That car was fast as hell. Mine had the 3.8L V-6 that cranked out 200 hp of power. The snappy engine was great on the highway. This is the only car I ever got a speeding ticket with.
The car's 3.8L is also one of GM's worst engines on the planet. I used to sell the Grand Am, which had the same basic powerplant and those damn cars were ALWAYS in the shop for service. At least three or four in our 8 bay shop.
My engine had finally broke down when I was on the way to work one day. The PCV valve had a problem and for whatever reason, the people I was to have fix the car said they could not get the hose for the pcv valve. THe hose was a simple 90 degree bended 4 inch piece, and could not have been that hard to replicate. But nonetheless, I was young and dumb at the time and believed the idiots when they said I could just plug the hole instead of having the pcv valve actually functioning.
Man, was that wrong.
The crankcase needs ventilation. That is why there is such a thing as a PCV valve.
Eventually the car just stopped working. The mechanic (different people) said I had cataclysimic engine failure. That usually means you had some valves still open when the engine was shutting down in its final death throes. You would then need a valve job, cylinder job, and crankcase damage would also likely occur.
I did not have the money to pay the car's car payment, let alone fix it. It got towed, parked, repossessed by the bank, and eventually paid off years later.
However I managed to mess up that car, It was great while it ran. Too bad it had to get repossessed. Knowing what I know now, it looks like the mechanics were trying to sucker me all the time. I could have repaired the car for under a grand.
Interior was excellent. Exterior was modern and well trimmed. Good size tires for a compact sedan, and excellent tone to the engine and exhaust. Power everything.
Euro Sport
