At this year’s season opening Detroit show, Chevrolet unveiled its B-segment contender, the next gen Aveo called Sonic. The upcoming NAIAS 2012 will see the GM brand wheel out the hot version of the Sonic, tagged RS. To go on sale in late 2012, the Sonic RS will be offered exclusively in five-door hatchback form – no sedan RS.
Go faster kit includes front sport seats, a thicker steering wheel with flat bottom, a new shift knob, aluminum sport pedals, specific instrument panel graphics and RS-specific interior trim colour. Outside, the RS is set apart by a deep air dam design and vertical intakes at the edges of the fascia that house the fog lamps.
Under the hood, the RS will come with the same 1.4L Ecotec turbo that powers top spec Sonics. This 138 hp/200 Nm unit is matched with a six-speed manual or six-speed auto gearbox. Unique gear ratios for the stick shift and a different final drive ratio for the auto gives the Sonic RS a “sportier feel” than non-RS models.
The suspension combines front MacPherson struts and an axle-mount compound link-type torsion beam, with gas-charged shocks. Front and rear tracks are identical at 1,509 mm for well-planted stability and balance, Chevy says. The RS is the only Sonic variant with four-wheel disc brakes.
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Polo GTI is better but this one is not bad !
looking good
power output at par with campro cfe(engine not at wheel).ermm…
Wow, small cc and turbocharged engines seem to be the trend nowadays. Personally I think turbocharged 1.6L campro could be tuned to churn out more power and torque but had to settle down for less to accommodate the CVT gearbox, which can only handle up to 220Nm.
actually the CFE does 151hp stock. Proton tuned it to 138hp because they want more torque at low revs for the Exora.
This 1.4L Ecotec churns out the SAME hp and torque to a 1.6L Campro CFE.. Stupid Proton
Proton tak bodoh,’138hp’ only coz applying low boost (0.7 bar) on CFE
key word: SOFT TURBO
pay so much only for a SOFT TURBO.
Proton only knows to put soft and low boost turbo. Your answers justified my claim. Stupid Proton.
pocket rocket!
err…which part of it is ‘looking good’ ???
That looks so Opel!
GM is so ashamed of the brands they bought. When they need to mention them, they will just say international team of engineers. What brand? Opel and Daewoo…. Brands that if ppl were to hear that, will stay clear of them!
What about Fiat engines? Knees rattling already? How bout Fiat engines assembled by Daewoo and sold by Naza.
NAZA should bring in the Cruze with this 1.4 turbo engine, the LTZ model. The current 1.8 NA engine is inadequate.
apa nie , rojak design….looked like lancer face but with chevy logo/grill match with a picanto body
Chevrolet is not popular in Malaysia. Hardly see any Chevrolet cars on the road nowadays.
Very few Cruze on the road.
cruze is a good looking car. but the price more or less inspira & forte makes ppl think twice to buy it.
little monster i guess..
ford fiesta vs chevy sonic!!!!! chevy runs deep!!!!!!
just imagine if this cute car being rebadged to PROTON…
kalau PROTON is bought over by GM, maybe possible kot…
LMAO. Sorry… you’re hilarious.
takkn punye . malaysian buy cheap car. 6 speed gearbox for a b segment car?komfem mahal n kl proton rebadge pun, sape nk bli?
If they drop the same engine into the Cruze the sales would surely improve.
Under the hood, the RS will come with the same 1.4L Ecotec turbo that powers top spec Sonics. This 138 hp/200 Nm unit is matched with a six-speed manual or six-speed auto gearbox. – almost same power with exora bold CFE but with smaller engine… wonder if this car coming to Bolehland…
Naza should bring this in. Chevrolet Aveo was not a bad model but I think this would be a nice choice against the Suzuki Swift.
The front upper half looks like Lancer, still, the feeling of driving this car should be better than inspira.
volvo face either, luckily it is not proton
Proton released 2 type of CFE engine (151hp & 138hp) 151hp is probably put in P3-21A
in your dream..hahahaha
In my opinion this car looks great, I hope naza bring Chevrolet Sonic RS to malaysia especially the manual version