Overview & Reviews

As the market for import automotive brands became dramatically larger in the late 1980s, the Detroit automobile companies created their own import-style sales divisions. In 1989 General Motors introduced its Geo division, which became the most successful of these attempts before the division was discontinued in 1998.

Geo re-badged various GM cars made for world markets. Its most notable success came with the Geo Prizm, a version of the Toyota Corolla then being built cooperatively in a California assembly plant by Toyota and GM. The Geo Metro compact car began life as the Suzuki Swift, while the Geo Tracker sport-utility vehicle was derived from the Suzuki Sidekick. The Geo Spectrum sedan was an Isuzu I-Mark and the Geo Storm coupe was an Isuzu Impulse.

The experiment ended because the Geo division was unable to establish a stronger identity than the brands from which its products were taken. Moreover, GM quickly realized that Geo was simply funneling its brand loyalists into the import brands of other companies.

User Reviews:

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  1993 geo metro lsi sprint cl - 1993 Geo Metro
  By fushiadragon - May 15 - 6:08 pm

  I found this car in Hallam Pa, only one owner, when I bought it it only had 063,851 miles on the odometer, I paid 2000.00 cash, going rate now is 3500.00 if you can find one. She had to sell it due to having a baby and needed a bigger car for her family. The gas prices are now 3.75 a gallon, I only pay 25.00 to fill her up and get 50 mpg, and I love putting the top down on warm days, the car is fun and special to me as there isnt any other around like it, it is pink in color with painted flaring on the sides of the car, shes sporty enough for my daily needs. Small but feisty! Fushiadragon

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  1997 geo metro - 1997 Geo Metro
  By faccipazzo - May 13 - 12:47 am

  This is a good car, if, youre fortunate enough not to get a lemon. It seems that the geo is an extremely good or extremely poor purchase. If you have one, heres some advice: Dont dog it, its all about using your gears, I climbed Mt. Ashland at 75 mph, since its a roller skate, the trick is momentum.

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  Bulletproff - 1994 Geo Metro
  By Joe - May 9 - 12:32 pm

  I bought my 3-cylinder, 5-speed new in "94. In 314,000 miles I have replaced the water pump, radiator and starter. Thats it. The motor is as tight as a drum. Mo leaks or burning. I"m still regularly getting around 42 MPG. Its nothing more than an upholstered tin can, but it sure keeps running.

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  Great Car - 1990 Geo Prizm
  By NSE - May 7 - 9:58 pm

  Over almost 12 years of service this car has never let me down. Besides going through exhaust systems every 40K miles it has never had any significant problems in almost 170K miles.

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  Trackalac - 1994 Geo Tracker
  By T james - May 4 - 2:26 am

  The tracker was purchased in 96 from a dealership. Wonderful handling, ok stereo, and great gas mileage. It was handed down to me by mom mother when i received my license at 16. It now has 191,294 miles on it and its still runs perfect. My starter Just messed up the other day but thats because i am a delivery driver and turn my car on and off a lot. But i found another one at a junk yard for $35. So I fixed it quite easily. The tracker is not necessarily the safest but i have never had an accident, Nor a scratch. Wonderful car! wouldnt trade for the world.

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  Best car I ever owned - 1990 Geo Storm
  By Richard - May 3 - 12:37 am

  I bought this car in New Jersey when I sold my 1978 Mercedes for 5 times what I paid for it in California. I couldnt say no! Then I needed a car to drive back to California because I needed to pick up my dog in Texas. I had a 560 SEC Mercedes in storage and was going to give the Geo to my son. After driving it to California I loved the car! I have been driving it since I bought it. Put almost 100 thousand miles in about 5 years and only put brakes and tires on it!

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  322,000 on chassis 2nd eng&3rd tranny - 1992 Geo Metro
  By avionicbug - April 30 - 9:32 pm

  I love my Metro I have had it 12 years I put 222,000 miles on it since i bought it.I installed a motorcycle muffler and it sounds and performs great. I drive 88 miles a day.It is so easy to work on changing the eng or tranny in a few hours. It to me is both pricelss and worthless at the same time. I would not sell it for $4000 I am planning on seeing 1,000,000 miles. I laugh at the $4.00 gas and big SUVs

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  No care that is more reliable - 1996 Geo Metro
  By GG - April 26 - 2:36 am

  I bought this car brand new in 96, I drove this car 45 miles to work and back every day for years. The car logged over 260,000 miles before I gave it to my son. I even rolled the car on its side in a ditch and never had to do any major repaors other than body work. The engine and trans worked like they did they day I bought even after 260,000 miles. Amazing, great gas milage, great reliabilty, great car. If you can find one of these cars that have been taken care of I would recomend it.

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  Love it!!!!!!! - 1994 Geo Metro
  By speedy - April 11 - 1:15 am

  This little geo was handed down to me from my parents who bought it new in 94. this car is very reliable as long as you keep up on the maintenance. Its on it 3rd engine, 1st one the oil drain plug didnt get screwed all the way in and feel out dumping all the oil, 2nd one was a used engine and wasnt good to start with, and now the 3rd is running good and has been for over 60,000 miles. engines are very tough for their weight (you can pick up the whole thing by yourself). and if you want more power just search for swift performance as its really a Suzuki Swift.

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  Inexpensive car but has problems - 1996 Geo Tracker
  By SW - April 10 - 5:46 am

  I have owned this car since 1999 and bought it used at 38,000 miles. I now have 85,000 miles which was done mainly in a small (60,000 people) town. It gets around 20 mpg in town, and about 24 mpg on the highway at 70 to 75 mph. As a city car it does just fine, on the highway watch out. This car is light and is blown around in strong crosswinds. I have had a transmission problem since I bought it which has persisted even after being repaired three times. I have a EGR problem that was diagnosed to be a computer problem, but that did not go away when I bought a used computer module. Other than those two problems the car has been reliable although it is now burning oil on startup though.