How many more production years does the Sonic have?
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Papasonic
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Two things that I've observed that may lead to the Sonic's early demise are low fuel prices, and dealers that don't stock many Sonics. I have three fairly large Chevrolet dealers nearby; one has two Sonics, the others have five each in their inventory, and of those, they are poorly equipped. On the other hand, there are ~ 60 Cruze or Malibus at each dealer. I guess if one wants a Sonic, it would have to be ordered. When there are incentives or discounts available, they apply to in stock vehicles, further reducing the sales of the Sonic. Apparently there isn't sufficient profit margin in a Sonic for the dealers to keep them on hand.
dannyg
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I checked my two closest dealers' websites, they have ONE new Sonic between them! One dealer had zero, the other had one LT hatchback. Plus one used 2015. They have more Bolts than Sonics! Ouch.
EDIT: I just noticed that chevyoffers.com shows a picture of the Trax on the Sonic page! At least it does for me. That sucks.
http://www.chevyoffers.com/Cars/2017/Sonic
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Papasonic
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Papasonic
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Recently when Chevy was offering 20% off on a new Sonic, I was ready to replace my 2012 LTZ hatch. After searching dealer inventories up to 500 miles away, I discovered that finding a similarly equipped Sonic was not going to happen. As I'm typing this, a local dealers' TV spot just announced 20% off Cruze and Malibu.
RMinNJ
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Right..we Americans want bigger and larger cars...we need a 4500 lb vehicle to go buy groceries..oh and it better have surround sound and 4k video to get us to the grocery store.
Until gasoline spikes again (like it will) then once again we are S.O.L. and Toyota, Mazda, Honda and Mitsubishi corner the market...again
Tormach
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Yup, which is unfortunate. I wish GM would do a better job marketing the Sonic. I get alot of compliments from people on the styling but on the same note also get asked alot what kind of Chevy it is because they have never heard/seen it before.
Talked to two guys today in the condo complex I live at (both drive 2010-2012 Acura TSX) about the Sonic and they loved the styling inside and out. They really liked the gauge cluster, six spd, the quad exposed round head lights. They did convince me that it would look great with halo ring style headlights (planned to do that next year).
I do see a decent amount in the Hudson Valley area of NY, but not as many as I'd like to.
Sad note, the Chevy dealer I was at only had 2-3 I could see on the lot in the back and non out front... But they had a ton of Cruze's. Drove a 2017 Cruze LT RS for two days (loaner) and found I preferred my Sonic. The trim inside was nice and exterior styling nice as well but it felt heavy and like it was lacking something.
Talked to two guys today in the condo complex I live at (both drive 2010-2012 Acura TSX) about the Sonic and they loved the styling inside and out. They really liked the gauge cluster, six spd, the quad exposed round head lights. They did convince me that it would look great with halo ring style headlights (planned to do that next year).
I do see a decent amount in the Hudson Valley area of NY, but not as many as I'd like to.
Sad note, the Chevy dealer I was at only had 2-3 I could see on the lot in the back and non out front... But they had a ton of Cruze's. Drove a 2017 Cruze LT RS for two days (loaner) and found I preferred my Sonic. The trim inside was nice and exterior styling nice as well but it felt heavy and like it was lacking something.
Papasonic
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I've had the same observations in regard to how many Sonic's are in dealer inventory vs Cruze and Malibu. If you do find a Sonic in inventory, it usually the base trim, no optioned version. The largest dealers stock 5 Sonic's and 60 Cruze's. This practice isn't conducive to the future of the Sonic.
Another observation: How many times do you see a 98 pound blonde female driving a 6000+ pound Tahoe or Yukon Denali, with no one else on-board? Too often! (Please, no flames from the blonde 98 pound female Forum members)
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MaD
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Even though I've been workin at my job for several years... I still get people asking me about my car and they all love the color, they ask if it's a custom color all the time. I even get people asking me when I'm out and about running around if my car color is custom. GM should notice something about our cars... just sayin.... I still would like to have a 2.0L something dropped in [emoji12]
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Papasonic
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"BINGO" on profit margin! You can order the Sonic just the way you want; but when you want to take advantage of some of the incentives such as 20% off MSRP, it applies to in stock units. The end result is that a similarly equipped Cruze can be purchased for less than a Sonic. I see that Malibu's are now 20% off MSRP for the LT trim.
