Excellent Value for Money

 

Exterior This car is very under-rated in its looks when you read reviews, however, Its a beautiful car once you take time to observe the contours. Its got excellent boot space too.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort):  PRO's Clearly, an Aveo beats an SX4 and Fiesta in this department. Aveo offers excellent interiors with leather upholstry,wooden inserts on the dasboard and the doors. The 2 din music system is not only seated well but has a excellent thump with no additions required. Its E-ORVM's are super handy when driving alone. Tilt steering and Driver seat height adjustment just add to the comfort. It also has Headlight beam adjustment just giving an extra edge on a badly lighted road. Airbags just add that safey component. CONS - Cabin noise insulation could have been better. Suspension although not bad at all, could have handled smaller potholes better. Gear Shift is better in an SX4 and a Fiesta.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The 1.4 I drive has a 94bhp, I touched 150 without much effort and think it can handle upto 165kmph. The engine is not the most silent and sometime sounds like a very refined diesel engine (not that bad) when you rev it up. Altough not in the segment of the 1.6 SX4 or 1.6 Fiesta, the power you get form the engine is really good and enough to challenge other cars on the road. Its smooth and gives you excellent power on climbs.

 

Ride Quality & Handling Ride Quality is good, seats are comfortable more so on the rear. Aveo is not for the speed demons but an excellent family car. It cannot handle high speed maouvers that well, so if you are a hot blooded youngster who wants to rip the road everytime you get behind a wheel, this is not for you. I use it in city and drives upto Pune and its beautiful all the way. Handling is good as long as you are not tyring any high speed stunts.

Final Words : Overall and excellent buy and superb value for money. I do not understand why we dont see too many on the road, but with 10000kms in this car, I say, its a definite winner amongst SX4 and a Fiesta. Its a good package and no other car offers these many features for this price. Compare this with an SX4and a Fiesta on the cost Vs Features and this is winner with Mag Wheels, AirBags, Leather interiors, Excellent sound system, Driver seat height adjustment, Rear Spoilers, E-ORVM's, Keyless Entry etc etc etc...you get the point dont you.

 

Areas of improvement GM needs to market this car, had it not been my knack to do an extended research before I buy expensive things, I would have never known about an AVEO and ended up with a Desire, SX4 or a Fiesta.

 

Loaded with features, Great Interiors, Smooth Engine, Excellent value for the costMarginally in Noise Insulation, Gear Shifting, Suspension