My first rental car.

[swampdodo]

https://jalopnik.com/at-2-500-is-this-1993-chevy-corsica-a-boring-bargain-1851653505

I remember these...rental lots were full of them. This was my first rental car...it was even white like the one in the article...except it had the velvet blue interior.

 

[DriveHard]

This was mine...2001 Dodge Neon. It had a digital throttle...either on/off. I'm not knocking the throttle, just saying it was on the floor, or off, as it was SOOOOO gutless.

 

[Tdbo]

Mine was a 1982 Ford Escort.
It did what was required.

 

[racer12306]

This was mine...2001 Dodge Neon. It had a digital throttle...either on/off. I'm not knocking the throttle, just saying it was on the floor, or off, as it was SOOOOO gutless.

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The 2001 MY still had the 3 speed auto, so no overdrive.

The 2000 and 2001 were pretty much the same exact drivetrain as the 95-99 but at least a few hundred pounds more. The 2002's were better since they went to the 4 speed and could run some more final drive gear, plus a little more first gear.

 

[KrisZ]

That was the car that got me through college. It was also white. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was an ex-rental

 

[GSCJR]

Disclaimer: Not the actual two door 2002 Fiat Punto 1.2L 5-spd.

Ours had ice cold A/C and came with electric assist steering back in 2002.

 

[fantastic]

I owned a 1988 Chevrolet Corsica 3 speed 2.8L V6 front wheel drive. It was a good runner but I did have to replace the transmission. The 2.8L either being a part of or predecessor to the 3.1L & 3.4L but not sure on the 3.8L. When I was younger, in the late 90's, these cars were everywhere.

 

[JTK]

I remember these...rental lots were full of them. This was my first rental car...it was even white like the one in the article...except it had the velvet blue interior.

That is a fact! I worked for Budget rent-a-car back around 1990 and there sure were tons of them. I can still hear the drone of the iron duke 2.5L as we shuttled them about. White exterior with blue interior was the preferred combo at the time per my manager. They liked white for easier touch ups and claimed blue interior was more forgiving in terms of stains/wear. This combo was probably just cheaper. Who knows. Any of them with the 2.8L V6 felt like rockets! LOL. Either way, back in those days, rentals were typically sold off with miles in the teens and barely a year in rental service. That was a fun summer job for me back in those days.

 

[Gyro Gearloose]

It has occurred to me that you still see a few trucks from the 80''s and 90's and an occasional big car like an Impala or Crown Vic, but you NEVER see the compact cars like the Corsica or Citation.

Our company bought Corsica's as corporate fleet cars around 1990 and they were miserable. You sat down really low, the dashboard was really tall and with the sloping hood you had no idea where the front bumper was. The air bag in the steering wheel was huge and stuck out so far your arms would hit it turning corners. The seats were just weird with a big bolster that hit between your shoulders and an extreme curve so that your shoulders and head were all that touched the back. The whole package was powered by a smooth but loud slow revving 4 cylinder that would have been ideal for a fork lift. I rated the Corsica's as just behind the Chevette Scooter as my most hated fleet car.

 

[eljefino]

Wife's car when I met her was a 93 Corsica 3.1. She bought it for $3k from a dealer, as-is, in 1997 with 100k. Try doing that now! There was nothing really wrong with it and she took it to 207k. It was white, which I understand was NOT a base coat/ clear coat, saving a few hundred bucks, which adds up in fleet sales. I washed it with Tide laundry detergent just before sale, and the UV optical brighteners really made that old paint pop! Had the 3T40 and tall final gearing and would do 75 with grace, but without cruise control.

The N-bodies like the Calais and Grand Am had the 2.5 "Mail's here!" Iron Duke or whatever 90-degree V6 was around (3.0, 3.3 from Olds/Buick.) Corsica was a swollen J-body and got the 2.0/ 2.2/ 2.8/ 3.1 Chevy motors.

That Jalopnik Corisca still has its fuel filler door, surprising, as they all fell off the hinges here and people couldn't be asked to replace them.

 

[KrisZ]

I owned a 1988 Chevrolet Corsica 3 speed 2.8L V6 front wheel drive. It was a good runner but I did have to replace the transmission. The 2.8L either being a part of or predecessor to the 3.1L & 3.4L but not sure on the 3.8L. When I was younger, in the late 90's, these cars were everywhere.

Mine was a 3.1 and the tranny never gave me trouble, the engine blew a head gasket though. But back then it was still economically feasible to get it fixed by a shop, so that’s what I did and it soldiered on for another 10 years or so.

 

[THORROMIG]

Mine was a new or newer Nissan 200 SX back in 1998. Good on gas but that automatic transmission killed it.