A pristine 1986 Chevy Cavalier coupe with just 26,000 miles on the odometer has appeared for sale via online auction site Bring-A-Trailer.
There’s not much information as to why this low-mileage Chevy Cavalier has been babied like a Corvette, however it’s been in the current owner’s possession for just nine years, during which time they’ve put just 500 miles on it. The car was sold to the original owner by Reeder Chevrolet in Knoxville, Tennessee and was acquired by the seller from their in-laws in 2012. The Bright Blue Metallic (RPO 24U) Chevy is being offered for sale with all original manufacturer’s literature, an original bill of sale, a clean Carfax report and a clean Tennessee title in the owner’s name.
This inexpensive daily driver left the factory with a 2.0L I-4 engine producing a modest 82 horsepower and also came equipped with the optional three-speed automatic transmission. Some other amenities include a blue velour interior, reclining seats, a tilt steering wheel, floor mats, a center console and an AM/F radio. The vehicle recently received an oil change, alternator replacement and air conditioning compressor replacement, along with a new muffler. It rides on factory 13-inch steel wheels wrapped in Milestar Touring SLE tires, which were put on the car in 2019.
While this compact Chevy may look faultless from a distance, there are some small imperfections in the paint, including a few knicks and other patches of discoloration. Still, it’s very likely that this is one of the cleanest first-generation Chevy Cavaliers in private hands. Bidding sits at $4,900 as of this writing with just two left before the virtual gavel falls on the online auction.
Check out the listing here for more information and photos.
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I am getting tired of these stories on these poorly designed cars for some nonsensical reason have kept in a wrapper they should have been sold and used up and scrapped long ago and removed from peoples memory banks permanently. The only thing I want to remember about the 80s and 90s is the music.
For some, it’s nostalgia. For us, it’s a reminder of the bad old days.
I drove a 1984 Sunbird. My friend had an 85 Cavalier.
Whipsaw is correct.
To the 4 above negative nannies. And anything from that same era from Japan was much better? Datsun/Nissan? Mitsubishi? Mazda? And I certainly wouldn’t say anything from Honda and Toyota was much better. So if you don’t care for these nice old cars for sale articles, then just pass them up.
I personally love these cars. I owned a 1985 that was purchased brand new. My dad and I were originally looking at a couple of the import brands (yes, Toyota, Honda and Renault) and once we looked at and drove the Cavalier, it was a no brainer. It was a great car, drove well, got fantastic MPG for that time and I loved it. My girlfriend at the time was driving a couple year old Datsun that was too much trouble and liked my car. We found her one exactly like the one in this article and the Datsun went by-by. The lines on these were so much nicer than almost anything else of that time.
I wouldn’t mind a z24 of that era with a stick really not a bad looking car. I’m not a fan of base models of any low end cars really but the mileage and condition is impressive
Daniel D: I also owned a 1987 Z24 in the maui blue. It was an automatic, but just loved it. But I think the 1985 sedan that my dad and I purchased in 85 was just a great car.
I WILL BID $4.60 FOR IT.
Too bad it’s not a camaro! Didn’t want one in 86, don’t want one now!
I had a 1990 Cavalier with 28000 miles at time of purchase. I drove the car for over 10 years, put well over 100,000 miles on it. It had the 2.0 liter/automatic transmission. What a great little car!
We’d see one driving down the street and say ‘hey look, a Crapelier’. Seriously though, I had an ’87 Celebrity which was a great vehicle. I drove it till I traded it in for a new 2000 Chevrolet Venture van. Now that van was a piece of CRAP!!! Great gas mileage but once the 5 yr warranty was over it was costing $500/month for repairs. And don’t get me started on the leaking head gasket on the 3.6L …
My bad, the 2000 Venture’s motor with the thrice leaking head gasket was actually a 3.4L, not a 3.6L
I said about the cavalier wagon and the same about this coupe. At least it has some style and character. That cannot be said about the identical blob styled crossovers. My neighbor had the same car in the 80s, hers was orange. The iron duke 4 wasn’t a street burner but very tough, reliable and simple to mechanic on.
The style of a square, and the character of a box.
But that was the style back then.
K car coming up next. Get your money ready. lol
As Gerald Levert would say “Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Goes My Mind” (that was a tune from 1986). MY mind was doing the same when I saw this Cavalier! This must be the nicest looking 1986 Cavalier left on the planet in the 21st century! Who would have thought it?
I think this is a great little car! My aunt worked at Roses Department Store in Winston-Salem where I live and saved her money and bought a silver car just like this in the same year. She was a 100% by American person and she was so proud of her Cavalier it was kept a vacuole it and when she died it only had 32 thousand miles on it. It was one of the best little non European or Japanese cars I have ever driven as a steering was very tight! Not everybody wanted a foreign car because for those of you that think this is a piece of crap, you must be in your thirties or forties because at the time people were still loyal to America
I had a chance to buy an ’86 Cavalier RS, red with the blacked out trim. The Cadillac dealer where it was for sale wanted too much for it at the time. January 1988. We settled for an ’84 Sunbird with the 1.8L OHC Brazilian motor, that overheated….. alot. I sometimes wonder what happened to that red Cavalier RS.
I’ve had 2 cavaliers in my life a 1984 and 10 years later a 1995. I’m definitely interested
My first new car was an 83 Cavalier Coupe with 5spd man…… 210,000 very trouble free miles over 8 years. Just an alternator, tires, belt, exhaust, plugs and spark plug wires. Nothing else. They were a reliable as any other cars at the time.