Although General Motors has heavily scaled back its Russian operations, the all-new 2016Â Chevrolet Niva looks to be right on scheduled judging by the latest patent images that have surfaced.
It seems once the gaudy off-road gear (i.e. light bars, tow hooks and meaty rubber) is stripped away, we have a fairly good look at what to expect from the 2016Â Niva.
We can see a smidge of global influence in the front end design, bearing a resemblance to other Chevrolet product globally, but this is very much a one-off design for Russia. Dare we say it looks a tad Honda HR-V-esque in the front?
The jury is still out on what will power the compact SUV, with outlets saying either a 1.6-liter or 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine. Expect around 120 hp to be present, shifted through a manual gearbox.
As for the interior, IAB has received spy images of the production-spec interior, and it looks fairly similar to what we saw in the concept, although also toned down. A modern gauge cluster is present, and piano black interior inserts do their best to dress up the compact SUV.
Chevrolet has no plans to bring the 2016 Niva to other such as the United States or Europe, seeing the bowtie brand will exit the European market in a few weeks.
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Chevy Blazer and GMC All Terrain?
This fits GMC plea for a small SUV.
No chance of this coming to NA. Simply doesn’t comply with Federal safety requirements plus build quality would be suspect.
I like the general shape of it though.
Never say never. The Colorado never met standard will gen two hit here.
Chevrolet’s Niva looks to be a step bigger than their Trax given it’s 1.6-1.8L 4-cyl engine; makes you wonder when Buick or GMC will want their version of this CUV. The 1.6 turbo-diesel planned for the 2017 Chevy Cruze would probably work well in this platform and offer good mileage.
Where was this thing designed? Not by Opel, I don’t think. Korea?
Designed in Shanghai, engineered in Russia.
With a few minor design alterations, this could make for a great GMC in the US and a unique Opel for Europe. (Opel needs a few shock vehicles that dramatically vary from the general brand offerings.)
I doubt that it would be a difficult job to drop this design on the DX22 architecture.
Suzuki Vitara. But nicer.
The design of this truck does seem already dated to me and yes it does remind me of a Vitara which says something because that third gens design is 10 years old.
Outside of the tire on the back thing — this basic design holds up for me. As in this is the way these cars should look. If hatches can be hatches, why not CUVs be CUVs?