Chevy Revises Aveo Sedan with Premium-Inspired Exterior and Interior
After two and a half successful years of providing over 140 different countries with the efficient subcompact Aveo, General Motors,
in collaboration with its Korean GMDAT arm, have unveiled a facelifted version for the new year. The spiritual successor to the Suzuki-designed Metro, Sprint, Firefly and Swift, was shown in a new, vastly improved form at this year's Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, giving the world a high-value car in the face of steadily increasing oil prices and high operating expenses.
Originally designed by ItalDesign, the Aveo's first update comes from Chevrolet's in-house stylists, who've freshened the subcompact to better suit Chevrolet's brand image. The new car features a refined look that sports a bigger, chunkier chrome-plated grille with the prominent golden bow-tie logo front and centre. The new car also sports a new V-shaped hood, with wider, brighter clear-lensed headlamps, new bumpers with available foglamps.
"Customers will recognize the Aveo sedan as a 'smart buy' that delivers on Chevy's Total Value Promise," said Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager. "With its good looks, enjoyable driving experience and 'big car' personality, it is a great addition to Chevy's new lineup of small vehicles."
The visual update to Chevrolet's tall-bodied city car also includes a new character line that stretches from the nose to tail along its sides, as well as more pronounced fender flares. At back, the tail features new triangular-shaped lamps with clear-lenses. Impressively, these changes give the Aveo Sedan a distinctively European look, which may appeal to those who find the Yaris and other Asian subcompacts too organic looking. Despite its more complex and ritzy looking exterior, extensive wind tunnel testing has dropped the car's coefficient of drag from 0.35 to 0.33 cd.
After two and a half successful years of providing over 140 different countries with the efficient subcompact Aveo, General Motors,
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| The new Aveo Sedan should ensure that Toyota and other car makers don't walk away with the subcompact segment. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |
Originally designed by ItalDesign, the Aveo's first update comes from Chevrolet's in-house stylists, who've freshened the subcompact to better suit Chevrolet's brand image. The new car features a refined look that sports a bigger, chunkier chrome-plated grille with the prominent golden bow-tie logo front and centre. The new car also sports a new V-shaped hood, with wider, brighter clear-lensed headlamps, new bumpers with available foglamps.
"Customers will recognize the Aveo sedan as a 'smart buy' that delivers on Chevy's Total Value Promise," said Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager. "With its good looks, enjoyable driving experience and 'big car' personality, it is a great addition to Chevy's new lineup of small vehicles."
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| Sophisticated. Classy. Stylish. These are words normally not associated with the old Aveo's exterior. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |