1994 Chevrolet Cavalier Reviews, Pricing & Specs
What owners say
"Overall, owners of the 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier appreciate its reliability and good fuel economy. Many drivers highlight its affordability and inexpensive parts, making it a practical choice, especially for first-time car buyers. However, some have pointed out issues with power, acceleration, and build quality, noting that it can be lacking in performance and interior comfort."
The car has power, the looks and style are good, low maintenance, the back seats are small for adults, great breaks, handles well in all conditions, front seats are comfortable, extremely reliable, good for a young family with small children, or no children because of the back seats, fuel economy is good, about 30 hwy, price is right, fun, easy and safe to drive, overall great deal!
January 16, 2013Only having the automatic version, I can't say anything about the actual manual transmission. But, the automatic is very clunks and slow, and the engine is has NO torque to speak of, but the top end isn't too bad. Gutless, but not too shabby. Build quality starts at poor and degenerates from there. Cheap, chunky interior plastics would feel more at home on some pacifier than in a car. Fun Factor: good starter car; it's surprisingly tough and damn near bulletproof (we tried). Radiator is a gas if you pour some Skittles into it!
December 17, 2008the overall performance isnt great, but it can squeal tires. braking and handling are decent (could be worse). under the hood is pretty straight forward, and easy to work on, after it gets a headgasket, not much will be expensive. the exterior is a good balance of boxy and rounded. the interior is comfortable and user friendly. fairly good on gas and parts are cheap and plentiful. for a little 4cyl. it can be fun to drive, but also safe.
November 13, 2010What owners say
The car has power, the looks and style are good, low maintenance, the back seats are small for adults, great breaks, handles well in all conditions, front seats are comfortable, extremely reliable, good for a young family with small children, or no children because of the back seats, fuel economy is good, about 30 hwy, price is right, fun, easy and safe to drive, overall great deal!
January 16, 2013Only having the automatic version, I can't say anything about the actual manual transmission. But, the automatic is very clunks and slow, and the engine is has NO torque to speak of, but the top end isn't too bad. Gutless, but not too shabby. Build quality starts at poor and degenerates from there. Cheap, chunky interior plastics would feel more at home on some pacifier than in a car. Fun Factor: good starter car; it's surprisingly tough and damn near bulletproof (we tried). Radiator is a gas if you pour some Skittles into it!
December 17, 2008the overall performance isnt great, but it can squeal tires. braking and handling are decent (could be worse). under the hood is pretty straight forward, and easy to work on, after it gets a headgasket, not much will be expensive. the exterior is a good balance of boxy and rounded. the interior is comfortable and user friendly. fairly good on gas and parts are cheap and plentiful. for a little 4cyl. it can be fun to drive, but also safe.
November 13, 2010This is my 6th Cavalier the best one i have owned and i love these cars. awesome on gas. cheap to fix. dime a dozen for parts... $50 CND fills the tank. and i get lots of driving out of it
June 30, 2009This car performs with respectable acceleration for a 2.2 but has no overall top speed, you are at 5th gear by 90km. It has a known problem with under caridge rust. It's easy on gas and cheap as hell, I'd recommend this as a daily driver with a little extra balls, but not much.
June 30, 2009Loved the room, I don't remember having problems until it was well over 100k. Nice ride....it was purple... Easy on gas, good acceleration. Awesome in the snow! It was like a tank, I used it to deliver newspapers. Sound system was great in it also.
January 8, 2009Really great car. Mine lasted up to 277k before I got t-boned, and it was still running really well. It's 2.2 4 cyl was easy on gas and had enough pep to get the car moving, but it was certainly nothing fast. The 3 speed automatic trans left something to be desired (for example, another gear) and was swapped out at ~250k because first gear was slipping badly. A common problem with these cars is that when at an idle the engine can shake quite a bit, but that's more of an annoyance than a problem. I realize it's far from good-looking, but I gave it 5 stars for appearance just because I loved the ugliness so much. The ugliness is to be embraced! The body on mine was still in decent shape, but it is common for the bottoms of the doors to rust out like crazy, especially on the 4 door. Another great thing about this car: It'll go anywhere. I even took it on ATV trails to get to a campsite. It is also REDICULOUSLY easy to install aftermarket electronics in (eg stereo system)
November 2, 2010It is fuel efficeint, powerful, and it holds all my family memories. Although it is fifteen years old it is still a great car. I am so confident about it that i think it will last til 400 000 km
October 9, 2009I know its not new and wasn't pricey, but I love it! Its a great starter car. I even had a CD player installed and a four Jensen speakers. She has 148K miles but runs like she just came off the assembly line. I love Cavy!
April 23, 2008Have had it since new and better than lots of others that cost much more.
January 27, 2007
