2007 Chevy Matiz Goes for a Drive
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2022
- Its a Chevy. Kind of...When Daewoo stopped Chevy stepped in and took on their range, so we got the Chevrolet Matiz, and all American city car!
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Despite the cheap build and hard plastics, there is something very appealing about it’s basic ‘built to a cost’ and it’s not ashamed of it either. It says “I am what I am” and it’s all the better for it. I’m sick of new modern cars trying so hard to impress with ever ridiculous computerisation and badge snobbery and the little Chevy is the exact opposite. A modern day 2CV if you will, bare basics, does a job and does that job excellently. The ironic thing is how environmentally friendly this car is - parked next to a lard arsed EV with their environmentally obnoxious-to-make batteries - the Chevy is a champion.
My farther used to have a saying 3rd class driving better than 1st class walking
When I worked in a car body shop we had 4 of those as courtesy cars. They just refused to die they went on forever. And we’re never any trouble. And they held up well internally and no rust
I believe that Daewoo is probably the most maligned car manufacturer there is. Their products, although not the fanciest, are typically hard wearing and practical. They are always really well undersealed, don't rust badly and as a mechanic, I've never come across many serious issues with reliability regarding engines, gearboxes, clutches, brakes etc. Our customer traded his 2000 model year Lanos (mk2 Astra underpinnings) for a 2011 Polo and he's regretted doing so ever since. There is a MK1 Matiz in the UK with a 3.0 V6 Vauxhall engine swap, Porsche wheels and huge brakes. They are very popular in Poland and Eastern Europe.
I mean Poland is still eastern europe lol. But not actually that popular in southeastern europe. I've seen maybe a handful of Matizes over here. Daewoo's themselves are rather niche cars that not a lot of people drive, but fixing them isn't a huge issue considering the usual GM/Opel guts.
That V6 Matiz was at the last Hubnut Social.
@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge Poland is considered Central European not Eastern European.
My wife used to own a 1998 Lanos 1.5. bought used from 2002
to 2011. Reliable car. Mostly city driven. She did 100.000km in nine years and the car had alredy almost 100.000 when she bought it. It was well kept and it was a bargain. She payed it 2000 €.
We sold it in 2011 for 600€. Best purchase so far in terms of lost value. Only issues few burnt bulbs and a pair of front discs.
Agreed I can't help but picture a rusted out fridge on an industrial estate when I think of the brand. With some clever marketing or motorsport input they would do well.
I've always had a soft spot for these. Great use of space, a happy face and dependable by all accounts.
My wife had almost exactly this car when we met. Hers had air con which was surprisingly effective (that’s what the blank button on the heater controls is for). She had it from new to almost 100k miles. It was worked hard and not looked after. It looked very tired at the end but never let her / us down. It wasn’t great to drive and while it cost pennies to maintain, it wasn’t that economical. Also, emissions weren’t that low - certainly didn’t fit into the £30 category. It was £130 ish - my 2.0 TDI Golf at the time was only about a tenner more per year. Possibly due to the old tech engine. It was an absolutely perfect car for its target audience.
I had a 03 Daewoo matiz as my learner car back in the day. All the performance of a hair dryer lol
Finally this car gets some appreciation too! I've had it as my first car for almost a year now and honestly I can't complain...it's very reliable so far, doesn't cost my poor student ass too much money AND it takes me from A to B. ;)
I owned two of these cars. A 2000 model 800cc that I did a 1500km trip with my wife and two kids. It wasn't fast and you had to stir the gearbox a bit but it ran without issue. The second car is still being driven by my son. The are surprisingly good.
I'm surprised because Daewoo products are considered garbage in Australia...
Had a hire one in Crete. With four up it wouldn’t go up hills without turning off the air conditioning. Other than that , it was a great little car
That's crazy why is that? Does turning off the AC help the engine?
I had the same problem with an Astra with just one passenger.
