Motor Trend: All Hail The Aveo II
Motor Trend has picked up on news that GM plans on building a B-segment replacement for its Aveo at a US-based, UAW plant. True to form, the new Fiesta competitor will not build on the rich legacy of goodwill accumulated by the Aveo. Probably because the Aveo was a repeat TTAC Ten Worst offender that built no such legacy of goodwill. And thus a new name is born: meet the Chevrolet Viva. MT figures Lake Orion, Michigan; Wilmington, Delaware; or Shreveport, Louisiana, could get the nod. “Building a Chevy Viva in a UAW plant will cost more than building the Aveo in South Korea,” figures MT. “It should be much more stylish and upmarket compared with the current Aveo. Chevy would have the advantage over Ford of a more ready supply of its competitor if the b-segment, fueled also by the coming Fiat 500 and a small Dodge, takes off in the next few years.” Count the assumptions there, folks. Meanwhile, with a Fiesta-Viva battle brewing, it seems that the automakers may be paying attention to the increases in Hispanic population in the US.
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It would be nice if they could engineer this car in the US. Come on, it wouldn't be any worse than the Aveo. Oh, wait the US does not innovate anymore. Got it.
NickR, re: Vauxhall Viva. As a fellow Canadian, we had the Envoy Epic (different name, same piece of junk). Although I do remember delivering papers in it with my sister. We would just leave it in gear idling along as we ran back and forth from house to house.
Ford wants us to party. Chevy just wants us to live.
OldWingGuy, did you get embroiled in the lawsuit against GM over these things? My neighbor back in the 'Peg had his Viva rotting beside his house until 1980 (at least) as he battled with GM. I remember him telling me that back in the day pissed off customers actually set one ablaze at a demonstration against GM. (Yes, another GM faux pas...thought you knew them all, huh?).