(12 model years) 1976 – 1987 CHEVROLET CHEVETTE. While the Chevette was General Motors’ first answer to the Volkswagen Rabbit, it lacked the VW’s front-wheel-drive. As GM debuted other small cars, it kept the Chevette in production as a low-price leader through 1987. Here a 1980 model is shown – Photo credit: S. Gibbons