Once No.1 and the only city car that ruled South Korea...until 2008, when Korean city car regulations allowed Kia Picanto be registered as city cars.
Exactly the kind of car we all need today for moving through cities. This beats any electric monstruosity in terms of running costs. Can somebody please make something like this for under 10.000 euros ???
My Matiz has a drawer under the front passenger seat.Very handy.
LOL, very cool! I live in the States and was aware of the "rest-of-the-world" "Chevrolet" (nee Daewoo) Matiz, I was surprised with the term "Masterpiece". Furiousdriving is always a credible presentation and critique of cars, so I find this assertion impressive.
This generation Matiz was not sold in the USA. Best I can recall, we did get the generation after this...as the "Chevrolet Spark" but a vehicle seldom seen here even when new. For better or worse (worse in my opinion), city cars are rather iunpopular here despite the "fun to drive" and economy aspects. A spark owner would be a young lady's first car going to college, or an OAP's transport driving slow in the driving lane with the blinker on for a couple miles. Americans in general have been conditioned to believe the motorcar almost solely to be a status symbol and an extention of their personality to the extreme. Thus, the proliferation of large pickups and SUVs to "assert one's presence" and same with loud muscle cars, as well as Mercedes and BMW cars that to me are "lease cars" because after three years, that's when the original owners have switched over to the latest model, and the second owner has to contend with the expensive repairs / costly maintenance on a depreciating asset solely to impress "the Joneses". These are just cynical observations. I must say I really love furiousdriving because every car is given the chance to be judged on its own merits rather than dismissed because of some attribute that is not popular with the hoi-poloi.
My mom had one. Poor mom thought it was a real Chevy and she loved it, me too… however she sold 9 months thanks to terrible servicing
It has ac and power steering
I bought my pre-facelift Matiz new in 1999. The design was so 'radical' it appeared to have nothing in front of the windscreen at all! I used it for three years for my 50-mile daily commute. I carried three adults in the back on occasions and I used it for long motorway trips. It was a very capable little car although you did have to watch out for the engine cutting out when you hit full revs mid-overtaking.
I never liked the post face-lift looks and once it became a Chevrolet I wasn't interested - I was happy to have a Korean badge but I wasn't having an American one! 😂
When they were new, I thought they were the dumbest things. Now, and thanks to channels like your, I’m learning to appreciate these quirky cars. Thank you for your awesome channel.
I had two , a three pot 800cc same year as ian’s, and an 07 4 cyl, i actually preferred the 800cc it wizzed along around town which is really what suited them . Did not have issue with either of them tho i did hear some had gearbox selector issue and some had a fuel injector failure, there absolutely loads of these still around my area, more prolific than the spark which replaced it. Ps my wife loved them
I do have to double declutch to get reverse but it might just be the selector cables that need adjustment.
This is what eventually became my car, a Chevy Spark in 2012! Funny how it still uses the same exact air vents as my 2013 Spark.
Another cracking review
I had a Daewoo Matiz, smashing little car
in india this was sold as chevrolet spark. i own one and gotta say engine still runs like a brand new. doesnt give any hiccups. space at back is issue for me lol cuz im 6 foot but drivng pleasure is there and it wheelspins !!
The engine in the Matiz and many other Chevy/Daewoo models is based upon a very old Suzuki unit dating back to around 1980 and has been developed over the decades to great success. The 1.2 16V version as found in the 2010 Aveo is a 4 cylinder chain driven unit based upon this type and is a great motor.
Doesnt get much more reliable than Suzukis generally, so that seems quite good.
1980 is not that old, the Rover V8 dates back to the late 50's, the Daimler V8 back even further, to the late 40's early 50's when it was designed. It took many years to get from paper to a production engine and lots of money. The reason why many manufactures borrowed designs of abandoned prototypes from others, with further development and with less costs.
