The first images of the 2012 Chevrolet Aveo econbox sneaked out on the web today following an earlier presentation by Bob Lutz. General Motors had previewed the next generation Aveo subcompact model with the sporty RS concept at the Detroit Show this past January.
The four-door saloon version keeps the same front-end design with the 'angry-looking' twin headlamps as well as the big grille and pronounced fenders of the conceptual five-door RS hatchback. Same goes for the interior, albeit with more production like and less fancy materials and decorative trim.
Other details remain scarce on the four- and five-door models of the 2012 Aveo range that rivals Ford's new Fiesta, but it is believed that Chevrolet will unveil the production version before the end of the year as production is slated to begin in early 2011 at GM's factory in Orion Township, Michigan.
Via: Autoblog.com & Kicking Tires
44 Comments:
Lancer anybody!?
It looks smart. Chevrolet is surprising more and more.
This needs to be available...yesterday.
^Yup,what a surprise!How the hell can they get away with a design that blatantly copies both the Kia Forte and the Mitsubishi Lancer?The mind boggles...
I see some Alfa Romeo headlights, just a little bit biggers
2005 Volvo S40 RIP OFF
Can't find the exact angle, but its gotta be a photoshop of a kizashi
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SnHoIyzgqLI/AAAAAAAB8FU/M6brw3XOZH4/s1600/2010-Suzuki-Kizashi-87.jpg
"2005 Volvo S40 RIP OFF"
It looks nothing like Volvo S40, lol !
A forte ? a lancer ? huh what ? i think in looks alot like click this . And yes nice angry face, no stupid smiling mazda here ! i want my cars pissed off and angry looking !
Oh its the new Mitsu Lancer prototype!!!.....oh...its a Chevy Aveo
wow - yeah blatant lancer lookalike... these will just be korean crap anyways... so not exciting...
Lets not forget that this and the Cruze are products of Daewoo Engineering not Chevrolet despite final assembly plants. And again, Chevrolet forgot that most states, provinces and countries have FRONT license plates too- A plate will look gawd awful on these cars.
If it's got 4 wheels its a rip off of the Model T. I could pick any car, and find some element th at resembles another car. Just appreciate a car that a better version of other manufacturers interpretations, and save your crying for the price you will have to pay for any of these designs.
still made in KOREA?!
Even if GM made the perfect car (yes I know, not likely), there would still be people out there who would bitch about some aspect of it just because it's made by GM.
That being said, this new car is much better looking inside and out over the old Aveo (of course, there was only one way to go). But I agree, the headlamps and the name need a re-think.
'Still made in KOREA?!'
-Thank god for that.
No Matt. Will be made in the USA!
First i thought that it is Lancer...
Honey the kids shrunk my lancer including the engine.Damn Koreans.
"and the Cruze are products of Daewoo Engineering not Chevrolet despite final assembly plants."
The Delta platform was done by Opel, not Daewoo. Please get your facts straight and stop spreading misinformation.
That, and considering the ownership of the brand (GM), it's irrellivant where it was made if the intellectual property is owned by the same organization.
Very ugly. I hope the new Opel Corsa will looks much better than this.
its a suzuki kizashi with a different face!!!
"No Matt. Will be made in the USA!"
But it was engineerd in Korea, not in the US.
The Lancer should look half as good. Mitsubishi is no longer significant in the states, so it's moot.
And save your comebacks using that wigger EVO as a defense.
It's a lot better looking than that mutated Fiesta face.
God bless South Korea and Germany.
lancer front end
Needs a prescription for Synthroid to calm those bulging eyes. Or a glucoma check.
Headlights are too big. It would be nice if they do it like the Charger headlights: a little bit hide and more agressive.
i like it a lot and i HATE chevrolet. i immediately said "volvo", but it is not a rip off, just a better looking chevy than i have seen in years!
I love it. I think it's a great idea to toughen up the look. That's exactly what this car needed.
Mitsubishi Lancer's bug-eyed sister from another mister...
just a bigger lancer headlights. i wonder how the back looks like.
If they had made this for Pontiac instead of the God-awful G3, the division would probably still be operating.
"If they had made this for Pontiac instead of the God-awful G3, the division would probably still be operating."
Nope! Termainal since about the early 90's.
It's better looking than that faggot Fiesta.
Just because it's pointed out that it's Korean or that it looks like a Lancer is not derogatory or bad!
That being said it is important to know the facts so that you're not fooled either by the press or at the dealership.
The Aveo was and continues to be a Daewoo, engineered and designed in Korea under GM ownership and with GM money. This is perhaps where the genius of the GM empire lies, in that it pulls resources from all over the globe to make competitive and relevant products: from Korea, Australia, Germany, the UK, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, etc.
