The 2008 Aveo5 is a 4-door, 5-passenger wagon, available in two trims, the SVM and the LS.
Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 1.6-liter, I4, 103-horsepower engine. A 5-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard, and a 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is optional.
Summary: I bought this car for the gas mileage. I drive at least 30 miles a day in my commute to work 6 days a week. Supposedly it gets 33 mpg highway. I drive the express lanes at 60 mph every day with 2 to 3 miles of my commute on surface streets. I am getting between 22 to 24 mpg consistently. I am very disappointed. My son is 6 foot tall and even with the seat all the way back his legs are almost resting on the steering wheel. It comes with an arm rest which is so far back in the seat it barely reaches my hip and is so low that I can only rest my wrist on it if I reach behind me. As far as driving goes it is easy to drive.
Strengths: like the color. hatchback is easy to get into. Easy to drive
Weaknesses: gas mileage is lousy.
Similar Products Used: Hyundai Accent
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Summary: Timing belt replacement is recommended every 60,000 miles--DO IT! Don't blame your car if it breaks and ruins your motor because you didn't want to perform the necessary maintenance! This may cost around $300, depending on where you live, my garage would do it for just under $250 (much chearper than a motor!)
I feel secure in driving it in windy conditions. I never feel it being pushed all over the road. I think it's a nice, cute car, but I probably wouldn't get another one solely because I have 2 kids and it's small and the gas mileage is too low for me. If I got 38 mpg, the small size wouldn't bother me, but I could drive a larger car with the same mileage, so why not? I do like the design of the middle rear seat belt. It has a shoulder belt that come down and hooks on one side, then hooks across the lap on the other side, so it makes it easy to put my infant's seat in and remove it regardless of which side I am on.
Strengths: Need to lock driver's door with the key (great for those of us prone to locking key in car!!)
CUTE!
Emergency trunk release
rear seats lay flat
Lift up shifter to shift into reverse
Lots of headroom
CD/MP3 player
Weaknesses: Gas mileage compared to size of the car: I get between 27 and 30 mpg...same as my larger, heavier Intrepid!
Small gas tank (about 10 gallon)
Little leg room in back seat
Have to replace whole rack and pinion if inner tie rod ends go bad.
Similar Products Used: 1999 & 2000 Dodge Intrepid
2000 Chrysler 300M
1996 Dodge Neon (5 spd)
1990, 1991 Geo Metro
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Rating Reviewed by: sillywilly(Unregistered User)
Review Date January 26, 2008
Overall Rating 4 of 5
Value Rating 4 of 5
Used product for Less than 1 month
Review 3 of 18
Price Paid:
$16000.00
from modern chevy
Year / Model Reviewed: 2007 Aveo LT sedan
Summary: This is a tight little car with lots of features. Odd mix though--it seems Chevy thought out the design part pretty well, but missed some basic stuff in the process. For example, I have power locks but there is no power lock button in the car. So, to lock all the doors at once, you reach over and push down the lock on the drivers door. This sends a signal to lock the other 3 doors too. Strange. Also, the cupholders are flimsy and placed in a bad spot---too close to the a/c controls.
Small and tall on the outside, large on the inside. Sounds like a Chevy commercial but it is true. Looks kinda funny on the outside cause it is so small, especially when you find your aveo parked beside some road hog suv.
Handles well on a daily basis. Has no problem running 85 mph on the freeway. Does get pushed around quite a bit on windy days---that is sketchy.
Gas mileage is rough though. For this class of car, it should be a lot better. Chevy has much bigger cars that put up the same numbers as this little fella. Whats up??
Strengths: nice interior with the leatherette package, stereo is tight (6 speakers 180 watts, mp3 aux input), handles well, steering wheel radio controls, decent power, like the grill its tight, big trunk
Weaknesses: gas mileage should be a lot better, no power lock button, cup holders are a joke, cheap sun visors
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Summary: What a piece of junk. Only 6500 kms on my new Aveo and I have had more problems with it than my 7 year old Honda.
Strengths: None. Well, cheap price maybe but you get what you pay for.
OH...and you can adjust the MP3 player from the steering wheel.
Weaknesses: Mp3 player does not play MP3's in the cold.
Engine takes a long time to heat up.
Heat produced by engine is poor.
Interior blower fan is weak at best.
Cant lock the driver door without the key. VERY ANNOYING!
Seats feel like they are made out of cardboard. They hurt your but and your back on long drives, and you sit in a weird position. Can never seem to get comfortable.
Engine power is useless. For a 1.6L engine I think Chevy can do better than 100 HP. COMMON...look at the Honda B16 series engines. THATS how you build a 1.6L engine.
Wiper motor is weak at best. Espcially when cold.
Manual trnasmission is JUNK. Gear ratios are poop and the shifter throw is a mile long. Not only that but the shifter feels like the bushings are worn out. It slops all over the place and gives POOR feel. My car has only 6000 KMS on it.
The doors close like crap. You can tell the car is junk just by opening and closing a door.
Rear brakes stick on in cold wet weather. Nothing like dragging the rear end of your car around trying to get to work in the morning. Whats up with that? GM can you do anything right?
This BRAND NEW CAR has already been back to the dealership a number of times for warranty repairs and I have not even had the 1st oil change yet.
GM, its no wonder your falling to the Japanese market. You cant build anything right. You take the same old crap, re-badge it and sell it to poor unsuspecting people who get killed with repair bills. I cant believe in your time of crisis you released such a piece of pure JUNK to the public. Espcially after Daewoo could not even sell any. The quality of this car makes me sick!!!
Similar Products Used: Toyota Corolla, Toyota Echo, Suzuki Esteem, Honda Civic.
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Summary: Looking for Fuel economy ... this is NOT your vehicle. This is a good driving car for it's size. Driver's area is very comfortable.
Strengths: Lots of head and leg room in the front.
Back seats lay flat for transporting luggage or purchases.
Weaknesses: I live outside the city limits and drive approx 60mls round trip daily to work. Fuel economy was the selling point for me and I have been left greatly diappointed. I feel that the MPGs on this model are over rated.
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