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|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 Prizm]]
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After the [[Rear-engine design|rear-engine]] [[Chevrolet Corvair]] was handily outsold by the conventional [[Ford Falcon (North America)|Ford Falcon]] in 1960, Chevrolet began work on a more conventional compact car that would eventually become the Chevy II. The original Chevy II was of [[unibody]] construction and was available in two-door [[coupe]] and four-door [[sedan (car)|sedan]] configurations as well as [[convertible]] and [[station wagon]] versions. Trim levels in 1962 were the 100 Series,
 200 Series, 300 Series and Nova 400 Series.<ref>John Gunnell, Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1946-1975, Revised 4th edition, page 174</ref> 

Available engines for the Chevy II included a {{convert|153|CID|L|abbr=on}} [[Straight-4|four-cylinder]] and a {{convert|194|CID|L|abbr=on}} inline six. The [[Chevrolet Straight-6 engine#Generation 3|six-cylinder]] was actually the third generation engine, replacing the second generation Stovebolt. Rival manufacturer [[Chrysler]] had earlier developed the [[Chry(contracted; show full)[[es:Chevrolet Nova]]
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