Join us, dear reader, on a short trip back to the early 1980s. Specifically, we're visiting 1982, where we suspect this Chevrolet Citation still didn't look as good as it does right now. Perhaps we're looking through rose-colored glasses, which sounds absolutely bonkers considering we are talking about a Chevy Citation – a terrifically unloved economy car that only lasted five model years. But this isn't any Citation. It's an X-11.
If you have no idea what that means, we don't blame you. The X-11 was the performance model in the Citation family, which included three-door and five-door hatchbacks for all model years except 1980, when it launched with a two-door coupe as well. The coupe was killed quickly since nobody bought it, but whoa, Nellie did folks scoop up the hatch. With over 800,000 sold in its first year, the Citation was the best-selling car in the States for 1980. The fact that so few are seen today probably tells you all you need to know about GM's quality control of the day. But, we digress.
