GM’s factory skunkworks turned out this Chevy Vega with a well-engineered all-aluminum small-block engine in 1972. It didn’t make it to production, but it inspired a generation of hot-rodders!
The Chevy Vega was supposed to be the common person's coupe that saw the brand into the post-gas crisis future. If you could believe it, GM even pegged the Vega as their direct answer to the Toyota ...