Chevrolet introduced the Nova nameplate in 1962 as the top trim level for the new Chevy II compact. While Chevy's first compact, the innovative (and ultimately doomed) Corvair, was aimed at the ...
Across eighteen model years, from 1962 to 1979, Chevrolet built 4,698,781 Novas, a number so massive it cemented the nameplate as one of the most successful compacts in American automotive history.