1989 Chevrolet Celebrity review from North America

A few months after I purchased the car, one of the ignition module-coils went out, so basically I was driving the car on 4 cylinders. It was a real rough ride, especially commuting half an hour each way for 3 weeks.

My rear lights always burn out, mostly because the tail light covers are held on with a tar like glue and let water in.

The driver's side floor has a fair sized hole under the pedals, easy fix.

Great car for a first car. Seeing as I paid $1500 for it, and have spent about $200 on repairs, it's been great.

It looks horrible even though the body is decent, they should have modernized the design for the later models. The inside instrumentation is as primitive as a 1961 Studebaker. The seat is so comfortable it's like sitting on my couch while driving, hence the bench seats in my model. The dash is poorly lit and the cigarette lighter doesn't work.

A few setbacks are the speedometer, when it says I am driving at 100kph, I am really doing 145kph. It handles around corners like an old shopping cart sitting on Cadillac suspension. It also makes an odd shake whenever I brake at low speeds.

Over all the car was a great buy. Even with high mileage it still runs new, and has great power and comfort on long highway trips. More dependable than some new cars, and is most trustworthy.