subject: Geo Prizm Built by the Combine Effort of GM and Toyota by:Gary Millar [print this page] The Geo Prizm is a vehicle which has been made from 1990 up until the year 1997 by a cooperation and venture by the General Motors Corporation and the Toyota Motor Company. It had essentially replaced the Geo Range , as well as the Chevrolet Nova among the firm's line up of vehicle models. The Geo Prizm is a compact car and comes in 2 body styles which comprise of the sedan with four doors and the hot hatch that sports five doors. It has been related to the Toyota Corolla and the Toyota Runner , and also considered the Ford Escort, the Dodge Colt, the Honda Civic, and the Nissan Sentra as its competition. When the production of this car had been permanently halted, the Chevrolet Prizm then succeeded this car.
In the US, the Geo Prizm was considered to be a tiny auto in the car In the automobile market. In that it still existed, the Geo Prizm was powered by the same engines that the Toyota Corollas during that time also held. From 1989 up until Prizm had been powered by the 4A FE or the optional 4A GE engine. Come 1993 up until 1997, the machine was powered by the 4A FE engine or the optional 7A FE engine. As per its last years, 1998 up until the year 2002, the Geo Prizm got its power from the 1ZZ FE engine. This vehicle was made to sport a rear spoiler as well as body coloured grilles and fenders. There also were four wheel disc brakes. Changes were also done with the Geo Prizm. In 1991, the car was reintroduced wearing a new chrome steel exhaust system as well as black body side moldings. People who were able to deal with the Geo Prizm related that regardless of having quite a cramped passenger room and a very limited cargo room, the vehicle still recovered through a great acceleration, a better refinement, a comfortable ride, delightful visibility and a very good fuel use. Other features that the Geo Prizm held included gray steel wheels, amalgamate wheels, full wheel covers, a rounded body, snake eye headlights, flush door handles, 60/40 split back seats, a CD player, twin airbags, daytime running lights, antilock brakes, a sunroof, as well as a tilt steering wheel.
