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Originally Posted by TKR
Yeah..the Aveo (Barina) actually drives better than it should but definitly needs an update esp. from a crash safety point of view. A new engine wouldn't go amiss either. The Lacetti is not a good drive however and I don't know how they are going to get that to the end of the decade without a relatively major update.
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I think that a few small updates should keep it viable enough if they give it some attention. The few problems the car has currently I think can be overcome due to the price --- it might not be as refined as a Focus, Astra, Golf/Rabbit, Megane or Bravo, but for the money it isn't bad.
Regardless, you're point is a valid one --- the new one is still a bit off, so it's worth giving a bit of an update soon to keep folks coming into showrooms.
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Originally Posted by Ming
Good find Nadepalma. I have a unique interest in these cars. I like the look but I'm not sure that the angular grille works with the roundish headlights as well as it could. But it does indeed work towards the "global look" that Chevy is aiming for with its next generation of cars and does not look so much like a rebadged Lacetti5 or Reno anymore.
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Thanks Ming. I'm not sure how it works either on the hatchback (or at least what I perceive to be the hatch). I wonder if it would look more at home on the sedan and wagon variant since they have differently shaped headlamps.
I wonder if this will make it to production for the rest of the markets Chevy sells this vehicle in. We know Delta II is around the corner, but we don't know how long til it debuts. The Lacetti/Nubira/Optra were updated when GM started to sell it as a Chevy world-wide. Perhaps its time for a small update before the all-new car comes in a few years?
Its just a thought but perhaps a valid one to keep the vehicle viable for the short term.