Manual transaxle, 5 speed

Years 1987–93 Models 5 Factory citations 16

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Also described as Manual transaxle, 5 speed (3.50 first gear)Manual transaxle, 5-speed (3.50 first gear)

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Documented applications

Beretta — L-body (1987–1996)

1988–1993 Factory-verified

with the LB6 (1988–1989) and LH0 (1990–1993); the 1991–1993 kits name New Venture Gear as maker; the 1994 L82 axle-ratio page (p.41) still prints MG2, but the 1994 order guide offers the L82 with the automatic only; same description as cavalier-gen2; cavalier-gen1 reads MG2 as "Manual transaxle, 5 speed (3.50 first gear)"

GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Beretta, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Beretta, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Beretta, p.26.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Beretta, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Beretta, p.6.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1993 Chevrolet Beretta, p.4.

Cavalier — first generation (1982–1987)

1987 Factory-verified

power team page only; optional with the LB6 V6 (convertible and Z24)

GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.4.

Cavalier — second generation (1988–1994)

1989–1992 Factory-verified

with the V6; Muncie-built (1989–1990), New Venture Gear (1991–1992); the first-generation doc adds 3.50 first gear, which no cited page here prints legibly

GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.40.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.16.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.41.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.41.

Celebrity — A-body (1982–1990)

1987–1988 Factory-verified

With LB6, Eurosport only; the 1989 order guide notes the 5-speed was dropped

GM Heritage factory kit — 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.9.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity, p.7.

Corsica — L-body (1987–1996)

1989–1991 Factory-verified

with the LB6 (1989) and LH0 (1990–1991); 1990 from the LTZ model line of the curb-mass page (LHO & MG2), as the 1990 power teams page prints the LH0 manual as Ma2; the 1992–1993 power teams pages pair the LH0 with the automatic only; same description as beretta-gen1

GM Heritage factory kit — 1989 Chevrolet Corsica, p.20.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1990 Chevrolet Corsica, p.52.
GM Heritage factory kit — 1991 Chevrolet Corsica, p.6.

This page aggregates every documented appearance of MG2 in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.