@@tonys1636 My Saab 900 1992 has a derivative of the Ricardo designed slant 4 along with my 2002 9-3 with the latest generation of the same engine which can trace it's development roots back to the mid 60's. If it is well designed in the first place, then it makes sense to modernise and develop such engines rather than redesign from scratch.
@@stefansworld3351 Back then everything had to be built as what worked on paper often failed in practice so manufactures would sell on a design that was getting expensive to refine or work as intended, often just a simple cure that a fresh set of eyes could spot quickly. A company that was already innovative would make a success of it, the Rover V8 engine an example.
@@stefansworld3351 The all alloy Hilman Imp engine started life as a portable fire pump engine designed and built by Coventry Climax. Rootes Group developed it with them into a successful car engine, the overheating many reported was often down to poor maintenance and a somewhat tempramental and poorly designed cooling system that Rootes used.
My mother has one, but the M250 (facelift of this one) with the 1.0L engine. Can't say it's a bad car, fully equipped and with a very good price back in 2008. Now it has 155k km and no serious problems
A quadracycle class vehicle would exactly fit the bill
The Matiz was probably the most copied car design by both microcars and "real" cars. Tons of three wheelers and four wheelers from various countries and companies look either exactly like the old one or this.
The little 3 wheeled one James May fell off the cliff in the Chinese executive saloon special was hilarious looking
Those little Hyundai's & the slightly bigger Honda Jazz.
Snyder ST 600 comes to mind
Chery QQ, also known as the MKM 100, United Alpha, DR Zero, Chery Sweet, Ruitesi Q1, Ruitesi Q2, Miles ZX50S 😬
Here in Costa Rica, the first generation Matiz is coveted for its reliability and economy. 20-year-old units regularly trade north of £2000.
This is what people with no special interest in cars or driving should buy, instead if overly large cars. In the old days a family of five with travel luggage squeezed into a vw beetle and travelled around the european continent, and they were perfectly happy doing so. I doubt this got less space where it matters.
Why do that when you can lease a diesel Nissan Kumquat for £300 a month to do your 5000 miles a year, before ranting at the dealer’s service manager two years later when the DPF (whatever that is) is fubar’d.
@@TommyRogic18 Ouch. If they read that, and would understand it, they would need to go to the ICU for that burn.
Why can't you have one even if you do have an interest in cars. I mean it's a Chevy!
Fact is 90% of people 90% of the time don't really need anything more.
@@benholroyd5221 Well, yeah. But me for example dont have a need for a commuter car at present, I only use my cars for special occasions, so the "enthusiast" ones take priority. Would I need a small commuter, something like this would be very interesting, indeed.
Daewoo gave a very good backup with the warranty and free serviceing. Shame the cars weren't the best quality. Still, 10 out of 10 for effort. It would be nice if someone made a proper luxury small car. Not the silly Aston thingy though.
Haha the Aston Martin Cygnet!
@@focusrssteve Yeah, well, they tried I suppose.
@@grayfool they did try, and I actually got to have a go in one, nice paint job and lots of leather used on the inside, but you could still tell it was a toyota thingy underneath 😉, apparently you could only buy one if you bought an actual Aston, then ticked the cygnet option box like you would with other options.
@@focusrssteve Not sure why you would though. I saw a used one for sale a few years back. It hung around for weeks. Not sure if it ever sold.
@@grayfool I wouldn't! but people that can afford the real Aston usually have the odd £ lying around, if you have enough money you say "why not?" And they buy one. I think I read somewhere a few hundred sold, so I guess it wasn't much of a success.
Very cute little car that does punch above its weight. Very economical.
Still my family's daily driver for 14 years now, without so much big issue...never regret to have it.
I've had a few of this gen Matiz, the 800cc was great fun! Revvy little engine, didn't go fast but felt thrilling. Admittedly the 1.0 was a slight improvement..
