Word around the auto block is that Chevrolet will be scrapping the Aveo name for its next generation B-segment hatchback set to be sold next year, instead opting for a cooler-sounding name – the Chevrolet Sonic.
It is hoped that the new name would distance the all-new model from the previous generation’s less than fantastic image, and Sonic is also easier to pronounce than Aveo. The thing is, GM has already unveiled the Chevrolet Sonic at the 2010 Paris Auto Show this year and it has Aveo badges all over it. Is it too late for a rename?
It won’t be the first new generation GM car that’ll get a new name – the Optra and the Cobalt names were both scrapped in favor of a new C-segment sedan name – Cruze.
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nice meter panel
The name “Sonic” sounds kinda cheesy. It sounds like those cheap made-in-China MP3 players, or a lousy brand of headphones/speakers, or an overclocked PC component.
Exactly!
Isnt this a chinese car?
that is a very bad name for a slow car….
reminds me of sonic the hedgehog
but that was a damn fast guy
lets hope the car can meet the sort of character it drove inspiration from
sound like sonic but not as fast as super sonic….
And it’s blue too….
in good time we’ll hear of some 4WD SUV named ‘Mario’. LOLz
more choices! cool..
sonic,swift 2011, mazda2, fiesta, forte hatchback, polo, honda brio?
gonna be interesting 2011 year!
“Is it too late for a rename?” naah.., just look at toyota passo & daihatsu, boon, 10 years on still the best selling model in Msia. how pathetic… :-P
which one pathetic,,, malaysian? p2? or toyota? :P hehe
wow, its a 6 speed transmission?
interior not bad, but exterior looks kinda dated
Lets call it Sonic eric son!!
Nice Polo-esque form n don’t mind the name change… but the Chev badge placing looks odd and seems like an afterthought. Dontcha think so?
The front looks very Polo like! Nice exterior but the interior is a letdown. Cheap plastics, everything looks cheap inside…
meter panel look different…. which engine? 1.4
sonic reminds me of super sonic which is blue… stupid to call a car sonic unles they only have 1 colour.
cue Sonic the Hedgehog jokes…
Sonic sound better than aveo, agreed!
if stock sonic slow no problem, we can always tune it up. the exterior design looks good which is not girlish kind of design. looking forward to check out this car if it enter malaysian market in next year.
Nice car… cant wait for right hand drive version….