GM has no current plans to reintroduce the Chevy Cavalier in the United States or Canada, but if a modernized version of the sedan did appear, would you drive a 2024 Chevy Cavalier off the dealer lot if GM actually decided to offer it?
To get an idea of what the 2024 Chevy Cavalier might look like in an alternate universe where it appeared in American showrooms, the Cavalier model sold in Mexico provides a good overview. Mexico is the only country where the nameplate still exists. Thanks to strong name recognition there, The General already reintroduced the car in 2021, attaching the Cavalier name to its most recent Chinese-market Chevy Monza.
The Mexican variant of the Chevy Cavalier is offered in three trims, including LS, LT, and RS, all of which are motivated by the same powerplant. Under the hood, the vehicle sports a turbocharged 1.3L I3 gasoline engine developing 161 horsepower and 170 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed automatic transmission is on duty for cog swaps.
The base LS trim moves on 16-inch aluminum wheels with four-wheel ABS, and features LED daytime running lights and body-color door handles. The interior features fabric seats and an 8-inch infotainment screen with Apple CarPlay. The mid-range LT trim adds a leather-wrapped steering wheel, cloth and leatherette seats, and rear park assist, a power sunroof and heated outside mirrors.
The range-topping RS trim adds unique 16-inch alloy wheels, black Bow Tie emblems, blind-spot monitoring, a Sport drive mode, leatherette seats as well as RS badging and red contrast stitching. Converting the listed prices in Mexican pesos to U.S. dollars reveals current base prices of about $21,300 for the LS trim, an LT trim priced at $22,900, and a $24,600 base price for the RS. The Cavalier, like 60 percent of the GM models sold in Mexico, is made in China.
The General filed a trademark for the Chevy Cavalier in the U.S. back in summer of 2022, though since then, no further steps toward resuscitating the nameplate have been taken publicly. To repeat the initial question, if GM decided to import the 2024 Chevy Cavalier stateside, would you buy it?
Comments
Yes, but only if we slipped into a severe recession or depression and I needed something fast. Maybe Aveo too.
Give it a six speed manual!
I answered no because of it being Chinese manufactured. If it was made in the US or Mexico I would definitely buy one if available.
I take it the machine you’re using to type your comment is made in US or Mexico.
Please let us know the company that is doing the good deed.
If it’s produced in one of the U.S., Korea, or Mexico, I’ll buy it right away. However, the interior must be improved.
Yes
Not if it makes made in China. Produce it in USA or Canada then yes.
Echoing others- not so long as its made in China.
If it comes with a manual, definitely yes
Not from China and add a lot bigger motor like a 2.0 turbo.
Yes, if it’s Made in U.S.A I’ll buy one..
Make a z24 2-door and put an LS engine in it all-wheel drive then yes I’ll buy one
It makes no sense not to sell it in North America. The Chevy brand needs more than the Malibu, with higher mileage requirements cars will become more popular again.
I’d rather have a Chevy Colorado crew 23d work truck!
The 23d is suppose to be 2wd.
GM Customer service is lousy – They do not stand behind their product even when pointing out
to them inferior materials they used in their EV car. Sent in pictures and text only to be told
to get lost !!! ( But first they run you around the flag pole for a month before telling you to
get lost – I constantly got a your right – your right, and then – NOTHING is done !!! )
Did you buy the vehicle sight unseen? If not, did you not notice the materials they used when you viewed or test drove it? What, exactly, do you expect them to do, redesign the parts with different materials just for you? Unless there’s more to your story, you sound like one of those customers who’s impossible to please.
Get rid of these 3 cylinder engines already
If I were looking for a gas powered car, I would absolutely get one. Those pics are very nice. But the question is a hypothetical one and since we are headed to mostly all EV vehicles, the question would be better to ask if this was offered in the US as an EV, would you buy it. Then my answer would be 100% yes.
So, here is a story from the GM Authority Daily Digest….. asking the question, “would you buy this four door Chevrolet that is being sold in Mexico.” But if you read through the story, at the end it is obvious what is happening to America. Years back GM and others shifted large portions of the car/truck production to Mexico because it was cheaper…… and now we read, that this fine Chevrolet four door (with a better engine it could probably battle the cars offered by Honda, Toyota, the Koreans and even the Europeans) isn’t even built in Mexico… What a sad day and it is just a few short years that USA will be like Australia, no car manufacturing going on period.