Had 2 of the 1 litre SE's chez Wilson. Wifey had one for 10 years and 80k before I prized it from her grip as it needed far too much work - clutch, welding, a/c etc. Bought a stop gap Amica for her that did a few years and when I changed jobs and needed a car two and a half years ago and I found another one - one owner - 19k miles on a 59 plate so I bought it for under £2k. Eighteen months later the Hyundai needed some work so decided to bin it and give the Matiz to my Mrs and she is running around in it today - great little cars for the outlay
I'm still using one (2012) and the little man goes for everything when needed, as it is not that close to floor you can go through pretty nasty roads.
I remember when I worked at a Halfords in the early noughties and they had a Daewoo dealership at the store, the Matiz was by far their best seller.
I’ve heard all sorts of opinions over the years about these, some good, some bad, I think owner apathy killed a lot of these cars, they were seen as cheap throwaway cars, but probably deserve better respect than that, as you mentioned Ian from Hubnut loves his.
Thanks for this review Matt.👍
Sadly Marmite for many. I love them. I would say it's something Issigonis would have liked. We hired a Chevrolet version in 2010 and the Mother in Law hated it. We loved it and it bounded up hills in the Lake District better than gutless 1.2 Peugeots we later hired. incidentally that hired Matiz. An '09 model has only done 20,000 miles according to the Govt website and still lives!
(Top spec ones had A/C - probably a top speed of 5mph when you turned it on! 😆)
The metallic copper is the nicest colour.💞
I remember Channel 4's "Driven" doing doughnuts in one.
The pattern on those later seats rubs off after a while, I've seen!
Very reliable car. It's an absolute keeper.
Mine was a hoot & my cousin & I had some great touring holidays round Scotland in it. It never missed a beat & was actually good on the open road & tackled hills without any great trauma. The engine note was a delight, too!
Lots of those around here, although without the bus upholstery, just dull grey cloth.
Oooh, I spy another Matiz lurking in one of them there garages. Love the centre headrest in the rear, like you're gonna go 3 abreast in that! *edit* aaand you mention the other Matiz later in the video. Should've kept me powder dry until it finished, hey?
Love these affordable city car reviews.
That blank button is more than likely for aircon when fitted
Annual rfl costs quite a bit more than C1 / 107 / Aygo. Think they are £165, compared to £20 for the C1 trio.
I actually drive the Japanese version the Chevrolet spark same 800cc and I love it ❤️👍
Finally drove a 3 pot a few weeks ago, but was a vauxhall viva, and loved it. It will never replace my rover 75, but it was a fun little car and sounded great.
Currently own one of these ona 56 plate. It's an SX edition with air con, 4 electric windows, metallic paint and multi folding removable rear seats. Done a little over 44k miles ad drives beautifully. Only issue is the sills are rotten which is apparently very common, they have rubber bungs on the underside that should let any water etc run out of them but the get clogged up and the mister sits inside and rots them. Planning on having them replaced very shortly and at a cost of £45 for a pair of sills it makes sense to keep the car on the road. And I only paid £300 for it nearly a year ago. Cheapest motoring I've ever experienced. Lovely little cars.
So did you get shocked when you found out someone actually has to weld on the new sills?
@@honestmstk9790 why would I have been shocked, sills are always welded on.
@@cheneyrichard219 Because the sills are cheap but the welding and paintwork totals the car
The thing about the matiz is their is nothing wrong with them, they are solid reliable little cars either 1st or 2nd gen models
I worked on one for a customer, it was his mothers who'd owned it since new and it only had 8,700 miles on it, after she gave up driving her son could only get £1500 for it and if you look on ebay mot'd examples struggle to get over £600
I went from an Alfa 147 to an Aygo and haven't had any regrets. There was an early Matiz at the recent HubNut social with a GM 3.0 V6 shoehorned under the bonnet and Porsche wheels. 190bhp should get you to the shops quickly enough!
