1993 Chevrolet Lumina Reviews

really fast for a 93 and alot of people underestimated the quicknes and the speed of it but its just a really fun to just drive and chill in hoopin to put some more things in to it but it will come.

I'm not looking for speed/accel performance, I'm looking for economy performance. For that, it's terrible. I'm pulling every trick in the book, and managing 26-29 MPG, mixed city/highway. Drives well, but has needed work since I acquired it at 113k miles.

Traded a used laptop for it - they had 3 cars for 2 people, and I had 3 laptops for 2 people - worked out both ways.

Performance is good, acceleration is relatively swift, and the brakes are good (the ABS works which is nice), with discs on all 4 wheels.
Build quality isn't great on the inside. The dash coverin has warped and is peeling in places (around the windscreen heater vent and under the dash lip on the passenger side.), also the fuse cover in the glove box is broken and the trim panel in the footwell on the passenger side will not stay on.
The car looks pretty good, with a pointy nose, 16" milled aluminium wheels and a spoiler it looks quite sporty. The interior is quite nice with front bucket seats, and a faux leather sports steering wheel, the rev counter adds to the sporty feel, though seems a little un-necessary in a car with an auto-box. On the whole, quite attractive.
Gas mileage isn't bad, around 25mpg (US gallons are only 3.6 litres, and octane levels are lower 87, 89, 93) on 89octane gasoline. Maintenance has been relatively cheap so far, Oil filters, spark plugs and air filters are pretty cheap, as is the transmission fluid filter, though batteries are expensive by US standards at $89 (side post batteries seem to be more expensive).
The car is relatively fun to drive. Some where between a family car and a sports car i guess. Though the fun factor is hampered by front wheel drive and an auto gearbox, though the 3.1 V6 does provide enough power.

this car was quick on the street..ran about 130 and it was a V6...i also raced it on the street...it cost me 3000 plus i had to put about a 1000 in parts...like a windshield, intake manifold, lights, but overall it was a fun car to drive i really liked this car but i had to sell it so...

We got 265,000 miles out of this car before we finally replaced it. Only major issues we really had were transmission related, had to replace it a couple times in the last couple years, but other than that, good performance, good mileage, and great reliability, I miss the car, but it was getting old.