Does it come in Taffy White though? Actually it is not bad looking at all. As 95% of most people would say another little shitbox like all the other ones including our Fits. They all look the same to them.

 

I don't think 138hp is that impressive coming from a turbo engine. BUT it does come with a turbo, which will make it easier to tune the car for more power. Styling is nice I think, but rear lights aren't that great looking like others have mentioned.

 

i actually like it alot... i thought chevy was moving in a bad way with them releasing such BIGGER v8's again.. but i have to admit this one looks good.

 

considering how ugly competition is (matrix, mazda3's, kia's and hyundai's, yaris) i think GM has a good chance they can dominate this market along with the Fit's.

 

Sweet!! In the Lake Orion plant no less. I've always liked that plant aside from the garbage dump right next to it lol.

 

nice~! im happy to see GM getting back to where they should be.

have you guys also checked out the new Regal? damn... also a very sporty sharp lookin' car.

 

The point of that turbo isn't really speed though. It's to use small displacement to make reasonable power more efficiently. It sounds like a pretty neat engine really. Similar in concept to the 1.6L ecoboost that Ford should eventually be coming out with that will replace bigger 4-cylinders and the 2.0L ecoboost that will replace small 6-cylinders.

 

That's very true. But the Aveo we are seeing in this thread is the "RS" version. RS moniker should indicate top of the line in performance. If 138bhp is the top of the line well, that's not that much. But then they've been abusing for a long time the "RS" & "SS" monikers. The 1.6L Ecoboost that will be in the Fiesta should be for there performance version and should have some nice numbers. Oh and I will agree with you on the neat part. I'm glad GM and Ford are adding turbo engines to there line up. Maybe Honda will too?

 

Has Honda (auto) ever marketed a turbocharged car? Their only street turbo product that I can recall is the 1983 Honda CX650T motorcycle, which was "interesting," but something of a technological dead end. I'm not saying there will never be a factory turbo Fit, but it would be a very surprising direction for Honda engineering.

 

seldin - RDX is turbo charged... CityTurbo's in japan were very popular way back when. :)

 

looks retarded

 

really? hummm... it looks better to me than anything out there in the segment minus the GE's...

 

Daewoo/GM has a good looking car here. It can only help Honda to have some healthy competition.

 

I think it looks sweet!! And for the power it makes, I think that's a lot though not massive in amount. It's making close to 100 HP per liter of displacement, assuming the weight is around the same as that of the Fit, I think this Chevy right here is mad fun to drive. Think of the VW GTI with their 2.0 FSI engine that's making 200 HP, which renders the car quick.

And as what the above has mentioned, having a turbo on this car would make it possible for some better aftermarket support on tuning it.

 

Government Motors makes a car with a Dodge P/u front end, blaaah!

 

actually its up to par... remember its a 1.4 liter turbo...

the 1.8T from the GTI was 180 hp... so the 138hp is pretty decent

 

I see chevy moving in the right direction by bringing smaller cars in their line up

 

hate the massive fullsize truck front end...and chevy symbol/logo just looks awkward on it, maybe a pontiac logo er something that flows...yea. other than that stuff, maybe gm will end up doing something right with this.?.

 

are they still building pontiacs? i thought their line got cancelled...(?)

(along with saturn? saab, hummer??) not sure...

 

Got one of the last pontiacs, with an ecotec LNF 2.0L factory turbo direct injection that makes 290hp at the crank (with the GMPP factory tune). When loafing around town it gets 27mpg. 31mpg on the highway. But loafing isn't what it does best. A modern, well designed factory turbo gets economy and power (when you want it).

GM's got some tricks up its sleeve. I imagine it'll be a bit pricey though.

Honda doesn't like forced induction and favors getting the most out of NA via ivtec. But it has its limits.