![]() The Lumina APV featured body panels of fiberglasslike composite bonded to a steel. The Oldsmobile version got Leonard Nimoy and his daughter in its television advertising. APV stood for All Purpose Vehicle when this minivan was launched for 1990. The Dustbusters were built through the 1996 model year, after which the platform was used for the Chevrolet Venture and Pontiac Montana (as well as serving as the basis for the Pontiac Aztek). region by "Happy Jack" Klawans in Woodbridge, Va. It appears that this van was sold new in the Washington D.C. There's a digital speedometer, but the rest of the instruments are pretty low-end. 1996 Lumina APV Very clean No rust (plastic body) Wifes car, 2nd owner Very reliable V-6 auto air pw,new tires, Older couple had many trips to Florida, muffler has hole. This one has the 3.1-liter, with 120 horsepower driving the front wheels. The long snout resulted in the top of the dash being deep enough to store an extra-large pizza or three.Įvery Dustbuster van ever sold came with a V6 engine with 3.1, 3.4 or 3.8 liters of displacement. The Lumina APV/Trans Sport/Silhouette suffered from an unfortunate resemblance to a very popular hand-held vacuum cleaner sold by Black & Decker, and so these machines became known as the "Dustbuster" minivans. ![]() The Chevrolet Lumina sedan had arrived for the previous model year, and GM decided to slap its name on the Chevy version of the new van despite not much relationship between the Lumina car's W platform and the Lumina minivan's U platform. Chevrolet Lumina APV/Minivan 199092 Chevrolet APV 198992 199092 Chevrolet Lumina APV 198992 Chevrolet Lumina Sizigi Concept 1992 199396 Chevrolet. Here's one of those first-year U-vans, a very battered Lumina APV, found in a Denver-area self-service yard recently. This was the U-body minivan, which was sold with badges from three GM divisions: the Pontiac Trans Sport, Oldsmobile Silhouette and Chevrolet Lumina APV. Chrysler managed to get to the end of the 1980s before General Motors could come up with a credible competitor for Lee Iacocca's K-platform-derived front-wheel-drive minivans, which made their debut in the 1984 model year. ![]()
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