Chevrolet Aveo RS Concept Review

Chevrolet Aveo RS Concept Review Hi! I’m Mike Henley with Cars.com, and we’re here at the Detroit Auto Show checking out the Chevy Aveo RS. It’s a performance-theme version of the hatchback. And even though it’s technically a show car, which means it’s not on sale right now, it strongly hints at what the next generation Aveo is going to look like. Now, Chevrolet dialed up the exterior aggressiveness of the Aveo RS, to show what tuners might do to this new car. It has 19-inch alloy wheels, a big massive front grille, and quad headlights that feature halos kind of like the ones you’ve seen on BMW models. Now, the quad headlights will carry over to the production model, but don’t look for the halos. Now, to complement the Aveo RS’s aggressive exterior looks, it’s powered by a 1.4-liter of 4-cylinder that’s turbo-charged, and makes 138 horsepower. And that engine teams with a 6-speed manual transmission. Now, it hasn’t been confirmed whether turbo is going to be offered in this car, but it is a production motor as it goes in the Chevy cruise. The current Aveo has a pretty basic interior, but with this new RS model that hints at what’s coming for the Aveo, it’s definitely raised the bar in terms of interior quality. It has this unique digital analog gauge pod, and also a center control panel that closely resembles the one in the new Chevy Cruise. Pricing information hasn’t been announced yet for the Aveo. It’s too early for that. But from the looks of what Chevy’s trying to do with this model, it looks like the more premium interior and more assertive exterior styling are going to position this car better to compete with models like the Honda Fit, and Nissan Versa.