well since my tranny is acting up again, i think it would be easier just to get a new car, there is a black 1993 SE (i think and hope) 5 spd with 80,000 miles for $2,300 around me thry had teh car for over a month and i still didnt get to see it yet, got there 5 minutes after they closed and i also called and asked if they could stay for a minute or two later for me just to look at body condition. so i didnt get to see it and it is over 50 one way to the car. i am pissed but i want a VE 5 spd, i think they can lower the price alot, the front axle is clicking they said, one owner, they also said spoiler (does that mean a SE?) i want this car, but they close at 4:00 P.M. and i get out of school at 2:00 and most days i work..... cant go back until monday if it has a spoiler, does it mean it is an SE? i havent seen pics of it yet.

 

When you go see it...Just pop the hood and look at engine......If it looks like your engine,then its gxe....

 

If it looks like this.....



Then its a ve.....

 

ya i know what the motors look like and such, i was wondering if the GXE had an option for a spoiler in a 1993, i think 1991 spoiler was only SE, but im not sure about 1993 models. if it is a GXE i do not want it, if SE, and good condition, i am all over it!! and time to sell the 91' fun times with her......

 

i have a 93 gxe and it came with a spoiler... jut to let you know

 

The best way to make sure it is a 1993 SE is to look at the engine.....Not the spoiler.....Any previous owner could have put a spoiler on it....

 

if it's a 5-spd, then odds are it is indeed an SE.

 

what happened to the 5 speed swap you've been saying you were going to do? now seems like the perfect time

 

A lot of dealerships put spoilers on GXEs to make them look better. My stepmom bought a 4th gen GLE and it had a dealer installed spoiler + the third brake light in the back window -- two high mount lights when she drove it off the lot :


If you don't have a chance to look at the engine, look at the gauges. Unless someone swapped them, a 92-94 SE has white gauges with a speedo that goes to 145 instead of 125.

 

you guys keep ignoring the EASIEST way. Does it have chrome trim around the windows or black?
you can see that from a pic easily and very few people change that ever.
just my thought

 

True. There are several ways to tell a GXE from an SE, also from pre-92 and from 92+up but some of the differences are subtle.