Facebook can be a cornucopia of rare vehicles, wacky conversions, and other automotive curiosities, and right now, a scarce 2010 Chevy Montana pickup truck with just 83,000 miles on its odometer is listed for sale on the website by a private seller in Talihina, Oklahoma.
Labeled in the online post as a Chevrolet Tornado, the name used for the vehicle in the Mexican market, the Chevy Montana is described as “coming out of old Mexico” and is offered for sale because the owner says they “never drive it anymore.”
The Chevy Montana is a first-generation model of the truck nameplate and is finished in a coat of white exterior paint. The vehicle seems to be mostly rust-free, even around the wheel arches where rust holes typically appear first, but the exterior paint is heavily speckled, though it’s unclear whether this is dirt or if the paint is weathered and fading.
As a first-generation truck, this Montana/Tornado is a derivative of the Opel Corsa and features its distinctive sharply raked windshield and curving A-pillar melding into the similarly curved roofline. The bed, which GM says can be used to haul up to 1,620 pounds of cargo, is missing its tailgate, though the hinges and fastenings are still in place.
The interior of this 2010 Chevy Montana is black, featuring vinyl and fabric seat upholstery showing a moderate amount of wear. The purchaser of this truck may apparently also receive a set of rather muddy Tasmanian Devil cartoon character floor mats.
While the ad doesn’t specify the powerplant under the vehicle’s hood other than noting the truck runs on gasoline, motivation most likely comes from the 1.4L I4 Ecoflex engine developing 99 horsepower and 95 pound-feet of torque. The engine has a combined fuel efficiency rating of approximately 32 miles per gallon and is mated to a five-speed manual transmission.
Built at the GM São José dos Campos plant in the city of São José dos Campos, Vale do ParaÃba metropolitan region, São Paulo (state), Brazil, the 2010 Chevy Montana was never sold in the U.S. and is a rare find north of the border.
The truck has a clean title and is priced at $6,500. So, what are your thoughts, dear reader? Is this rare pickup with only 83,000 miles worth the asking price in your opinion? Vote in the poll below, and share your impressions in the comments section.
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someone going to spend the next week scrambling to make this a sema build
Cool rare machine, but good luck ever getting parts for it.
This truck is literally two hours south of me. Parts can be gotten for it. But I’ll stick with my silverado.
Clean title? This thing isn’t even legally eligible to be imported in to the United States, unless it meets all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Good luck to whomever buys this getting it registered. Once it turns 25 years old, then it will be much easier.
This thing can be taken by customs and crushed at anytime as this was never sold in the United States
not 4 me, I’ll stick with my GMC CANYON.
Does the yellow handled wire stripper come with it? Can it really haul 1620 lbs??
I have wanted one of these TWO door “Montana”s since 2010 and wondered how I could get from Mexico. Even tried Texas truck ads. Sadly I will probably have to wait for the 2024 Ranchero as GM continues to think no one wants a TWO door smaller truck than my Colorado.
According to every GM Authority article featuring the new Montana (gm’s FIRST EVER unibody pickup!) this model year 2010 unibody truck does not actually exist.
It does, though. The 2010 model was the last year of this generation.
Está é a Montana que teve seu projeto iniciado no Brasil a partir de 2010,,, foi fabricada por aqui até 2021. Seu desenho muito controverso, porém boa picadinha
Negativo.
Aqui foi de 2003 a 2010. A de 2010 a 2021 era baseada no Agile, que era baseado no Corsa B (geração anterior à essa em que a 1ª Montana é baseada).
LS swap it and make it an autocross beast.
J&M Lexus V8 Conversions from South Africa made a 1UZ-FE/RWD conversion on this. Worth checking out their Facebook Page.
And another South African garage LS-swapped the 2nd generation.
It may not be easy, but it’s far from impossible.
Excellent!
It’s an OPEL Corsa C as a pickup and I think that’s particularly great!
I would love to have a pickup truck like this!
Have to keep looking.
By the way, you can get spare parts on the Internet – through EBAY – and so on.
So buy it and be happy with a small pickup truck…
$5,000 RIGHT – N0W.
“Clean title”. Interior? Not so much… 😉
this pickup isnt fitted with the 1.4 liter engine. this 1.4 flexfuel gas/ethanol was only for brazilian market. it has the 1.8 liter of Saturn astra/Chevy cruze with a different head and just 2 valves per cylinder. 1st gen montana share lots of parts with other european Opel models like 3rd gen corsa and south american chevys.