Chevrolet Aveo 1.2 & 1.4 Petrol Test, 4-Door Body an Large Engine

Chevrolet Aveo 1.2 & 1.4 Petrol has been tested by automobile challenges France and the following are what they say about the car.



The all-new Chevrolet Aveo claims to provide “everything you would expect from an American” while Americans see it all a trick to the European design … Ironic. For our part, we will retain its homogeneity and excellent price performance.
Despite her figure full of character, the new Aveo does not hunt on the land of urban chic and pretentious.
Its ambition is to give value for money.
The gossips say that the new Aveo could do worse than its predecessor. Therefore it has no merit to be more habitable, more comfortable, safer and more effective than self designed at a time when Korean lent its origins still smile.
On back roads, the Aveo is demonstrating efficacy was not known to its predecessor.
Times are changing though. And it is free from many prejudices which the French press has slipped behind the wheel of the all-new Chevrolet. As expected, she expressed no surprise at the progress made and expected, the important thing is not to confirm that the Aveo is greater than its predecessor but to determine where it is facing its competitors. That’s the difference between the relative and absolute terms, between making a “good car” and design the “best” of urban …
Chevrolet representatives could be offended by this lack of enthusiasm from the testers and the French put on the account of a typical European arrogance. For the Atlantic, is a chorus of praise that welcomes the new Aveo!
Body 4 doors: in France too
It is alleged the kind finally convicted in France, where the body 5-door (hatchback) win consistently on the 4-door (trunk prominent). Proof with Opel Insignia sedan and Ford Mondeo available in both bodies, but that is seen consistently with a hatch. In the lower category, the Renault Mégane is easily the ascendancy in terms of sales Fluence his cousin, as well as the VW Golf Jetta. Curiously, however, the absence of tailgate (the fifth door) is not fatal: the proof with the Citroen C5 II immensely more popular than its predecessor.
Built on a wheelbase identical to the Aveo 5-door, four-door version reaches a length of 4.40 m (+ 36 cm). You do not win the leg room in the back and you lose some storage in roof (978 mm on the 5-door 961 mm against the four doors). However the amount of load from 290 liters to 502 liters. It’s better than a 2-liter Opel Astra station wagon or a Sports Tourer Citroen C3 Picasso!
“That is the whole point of the 4-door version,” said Eric Wepierre, Marketing Director of Chevrolet Europe. “We think it will appeal to drivers of growing their family by replacing a vehicle more compact, for reasons of cost and consumption. Generally, the need to have a big chest makes them prefer a small MPV, but with the Aveo 4-door they can enjoy the comfort and the look of a modern sedan. ” In France, the Chevrolet Aveo 4-door is only available in one version 1.2 LT 86 hp, at a price of 13,950 euros.
It must be said that American motorists are just beginning to get used to the idea that a small car nor has the right to mediocrity that much. They were surprised, therefore, that the new Chevrolet provide small standard air conditioning, central locking, electric windows and a trajectory correction, power steering and six airbags. All under one body style particularly sought after, 56 cm shorter than the Chevrolet Cruze, which, despite its 4.60 m, is already a minimum automobile in the United States.
In shock, the famous magazine Car and Driver has given way to evoke a “renaissance of American small car”, no less. It pretend to forget that the Aveo as its rival Ford Fiesta were both designed to tens of thousands of miles of bleak plains of Michigan. No matter. And Honda Jazz (Fit), Toyota Yaris and finally have their own coin.
A metamorphosis. We expected no less from the Aveo on this side of the Atlantic. Never really page in terms of behavior or comfort, the little Chevy was questioned in the knowledge that c ‘is the price for standing up to the recent Hyundai i20, a perfect illustration of the highs Korean construction. We did not venture to decide between these two outside of a direct confrontation, but one thing is certain: the Aveo appears immediately in the average of urban versatile.
After the satisfaction of a taste Aveo immensely more homogeneous and refined than in the past few regrets surface. The finish? Satisfactory at best. Perceived quality? Without wishing to match the reference which is the VW Polo, the Aveo could try to stand out from his little sister Spark. Not a chance. Its instrumentation draws happily in the same vein “moto” but all uses the same rigid materials, too sensitive to scratches. Disappointing but logical in terms of prices shown.
The style of the dashboard draws its character of this sporty instrumentation. The direction of the show!
