CHEVROLET AVEO (Kalos) Sedan West Drive Sedan

Listens to mom, every morning does exercises

In Aveo, there are so many children's immediacy that you seem to be returning with him at that distant time when the world around him was understandable, light and joyful.


Emotional soul
And what was not in this childhood! I even remember, a psychologist somehow came to our school. A man with glasses with thick lenses showed a square, a triangle and a circle drawn on a white piece of paper. It was necessary to choose one thing. Without hesitation, I poked my finger at the square. The researcher of human souls grunted and said nothing. Much later, I learned that by what figure a person prefers, you can make his psychological portrait. So I, who chose a square, turns out, a durable and impenetrable type ...
 

Designers who painted the interior Aveo probably adore circles and all sorts of their geometric derivatives. And according to special literature, they are sociable, emotional and sentimental people. Which is undoubtedly reflected in the fruits of their work.
 

You get behind the wheel of a small chevrolet and as if you are returning to childhood. Round pens and decorative elements on the upholstery of the doors look so cute and kindly, which, for the completeness, I wanted to put into the salon of soap bubbles, shimmering in the sun with all the colors of the rainbow.
 



He knows, sport is needed
And the famous racers of the Chevrolet brothers would probably melt from emotion, seeing how the instrument board was executed on Aveo. The baby is clearly not tolerant of becoming a race carrier himself, and his children, apparently, is glued by portraits of famous relatives. Such, for example, corvette and Kamaro. How else to explain where these two mighty silver nozzles came from, in the depths of which the speedometer scales and digitized as much as 8000 rpm of a tachometer arranged?

But this does not end there, there are four more round deflectors of the ventilation system, the central console trimmed for aluminum, and the upper plane of the torpedo of plastic for carbon. The latter, however, flaunt only the most expensive Aveo in the SX configuration.

 
   
The control panel of the radio on the steering wheel is very convenient to use

There is a pocket for plastic cards in the driver's door

Aluminum finishes and four electrical windows Aveo-SX prerogative lift


The craving for sports, of course, deserves praise. But the parents of our hero did not allow their offspring to rush through the streets in a tracksuit: no air intakes, spoilers and even tiny anti -wingers are not supposed to be worn. Instead of all such a tinsel, the baby was dressed up in a neat, okay tailored suit. Which Aveo is very to the face. Farah with the vanity of the turn signals and the smile of the radiator grilled are very pretty. The stylish curved stamping on the sides of the body gives the car some lightness, and a small trunk, like a school backpack behind his back, does not spoil the paintings.
 

In short, it is noticeable with the naked eye that the clothes for Aveo Shil are not a dresser-halturist Aunt Lida, but real professional masters. They work in the world -famous Italdephasis studio under the leadership of Maestro Jujaro himself, as evidenced by the nameplate on the doors.

 
    
By the expanse and convenience of the salon and trunk Aveo, many of his classmates worst
   


So, the whole view of Aveo says that he, of course, is an obedient boy. But, I assure you, he remains only at home, under the supervision of parents, or, say, at school. But on the street ...
 

Well, not in vain, in fact, in the morning he does exercises and examines portraits of the aforementioned relatives.
 



About the dangers of smoking
No matter how I tried that day, making this breakdown to move calmly, without tearing the wheels into the slip, I managed only in rare cases. The point here, apparently, is in character, or rather, in the engine settings. On the very bottom, he lacks a little moment, and the motor just stalls, and you slightly throw revolutions, the wheels begin to polish the asphalt. It's funny, I probably looked from the side, so famously starting on such a baby. Even a fat kitty from a window of a toy store looked at us with Aveo with surprise.
 

I especially remember the reaction of the master to a rather elderly BMW. Starting the thick puffs of cigarette smoke through the ajar window, he looked at the traffic light impatiently, scornfully squinted at Aveo and probably thought that he should press the gas slightly, we would remain swallowing salty water dust. Ha, smoke health to harm! Either he somehow pressed weakly, or with double zeal, I lowered my leg on the gas pedal, and the chevrolet was inhaled with healthy lungs more than usual. As a result, after a few seconds, I watched the back of Bavarz in the rearview mirror.
 

Yes, the remote motor went to this little one! And let him not like low speeds, but if the tachometer arrow does not let go below 3000 rpm, then you enjoy enjoy. Still, after all, and 94 horses to a car weighing a little more than a ton are more than more than a ton. Of course, the engine is somewhat noisy noisy, however, some fans of Italian cars are called a velvet rod. That's just riding at high speed, it is difficult for Aveo to be difficult. Yes, it can accelerate to 170 km/h, but already at 120, the impression is that you are flying all 150. Well, his parents did not see our exercises.
 