Ridiculous. Trax/Envista is the car to buy. Too bad there are so many new car problems/defects.
Mick1: Can you expand on what you mean by “Too bad there are so many new car problems/defects.”
1. Are you referring to new cars in general or this Cavalier or the Trax/Envista?
2. If cars in general, what are the issues you speak of?
3. If referring to the Trax/Envista, I would like to hear what specific issues you are claiming.
4. Overall, what problems/defects are you speaking of?
I TOTALLY 100% AGREE WITH YOU ROBERT GIRONDO,BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST IS, THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN RID PF THE OLD CAVALIERS Z24’S 5 SPEED MANUAL BECAUSE THEY WERE THE BEST,AMD THE STRONGEST IN MY OPINION,AND THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT ENOUGH ALONE, JUST LIKE MANY OTHER THINGS.
Yes.
Only if it is made it the USA , I am so sick and tired of things not made in the USA.
So you don’t have a smartphone.
If it’s not made here in the USA they should not be let bring them in. Just another way to cut cost and make more money for there self
I answered no because even it were available, it’s too small for my needs and not enough power. Decent looker though.
I say yes because it is not a SUV.
Hell yes I put 300,000 on one
Looks like a late model Ford Focus…
YES! A thousand times yes!!!!
I would only consider one if it had the following:
6 speed manual
2.0l Turbo or better
Option for AWD
Under 30k.
Keep on buying those Hyundai and Kia small cars folks.
Would love that extra power of this engine in the Trax an extra 21 horsepower could help sales
So it’s a Cruze?
recently read an article in consumer distorts while waiting in a barber shop for a trim…. what a bunch of anti-American rot they put to the public that will read it…. praising japanese and korean cars about longivety and reliability so , parked in front the shop was an 89 Buick Le Sabre, an old soldier, no paint to speak of, dings here and there ……. that would make the old sedan 34 years and still. going strong…not uncommon, i see late 80’s early 90’s Buicks. most every day in my city of 700,000… i do not own a Buick., just a rebuttal to that anti-American liberal piece of crap consumerreports
Without a strong union, GM of Mexico has imported most of its product line from China. This would never been allowed to happen in the US.
Put it back in Lordstown Assembly and I’ll buy it.
Yes have had an 85 87 91 sunbird and still have an 97 ls convertible love these cars have had others but love those cavis
I would consider buying it if it is made in the USA!
I would buy one if it were made in the Lordstown plant with the employees that used to make the cavalier and Cruze.
GM gave those employees a good f-cking when they abruptly shuttered the Lordstown plant.
When GM brings the replacement Cruze or cavalier from China, I will buy a Honda.
YES!!
Put the 2.0 I4 turbo in it, and you’ll sell a bunch.
Probley not, I had two of these, a 1988 and a 1989
( Z24) 2.8 V6 5 speed, that I bought brand new and they were bullet proof, very well built and reliable car at the time.
I have a feeling that these newer ones would not be as good…………..If anything, , they would be full of bullet holes from the pissed off owners
Unless it was a neo-retro trim going back to the 80’s, no interest at all. The nameplate means nothing if it doesn’t bring something back from the past. The version selling now looks like a stripped down Malibu.
I’m not asking for an 80’s or 90’s car, but try to at least give these old nameplates an identity.
Would I buy a Cavalier? Yes. Would I buy that Cavalier? No. I’d prefer it to be very spartan and biased toward highway mpg, made in the USA. They’ll probably need to add more Traxes or Envistas. Lobby to expand, enhance the chicken tax.
Be a fun project. Find a junked unit and k swap it !! Would never buy new. These engines are pure trash imo.
I can understand why GM is not selling the Cavalier in Canada. I can’t imagine there would be much interest for a 35,000$ (CDN with tax) economy car that’s manufactured in China. That’s a big NO for me. Even if the Cavalier was manufactured here in Canada/USA with amazing build quality it’d still be a NO at that price.