For 11,950 euros (entry-level version “LS” with petrol engine 1.2 to 70 hp), Chevrolet Aveo 5-door provides office equipment often stored in the column of options in the competition. Apart from those mentioned above, they include a seat back divisible by asymmetric halves, the Isofix anchorage system, a radio CD MP3, cruise control and emergency brake assist. The top level “LT” automatically associated with the 86 horsepower engine version 1.2 is equipped with air conditioning, Bluetooth hands-free kit with steering wheel controls, auxiliary and USB outlets, a trip computer, a height adjustable driver’s seat and alloy wheels. Finally, the Aveo “LTZ” (1.4 petrol 100 hp with manual or automatic) adds a reversing radar, and power windows rear, a drawer under the passenger seat, the automatic lights and some distinctive exterior.
Large engines for the American Aveo
The new Aveo is so different from its predecessor that Chevrolet has seen fit renaming the United States, where it now is named Sonic, as in four of five doors. The fact that the small car is assembled for the first time on U.S. soil rather than South Korea is perhaps not unrelated to that decision.
In the U.S., the power of the small Chevy does not fall to less than 140 horsepower, just to erase the memory of its predecessor with its considered anemic 1.6 of 110 hp. The new Aveo, sorry! Sonic offers a choice between the 1.4 supercharged 140-horsepower 4-cylinder and 1.8 of the same power, both borrowed from its big sister, the Cruze. The revolution is under way at General Motors, like Ford and Chrysler, hopes finally to convince the driver of the merits of the American small car. Thus, by the end of 2011, the Chevrolet Aveo aka Sonic should see his little sister landed Spark. To distinguish them, the Aveo-Sonic enriched equipment rarely seen in the United States on such small cars. For example, heated seats, satellite radio, ten airbags, or remote start via the application for mobile phone MyChevrolet.
Each level of equipment is associated with a separate engine, which blurs the reading of the fee schedule. Be aware it will cost 1600 euros to spend the Chevrolet Aveo 1.2 LS 70 hp to 86 hp Aveo 1.2 LT (€ 13,550) and again 1300 euros to the 1.4 LTZ 100 horsepower (€ 14,850) . Opposite, the Hyundai i20 starts at 12,290 euros with a 1.2 petrol engine 77 hp and 119 Nm (5.2 l/100 km combined cycle and 119 g / km CO2). For that price, it does not provide air conditioning, like the Aveo. But it ignores the correction of trajectory, cruise control and brake assist provides emergency Chevrolet.
Often, a call price only serves to entice the barge, to make him open the door of the concession from which he returned usually driving a more powerful, better equipped and – inevitably – more expensive. Except for lack of diesel to put in their mouths by the fall and because of higher cost of Diesel, Chevrolet feeds real ambitions for the Aveo 1.2 LT.
Its meager 70 horsepower are unfortunately highly recommended for urban dwellers who do not have to face long coast highway. Discrete, they begin to give voice past 4000 rpm / min. Problem is where is the maximum torque (115 Nm). The maximum power niche for his part in 5600 tr / min, so that one must play often shift lever. That would not matter if he did an unpleasant texture. Or if the electronic engine management not maintaining its inertia to the point of generation in spurts when changing relation to death. Brief. This is not so much softness that you blame the Aveo 1.2 that the way it is reluctant to exercise.
As you can see, the 1.4 engine of 100 horses seemed to us far more recommendable, with its 130 Nm of torque at 4000 rev / min. The version of the 1.2 86 horses fared respectably, too, even more when you know it just officially averaged 5.5 l/100 km combined cycle, 5.9 l/100 km for cons version of 70 ch. It emits an average of 129 g / km of CO2 against 138 g / km for the less powerful version.
In the manner of Alfa Romeo and Seat, Chevrolet hides behind the door handle.
It is in the dynamic that the new Chevrolet Aveo performs the most dramatic progress. Without departing from the flexibility and comfort that evoke the Dacia Sandero, the new chassis responds more faithfully to the instructions of the driver. Which enjoys a much more specific direction than before.
The table is spoiled when the pace accelerates. Assistance generates an electrical unbalance artificial isolation of the reaction front. It hangs very easily tolerate the heat and limited mechanics. The rear does not move at sunrise on a corner kick, but it lacks the liveliness of a cheerful Mazda2. A strong pace and under braking you can feel slightly off-load the back: depreciation does not compensate for the flexibility of the suspension as well as that of Sandero.
We see the new Chevrolet Aveo does not equal the homogeneity of the references are the Renault Clio and Ford Fiesta. But even if it does not climbed to the highest level, it appears, however, and arguably among the best students.
The Aveo does not really take off until the autumn, when the motor 1.3 Diesel will appear in two versions 75 or 95 horses, each associated with a stop-start automatically. The mechanical sounds the death knell for LPG bi-fuel, condemned by the removal of the tax credit of 2,000 euros. The Aveo GPLI time represented nearly 40% of sales of the Chevrolet small in France …
In France, the brand now occupies a place comparable to that of Skoda and Hyundai with 1% market share. What a long way since 2002, date of purchase of the assets of Daewoo by General Motors, and 2005, the year of replacement of the shield by the Korean American!

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