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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  I cant believe my dad bought this car - 1993 Geo Prizm
  By Radish - October 13 - 2:00 am

  My parents have spent approx. $800 on repairs for this car. Acceleration, horsepower is poor. Something is draining the battery on the car. This car has stalled in my school parking and a major road during rush hour. DO NOT BUY A GEO PRISM, BUY THE COROLLA, IT IS CHEAPER IN THE END.

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  Bad Car Day - 1993 Geo Prizm
  By Khrystie - August 30 - 2:00 am

  From the day I recieved this Car I have had to install a new alternator, starter 2 transmissions, and now the engine leaks and it cant run because of a valve problem . Think twice before getting this year, of a car, 93 Geos bad any other year ok.

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  The Metro, cheap crap - 1993 Geo Metro
  By Mac Daddy - July 19 - 2:00 am

  My sister wanted me to get this car because it was as cute as a button. But remember cute things could be crap, such as the Geo Metro.At 5,000 miles I bent the ront axle going over a speed- bump.One day when Iclose the door the window fell out of the car.

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  my car - 1990 Geo Prizm
  By menden - June 25 - 2:00 am

  i do not like this car it is not very relable, comfortable, or built very well. I would not recomnd it the only good thing about it is its gas milage. It often overheats or will not start on warm muggy days.

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  bad parts all over - 1994 Geo Tracker
  By mike ross - June 8 - 2:00 am

  I am original ower of my Geo tracker. the traker ran ok until about twenty five thousand miles ,then the problems started.My real seal went had that fixed. at about thirty thousand miles my driver side manual locking hub went bad .Then the window track came out of line .Also the nuts welded into the body for the door hinge rusted off and my door fell off .There are many more problems that i would like to tell you about but there are to many to list .

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  I hate this car - 1993 Geo Metro
  By ct - May 22 - 2:00 am

  Incredible noisy not enough power and not reliable. Maintanance always cost a fortune because of the ineffiecient way the car was put together.

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  I hate this car - 1993 Geo Metro
  By CT - May 22 - 2:00 am

  Incredible noisy not enough power and not reliable. Maintanance always cost a fortune because of the ineffiecient way the car was put together.

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  not what your looking - 1991 Geo Prizm
  By dylba - May 13 - 2:00 am

  I hate my car! last year it broke 5 times! My kids complain that the rear seat is not comfortable and the front is not either!

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  Geo Metro - 1991 Geo Metro
  By Harry Penrod - May 2 - 2:00 am

  I really, to be honest, did not like this vehicle. Everything about it stinks and I wish I never bought it. The only thing that could be good about it is if it died in a crash.

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  beware the geo engine! - 1994 Geo Metro
  By carshoppin - March 16 - 2:44 am

  When it started losing power and developed a pinging sound, I was informed by several salvage yards and mechanics that the geo 3 cyl (ALL years) is prone to "dropping cylinders." Sure enough, a compression check confirmed my 3cyl is now a barely running 2 cyl car. New rebuilt engine is $1600, with a 600 core charge, and they wont take the old one for core after the piston drops (as the engine will freeze up). This is the 2nd engine for the vehicle, previous owner replaced orig. engine with one from junkyard for same reason before we bought from him. 157k and went through 2 engines.....hmmmmmm.