Why did Chevrolet drop the Geo line?

Because they were pieces of shit. The engines were shit, as is anything supplied by Toyota.

the Geo project was a short term deal between GM,Suzuki, Isuzu and Toyota for their bottom end cars in exchange for goods and manufacturing.

closest thing to that would be a Vitara,Rav4 and Wrangler

Biff the Geo Storm was made by Isuzu i knew i forgot one but Isuzu is basically GM

mpg isn’t everything, quality is the main issue. the Metro was able to get 40mpg, but it was a complete piece of crap. they were small, noisy, slow, unreliable, and I can’t agree with your statement about their looks. seriously, the dashboard was made from melted-down pop bottles(no lie). whoever told you about the Geo parts is lying, you can get still buy brand new parts for any GM car whether it’s a Geo, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer, or any other of their discontinued brands.

**contrary to what some people are saying, only the Geo Prism was made in conjunction with Toyota. the Prism was just a Corolla with a Geo badge on it. Geo’s other cars were basically rebadged Suzukis.

basically, Geo got killed because of their quality issues. the Geo nameplate was introduced in the early 90′s to add a fresh face to GM’s lineup and distinguish themselves from the negative ideals that several consumers had regarding GM at the time. you have to realize that during the 1990′s, the Japanese car movement was in full swing and several US consumers were buying a lot of Hondas, Toyotas, Mitsubishis, Subarus, and Mazdas because they were fed up with the reliability issues of American cars, as well as their dated styling. GM set out to re-vamp their image with Geo, they basically wanted to build a car that they felt was similar to their Japanese competitors. the whole idea flopped because the cars sucked. they were extremely slow(a lot of Metros actually had 1.0 3-cylinder engines pulled from Suzuki), unreliable, had severe build-quality issues, and they were made using cheap materials. GM pulled the plug to save face and cut corporate costs, and they’re doing the same thing nowadays with Saturn, Hummer, Olds, and Pontiac.

***contrary to what other people are saying here, the only Geo built in conjunction with Toyota was the Prism. it was just a Corolla with a Geo badge on it, literally. most of Geo’s other models like the Tracker, Metro, and the Storm were built using parts from Suzuki and the GM parts bin.

Because they were too problematic due to being made by Toyota.

GM think they can master the gas mileage that Toyota or Suzuki did for them. You can still get part for your tracker. Just don’t go to the dealer, try going to your local auto part store.

Look to Hyundai if you need a CHEAP car that gets good mileage.

If looks or status don’t matter, then they are a logical choice. The resale value is extremely low (so should be real cheap to buy used), and economy on the manual transmission accent is 40MPG on the freeway at 60MPH, and averages around 36 in the city. This is far in excess of the “sticker” MPG, but the fact that the EPA changed the way they measure mileage is the reason for the sticker MPG and actual being so much different. Plus, the reviews/quality of the Hyundai’s continue to get better, the newer it is, the more the cars have been improved.

Driving style is going to net your economy. The smaller/lighter the car, and the smaller the engine, the better economy will be. When driven sanely, economy can be very good.

I think bluebook on my car is around $2500, and it’s still under warranty!

JUNK

okay, i had a geo…..i can tell you those cars are sturdy like a/c, engine, all of that wise. but it is so light that it easily flips. i flipped mine, a year later a guy down my street flipped his and lost 2 fingers, and a guy in my highschool flipped his and died. they are extremely dangerous. I would honestly look at KIA’s, if you are part of the college population, because their gas is ridiculously low and they are pretty sturdy for such a small car, and plus they are 4 door..which means you can fit more people into the vehicle.