The Chevette was already five years old when Chevy first introduced the 1.8-liter diesel as a belated option for the 1981 model year. It initially wasn't offered in California due to its emissions.

Read about this 1,500-mile road trip in a 1982 Chevy Chevette Diesel that incounter transmission problems just 70 miles in, only on dieselpowermag.com, the official website of Diesel Power Magazine.

The 2014 Chevy Cruze was the first GM passenger car offered with a diesel engine in the U.S. since the 1986 Chevy Chevette, which had an available Isuzu-sourced diesel 4-cylinder making 52 horsepower.

Test Drive: 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel. By Gary Gastelu Fox News. Published August 22, 2013 1 ... smoky engines that thankfully dissipated with the also unlamented Chevrolet Chevette in 1986. ...

The 2014 Cruze will be GM's first car sold with a diesel engine in the United States since the 1986 Chevy Chevette, which featured a 1.8-liter, Altman said. Back then, GM's diesel engines were ...

GM hasn't sold a diesel car in the U.S. since the subcompact 1986 Chevrolet Chevette. Yet GM has sold more than 500,000 diesel cars globally in the past year alone, including 33,000 Cruzes.

09 – 1984 Chevrolet Chevette in California junkyard – photo by Murilee Martin. 19 ... Starting with the 1981 model year, a 51-horsepower Isuzu diesel engine was available in the Chevette.

A 1.8L diesel was also available for a short time. Yet, at just under 2,000 pounds, the Chevette would show well by today's standards with highway mileage in the low-to-mid 30s.

With the Volkswagen Jetta TDI in its sights, Chevrolet unveiled the Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel at the Chicago Auto Show last week. Chevrolet executives have modest expectations for General Motors ...

Doing so is no mean feat, but fully 64% of you were willing to grease up and take the plunge for yesterday's tidy $7,300 edition.At one time, Chevy's Chevette also offered a two-seat edition, the ...