2008 Chevrolet Aveo
Posted on 12.24.07 2:40PM under Chevrolet
It will be a big day for a little car when the Chevrolet Aveo makes its world premi??re at the Frankfurt auto show.
The successor to the five-door Chevrolet Aveo (n?©e Daewoo Kalos) is a fastback with a new, more fuel-efficient gasoline engine. Like the previous hatchback, the new model was engineered and designed by GM Daewoo and will continue to be built in South Korea.
This subcompact front-wheel-drive car will go on sale in Europe in March 2008 and will be known as the Aveo throughout Europe in the future??”which is good, since we weren??™t sure how to pronounce Kalos anyway.
Style-wise, the design of the all-new Aveo is marked by a large, horizontally split grille with a color-keyed cross bar to show off the brand logo.
There now are two available gasoline engines: a new 84-hp 1.2-liter and the existing 98-hp, 1.4-liter engine that is available with an automatic transmission. Look for versions to run on natural gas, as several European countries offer a retrofit program.
In North America, the lowest-priced Chevy used to be the sales leader in the subcompact segment, but a plethora of newcomers from the Toyota Yaris to the Honda Fit and Nissan Versa has taken a slice of the pie.
The Aveo sedan got a major refresh for 2007, and the hatchback got a new name: Aveo5 (little else changed in this body style). A full redesign of the North American Aveo is still a few years out.
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