Chevrolet Spark Launched

[tickle]

Every one PakWheels talks about over pricing and poor car quality. Does any one know why this happens in Pakistan? It is because our country is not "Technologically sovereign" . We are a country of consumers thus have become dumping ground of world auto crap.Unless Pakistan does not develop indigenous technology and starts manufacturing his own good quality cars, the problem will remain.Look at India and Malaysia and may other Asian tigers,they have developed the technology and cannot be exploited by auto crap.

[lotus]

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[malikg115]

i think they r Jahaz now
lolz

[UsmanAnsari]

not at all happy with the price

[romano]

Cant believe the Marketing guys at Nexus/Chevy are so lazy. The car HAS been launched, yet the banner at the top of the PakWheels page says "coming soon."

If I was boss at Nexus I would fire the fools.

[PuNk]

Boss Him Self seems to be a FOOL!

[asadi13]

PUNK, are u da boss?

[bilalahsan]

joy is much better

this spark interior is like crap

The Chevy dealers have already screwed joy due to their
pi** pathetic marketing and strategy,

this one is already up for grabs

it should rather be lower than alto for them to compete

8lac and you get 'chineese tyres' and 'plastic interior' YUCK

[saqibjabbar2008]

1. overpriced
2. beck side is almost the same like joy and exclusive
3. did anyone notice the size of staering wheel in picture its look very large
   aisa lag raa hai kay mazda coach 11c ka stearing wheel laga diya hai.

[asadmummtaz]

800cc
3 cylinder car @8lac
good going

[ahmedbutt1999]

not 3 cylinder
it,s 4 cylinder

[mohtashimiqbal]

800 cc........?? 7.5 lacs.......?? LOL....

this things gonna fail miserably.......

it has only one competitor known as COURE.....
which has better resale......better availability of parts and is more reliable......

FAIL......!!

[UsmanAnsari]

looking at the price im afraid the same thing is gonna happen to this car which happened with Kia Picanto.. :o

[romano]

Its a 3 cylinder car, at least the current Spark 800 brochure says so.. I was at the showroom yesterday..

[leo321]

car seemz pretty .. and its CHEVY ..
i think price is bit high for 800 cc (Rs. 7,59,000) frieght not included
Shape is good but engine shud b atleast 1000 cc
anyway
good luck for whoever going for it

[leo321]

Detailed pics at

http://www.chevrolet.com.pk/Spark/spark_photos_exterior.htm
http://www.chevrolet.com.pk/Spark/spark_photos_interior.htm

[aliqadri]

Hello Guys!

I hope I will not disturb (already disturbed nation) you any more. I know everyone is fed-up by (self created rupee slump) and higher $ rates.

Leave all fears and talks, lets walk into 4-5year in past. where there's no 'i' after Cultus VXR and there's no such Spark of load-shedding.

Chevrolet introduced Chevy-Exclusive mid/late 2003 with price tag of 5,00,000 (do correct me if i am wrong) and LS version @ 5.5Lacs.
At that Time, AC/coure was available with CNG in 4.34Lacs. and Cultus VXR/CNG was available in 5.73Lacs.

Chevy was a Failed Car! .......................... hey stop!

Let's do not forget that we're living in pakistan, and cars were selling at huge own prices at that time. Cultus own was around 60,000 coure own was around 80 to 100,000/-

let me calculate the amounts again.

Coure CX / CNG: 434+100=534
Cultus VXR/CNG: 573+60=633
Chevy LS: 550+(Nothing)=550.

That is why Chevy was still being sold to some 'educated' customers, as its safety features was highlighted by these.

Now.......

Coure CX/CNG: 669+own (?)=669
Cultus VXR/CNG: 884+own(?)=884
Chevy Spark LS: 760+own(nothing)=760

It looks, if there's no own 'Coure wins the price game'

Let's go to analysis and see if there's anything i can help to sort this puzzle.

I am currently owning 'Chevy Exclusive' 'Yes its true'

I drove, Chery QQ (chinese copy of chevy), Coure, Cultus.

Space vise, Cultus is the best.
Pick vise, coure is the best.
Safety vise, Chevy Spark is the best.

After driving coure, Chevy looks like 800cc tank.

Coure has best power/weight ratio thus best acceleration.

Chevy Spark, looks to have very huge weight (860kg where as coure has 640kg) this high kerb weight of chevy makes its not very good choice with 800cc engine.

if one's prime purpose is to have a compact car for city use, pls go for coure. and if 'safety is not foreign language' you can go for 'Chevy Joy'.

Wait and wait, till we see local version of 'Chevy Spark' and then invest in there.

by the way, i don't see any 'big' changes in 'Chevy Spark' compared with 'Chevy Exclusive'. don't forget PICANTO EX M/T (1.1L) in 7.5lacs while discussing 'Chevy Spark'

Please continue, i hope i didn't waste your time.

Regards,

Ali Qadri

[usman_khawaja]

@Ali Qadri

You have passed on a valuable feedback. Impressed.

But if you skip Chevy Spark from the above analysis and add Chevy Joy 1000cc that costs 6.49 lakhs then what your evaluation will say..??

Please share your thoughts on this..

Thanks for your attention.

[aliqadri]

@Usman:

Chevy Joy; is best value for money if following is your consideration

1-Safety
2-Features (PW, PS, 1-PSM)
3-Better design.

otherwise, if following is the main points of your consideration

1-Resale Value
2-Power/Weight Ratio

Coure is the best.

for me. i would go for Coure if there's no own involved, otherwise for any own price, i will prefer buying joy

Thanks

[PuNk]

@asadi123
YES