The fact that truly temperamental, sports riding the baby is contraindicated is evidenced by two more unpleasant moments. Firstly, there is no weapon clarity in the operation of the gearbox switching mechanism. And secondly, the steering is not very informative, with completely missing reactive effort. The reason is the power steering of the steering wheel from the electric motor. Instead of making the steering wheel tight at speed, it leaves it light, as if you need to park.
 

However, all these nuances will upset the notebooks. In addition, calm citizens can advise a car with an 8-valve engine with a capacity of 83 liters. With. He pulls better on the bottoms, and does not provoke extreme driving.
 



Mom's pride
And how cool the pendant of a small chevrolet works! It is moderately dense, but at the same time does not annoy the dentifting shaking. Even very decent irregularities and asphalt defects cause only a slightly distinguishable Aveo discontent, expressed by a skiing in chassis mechanisms.
 

The most pleasant thing is that the comfort on the go is successfully complemented by comfort inside the cabin. Our sedan for $ 12,950 was equipped with a trimmed with a bagel with a control panel of the audio system, air conditioning, electric mirrors and glasses. Expensive? But there is a car for $ 11,925 with an 83-horsepower engine and all the mentioned completion, except without a leather steering wheel.
 

And how spacious inside, just amazing. The machine is small at all, and I sits in a ninety -meter in a meter very freely both in front and behind, and in both cases, in both cases, about 10 cm remains. Here in the school satchel, read the trunk, with a small one, spaces are gaining 375 space. liters.
 

With such a set of data in a good look and spacious inside Aveo with a very vigorous character and rather generous equipment at a very affordable price of rivals in Russia, there will be few.
 

This is probably why the chevrolet is diverges, as they say, right from the wheels. In just a month from the start of sales, as much as 420 pieces. It is not surprising: you just have to get behind the wheel, adjust the seat for yourself and just look around, you understand it very convenient in it. There is everything that is necessary, and there is no bitterness of a certain victim for the sake of saving.
 

It remains only to congratulate his parents, they have every reason to be proud of their child.
 
Two plus three

Two types of bodies and three engines such Aveo options are now offered by Chevrolet dealers. A five-door hatchback can be purchased with a 72-horsepower engine of 1.2 liters or 16-valve 1.4 in 94 liters. With. The SUBS Complete for $ 9900 provides for the radio and one pillow of the bild. The SE version is equipped with a steering wheel amplifier, front electric windows, air conditioning, passenger pillow, electric mirrors and a central lock. Such a car costs $ 11,525.

More expensive Aveo-1,4SX for $ 13,250 is located ABS, rear windows, fog lights, trimmed skin with a wheel of control of the radio and eyebrush control panel. And with cast wheels and an automatic box Aveo-1,4SX hatchback costs $ 15,050.
 

A sedan of $ 825 is more expensive than a hatchback. But even in the database it is equipped with an 83-horsepower engine, steering wheel amplifier, airbag, front electric windows, central lock and radio. And in Aveo-E, an air conditioner, passenger airbag and external mirrors with electric drive and heating will be added to the above $ 12,225 to the above.

If you pay more $ 725, you can buy a sedan performed by SX and a 94-horsepower engine. Finally, a sedan with a machine gun costs $ 15,250.
 
PER

The possibility of a wide selection of bodies, engines and sets, comfortable suspension, good brakes, reasonable price
AGAINST

Mediocre noise insulation, uninformative steering, lack of torque in a 16-valve engine at low speeds
 
Chevrolet Aveo 1.4 16V

common data
 
Body (number of places/doors)
Sedan (5/4)
 
Equipped mass, kg
1060
 
Length x width x height, mm
4235x1670x1495
 
Base, mm
2480
 
Acceleration time 0100 km/h, with
11,1
 
Speed, km/h
176
 
Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
6.1/8.6
 

Engine
 
Location
Front transversely
 
Design
gasoline, in-line, 4-cylinder
 
Working volume, SMZ
1399
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
94/6200
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
13.3/3400
 

Chassis
 
Drive unit
On the front wheels
 
Transmission
Mechanical 5-speed
 
Suspension
with reptile stabilizers
 
front
Independent, such as McEferson
 
behind
Wednophantly, torsion
 
Steering
rack type with amplifier
 
Brakes (front/back)
Disco ventilated/drum
 
Tires
185/60 R14
 
 
Andrey Koltun, photo of Maxim Goncharov
 
 

Source: Magazine buy a car [02/2005]