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Posted on: Jul 13 2007

Chevrolet Aveo 1.4

The Chevrolet Aveo has been some time coming. Those who have lived in Bangalore must be all too familiar with the chess board style grey small car that was being tested everywhere; well the smaller version didn't make it here. The saloon though, did.

Design and Styling

The design and styling of the Indian Chevrolet Aveo is based on the Daewoo Kalos,but make no mistake they aren't really the same cars. This one has undergone major treatments at the hands of ace stylist Giorgietto Giugiaro, and the statement it makes is quite a big one. It shows off like much bigger cars. The fiesta included. The lines are big, the chrome deep set grille, the big V on the bonnet, flared wheel arches and 14" tyres, all make for a nice statement. you will also notice that this car has no antenna, well it has one but it is a sticker printed onto the rear windshield! Looks like GM wants to pull a clever one on Honda! The most impressive thing about current GM cars seem to be the profile, like the Optra, the Vectra and so on; the Aveo is no exception, the profile is amongst the most pleasing I have come across thanks to the sloping roof and a well integrated C pillar. The Genes seem lost in translation. We are unable to see how it even remotely matches with that small car we saw in Bangalore some time ago.

Step inside and you will be surprised at the quality. Its refreshingly good, you will find wood inserts, dashes of grey here and there. An excellent 2 din system integrated extremely well into the dash. The seats made of fabric that looks like tan, and ergonomically very pleasing. The fiesta has these headrests which need to be adjusted every time anybody needs to sit in the rear seat, quite irritating actually, so GM seems to have put in some work in designing a seat that has no adjustable head rest, bit low on flexibility but comfortable nonetheless. The Driver seat is adjustable for height in the higher models, and so is the steering. 

Finding a nice driving position on this Chevrolet is no sweat, but the car is not for the sportingly inclined driver; a point I will be driving home in some more time. The Air conditioning on this car is top notch and one thing is especially noticed was the noise insulation; it almost cuts out the rest of the world as soon as you push all those windows up. The mirrors fold both ways, could come in handy if you are bit poor at reversing perhaps, I really couldn't find a better use for it. Internal electric adjust is available in the top end model; but electric retract still isn't.