In September 2020, GM Authority exclusively reported that General Motors was planning to introduce the next-generation Chevy Monza in Mexico. Nine months later, the automaker has just confirmed the introduction of Chevrolet’s compact sedan in the Mexican market, while announcing that the vehicle will be sold in the Latin country as the Chevy Cavalier Turbo.
2022 Chevy Cavalier Turbo for Mexico
The GM subsidiary in Mexico decided to rename the new Chevy Monza as the Cavalier Turbo in order take advantage of the nameplate’s strong recognition among Mexican customers, in addition to giving continuity to its current sedan offering against highly established rivals. As such, Mexico will not only become the first country outside of China there the Monza is marketed, but it will also receive it with an exclusive name.
2021 Chevy Monza Redline for China
“Cavalier has an important legacy in the Mexican market, and this year, it is renewed to reinforce Chevrolet’s position in the sedan segment,” said Marketing Manager for Chevrolet at GM Mexico, Yammil Guaida, in a press release. “We are confident its new design will turn heads and its new engine will provide a driving experience that will exceed expectations,” he added.
The 2022 Chevy Cavalier Turbo will maintain the nameplate in Mexico, the only country in the world where the fourth-generation Cavalier, manufactured since late 2016 in China, is currently sold. The 2022 Cavalier Turbo will serve as the fifth generation of Chevy’s longest-running compact sedan, which will once again compete in the C segment in the Mexican market.
Unlike the outgoing Cavalier, the Chevy Cavalier Turbo not only has a more modern design and a larger body, but it will also boast a more powerful engine to better compete with other compact sedans and stand itself apart from the subcompact Chevy Onix. Although exact details have yet to be revealed, the Cavalier Turbo is expected to feature the 163-horseower, turbocharged 1.3L engine currently found in the range-topping Monza in China.
2021 Chevy Cavalier for Mexico
The new 2022 Chevy Cavalier Turbo will arrive in Mexico during the last quarter of the year, when all the information about its powertrain, trim levels and pricing will be announced. It’s worth nothing that GM Mexico has a long history of renaming Chevrolet models, with exclusive names for the local market that include Cheyenne for the more-equipped variants of the Silverado 1500, Tornado instead of Montana and Aveo instead of Sail.
| Cavalier | Monza / Cavalier Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Length (in. / mm) | 178.9 / 4,544 | 181.6 / 4,614 |
| Width (in. / mm) | 70.0 / 1,779 | 70.8 / 1,798 |
| High (in. / mm) | 57.7 / 1,467 | 58.5 / 1,485 |
| Wheelbase (in. / mm) | 102.4 / 2,600 | 103.9 / 2,640 |
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Once again, it seems GM can’t stick with a name. Ok, the this is a Mexico car not sold in the USA, but the point is the same. GM needs to stick with names no matter what. Maybe the Cavalier name is more popular in Mexico, but how many years did they use the Monza?
Anyhow, that car needs to be sold in the USA and use the Cavalier Turbo name.
Monza was a sub-compact sedan that lasted for about 10-12 years lifespan, along with the Chevrolet Chevy, a rebadged Opel Corsa. Both Monza and Chevy are now household names for us mexicans. Therefore, the “Cavalier” nameplate is more suitable for a compact sedan.
Monza and Cavalier who would have thunk? Those two names I thought would have been permanently sent to automotive hell.
would make a great replacement for the Cruze in all of north America
Send it up north to the US.
Not without a better interior and full safety suite standard. New Civic is no joke.
Who says it has to be Civic competition?. Can Honda make a Tahoe?.
It’s a compact sedan. What else is it going to compete with? And the new Civic hatch and sedan have just been introduced, so that’s the natural target if it came to the US.
Again, why do it has to be a Civic copy?. The premium alone on a Civic and ROI for America isn’t worth offering soft interiors and such for a few sold here versus GM cleaning up Asia and Lat/Am with the Monza, we saw that with Cruze. Even Ford don’t offer the Focus here anymore and it’s one of Europe’s best sellers.
My guess it would crash test “”poor”.
Not a copy. Just mentioning the competition. A comment was made to bring it here and as others have mentioned, it would need to be upgraded to be sold here for crash worthiness ect. Plus to not acknowledge the strong entries would be foolish. Having said that, the ship has probably sailed on GM selling small sedans in the US.
Please send it, I will be getting my son his first car next year and it will be either a Jetta or something else. My other son has a 2018 Cruze redline. I would love to get another GM compact.
I’m guessing the ignition switch is too easy to turn. Even a person with arthritis can start the car.
GM Mexico has tried to avoid confusing the customers by changing names, so sticking with the names with fresh designs.
The only one I do not understand why it was not kept was the Sonic nameplate, instead of the Onix and locally the Tracker should have been kept as the Trax.
People would have seen them as NG for both.
The Onix nomenclature was used because the 1st generation was hugely successful in Brazil, helping Chevrolet to lead the market for some years. Although the 2nd generation was developed together with China, Brazil is one of the most important markets for the model. This certainly influenced the choice of nomenclature.
The same must have happened in relation to the 2nd generation of Trax. In Brazil, it has always been called Tracker and as it is one of the most important markets for Chevrolet, it was allied with the fact that it was developed for emerging markets.
In addition, there is the fact that the unification of the nomenclature of large volume models contributes to accounting for annual sales worldwide.
Así es Marcello, si no estoy mal, el Ónix es el coche más vendido de Brasil así como la Tracker es la SUV/Crossover más vendida. Y de hecho la marca Chevrolet es número 1 en un mercado tan importante como el Brasileiro. Argentina y Brasil son muy importantes para Chevrolet.
Here is lies the problem. It is easy to say send it here but if it were all that easy.
The key here is this car would need to compete with Hyundai as they have the under cut Toyota and Honda sales with cars that are not as good but good enough. Also they leverage non union plants in the south to keep profits up.
Now GM would have to import this car for all they would sell and to keep a profit up on them. They need to do this while the market of sedans continue to decline and while the same investment in to a CUV would yield more profits.
As time goes on the other sedans will see a shrinking market and most will only be able to sell cars that they sell globally to meet the needed volumes to justify them.
That is also not to mention that many here will cry if it is imported too.
The cost would also go up on this car as the things that are expected in American cars differs from South America.
A reliable engine and transmission with quality interior with fuel efficiency .GM should build battery powered cars. GM needs to focus on ozone friendly technology when producing vehicles
The same old same old hideous crease in the front fender and door as the silly Silverado. gm FAIL one more time. GET SOME DESIGNERS mary barra @ lower case gm.
You know if everyone that says GM should build this actually bought a Cruze they would still be selling them.
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If everyone that says send it here had bought a Cruze they would still be building them.
The trouble in this segment is Hyundai. They are building a car that is just good enough and they are selling it cheaper than the Honda and Toyota. For GM to do that they would need to import it and most would complain about that then. The old union plants are just unable to compete with the non union plants that the competition has.
Then you have the brand loyalty with the Honda and Toyota so at best you might be 4th in class even if you have a better car.