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    2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
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    Image of The-Simpsons-Rule!! The-Simpsons-Rule!!
    01/11/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    Those wheels are awefully small, or is the car just awefully big?
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    01/11/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    Note to Ed Welburn: This'll teach you to let Chris Bangle stand in for you while you play hooky.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    Damn, that thing looks like a bad cartoon. It also looks French, for some reason.
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    Image of Spekkio Spekkio
    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    If you're gonna call it the Spark, it should at least be a hybrid. I know - the Oldsmobile Cutlass wasn't really a big-ass sword and the Chevrolet Beretta didn't run on gunpowder. But I don't see a good reason for the name change unless you're going to be doing "truth in advertising."


    ...well, they probably decided that "Beat" would get turned into "Beater" or other pejoratives.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/11/09

    @Spekkio: "...off."
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    I still like it, contrary to popular opinion. They changed the reflection line completely, which makes it look way less aggressive and a bit fatter, but it's still 1000x better than Corolla, Focus, Sentra, or a Hyundai, and not nearly as toy-like as a Smart. I kinda prefer the 2door, but understand why they went for a four. Hopefully this will replace the Aveo.

    Still in the running for my first car, along w/ the Verve/Fiesta.
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    01/10/09

    @mikedrawcar: (first car that I've bought, that is)
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    Image of Feds Feds
    01/10/09

    @mikedrawcar:


    Put down the Night Train, look at it again in 12 hours.

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    01/11/09

    @Feds: sorry, still like it. You really think it's better than the other cars I mentioned? Cause if so, I might have to throw away a lot of my sketches.
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    Image of Benson2175 Benson2175
    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    Small wheels, huge face, awkward black trim in front of mirror, ugly green paint; Did a kid draw this?
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    Image of ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig. ☠Grяrяrяrяrя, portrait of a chickenwolfmoosepig.
    01/10/09

    @Benson2175: The new Chevy Spark....big on the outside, little on the inside!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/11/09

    @☠Grяrяrяrяrяrяrя. All I ever wanted was a Chrysler Cordoba...: Just like an Infiniti J30!
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    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    Disproportionate Headlamps Award, 2009
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    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    The wheels / tires are too small, makes it look sort of Aztek-y...
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    Hell, I don't think it's that bad. Just think, you could be in an Aveo.



    Yikes. Although the hatch>sedan

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/10/09

    @Schm-san, has gone to the dark side: Goatsemobile!
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    Image of StuLTissimus StuLTissimus
    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    I loved the Beat but they really uglified the production version... I just tried comparing the two and I can't put my finger on what it is that destroys it.
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    01/11/09

    @StuLTissimus: What I think destroyed it, first and foremost, was going from 2 doors to 4. It was a spunky little machine before, with a certain Hot Wheels appeal. It looks like they stretched it to make it more competitive with the Honda Fit or something, and in the process it lost a lot of the agility in the design.


    Also, look at the roofline; in the original concept there is a beautiful S-curve that runs from the upper rear end all the way up to the front. The curve balances just around the midline of the car, giving it a graceful and symmetrical element that contrasts nicely with the other oversize, slightly odd design elements. But I think it's that curve that really defines the concept car, and it's gone in the production vehicle.


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    01/11/09

    @weatherman: oh, and when I say the S-curve is "gone" I mean that it's still there, but it's not symmetrical anymore because of the added length of the car and the shortened nose, and it also is broken up by the headlamps in a way that it wasn't in the concept. See how the S-curve flows under the headlamps? See how the crease over the front wheel supports the curve? Lovely. And all gone.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    As long as A) it doesn't have Daewoo underpinnings, B) is actually sold in NA, and C) isn't destroyed by accountants, this could actually be a decent car.
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    01/16/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: It is the new Daewoo Matiz.
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    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    Is this car missing a doorhandle? Something seems amiss on the back end.
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    Image of Feds Feds
    01/10/09

    @BRAWNDO_POWERED:


    It's up on the C pillar. A-la nissan pathfinders, alfa wagons, etc.

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    01/10/09

    @Feds: ...Jeep Compasses...
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    Image of thekaiser thekaiser
    01/10/09

    @Feds: And forgettable Chevy products like the Beretta and Lumina . . .
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    01/11/09

    @thekaiser: All the first gen W-body coupes, in fact.
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    Image of Feds Feds
    01/10/09

    In reply to 2010 Chevy Spark: Because GM Needs More Electricity
    Stupid European Pedestrian Impact Standards. Uglying up our cars.


    Hey, Heinz, learn to look both ways.


    By raising the roof and squaring it off, they just reinforced the fact that they should have built the Groove instead.


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    Image of It's a Camaro It's a Camaro
    01/10/09

    @Feds: Hey look! It's an xB with a stubby nose!
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    01/10/09

    @kumbayacars: Have you seen the xB? The nose is a wee bit more stubby there than on this li'l adoraba-car.
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