Just a week after pulling the wraps off of the refreshed exterior of the new Chevrolet Aveo, sold in North America as the Sonic, Shanghai GM has unveiled the car’s updated cabin. The popular family car goes on sale in China in June, and will offer more user-friendly interior amenities along with a clean yet sporty exterior look, the company says.
New additions to the interior include a map case attached to the front seat, a coin holder on the floor console and a card slot on the center console, which also features a storage compartment on top. The rear seats can now be folded all the way down in a 60/40 split, allowing for easier transport of larger items. It will also adopt the Sonic’s motorcycle-style instrument gauge cluster with a digital readout, although the version in the Aveo has an integrated cover and an all-new polygon-shaped tachometer – a change which could carryover to the U.S. Market Sonic.
Additionally, the new model will be available with a 7-inch touch screen, a feature rarely seen in the Aveo’s segment in China. This will be coupled with Chevrolet’s MyLink system which can also be found in the Trax compact crossover, another recently released model in China. It includes a multimedia player, Bluetooth phone connectivity, Siri Eyes Free and intelligent voice navigation.
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Cup holders but no manual shift knob. The Americanization of China continues.
I think our sonic’s update should include better materials to also make it more premium
“Cup holders but no manual shift knob”
Maybe you’ve missed the part of the article where is said “and will offer more user-friendly interior amenities”
I asked a Chinese exchange student why he didn’t buckle up when he was in my car. His reason was that back home, he never bothered because the traffic was always moving slowly. If you’re going to spend 1.5 hours in traffic, the last thing you need is to waste physical energy shifting gears. An automatic IS a user-friendly amenity in heavy gridlock. The cup holder, obviously, is another perk that is there to make ease of a boring and tedious situation.
Call it “Americanization” all you like, but both the Chinese and the Americans don’t want to waste their time in gridlock without any interior comforts in a car. A manual in gridlock would make driving a chore, and nobody wants that.
The Aveo isn’t a 1SS Camaro. Don’t confuse the two, or the expectations of people who would own and drive them.
that is true since also i know for sure that people in Taiwan don’t have to buckle up until they get on the interstate
Also notice the two tone effect is carried over to the BACK door. That alone makes the interior look more upscale. Also, dash upgrades look good.
Hope the US Sonic gets these upgrades as well as a few more, like driver AND passenger armrests.
Seat trims have a lot to do with consumer’s perception of the vehicle too — color, style, material. I’ve heard a rumor that some people actually like colors other than black and gray.