Friday, December 9, 2011

The new Chevrolet Spark to debut in Geneva

At the beginning of March at the Geneva Motor Show in the world premiere of subcompact hatchback Chevrolet Spark next generation, which was created based on the concept car Beat, first shown last year at an exhibition in New York. New developed in Korea and is built on a new platform of concern General Motors. In the European market for a hatchback will be initially offered two four-cylinder petrol engine of 1.0 and 1.2-liter, developing 65 and 86 horsepower respectively. It is expected that then will the version with a 1.3-liter turbodiesel, which will be available in two capacities - 75 and 90 horsepower. Motors, depending on the modifications will be aggregated with a five-or six-speed manual transmission. Note that according to some foreign publications, Chevrolet could issue the "charged" version of the hatchback Spark from 150-horsepower 1.6-liter turbo engine from Opel Corsa GSi. On the European market the novelty will be available in early 2010 and will compete with compact hatchbacks Hyundai i10 and the Ford Ka. Note that after a year and will begin production of the car at the GM plant in Uzbekistan, which is planned to collect up to 50 thousand a year, Spark.

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