I never owned a Matiz but it's just the kind of car I really like. I owned a 1980 Daihatsu Charade 5 door and a 1983 Daihatsu Charade 5 door, both with 5 speed manual gearbox. I followed that up with a 1989 Mazda 121 3 door 5 speed manual. All of them gave me a good driving experience and excellent fuel economy. The Matiz obviously would have done the same.
A great video as always, but i just need to correct you on 2 thing: the emissions on the Daewoo versions were very high. Back in 2007, I bought a 2001 796cc SE Plus for my 1st car, and at the time, the tax on it was £140. To give you some perspective, the tax for my 2008 Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 8v cost me £155 this year. Also, the Daewoo versions are rather rare nowadays, just a couple of thousand left, which is rather a shame. 🙁
Emissions aside though, I do love the mk1 Matiz, in facelift form. Sadly, mine started rusting on the sills at just 8 years old, so I traded it in for a 2004 Punto 1.2. I will always have a colossal soft spot for the Daewoo Matiz though, and there would definitely be a couple in my dream car collection, lol!
What month of 2001 was it first registered in? That was the year they changed from engine size to emissions for the car tax bands, so yours may not have been taxed based on emissions.
@@Zeem4 It was a 51 plate. Lovely little car it was. 🙂
@@Andy-eo3mq Ah, so it was taxed on emissions. All the tiny-engined cars I've ever owned were from the 80s, using OHV engines with their origins in the 50s or 60s, but they just fell into the "1549cc or under" tax class.
@@Zeem4 Yep. I traded it in for a 2004 Punto 1.2 in 2010, and the tax on that was £40 cheaper!!
The binnacle is actually flipped on the RHD cars, the rev counter is on the right on the LHD cars
Also, the blank button on the other side of the heated rear window is the A/C button (a very popular option in Greece)
Also most of the Greek, LHD Matizes had manual driver and passenger mirrors
I remember when you could only get a Daewoo via a Halfords store. Nearly bought their version of the Astra but wanted a bigger engine. That little thing does exactly what it says on the tin, it's a cheap little city car and for that it fits the bill. If I wasn't surrounded by hills, I'd have one however, need a bigger engine. When floated early 90's, there wouldn't have been much too beat it, if it had been in production in 94 it would have prob had the market to itself. Great vid 👍
I love the Matiz as Ian Hubnut will tell you the 800cc engine is hilarious it sounds like a Rally car but in reality struggles to hit 70 on a motorway but so much fun , If i ever need to get a cheap 2nd hand car this is what id buy
There is footage on UA-cam of a guy on the Núrbúrgring driving his Matiz at the limit and he looks like he's really enjoying himself! I've driven loads and I must say, the 3 cylinder engine encourages you to drive it hard because it sounds so good!
Depends on what you mean by struggles, top speed should be about 90mph with 50hp. Its not a fast accelerating car, but it should hit 80+mph easily given some time. To me, people are spoiled for power, 50hp is ample if you use the full stroke of the accelerator pedal.
@@stefansworld3351 Yeah I have a 3 cylinder 1.1 litre Colt and it's a lot of fun 😊
@@GoldenCroc power less is more lol 🤣
@@christineayres7199 Italian driving style, planted foot, all the time.... I did about 70 miles straight one time with my foot absolutely "welded" to the floor... Of course, this was in a Skoda pickup non turbo diesel with the largest aftermarket load covering availible, so its 55hp was only good for 80mph or so....(Without the cover, it did about 90.)
One the most reliable cars I've owned also owned a daewoo version.
I hired one in Spain years ago and was quite impressed with the little car.
Mine is the base level 3 cylinder with manual everything and I've had it about 11 years. It has been the most reliable car I've ever had and has never failed an MoT. It still has the original battery and exhaust system but I had to do a bit of welding on one rear arch this year. You did not point out that there's no temperature gauge (I would rather have that than the tachometer).
