Chicago 2014: Chevrolet City Express Van Live Shots

by Matt Fink

Published: February 6th, 2014

chicago 2014 chevrolet city express van live shots

We’re on the floor at the Chicago show, checking out the new Transit Connect and NV200 competitor.

It appears a little larger than the Ford, with 122.7 square feet of cargo room. It’s 4 feet from the floor to the ceiling, and 7 feet from the seats to the tailgate. It should be fuel efficient as since it is powered by a 2.0 liter 131hp 4 cylinder with CVT. I asked if this would ever become a passenger vehicle but was told that is not in the plans at all, mostly because of all the additional safety concerns that go into making it a passenger vehicle. In fact, they rushed to get this together out of necessity from requests from current customers. It will be released this fall. They told me to think of it as 1/2 the size of the Chevy Express, but twice the gas mileage. The interior is basically a work van with lots of hard plastics. Although it wasn’t mentioned during the press conference, this is actually built by Nissan in Mexico and appears to be almost identical to the NV200. Think of it as the Chevy LUV for the twenty-first century tradesman.

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Corey Lewis on Feb 07, 2014

Yup that's a Nissan power mirror adjustment. The same one is in my M, and my mom's Pathfinder. I suspect the NV will have better resale value later.

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Old Man Pants on Feb 07, 2014

It's tall, boxy, mostly empty and has a 4-banger. What's not to like? Will it be cheaper than the NV? Not much point to it otherwise. BTW, did they really decide to cut a dime or two by giving this CVT the same brake pedal as the MTs sold in the rest of the world? Now *that's* cheap.

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