really is anything but a throwaway car, extremely dependable.
I miss my old 1999 Chevrolet/Geo metro hatchback with the i3 1l engine and the 5 speed .
dat intro gives me Miami Vice vibes, this car is Fire
That was the 4 cyl. If you got the 1.0L 3 cylinder you could get 65mpg all day.
I know you don'tthe Geo metros best rating was the xfi and that was from 53 and 58 miles a gallon he never got no 67 miles to the gallon stop the BS
Really oh wow .
Bullships
I have a 1998 Chevy Metro Hatchback 1.0 3 cylinder 5 Speed. I get 49 MPG 👍
@@fast1100xx With a 3 cyl Kubota swap 75+ mpg is reasonable
These little Suzuki built in Japan metros we're tough little cars. I still see the 3-cylinder hatchback versions zipping through Miami traffic almost on a daily basis. They were affectionately nicknamed " the Japanese beetle" because of how easy they were to work on and the affordability of replacement parts. There definitely were some versions that were better than others. Strangely you would think that the smaller engine option which was the 3-cylinder would be the least reliable but it's actually the 3-cylinder that was more reliable then the 4-cylinder. I think one of the reasons for that is that most 3 cylinder models were sold with the 5-speed manual transmission which has turned out to be a pretty Bulletproof unreliable tranny while the 4-cylinder was most commonly optioned with the automatic transmission which wasn't really known to be very troublesome but it definitely didn't last as long as the manual versions did. These cars were built to be tough but basic little runabouts and we're perfect for third world countries and other less-developed areas. The more equipment and options you loaded onto this car the less reliable that junk became. I had a teacher that owned a 1997 3-cylinder Metro hatchback. She drove the car for 13 years and racked up over 320 K miles on it. The two biggest expenses during that time was a replacement clutch around 275k and a air conditioning compressor. She loved the car but knew it was time to Let It Go but unfortunately by the time she made up her mind GM headlong discontinued the Metro and head replaced it with the ghastly little Korean shitbox Aveo. The salesman assured her that the Aveo was basically a redesigned but much more plush Metro. It definitely wasn't! Not only did it go through a transmission, AC, power steering and abs issues, but it also blew two head gaskets on both the original and in the replacement engine. Luckily it all happened under warranty and after only 3 years she traded it in at a major loss on a pre-owned Corolla. She told me that she paid just under $9,000 for the metro and drove it for 13 years but paid just under $16,000 for the Aveo and barely got three years out of it. I was the one that recommended she look at a used Corolla. That was over ten years ago in the last time our paths crossed which was shortly after the pandemic started she told me that she still had that 2005 Corolla but she passed it down to her son and was now driving a little RAV4. Like me she's a Toyota owner for life
I'm in central Florida. Have 98 Chevy Metro Hatchback. 3 cylinder 5 speed. 49 mpg. It's fully restored. Love it. Those Suzuki Motors and transmissions are bulletproof.
If GM had styled the Metro differently it might be somewhat collectible
My first car was a Geo metro hatch, my second car is a geo prizm. My next car is a Mitsubishi Mirage. These cars are much better then what people give credit
I've had 2 of those 3. Toyotas with the 4AFE are very dependable when you pay a little attention to maintenance
I just bought of these, wish me luck!
take care of it and it will be running for decades .
Nice Suzuki Metro I had a 1995 3 door with the 1.0 3 in it I loved the car to bad suzuki does not sell cars here in canada anymore
I had a rental one of these it was an LSI It had a 4 cylinder Auto PS/PB A/C Cruise Control AM/FM Cassette CD Power Mirrors cloth int Rear Defrost. This is what you got when the insurance was paying for your rental car. It was comfortable for what it was a 1997 model The GEO name was dropped in the USA in 1996 and called the Chevrolet Metro from 1996 and on
I used to drive a Metro as a company delivery car. 3 door, 5 speed. Only thing I really found to complain about was the noise level. If I had one today I'd look into putting some dynamat down under the carpet. It was a fun little car, and would hold a surprising amount of cargo.
I'd love to see more of that sweet 1970s Honda Civic CVCC shown at 0:20 - it was already at least 20 years old at the time this episode was recorded and looked to be clean and rust-free. I wonder if it survived?
I still have my mums 1995 Suzuki Swift HB 4cyl 1.3 sohc 5pd ABS purple her name is Smudge! 208,600km. I went up in tire size to make it stop faster and handles better. Fun to drive i get 37-39mpg city 41-44mpg hwy. I have a tachometer on mine.
Any Suzuki Swift GT test drives? I have not seen one in at least 10 years.
MotorWeek has a retro review of the Swift GTI on its channel
Wait a minute I just seen a metro break traction on dry pavement😂
Mí gio metro calienta mucho
Looks like a corsa with a cavalier facelift
I would definitely drive it...I would take that over any vichles today!!!!!..... good on gas ⛽..and easy to take care of....not like the vichles today.....over 50 thousand dollars..and all computer.....they can keep them....
I love those cars but mine were always two doors not the four-door and I would drive mine anywhere I drove it out to New York of driven one down to Florida they're great little cars not the fastest first ever got my jio up to cuz mine's of 1.0 with a 5-speed was 99 miles an hour I didn't quite hit a hundred
Geo Metro hatch with a fiesta ST engine.
Great video it reminds me of the dodge neon
i love these i had a couple of them my favorite was the convertible to bad chevy doesn't consider making a chevy spark convertible america needs a cheap little convertible
I liked my 96 Metro, but my 94 was much more durable
I think that 30 of my horses have escaped
Yes geo metro with 1.3 liter 4 cylinder was the best car in the sense of being very easy to maintain and high gas milleage.
Good luck trying to find car capable of fuel efficiency like that. Even Nissan Micra doesn't come close.
I found a bright yellow convertible one with a stick shift I want to buy (37k miles for $1500 usd)
I want it to learn to drive stick and have a car to drive into sketchy parts of town without fearing my GTi will get stolen.
This or the Ford Festiva??? Idk which is worse 😂😂😂
Ford festiva is a literal tin can
The Metro was better on gas !
Anti lock brakes are a terrible option. Keep it simple
what a wimp complaining about the non power steering , my wife drives a Metro and she is 5 Foot and 100lbs and no issue for her !
Hes so hot
Coffin on wheels.
Safer than a motorcycle