2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS: two fuel-economy figures

This record's own dek states that the 2002 SS was priced at $23,605 with the 200-hp 3800 V6, a base MSRP effective as of December 21, 2001 per the factory specification sheet. Wikipedia's own 2000-2007 production table, citing The Encyclopedia of American Cars, gives 70,781 Monte Carlos of all trims for 2002 without a separate SS split, and this record's own production notes state that the missing SS figure reflects a genuine gap rather than an implied zero.¹

GM's own 2002 restoration kit lists remote keyless entry, a driver side-impact air bag and OnStar as standard SS equipment, alongside an optional High Sport Appearance package and three colors new for the year, Medium Green Pearl, Bright Red and Competitive Yellow. This record's own options section is nonetheless empty for 2002, so the High Sport Appearance package named in the key facts carries no separate RPO entry, price, or install count of its own anywhere in this record.

Only one engine is documented: the 3.8-liter 3800 sequential-fuel-injection V6, standard on the SS, rated 200 hp at 5,200 rpm and 225 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm on an SAE net basis this record's own engine entry notes is not further specified, with no optional or alternate engine recorded for the SS anywhere in this record. This record's own transmissions section is empty for the year despite a documented 3.29:1 final drive ratio for the SS against 2.86:1 for the LS, drawn from the same restoration kit as the engine rating.

Ten exterior colors are documented from the same specification sheet as a line-wide list, running from Dark Carmine Red Metallic and Black through Navy Blue Metallic and Competitive Yellow, with the sheet itself marking some colors as interim availability on the SS and Competitive Yellow specifically as a late-availability addition. This record's own interiors section is empty for the year, with no trim or upholstery detail found in an accessible source, a gap alongside the missing options detail already described above.

This record's own specifications section carries two separate fuel-economy figures for the same 3.8-liter SS without reconciling them: the factory specification sheet gives 19 city and 29 highway mpg, while the separate restoration kit's own engine table gives an estimated 20 city, 30 highway and 24.5 combined mpg for the L36. Beyond that unreconciled pair, this record documents a 17-gallon fuel tank, a 3,391-lb curb weight, a 110.5-inch wheelbase, 197.9-inch overall length, 30 mm and 17.2 mm front and rear stabilizer bars, P225/60R-16N Goodyear Eagle RSA Performance tires, a 38-foot turning circle, and Oshawa, Ontario as the assembly plant.

A single unpublished lead states that Wikipedia gives 2002 pace car production as limited to 1,150 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, and leaving this record's coverage of the model year resting on the specification sheet and restoration kit already described throughout this narrative.¹