Chevy's full-size redesign for 1958 skipped the chrome arms race — while Pontiac, Olds, Buick and Cadillac piled it on, Chevrolet's more restrained look helped make it America's best-selling make that year.
Median 205 hp across 11 similar cars
Lead trim: Brookwood 235.5 Blue Flame I6 · up to 250 hp
Chevrolet BrookwoodBROOKWOOD-1958 · 1958–1958
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FactChevy's full-size redesign for 1958 skipped the chrome arms race — while Pontiac, Olds, Buick and Cadillac piled it on, Chevrolet's more restrained look helped make it America's best-selling make that year.
The Chevrolet Brookwood is a series of full-size station wagons produced by Chevrolet from 1958 to 1961 and again from 1969 to 1972. It debuted in 1958 as Chevrolet's mid-range station wagon, positioned between the less expensive Yeoman and the more luxurious Nomad and trimmed in line with the mid-priced Biscayne models; the 1958 Brookwood was a 4-door wagon in six- or nine-passenger form, replacing the 1957 210 Townsman (6-passenger) and Beauville (9-passenger). For 1958 Chevrolet models were redesigned longer, lower and heavier than their 1957 predecessors, the first ever production Chevrolet big block V8, the 348 cu in, was now an option, the design (by Clare MacKichan's team) lacked the overabundance of chrome of Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac, with a broad grille and quad headlights that helped simulate a "Baby Cadillac", and the wagon's tail had single tail lights instead of dual (triple on the Impala) to accommodate the tailgate. Buyers could order any engine and transmission, including the 348 V8 and the fuel-injected 283 V8, and the car used Chevrolet's new "Safety-Girder" cruciform frame, with box-section side rails and a boxed front cross member. Wheelbase 117.5 in. Curb weights are listed as 3,748 lb (6-cylinder 6-passenger), 3,837 lb (6-cylinder 9-passenger), 3,751 lb (V8 6-passenger) and 3,839 lb (V8 9-passenger); the page does not say which V8 those figures are for, so no curb weight is entered on the trims. The page gives no power figures for this generation.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood 235.5 Blue Flame I6 | 1958–1958 | 3.9 L Inline-6 | 145 hp | 215 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Brookwood 283 V8 | 1958–1958 | 4.6 L V8 | 185 hp | 275 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Brookwood 348 V8 | 1958–1958 | 5.7 L V8 | 250 hp | 355 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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The '71-'72 Brookwood's tailgate vanished on command: the glass slid up into the roof while the lower gate dropped flush below the load floor.
The Brookwood name barely lasted a year — GM retired it after 1961 and renamed its wagons after their own series instead: Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala.
The 1959 Brookwood's two-door wagon body didn't just sell as a wagon — Chevrolet reshaped it into the brand new El Camino that same year.
Chevy's full-size redesign for 1958 skipped the chrome arms race — while Pontiac, Olds, Buick and Cadillac piled it on, Chevrolet's more restrained look helped make it America's best-selling make that year.
Rivals
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