Chevrolet Nomad

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Chevrolet Nomad

The Chevrolet Nomad was a station wagon

Station wagon

A station wagon in American English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English usage and an estate car in British English usage, is a passenger automobile with a car body style similar to a sedan but with the roofline following the full, sometimes extended rear cargo area, i.e. ending with a more vertical door...
model produced by the Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
Division of General Motors

General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
. The Nomad is best remembered in its two-door 1955-57 form, and was considered a halo model

Halo vehicle

A halo vehicle is a marketing used in the automotive industry for a motor vehicle designed and marketed to promote a brand — to create a halo effect around the vehicle and thereby create positive associations related to the brand....
during its three-year production as a two-door station wagon.

two-door Nomad differed from other station wagons of the era by having unique styling more reminiscent of a hardtop than of a standard station wagon.

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1955-57

The two-door Nomad differed from other station wagons of the era by having unique styling more reminiscent of a hardtop than of a standard station wagon. Chevrolet shared this body with its sister Pontiac

Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
, which marketed their version as the Pontiac Safari

Pontiac Safari

Safari was a name first applied to Pontiac's version of the 2-door Nomad station wagon. The body style, originally exhibited as a 1954 Chevrolet Corvette Motorama concept car, was shifted to Chevrolet and Pontiac full-size 1955 production vehicles because of the perceived greater sales potential....
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The Nomad's unique design had its roots in a General Motors Motorama

Motorama

Motorama was an auto show staged by General Motors Corporation from 1949 to 1961. These automobile extravaganzas were designed to whet public appetite and boost automobile sales with displays of fancy prototypes, concept vehicles and other special or halo vehicle....
show car of the same name that was based on the Corvette

Chevrolet Corvette

The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors since 1953. The car was originally designed by Harley Earl, and named by Myron Scott after the fast corvette....
. The Concept was introduced at the GM Motorama in 1954 as one of Head Stylist, Harley Earl's "dream cars".

GM approved production of the vehicle if the design could be transferred to its standard model, because top GM brass felt that they could sell more models if it were attached to the popular Bel Air

Chevrolet Bel Air

The Chevrolet Bel Air is an automobile series produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1953?75. From 1950?52, hardtops in Chevrolet's premium Chevrolet Deluxe model range were designated with the Bel Air name, but it was not a distinct series of its own....
model.

While considered to be a milestone vehicle design, General Motors discontinued the original Nomad at the end of the 1957 model year due to low sales and the introduction of a new body for 1958.

1958-61

For the 1958 model year, Chevrolet moved the Nomad name to its top-line four-door station wagon. Chevrolet continued to use the Nomad name until the end of the 1961 model year, when all Chevrolet station wagons adopted the names of the regular sedan models.

1964-72

The 1964 and 1965 model years

Model year

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brought a revival of sorts for original 1955-1957 Nomad when Chevrolet produced a two-door mid-sized Chevelle 300

Chevrolet Chevelle

The Chevrolet Chevelle is a mid-sized automobile from Chevrolet debuting in 1964. It was produced from 1964 through 1977 and was one of General Motors' most successful cars....
station wagon cast in a similar vein. The Nomad name was not used for these wagons, but between 1968 and 1972 the name was applied to the lowest-priced Chevelle four-door station wagon model. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the name returned again on a trim package for the full size Chevrolet Van

Chevrolet Van

The Chevrolet Van was one of several vans made by General Motors for North America. Its strongest competition was the Ford Econoline van and the Dodge Ram Van....
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Concept cars

There have been two Nomad concept cars. The first one from 1999 was based on the F-body (Camaro) and was V8 powered. The second concept presented in 2004 was based on the GM Kappa platform

GM Kappa platform

Kappa is General Motors Corporation' new compact car rear-wheel drive automobile platform. The architecture debuted in the 2006 Pontiac Solstice and 2007 Saturn Sky....
, and highly resembled the original 1954 Corvette-based Nomad showcar.

Chevrolet Nomad

1955-57

1958-61

1964-72

Concept cars

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