American GM has not made a genuine American 4 cylinder engine in a while. Lately it has relied on Daewoo and Opel for that, and until recently Toyota. Saturn's Vue high performance engine was a Honda unit.
Forgive the tangent, but I wouldn't like to be fooled like so many have in relation to the MINI. Since it's old at BMW delearships people naturally assume that it's made by BMW. It is financed by them, but are made in the UK. And BMW doesn't have FWD technology, so was this Rover-developed when BMW owned the Rover Group? BMW hasn't made a 4-cylinder engine in some time. The unit in the first generation new MINI was a Chrysler's made in Brazil! This generation's MINI's is a jointly developed French Peugeot-BMW unit. All this means it is actually a cheaper product for which everyone pays premium money thinking it is a BMW product.
All this said, I'm glad to see the new Aveo, just hope it comes in all guises not just sedan.
--JORGE
"God bless South Korea and Germany" Yeah god bless them.This is a nice looking car!!wats wrong wit u people??
"American GM has not made a genuine American 4 cylinder engine in a while."
LNF. Is it not theirs?
"Lately it has relied on Daewoo and Opel for that"
Those engines were the same fam2 engine.
"and until recently Toyota."
The 1.8 in the Vibe doesn't count. It was always a Toyota.
"Saturn's Vue high performance engine was a Honda unit.
That was a 3.5L V6, not a 4-pot. Futhermore, Honda recived as a result of that trade the GM-Isuzu 4-cly diesel engines for Honda's cars in Europe.
Funny how people rememeber the V6 in the Vue, but not what Honda got out of that deal too.
Looove those REAL round headlamps -- not those scalloped organic stuff that BMW's been doing. Finally,someone's decided to go back to the real stuff. Done properly, there is a certain look of toughness and timelessness to them.
As for the seemingly ongoing Daewoo issue, the older cars when GM took Daewoo over (the Lacetti/Nubira, Kalos, etc.) were designed from the onset to be Daewoos using only local Daewoo tech (notice - none of the switchgear match any GM car), and were merely sold off rebadged as Holdens, Chevrolets, and Daewoos.
These new cars (the new Cruze for starters), fully integrated with GM, are NOT reheated Daewoo leftovers. They're designed from the onset to be Chevrolets first and Daewoos only as a badge variant. (Different from the Opel Insignia and Astra which were developed to be Opels first and sold as such, with Buick being the variant) Notice the use of the steering wheel and other switchgear and climate control items from other Opel/GM cars.
Good luck to them, it's a big improvement on the current Chevy Aveo/Holden Barina.
Correct, it was a Honda V-6. My apologies.
--JORGE
Again, there is no offense intended in any of these comments; but it is what it is. GM North America has not developed/engineered an all-American 4-cylinder engine for its home market passenger/performance vehicles for quite a while [1996 to be precised and continued in use until 2003]. Instead GM relied on 4-cylinder engines engineered overseas [namely German and Asian engineering].
Whether it should or not, morally correct or not, that is not the issue. GM owns/owned majority shares in a number of companies which functioned as sources of engineering.
The Aveo is and was entirely a Daewoo.
The new Cruze is based on the Opel Astra.
1979-present GM Family II (marketed as ECOTec, D-TEC or E-TEC depending on brand. Developed by GM Opel.
1981-present Saab H (acquired via GM's 1990 purchase of Saab Automobile)
1987-2001 GM Quad-4 ("Twin Cam". Started life in the Oldsmobile. All American.
1990-2002 Saturn four(1.9L DOHC or SOHC. All American.
1991-present Daewoo S-TEC four (acquired via GM's 2002 purchase of Daewoo Motor. Some co-developed by Daewoo and Suzuki.
1996-present GM Family 1 four (marketed as ECOTec, D-TEC or E-TEC depending on brand)Developed by Opel
1996-present GM Family 0 four. Developed by Opel.
2003-present GM Atlas four (marketed as Vortec). All American but for trucks only.
What others have gotten out of deals with GM was not the point. Pontiac Got the Vibe and Toyota the Matrix; they were a GM-Toyota joint venture, built in the US by American hands. In another deal with Toyota, Toyota sold re-badged Chevy Cavaliers in Japan. There are always two parties making deals and they both get something out of it; but that just wasn't the point here.
--JORGE
It look nice [better than the last redesign, the 2000.00 price increase didn't help their cause], But, after the Volt I wonder, how they will screw this one up? It seems for decades, they have great stuff on the turntable but when it gets from "concept" to the road the designs suffer from accountants or some redesigns that just ruin the car. Letting Maximum Bob out isnt going to help their cause, I fear.
Despite all the 'Hyperbole' above (Excepting JORGE) this is a good look for this segment of appliances and looks to be a winner for GM in that it will probably eke out a few more sales then the current iteration.
Entry pricing is what sells these cars over the more desirable cars in this segment.
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