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{{Infobox Automobile
|image=[[Image:Chevrolet Nova.jpg|250px|2nd-gen Chevrolet Nova SS]]
|boxcolor=darkgreen
|name=Chevrolet Nova
|manufacturer=[[General Motors]] (1962–1979)<Br>[[NUMMI]] (1985–88)
|production=1962-1979<br />1985–1988
|class=[[Compact car|Compact]] (1962–1979)<br />[[Subcompact]] (1985–88)
|successor=[[Chevrolet Citation]]
}}

The '''Chevrolet Nova''' was an [[automobile]] produced in the [[United States]] from 1962 to 1979 by the [[Chevrolet]] division of [[General Motors]] and from 1985 to 1988 by the [[NUMMI]], a joint venture between General Motors and [[Toyota]]. In its original form it was the top model in the [[Compact car|compact]] Chevy II range and was marketed as the Chevrolet Chevy II Nova until the Chevy II name was dropped for the 1969 model year. In its latter form it was a [[front wheel drive]] [[Ssubcompact car|subcompact]] car]] based on the Japanese [[Toyota Sprinter]].  

==First/Second generation==

{{Infobox Automobile generation
|image=[[Image:Chevrolet Nova Coupe (Orange Julep).JPG|250px|Chevrolet Nova coupe]]
|name=First generation
|aka=Chevy II
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The new Nova was a rebadged and mildly restyled Japanese market [[Toyota Sprinter]], a model sold in Japan as an upmarket version of the [[Toyota Corolla]]. Nova shared the Corolla's AE82 platform, {{convert|1.6|L|CID|abbr=on}} 4-cylinder engines and was available with 5-speed manual, 3-speed or 4-speed automatic transmissions.
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==Novas abroad==

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===Argentina===

In 1962 [[Argentina]] assembled the first/second generation Chevy II until 1974 as Chevrolet 400, and the early third-generation (1968 model) Nova was as the Chevrolet Chevy from late 1969 through 1978, both models overlapping  for several years, the Chevy II marketed as a family sedan while the Nova as a sporty alternative.  An upscale model was produced from about 1973 with different trim, front turn indicators and taillights, a much better appointed interior with plastic "wood"(contracted; show full)
The Nova was also sold in [[Canada]] from 1962 as the [[Acadian (automobile)|Acadian]] (a GM Canada nameplate),<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=vIN_CgtDuHYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=nova+II+SS#PPA58,M1 Nova SS By Steve Statham] Retrieved from books.google.com on 20 November 2008</ref> with minimal trim and equipment modifications, until the early 1970s when it was renamed in keeping with it
's US cousin as the [[Pontiac Ventura II]].
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==The urban legend==
An [[Urban Legend|urban legend]] claims that the vehicle sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because its name, spaced ''no va'', literally translates to "no go," as in "it doesn't go." This has since been debunked.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp snopes.com: Nova Don't Go<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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