Accent color, Maroon Metallic

Years 1983–84 Models 3 Factory citations 6

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Documented applications

El Camino — fifth generation (1983–1987)

1983–1984 Factory-verified

Must be ordered; two-tone accent color with D91 or Z15; the 1984 chart names it Dark Maroon Metallic

GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet El Camino, p.16.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet El Camino, p.15.

Malibu — fourth generation, A-body (1983)

1983 Factory-verified

with D84, over Light Maroon Metallic; read from the two-tone charts; the name comes from the kit brochure's paint list (p.5: paint 78 is Maroon Metallic)

GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Malibu, p.20.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Malibu, p.22.

Monte Carlo — fourth generation (1983–1988)

1983–1984 Factory-verified

with D84 custom two-tone, whose chart requires an accent color; the code is the paint color number plus M; the 1984 index names it Dark Maroon Metallic

GM Heritage factory kit — 1983 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.29.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, p.35.

This page aggregates every documented appearance of 78M in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.