2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS: the Pace Car Replica

This record's own dek states that the 2003 SS was priced at $23,665, with the Pace Car Replica package, RPO Y92, adding limited-edition trim for the year, a specific option that this record documents in more detail than the base SS itself. Wikipedia's own 2000-2007 production table, citing The Encyclopedia of American Cars, gives 71,129 Monte Carlos of all trims for 2003 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

The RPO Y92 Pace Car Replica is documented from its own dedicated factory flyer: ebony leather with pewter accents, Limited Edition gauge identification, Pace Car badges, ground effects, a decal package and 16-inch diamond-cut wheels. This record's own options entry for Y92 carries that equipment list directly but records no price or install count for the package, leaving how many 2003 SS coupes actually received it undocumented in this record's own sourced production or options data.

Only one engine is documented: the L36 3800 sequential-fuel-injection V6, standard on the SS, rated 200 hp at 5,200 rpm and 225 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm at 9.4:1 compression, confirmed identically across both the factory specification sheet and the separate restoration kit, with no six-cylinder alternative or optional V8 found anywhere in this record for the model. GM's own restoration kit gives a 3.29:1 final drive ratio for the SS against 2.86:1 for the LS, and names Oshawa, Ontario as the assembly plant for both trims.

Ten exterior colors are documented from the specification sheet as a line-wide list, running from White and Black through Sandrift Metallic and Galaxy Silver Metallic, including four new for the year, Superior Blue, Berry Red Metallic, Victory Red and Cappuccino Frost Metallic, though this record's own paint notes state that SS-specific availability is not separately confirmed on that sheet for any of the ten. This record's own interiors section is empty for the year beyond the Pace Car Replica's own ebony-and-pewter leather already described above, and its transmissions section is empty as well despite the documented final-drive figures.

Specification detail includes a 19/29 mpg EPA city/highway rating, a 110.5-inch wheelbase, 197.9-inch overall length, a 3,391-lb curb weight, a 38-foot curb-to-curb turning circle, and P225/60R-16 Goodyear Eagle RSA tires as standard on the SS, all drawn from either the specification sheet or the restoration kit rather than from a single consolidated document. This record's own performance and identification sections are both empty for the year, and no conflict is logged despite the two separate factory documents this record draws on for engine and chassis detail.

A single unpublished lead states that Wikipedia gives 2003 pace car production as limited to 1,401 cars, a figure that would, if adopted, describe the very Pace Car Replica package documented above, but this record notes that the claim is tertiary and uncited, so it remains an unpublished lead rather than a sourced production row for the Y92 package, leaving the actual Pace Car Replica build count undocumented in this record's own sourced figures.¹