The GM mind set is to make profits for it’s shareholder .So building cars like the Chevy Cavalier in China is a no brainer . Will the quality of the build be as good if they were built in America ,only time will tell . But I don’t think this car will fair well going up against the likes of Honda and Toyota Hyundai . That market is to Large . Plus if it’s anything like the old Cavalier which was plagued with problems I would not buy one . I know I was a GM Chevy dealer tech for over 30 years .Quality is not so high on lower end models
Yes. I would. I’m driving a 2003 Chevy Cavalier right now. It still runs good. As long as it has a ” Gasoline Engine”.
Echoing built in North America sentiment. Also in 2 door 100% yes.
Yes I just bought a 2004 with 10’000 miles great cars last forever I never dreamed of finding one this old with so few miles I love it
Make it naturally aspirated and give it a manual transmission and I’m in.
Yes it was made in the USA or Canada
I thought the cavalier changed to the cobalt then the Cruze just bring it back but call it the cobalt but only the 4 door ss turbo manual
Probably not. That being said, I did just buy a 04 LS sport cavalier with 82k miles for $200. Been sitting for going on 3 years and being a mechanic will be a cheap fix and reliable car. I personally have no use for anything over 2010!
Yes, on the cavalier it was one of the best cars myself and wife purchased. We bought a 2001 Z24 and sold it wuth 107.000 miles fir 1000.00 and he drove it for 3 years and it was sold again not sure what happened after that.
Yes, on the cavalier it was one of the best cars myself and wife purchased. We bought a 2001 Z24 and sold it wuth 107.000 miles fir 1000.00 and he drove it for 3 years and it was sold again not sure what happened after that.
Strip some of that feature and electronic bloat off the LS, build it in the US, I’d be all in.
My first new car: 99 Cavalier two door. I still miss it.
If it hadn’t been destroyed in a rear end collision I’d still be driving it
It looks good but looks very similar to the Cruze.
Been buying Gm cars and trucks for over 50 years. I would buy one if it was made on a similar platform as the Cruze which we now own. It would need to have Toyota involvment for me, not made in china and maybe use the 1.8 non turbo toyota engine and offer it in both auto & manual.
Yes yes yes
A Z24 or SS option with more power and 6 speed manual, Id by it in a heartbeat.
Yes. That said, cost of insurance versus safety, I’d love one as a spare. They were fun cars, basically what became the sentry or maybe corolla
Maybe if it came in a wagon model I would
Already does the new Chevy Trax is the same platform
I would definitely buy one. I like the look of this more then the Malibu and i do a ton of driving for work and this is perfect for me. If it had a 2.0 t version with around 240hp would be great.
I would consider it if it was an EV.
Yes, I would. My aunt had an early 2000’s model. Granted it wasn’t quick, but it went up and down these pa mountain roads with ease. I was actually impressed with how well it drove. Nay sayers don’t seem to understand practical anymore.
My first car was a Cavalier RS and I enjoyed it. If it’s offered with a manual transmission I would consider it.
give. the rs a. 280horsepwer. and a 6. speed and make. here that’s what we need
Absolutely,2004 Cavalier was my best car ever,I had it for 11y with not even one repair,no oil or any leak,all I did was oil change and brake pads and to be honest I’m so disappointed with 2014 Sonic,there is one issue after another since I bought it and it was brand new,worst car I ever had,I need Cavalier to be back so I can buy it
I would consider one. However, if it dont have a UAW sticker then I won’t. I want to buy a new Traverse now but I refuse to buy one while the workers are on on the picket lines.
Yes, I would buy it
This would be a hit just like the Trax , but they would need to build in Korea, Canada or the USA
Yes! Six speed manual!! Please!!
They should re introduce it as the “ All new Chevrolet Cruze ” they should just bring back Cruze .They already made an all new redesign Cruze in china aka the Monza. It would be a good replacement for the US/CANDA. It would also be a good competitor against the Kia Forte, Hyundai Elantra . If the bring the Cruze back it would be a better car then them . Like imagine getting a Kia forte or Hyundai Elantra just to get it stolen later that day
Yes I owned one back in the 80’s and I loved it
I own 3 Cavaliers – 2000 Coupe – Sedan and Convertible – If GM were to reintroduce the Cavalier to the US Market – I would buy one – They are the right size Car for Me – American Car Market Cars and SUVs are too big for me – I wish you could buy a car from Mexico and take it across the Border……….