Saturday, September 24, 2011

2012 Chevrolet Sonic LTZ review

The all-new 2012 Chevrolet Sonic is a completely different animal. For the first leg of the trip, We grabbed an Inferno Orange Metallic Sonic LTZ sedan equipped with the top-spec engine: GM's 1.4-liter turbocharged four tuned to 138 horsepower, mated to a six-speed manual transmission. The streets of San Francisco afforded plenty of opportunity to test the Sonic's hill hold feature, and it worked as intended. While the LT only sports 16-inch wheels, it felt as confident in the curves as the LTZ fitted with a 17-inch wheel and tire combo. During most of our drive, the Sonic exhibited Relatively low wind and tire noise.
2012 Chevrolet Sonic sampled Both trim levels featured Bluetooth connectivity and steering wheel controls for audio, phone, and cruise control. The hatch offers 19 cubic feet of space with the rear seats up and 30.7 cubic feet with the seats folded. At our next stop, We snagged a Summit White LTZ Hatchback with 17-inch wheels, the turbo engine, and six-speed manual. Both cars featured automatic transmissions and 15-inch steel wheels and were the resource persons comparable to a Sonic the LS with the 1.8-liter engine and automatic transmission.
 

Both the Fit and Fiesta seemed a bit less refined than the Sonic 2012 Chevrolet Sonica powertrain, chassis, and even interior perspective. Speaking of tests, the test crew was Able to put the Sonic through our standard battery of instrumented testing back in SoCal at the same time We Were plying the Sonic up in the Bay area. Although heavier than the Fit and Fiesta, the Sonic's more powerful engines compensate for the added heft.
Despite its association with the drive-in hamburgers,
2012 Chevrolet Sonic is a good name for a car, conveying a modern Certain fury. As I maneuvered the high-trim LTZ sedan Sonic through San Francisco, the beginning of a preview of the drive That would traverse Highways and coastal mountains, the suspension damped out the rough neatly Pavement and potholes of city streets. That was the boom where the Sonic name suggested?
 
2012 Chevrolet Sonic looks nice and modern, employing the standard two-port Chevy grille. Rear door handles are playfully embedded high up, behind the side windows. A more radical element sits inside the car: the instrument cluster, the which Chevy says was inspired by motorcycle design. Although a good amount of hard plastic covers many surfaces of the Sonic's cabin, softer fitted Chevy stuff in areas you are Likely to brush with the hand or arm. The turbocharged 1.4-liter engine, producing 138 horsepower, ran very quietly while eating up the city streets. The engine justified the Sonic nameplate more at the high revs, too, as it gave a little growl. Earlier Chalk up my impressions of American power to the lazy, shiftless driving.
 

The 2012 Chevrolet Sonic  is no sports car, but Pls cornering traction control activated while it remained unflustered, coping with the stress on the tires well. Here Chevy seems a to have missed an element That Might appeal to the car's intended youthful demographic. The engine may not allow you to blast by all the other cars on the highway, but it will from the Sonic keep up with traffic and is easily up to the task of urban driving. Generally cars in this class do not smooth out the road like the Sonic does.