I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for these small Chevys, this, the Aveo and the Spark just have a certain simplistic charm about them, like the Dacia Sandero, which is another car I like
I am still having my Chevrolet Aveo / Daewoo Kalos in my garage. It's already 18 years old, and done 260,000 ++ KMS.. It's been reliable, and well-built. The interior is super plasticky, but I don't care as it's hard-wearing. Daewoo/Chevrolet cars are unfairly looked-down upon.
never seen a pocket on the side of the pass seat before .. it is genius
Wouldn't mind that one myself as a second runabout how much is he asking had a 08 se plus 10 years ago and it was very economical not good on long runs but reliable
You didn't say what that row of buttons above the air vents were for, i did read the word trip so one is to reset the trip meter but the others? For hazard warning light button read I'm parked in a dangerous place button.
8:49 - That blanked-off button is actually where the button to turn the air conditioning on or off would be on cars with air conditioning.
Pretty much the same spec as my friend's Matiz, though hers is on a 58-reg and has a lot more obvious rust than this example.
My mum really wanted a Daewoo Matiz when I was a kid (she didn't have a car at the time) and I remember being taken to a dealer in Northampton a few times. She ended up with a Seat Marbella (somehow even more basic haha).
Just bought this (2009 SE plus). Decent little motor but tax in 2024 is £190. At 50.4 mpg, it makes up for it
Just brought myself one as a delivery vehicle as my dad was getting a new car and this was his old car great little thing.
U missed the cubby tray under passenger seat it’s also weird in that it only has a single electric mirror.
And the blank near stereo was aircon as mine has 😹🤣😂 mine also has sunroof.
alot of older posh and newer cheap cars did the one electric thing as it saved so much per door!
I had a 2008 Chevy Spark wich ws the same as the Matiz, very reliable and safe, 'cause even had an accident in it; Chery had the QQ derived from this model too, and we had some of those too; greetings from Honduras 🥳
Love your enthusiasm
Couple of questions::
No info on back space. I presume back seats go down to allow more? Are the seats split?
The Matiz , cheap, reliable, economic and easy to park,designed in the late 20th century,makes the ridiculous overblown electric battery cars look moribund.
Where is the temperature needle/gauge on the dashboard?
Excellent review .....thanks a lot
I would love to get hold of one of these. I think it would be a great little car to not care about, much like my beloved K11's about a decade ago.
I have one it's a great car, love it in busy places so nippy n easy to park ! Bit scary on motorway as its tiny next to big lorries though 😂
‘Woo hoo! A Daewoo on the channel! You should try my Kalos and see how it compares.
Great video, Matt. We did not get that generation here, but it is cute. Definitely not my cup of tea, and dangerously slow for the driving I do, but definitely interesting.
An old neighbour had one Matiz 09 reg!
Can feel a meatloaf song coming
The only decent, quality thing in the car is the Blaupunkt stereo that can control the optional, in dash 6 disc CD changer. Pre cheap Chinese Blaupunkt, so sound quality is good if used with non cheap speakers.
My wifes car is a 09 Matiz, 800 cc, aircond and an Electric passenger side mirror ;)
A review on the Chevrolet Spark LT 2010 would be good as it’s a big improvement on this car. great review on this car matt 👍🏻
You saying this feels tired after 50k, the VW UP (Skoda version) that our local dealer uses feels absolutely knackered and they're all on 20-25k. The other dealership (trying not to name them) uses some older Vauxhall Corsa vans (mostly 10-12 plate models) with the 1.3 diesel and they feel tired and they're all around 70k miles. Think it all depends how they've been used. Loads of people using a car won't look after it. This I assume one/two others before your mechanic purchased it? Be interesting to see how something like a £5k Dacia would compare, although I'm interested to see how Dacia models compare after they've been used a bit, but that being said they're not as cheap as they once were. These really do look a good buy if you don't want much from a car and use it for a lot of city use.
The more up to date version is probably my 2017 Suzuki Celerio, zero tax, ultra cheap insurance, 60+ mpg , very comfortable and nippy - possibly because in the 10 years small cars had been refined even more. Sadly now dropped as it didn't figure in Suzuki's compliance share out like the wonderful new Jimny that disappeared alarmingly quickly.
