Chevrolet Spark User Reviews

 

Exterior I purchased this car Spark LS. at July 2008 from Pashankar auto,Pune.It was just an impulse buying.I haven't planned Spark on my list.When I visited showroom and had test ride, I was amazed and delighted by great pickup,impressive dashboard and rich feel.I decided to buy same and now I have completed 12000 km and I am satisfied. Its my third year and still I am enjoying zero maintenance cost, thanks to 3 years cash less service. 

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior  quality is good,plastic quality is also good,better that wagon-r,santro,Alto,estilo and a-star.drivers seat is also comfortable for long drive,AC is also powerful.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is very silent,Car battery is also very good,my neighbours  owns a  swift and  2 times engine breakdown happened with them,even I got Wagon-r from my company and I faced same problem with that.Cost of ownership is very less.

 

Final Words good car with very less maintainence cost,value for money,If you are buying new small car then spark is best option for small urban families and also it is cheapest if you compare with Wagon-r, Estilo, A-star, Santro.

 

Areas of improvement Exterior styling need new design since car is almost 4 year old now.Chevy have designed new signature styling worldwide which is recently seen in Beat and Cruse.Gear assembly which is creepy needs improvement in smooth shifting,A tachometer which is absent,design change of rear tail lights/parking light console should be considered for new design.  

 

Great looks,Compact and still spacious interior.No front grill,Gear shift.

 

Exterior Well the looks are pretty good,its sporty and at the same time refined. I've not met a person who did not like the looks.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Very spacious car, 5 guys can fit in easily, the central console is good. AC is chilling,u have to switch it off sometimes coz it gets so chilled inside. legroom is decent for an avg Indian,bur the central console keeps touching ur leg.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox After driven it for nearly 9500 km I can say the engine is really good, its the most silent engine i've seen & there are no vibrations. there is a slight drop in power with ac on. Overtaking is usually not a problem. Mileage in city u get 13-14 kmpl on highways 17kmpl. without ac i got a mileage of 21 kmpl on highway and it really surprised me. Gearbox needs some refinement especially shifting to 2nd and reverse gears.

 

Ride Quality & Handling Very good ride quality and handling. the suspension is very good.

 

Final Words Best car in the segment. If ur looking at santro, i10, WagonR, Estilo plz consider Saprk coz u get more and you pay less.

 

Areas of improvement Gearshift and more service centers.

 

driveability,mileage,ac,looks,spaciousgearshift,service

 

Exterior EXTERIOR IS EXCELLENT , IT LOOKS SO. CUTE , I RECOMMEND  IT FOR LADIES ESPECIALLY.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) ALL THE FEATURES ARE GOOD, FROM OUT  SIDE ITSEEMS TOO SMALL BUT , ONCE YOU ARE INSIDE. THERE IS NO PROBLEM.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox THERE IS A LITTLE ENGINE NOISE. THATS ALL.

 

Ride Quality & Handling MY SISTER GOT IT IN AHMEDABAD LAST YEAR, I GOT IT IN GURGAON THIS YEAR AND MY BROTHER HAS IT IN MUMBAI . WE ARE ALL A SPARK FAMILY BY NOW. WE HAD A BUDGET IN WHICH EITHER I COULD BUY A USED CAR OR A NEW ONE. THIS CAR FITTED MY REQUIREMENT AS WE WERE DEPENDENT ON DRIVERS TANTRUMS AND WE HAD IKON WHICH WOULD COST ON MILEAGE.THIS IS VERY COMFORTABLE IN DRIVING .FOR SHOPPING THERE IS PARCEL TRAY GIVEN, BOTTLE HOLDERS, CAN HOLDERS,GLOVE BOX.ETC ARE SMALL FEATURES WHICH MANY BIG CARS ALSO DON'T HAVE.

 

Final Words HAPPY WITH THE 3 YEARS CHEVROLET PROMISE.

 

Areas of improvement DRIVER SEAT COULD BE HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE.THERE HAS TO BE A REAR WIPER OPTION GIVEN.

 

I LIKE THE BEIGE INTERIORS AND THE GOOD LEG SPACE,AND DASH BOARD IS USER FRIENDLY TWITH THE PRICE GIVEN, I DON'T REGRET FOR BUYING THIS SMALL BEAUTY.

 

Exterior Good Looking in all espects and design of rear light is very good.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior like Big car, when you see car you think it is very small but inside it comfortable for 5 person. One time I went to picnic with 3 adults and 8 childs means total 11 person with adjusment coforts. I like its interior colours wich is different from reguler grey colour.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox I don't know about technical performance but I ride it, I like it. also engine don't knock when you go at 5th gear and suddenly your speed down at lower speed with 5th gear your car is not knocking. and noise of engine is very low as you can't find car is on or off.

 

Ride Quality & Handling Very easy to handling in traffic as well as on Highway also easy to park in less place.Give comfort ride.

 

Final Words Very good and I like very much my chevy.

Areas of improvement In metal body thickness as well driver legspace.

 

Good Looking, Good interior, Good fuel economy, Good Value for money.Less Leg space for driver and Thickness of metal body is less

Exterior

Exteriors are good , front and side looks are good, need for change of tail light it spoils  it back looks

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

excellent utilites for front seat passanger , ride quality in smooth .

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

Fuel economy is excellent about 16-17 kmpl in city and 22 kmpl on highway i regularly get this mileage on highway  by getting tank full and then refilling the tank again on completion of journey i regulary make a trip of about 350 kms but one has to drive gently to achive this milegae.

Ride Quality & Handling

Gear shift is not as good as Hyundai's Santro .Handling is good ride quality in terms of passanger comfort is good as its suspension is Gas filled compared to oil . But not very durable on bumpy roads.

