I want a feul efficient car, but don't want a Hybrid or electric. I was thinking a Chevy Aveo with 37 MPG HWY.

Question

Is it a good choice?

Answer 1

Have you considered a diesel? The VW Jetta TDI is rated 37 city 43 highway. Mine has gotten as much as 45 on the highway.

Answer 2

You can find better, but there are really two choices: Buy new, and accept that you will lose money horribly while a car is built better/cheaper/faster with slightly more gas mileage, that may STILL be a deathtrap, or buy used, like an old metro that gets 51 or 55 mpg, from 1991-1993 or so, that is also STILL a deathtrap. You could replace Metro engines 3-4 times and still save money over a new car. The average MPG for cars today is 34. The average MPG for cars in the 1990's was 34. The Saturn SL2 gets 34 mpg, and is less of a complete death trap. But buying new cars today is hard for me to swallow, since they aren't even trying to satisy consumers. I'm thinking, but am not sure, that the Aveo was originally a Daewoo anyway. If not, it's predecessor was.

Answer 3

I own two Aveo's, and I have been able to avg. about 34mpg , city/highway. I can avg. about 40/41mpg on the highway keeping my speed between 55&60mph. Bear in mind that mpg is relative to drag and engine speed. While it is true that the Aveo,s acceleration is not rocketlike by any means it is not exactly a turtle. I personaly have had no problems with the two Aveo,s that I own. I have also owned Honda and Toyota products and have found them to be very good cars however they are over hyped. I have not found there fit&finish to be really any better overall than the Aveo.

Answer 4

I rented one last time I went to Vegas, I couldn't believe how small it was. The car had no power to accelerate, the AC didn't get cool enough, everything in the interior looked cheap, and it didn't really get that good of gas mileage, I had to floor it getting on the freeways.

There are many other better options out there, as the others suggested. My family has 5 Honda's, our 2006 Civic is overall way better than the Aveo.

Answer 5

Why don't you want a hybrid?

The Aveo is a pretty good car. It did fairly well in crash tests:

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/2007/chevrolet/aveo/safety/index.html

But users have given it a very poor performance rating, primarily because of poor acceleration due to a lack of power:

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/model/overview.html;_ylt=ArAis5YB4Ta13uuOyqeoRaoEc78F;_ylv=3?modelId=5300

Another thing to consider is that it only gets an estimated 27 mpg in the city. A comparable car is the Toyota Yaris which gets 34 mpg in the city and 40 mpg on the highway:

http://autos.yahoo.com/toyota_yaris_s/

Answer 6

The SMART car comes out this year...It's fun to drive. I tested it in San Diego when the road show came through town...pretty cool and starts very cheap...

By the way...just so you all know...the Aveo IS an import. I believe it is a reskinned Suzuki...

Answer 7

Yes--and probably does about as much good as a hybrid. The "mileage" may not be as high--but it doesn't use electricty which has to be produced by burning coal.

And--a lot less expensive, I think! In the long run, we need to shift to electrics and hybrids. But until we start getting more non-fossilfuel powerplants built, a conventional car that's fuel efficient is a reasonable (and usually moe affordable) alternative.

Answer 8

If you want a death trap. Chevy doesn't have the best safety record to start with, and then you want to drive one that's the size of a golf cart? The environment won't do you much good when you're crunched up under the wheel of an SUV.

Answer 9

The larger Corolla gets 41 mpg in highway driving, so look into that too.

Answer 10

American cars completly suck. Buy the Toyota Corolla. It's the most reliable economy car and it's cheaper than the Honda Civic too.
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/automotive/economy-cars/index.html