The Chevy Beretta compact coupe isn’t a highly desirable or collectible GM model, but we found one that’s actually rare and valuable. Volo Auto Sales in Volo, Illinois, has a 1990 Chevy Beretta GT Indy in its inventory with only 52 miles on the odometer. It even still has the window sticker attached.
The Beretta was underpinned by the short-lived GM L platform, a relative of the more prolific N platform. The only other L-body cars were the four-door Chevy Corsica and the Canada-only Pontiac Tempest.
Power for the Chevy Beretta GT comes from a 3.1L LH0 V6, originally rated at 140 horsepower and 185 pound-feet of torque. Output is routed to the front wheels via a 5-speed Getrag 282 manual transmission. That doesn’t sound like a lot of muscle, but the curb weight of this coupe is only about 2,700 pounds. In addition to the engine, upgrades that came with the GT model include Z51 suspension upgrade, front disc brakes, a rear spoiler, sport seats, and a sporty gauge cluster.
So, what makes the Indy edition so special? The Chevy Beretta had the honor of being the 1990 Indianapolis 500 pace car. The actual pace car was a convertible conversion, but there was never a production version of a Beretta convertible, so Chevy went with a coupe for the commemorative Indy edition. Available exclusively for the 1990 model year, it comes with the rad “Indy” graphics you see on the doors and rear bumper, an Indy dash plaque, and sporty seats with body-color accents and “Indy” branding on the headrests.
This example is finished in Yellow, which, surprisingly, doesn’t have a clever paint name. Yellow pockets in the 16-inch aluminum wheel add a little extra visual flair to this sporty coupe.
The asking price on the listing is $31,998, which makes it the most expensive production Beretta we’ve ever seen. That might sound high, but a 19k-mile 1989 Chevy Beretta GTU with a stick sold on Bring a Trailer for $26,000 in 2023.
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The 1990s 200s GM Designs Time were ones of best GM Appearance of all Times, the 1950s 1960s and 1930s too, from 2010 until now not
These cars were just bad and reinforced the stigma of poor quality for GM.
Too bad the dash pad is warped to hell.
The dashboard has the notorious warping. 🙁
Just getting started in the industry when these Indy Berettas came out. I thought they were so odd looking I had to get pics of them, some were still on the transporter. These came in Teal also.
These were nice cars in their day, someone should have driven it instead of just letting it age. I believe in driving them and keeping them nice.