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==={{anchor|Monza}}Chevrolet Monza===
In [[Brazil]], the Ascona C was sold from May 1982 until August 1996 as the Chevrolet Monza.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTa4eEqAH4&nohtml5=False Comercial Chevrolet Monza 1983]</ref> Chevrolet did not use the Ascona brand because the Spanish and Portuguese word "asco" means "disgust, repugnance". Instead, it was named after the [[Monza Circuit|famous Italian circuit]].

It was originally only available as a three-door [[hatchback]], a body style unique to Latin America.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wZ4qAQAAMAAJ&q=%22under+the+Chevrolet+Monza+name%22 Brazil's J-Car, the Chevy Monza, bows in May], ''[[Automotive News]]'', Crain Automotive Group, 1982, page 108</ref> However, two and four-door saloons appeared in March 1983.<ref name="AR89">{{cite book | ref = AR89 | title = Automobil Revue 1989 | editor-last = Büschi | editor-first = Hans-Ulrich | publisher = Hallwag AG | location = Berne, Switzerland | language = German, French | page = 210 | volume = 84 |date=9 March 1989 | isbn = 3-444-00482-6 }}</ref> GM do Brasil also considered offering the Monza as an [[station wagon|estate car]], and produced two full-size clay models, one with five doors and one with three doors, with a similar rear to the [[Holden Camira]] in Australia, which was also used as the basis of the [[Vauxhall Cavalier]] in the UK, but it never entered into production.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://autoesporte.globo.com/carros/colunistas/post-coluna/2019/10/exclusivo-fotos-da-perua-monza-que-chevrolet-quase-fabricou-no-brasil.ghtml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210506181630/https://autoesporte.globo.com/carros/colunistas/post-coluna/2019/10/exclusivo-fotos-da-perua-monza-que-chevrolet-quase-fabricou-no-brasil.ghtml | archive-date = 2021-05-06 | title = Exclusivo: Fotos da Perua Monza que Chevrolet quase fabricou no Brasil | trans-title = Exclusive: photos of the Monza station wagon which Chevrolet nearly manufactured in Brazil | work = Auto Esporte | date = 2019-10-21 | language = pt | first = Marcos | last = Rozen | publisher = Editora Globo S/A }}</ref> However, Envemo began converting the four-door Monza saloon into an estate called the Camping, although it retained the rear doors and taillights of the saloon.<ref>[https://www.picuki.com/media/2295026086096093495 Teste: Monza Camping Envemo], ''[[Quatro Rodas]]'', July 1985</ref> Envemo also converted the two-door Monza saloon into a convertible.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/30336246@N05/3186649078/in/photostream/ Monza conversível Envemo 1985]</ref> In 1989 the slow-selling liftback was discontinued, leaving only the two- and four-door three-box saloons.<ref name="AR90">{{cite book | ref = AR90 | title = Automobil Revue 1990 | editor-last = Büschi | editor-first = Hans-Ulrich | publisher = Hallwag AG | location = Berne, Switzerland | language = German, French | page = 212 | volume = 85 |date=8 March 1990 | isbn = 3-444-00495-8 }}</ref> 

Originally it was available with either a 1.6- or 1.8-litre engine with {{cvt|75|or|84|PS|kW}}.<ref name=TAM85>{{Cite book | title = Quattroruote: Tutte le Auto del Mondo 1985 | editor = Mastrostefano, Raffaele | publisher = Editoriale Domus S.p.A | ref = TAM85 | year = 1985 | language = Italian | pages = 176–178 | location = Milano | isbn = 88-7212-012-8 }}</ref> These were changed to more powerful 1.8 and 2.0s in 1986.<ref name="AR89"/>

The Monza received a number of facelifts, the last one bringing its looks in line with those of current European GM products, with new fenders front and rear to accommodate new head and taillights. Diesel versions were available for export markets, most notably [[Uruguay]] and [[Argentina]], powered by [[List of Isuzu engines#Isuzu E engine|Isuzu's 4EC1 engine]].{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}

The Monza first went on sale in [[Colombia]] in 1985 in a 4-door saloon body style, assembled locally by [[GM Colmotores]]. In Colombia, a top of the line saloon version was sold from 1987 to 1992 as the Monza Classic with a three-speed automatic transmission.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mantilla|first=Óscar Julián Restrepo|date=2018-01-07|title=Chevrolet Monza: Un sedán con clase y estilo para los colombianos|url=https://www.elcarrocolombiano.com/clasicos/chevrolet-monza-un-sedan-con-clase-y-estilo-para-los-colombianos/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=El Carro Colombiano|language=es-CO}}</ref> In Venezuela it was assembled and sold from 1985 to 1990. Originally it was equipped with a carbureted 1.8-litre engine, but this was later replaced with a fuel-injected 2-litre unit.

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|File:Monza-sr-achados-3.jpg|Brazilian-made Monza 1.8 S/R Hatchback three-door
|File:Chevrolet Monza 1.8 SR sedan in Punta del Este 01.JPG|Chevrolet Monza 1.8 S/R two-door saloon
|File:Chevrolet Monza 1.8 GL 1996 (12530626234).jpg|1996 Chevrolet Monza GL (facelift model)
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