Chevy Aveo
They don't make many bad automobiles nowadays like the AMC Pacer, Ford Pinto, AMC Gremlin, Ford Edsel, Cadillac Citation or Pontiac T-1000 (this was before Terminator 2 made the T-1000 cool again). Most automakers have advanced the state of their art so far that even the tiniest mistakes are generally not made. How then can you explain Chevy not offering Anti-Lock Brakes on all Aveo models? To make it not optional is to say the individual who drives an Aveo has a life that is less valuable than an Impala customer. That is to say, it's cheaper.
While the Aveo did undergo an interior and exterior makeover for the 2009 model year it is all sort of like putting lipstick on a pig when you experience the harsh agricultural nature of the mechanicals. The transmissions shift with a smoothness that is actually an affront to most Cross Country Big Rigs. The engines sound like they come from tractors and feature about as much sound deadening. The Chevy Aveo is the automotive torture box most foul.
But Daewoo makes it, Chevy loyalists will cry! Sorry that argument no longer works in the new GM which is now essentially one brand. So if Daewoo can't pick up the slack why not build a cheap car here in the United States? Just as long as it is better than the Dodge Caliber. That car was evidence of shoddy American interior craftsmanship circa 1973 and was a deserved failure.
While the Aveo would be the perfect runabout if you lived on a small island where the fastest you can go is 20 miles per hour the truth is most of these cars have to spend times in busy intersections and speeding as fast as that little rat in a wheel under the hood can make the Aveo on the freeway. The Aveo is worse in this respect and looks like a giant roller skate from, again, the 1970's. All it is missing are bellbottoms and an Elect Nixon Button. (If you must the sedan is a wiser choice and benefits from slightly nicer rat fur upholstery.)
But you know the biggest problem? Price. A loaded Aveo with air, power windows, locks, a decent stereo and alloys (essentially the basics) stickers around $15,000 and that is far too much when you can buy a Honda Fit for that much. And that is a much more fitting choice in the small car market. (And you see, Aveo offers no punning opportunities. What is an Aveo anyways? The only thing I am sure of is that the Chevy Aveo is just a fatality crash waiting to happen.)
