My parents shopped those but in the end they were just too expensive with both my parents working on degrees, Mom her bachelors and Dad his master's (in addition to his full time day job).
We ended up getting the 1981 Pontiac clone of the Chevette. Pontiac T1000. Horrible car. It was ordered with 1 option only, the tilt steering wheel since Dad is tall. Had no radio when it arrived! I specifically remember it costing $5200 only, that was what the sticker on the window said.
I am very tall, by 1984 I had outgrown the back seat of the T1000, so my parents got a new '84 GMC S-15 Jimmy 4x4, the gutless wonder I learned to drive on. By then Mom had graduated and was working so the money for a more expensive car was less of an issue. Man that SUV was slow. It could not maintain the 65 speed limit up a hill. At least - it was good in the snow and I took it to the mountains in the late 80s as a 17-18 year old.
I imagine we would have kept the Eagle for longer had we gotten it, but oh well.