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No Boring Beaters; Chevy minicar concepts fight dull small-car stereotype.(News)
Byline: BOB GRITZINGER, JONATHAN WONG
We alluded to these minicar concepts from Chevrolet when we revealed the Chevy Trax in our April 2 issue. The Trax, the Beat and the Groove represent three different takes on the minicar theme-and all are designed to show that tiny fuel-efficient cars need not be boring.
All three five-seat concepts run on Daewoo's global, Korean-built, small-car chassis that underpins the Chevrolet Spark and the Daewoo Matiz, but each has a unique powertrain. Dimensionally, the cars ride on wheelbases about 11 inches shorter than that of the Chevy Aveo.
The Trax, a soft-road crossover, is powered by a 1.0-liter, ...
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...model year, the brand will get a longer and wider version of the Aveo that picks up styling cues from one of the three minicar concepts that GM unveiled at the 2007 New York auto show. The Delta architecture, which underpins the Chevrolet Volt, could be...
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...weighs in with its exclusive liquid-metal CL65 AMG super coupe. Then get a peek at the Chevrolet Trax, one of three minicar concepts Chevy will show in New York this week, which could be a sign of things to come as U.S. motorists start looking for...
Source: HighBeam Research, No Boring Beaters; Chevy minicar concepts fight dull small-car...