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In this episode I provide the history of the Chevrolet Caprice, which started in 1965 as an upscale Impala trim, and would later become one of the largest and most popular cars in the country, especially with the now classic wagon models. By the 1980s, it was easily outselling the lower-trim Impala, and eventually took over as a popular option for police and taxis. It's very square design was loved by many, but in an attempt to change with the competition, GM decided to put a new curvy body on the same rear-drive body-on-frame platform, which looked like many to be a whale on wheels. Despite bringing back the Impala name on a dedicated performance model in 1994, the Caprice would end in 1996, but was brought back as the PPV based on a Holden model in 2011. That model proved so unpopular, that only 16,000 were sold over 6 years, ending with the Holden plant in Australia shutting down.
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