Final Words

Better than Maruti's alto  in looks, space and  fuel economy almost same , gives feeling of an expensive car compared to Alto's bare minimum features,space and looks   . Good value for money

Areas of improvement  

Gear shift , exterior back tail lights. supensions are excellent compared to Santo or Alto  but not very durable have to change rear suspesion , in warranty. Exhaust get rust . changed once that to in warranty. 

 

fuel economy, interiorsgear shift

 

Average of car is a suspect. it is giving me 10km/lt in city and 14.5km/lt on highway. I bought spark on 22nd august 2008, within six months the silencer of the brand new car started troubling me, I went to the local dealer ( Vardajyoti Automobiles Pvt Ltd. ), they refused to change it claiming it to be a consumerable item and so not covered under three years warranty. i was forced to buy the part from open market as it was not worth paying 3 times the price for a original product which could not even last six months. For next two years my ordeal with the silencer of spark was equally bad , repairing and replacement became a habit. Finally in  May 2011  again i paid for the new silencer and took it as my fait accompli. In first week of august, again i found some knocking sound , i took the car to the dealer for check up. They said they will put it on lift and check. After checking they said there is no problem it is perfectly OK. On 28th August again the knocking sound started, after getting checked again with the service people, they said the silencer pipe has gone,and requires replacement. And the replacement will be charged as the car is not in guarantee anymore.

I simply fail to understand what exactly the company means by three years warranty, when things are dependant on the whims and callous attitude of the dealer and company at large. I hope the company does not expect the car owners to stand under the raised platform with The service people and get it personally checked when they not even let us enter the workshop. My experience with SPARK for three years is so pathetic that i have finally decided to sell it.

Looks and stylingAverage fuel economy and silencer gives persistent problems

Exterior Looks very small from outside. In fact it looks like a round baby with big eyes, Just love the front and the rear looks, Tail Lights are very dashing.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Very Spacious, In my car, after adjusting a bit, 4 people has also sit behind. Headroom and Legroom is good, After installing a Pioneer System with Sony XPlod Speakers its ready to rock and roll.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Initially in the first month, the fuel economy was coming around 11-12. Now it has very much improved and giving me around 14-15. Which is very near to the claimed fuel economy of 15.6. Gear Shifting is smooth, Engine is very quite, no noise at all.

Ride Quality & Handling At 100 the car is pretty stable, The ride is joyful, In traffic also being a small car, it can be maneuvered very easily. I felt the power is better than Alto or Santro. But then they are 800 CC cars whereas Spark is 1000 CC.

Final Words I love Spark, It has everything one needs, If it comes in Diesel it will be a hit overnight.

Areas of improvement NA.

Looks, Smooth in Traffic, Mileage, Space, PerformanceBoot, No Diesel

Exterior The overall luk is gud but from back side its luk like a toy car, kindly change the back look.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior features are very satisfied, seating is very comfortable, space is also gud, but plz the light color inside is not satisfied me, plz bring back the dark color on dash board and side door's.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Till now i have not found any problem in these, hope i won't get any problem in future also.

Ride Quality & Handling Satisfied.

Final Words LPG Milage is not cuming as the Sales representative informed us, either tell ur sales person to say the truth, or else make the engine to give proper milage, dont cheat the customer's, e else ur company will spoil the name. and also try to give full attention on customer service, it's really a bad service provided from ur side.

Areas of improvement Kindly change the Exterior of back luk, and give the proper service.

Seating is comfortableunsatisfied with milage in LPG

Exterior My Spark just completed 3.5 years and it has been a good no nonsense experience.  Exterior styling is still contemporary after these years and car still looks very good. Very well-made and should stand up to years without any issues.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Space is OK for a car of this size, technically smaller than a i10, but comparatively more spacious inside. Luggage areas is also OK. 3 people in back seat can fit but only just. However the doors still close with a re-assuring thud and no sweaks or irritating sound till now. My car has all black interiors (not beige) which I have lightened with wooden panel stickers, which looks very good.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is the best thing about this car. Numerous time I have received compliments from parking attendants at hotels who could not figure out that the engine was running when I handed them the car. They kept turning the key..it was so silent. Same happened when I took the car for smoke test. The person kept saying start the engine when clamping the electrodes, when it was already running and hood was up. So after 3 years I take it as a compliment. Pickup is excellent and have good fun speeding out of the stop light when signal turns green. Very peppy and in lower gears will compete with any car. Gearbox is quite smooth. Fuel economy is a little downer, with giving me at max 13km/lt in city traffic (used Scan tool, hence quite sure of this). Highway I have got exactly 16.9km/hr. This is comparatively less than current hatch/cars in the market, but given the joy it gives me in riding and pickup, I am happy with it.

Ride Quality & Handling One word --- excellent. Car size is such that it squeezes through spaces where a i10/Vista would find difficult. Steering is very accurate and I have not yet have any incidents in the last 3.5 years when I squeeze out of these spots. Good suspension however ground clearance could have been better.

Final Words Quite satisfied with the car and GM's 3 year warranty & cash less offer. Did not have to spend any money on repair or service during the offer. However people who take the offer should note that 3 years is calculated from date of registration and not the date on which you got the car. I was not careful so had to pay for the last service.

Service centres in Kolkata are good to bad. Three years and I have experienced most of them so quite sure which I will stick to. A lot of difference can be made by the centre you go to, hence make sure you pick the right one.

Areas of improvement Spark is a VFM vehicle. It is true that the resale values are not good and does not have the service coverage like Maruti/Hyundai. But quality is very good and better than any Maruti vehicle. I say this after experience comparable cars like Wagon R and below. However I do get the logic when people go for a safe bet.

Very peppy engine, no niggles, accurate steeringMileage, seating