2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS: the name returns

This record's own dek describes 2000 as the year the SS returns on the front-drive Monte Carlo with the 3800 V6, and states plainly that no SS-only production figure was found for the year. Wikipedia's own 2000-2007 production table, citing The Encyclopedia of American Cars, gives 64,347 Monte Carlos of all trims for 2000 without a separate SS split, and this record's own production notes state that this missing SS figure reflects a genuine gap rather than an implied zero.¹

The MonteCarloSS.com FAQ, updated June 2000, lists the SS as available for the 2000-01 model years, and GM's own 2000 restoration kit describes the reborn SS in detail: the 200-hp 3800 Series II V6 standard, plus a rear spoiler, 16-inch sport aluminum wheels with performance tires, body-colored rocker panels, fog lamps and Sport Cloth bucket seats over the plain LS trim. Both the LS and SS were built at the same Oshawa, Ontario plant, a shared assembly line this record's own specifications section also confirms.²

The L36 3800 Series II V6 is documented at 200 hp at 5,200 rpm and 225 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm on the SAE net standard, with sequential fuel injection, as the standard and only engine recorded for the Monte Carlo SS this year, with no six-cylinder alternative or optional V8 found anywhere in this record for the model. This record's own transmissions and options sections are both empty for 2000, despite the depth of standard-equipment detail already described above distinguishing the SS from the LS.

Ten exterior colors are documented: Galaxy Silver Metallic, Black, Medium Regal Blue Metallic, Navy Blue Metallic, Light Driftwood Metallic, Dark Jade Green Metallic, Dark Carmine Red Metallic, Torch Red, Bright White and Medium Auburn Nightmist Metallic. Two interior descriptions are recorded: SS-specific Sport Cloth front bucket seats with a console, offered in Light Oak, Dark Pewter or Ebony cloth, and an optional leather seating surface in Light Oak or Ebony requiring the six-way power driver seat, with no production count tied to either color list or interior choice.

Specification detail includes a 110.5-inch wheelbase, 197.9-inch overall length, 72.7-inch width, 55.2-inch height, a 17-gallon fuel tank, and an estimated curb weight of 3,391 lb for the SS specifically, all shared with the LS on wheelbase, length, width, height and fuel-tank capacity per the same factory document, alongside the Oshawa, Ontario assembly location already noted above. This record's own performance and identification sections are both empty for the year, a documented gap rather than an assumption that neither exists for the model.

A single unpublished lead states that Wikipedia gives 2000 pace car production as limited to 2,222 cars, but this record notes that the claim is tertiary and uncited, so it is not adopted into this record's own production figures for the year, leaving the overall SS production gap already described above entirely unfilled by that pace-car figure. No dealer price sheet, order guide, or period road test was located to expand this record's coverage of the year beyond the production, engine, paint, interior and specification detail already described.¹