It has recently been realized that a large class of Calabi-Yau models
in which the VEV of the gauge connection is not set equal to the spin
connection of the Calabi-Yau manifold are valid classical solutions of
string theory. We provide some examples of three generation models ba
sed on such generalized Calabi-Yau compactifications, including models
with observable gauge group SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1).