In fact the 1977 Caprice shared the same 116 inches wheelbase of the intermediate sized Chevrolet Chevelle, and 1977 marked the first year in history that a midsized car, the Monte Carlo, was larger than a full sized car; this would be repeated in the 1980s by GM and Chrysler on multiple vehicles, then by Nissan in the early 2000s when the third generation Nissan Altima was bigger than the concurrent fifth generation Nissan Maxima.