I have a Celerio too! Mine is a SZ2 2016 with 20K Miles! I bought it new and I love it , I would try a Matiz again to see which is better (I had the Daewoo version)
I had a Daewoo one and I miss it , Considering a Chevy one now! I saw one at Lidl yesterday and it ran like a sewing machine!
Well Matt, Ye can talk this up like a good thing but as far as i am concerned it's a tin can on wheels that if you have it long enuf it will fall apart with rust issues. i know this coz i had one. Still get flashbacks today🤣🤣🤣👍
#powerlessismore more of a fan of the Daewoo Version but know what you mean about them being still around, there is a couple near me, great review as always Matt on this quirky little car.
A car you go visit lan Seabrook in also the center instrument panel had one in my Hillman Minx also the toyota yaris has a similar set up
BTW did you not find the slide out tray under the front passenger seat too? Storage galore in these - one minor quibble we got the RFL renewal reminder on my wifes today and it costs £165 pa - these Chevrolets that were rebadged Daewoo's were old tech and quite "dirty" - the 2.0 litre automatic Tacuma was dirtier than the Fukashima plant and was discontinued when RFL went over £500 pa so Motability dropped it from their lists ( that was where its majority of sales for that model came from )
I try to see good points in all cars and try to balance my views on a specific car with with what part of the market they occupy. I am not going to beat on a car that was designed as an entry level basic car for being crude and unrefined as I know its purpose was to offer folks the chance to buy an affordable new car. However I will say that if it is like the 3rd generation Matiz (called Spark in the USA), you are better off taking the bus. I had a Spark as a rental car while deciding on a replacement car (when it comes time to buy a new car, I will rent my top two choices for week each to see if I like it before I plunk the cash down to buy it and be stuck with it) and it was a horrible car. I wound up deciding that if I had a choice of this car or a bus pass then I would rather take the bus
I looked at a Matiz in '99, and I would say about its rivals, that it's biggest was probably the Hyundai Atoz/Amica. Incidentally, I bought a Saxo, 2yrs free insurance 🤷🏻♂️
We had this in South Africa. It was called the Chevrolet Spark
Like another person said here, turning on the aircon slowed the 3 Cylinder one down. I hired one at Luton Airport in 2000 to visit a friend in Deal. I took him out in it along the coast, it was quite hot, he said "can I turn on the aircon?" (which I wasn't aware it had!), pushed the button, and it felt like he had pulled the handbrake on!
The run out models started with the 0.8S at £3995 cash
Hired one of these beauts around Ireland. A wee copper colour was nice but interior was a bit tatty but we loved it. We even gave our hired example a name it was that fun. Barney lol I do miss that little car and was great fun to drive as we tested the lad through skinny and hilly sections in Ireland. I reckon in 10 years these will be collectable
Mum had one of these from Daewoo I got left the insurance. . .no problem
Nice little car🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Haven’t started watching this yet, but if you can find a positive spin on this car I will be shocked 😂
nice car, got one for 400 bucks and I like it a lot
Shame the manufacturers are killing off small friendly city cars. They are not cheap to buy new any more. For example the price of the base Aygo/C1/107 has nearly doubled over the past 10 years at a time when inflation was running at 1% pa.
Guess I'll stick with my 10 year old 107 then especially as a new one is taxed at £120 per year more although the engine is the same and emits the same amount of pollutants. So much for pollution based taxation.
Blank button in center console is A/C button - but this car model doesn't have A/C
I like this! Chevrolet, which used to make cars, now only makes boring trucks.
Never imported to the US, a shame, as fuel is now expensive, diesel more so.
This would also make an excellent EV.
In India it is badged as Chevrolet Spark....i own this since 2009 and it is way better than its rival considering the price of the car.... still running smoothly...
That was a 2 point turn