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Originally Posted by CateraMV6  I saw some production figures from a buddy of mine who works at GM and there were only 238 of them registered as 2002s.... and I think the number was 28 exactly for the manual versions... and all had 3.2s (black and silvers)... but only god knows what happened to them and where they went... |
If any 2002 Catera's were built then they were developmental cars and definitely not legal for street use, GM likely destroyed them all by now.
A manufacturer has to emission certify every new engine with the EPA and DOT. Federal laws also state that manufacturer has to supply parts and service for 10-years.
You will find nothing listed in any GM service database to a Catera with a 3.2 or a 5-speed manual.
GM recently was auctioning off some of their Heritage collection (prototype, SEMA cars etc) at Barret Jackson. None of them were street legal, were sold with scrap titles and the buyers had to sign waiver and agree to never put them on the street. The DOT found out and went after GM regardless (not sure how it turned out).
I don't see how these cars could slip by the goverment.
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Originally Posted by CateraMV6 Don't forget the difference between the Omega and the Catera is only cosmetic... not much has changed under the hood. |
I have the European service database and I'm actually quite surprised by how different the North American and European versions are.
For example all of the North America version were OBD2, European Omega's were only OBD2 in 2001 when the 2.6 and 3.2 were introduced.