Lenny
Member
Hi folks,
it’s me, Lenny, your new board-member writing this lines. First of all, let me say hello to everyone here and congratz to the administration for this awesome platform
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To my person: I'm from Germany, loving US-Cars and being involved in the German US-car-scene since many years. It all started in the 90’s after driving several Audi’s buying a ’94 Pontiac Firebird. My current ride is a ’97 Cadillac Eldorado, that had been imported in 2001 from North Carolina. It’s an amazing car for me and it’s a turning-heads-object here on the European streets ! Have a look at this car, if you want:
Klick 1
Klick 2
But now, “why are you entering our SONIC-Forum”, you might ask !? Well, my wife’s drive is a ’95 Ford Fiesta, let`s say, a nice shopping bag on wheels. Our youngest son now would like to have it for getting to work since he’d finished his job training and now –thank God!- is employed.
Keeping the chance for my wife to spend my money on shopping tours there had to be a new car. According to my affinity to US-cars, we were looking for the “right” one. To cut a long story short we decided on the Chevrolet Sonic, which is called “AVEO” here in Europe, as you already might know from other forum members from the Netherlands (Hello FERDIE) or Spain (Hello ICARO , Hello ARMUDE). You see, I walked around on this board !
Our new AVEO/SONIC now is ordered and it will take 2-3 months time to get it. It`s a summit-white LTZ Hatchback equipped with a 1.3 ltr. Turbo-Diesel engine !!! I think, this engine is not available in the States, so I’ll give you some informations:
95 HP,
torque 210 Nm (155 lb-ft),
max. speed ca. 174KM (108 mls.),
6-speed manual transmission,
0-60mph 11,7s
fuel economy (factory data):
- overall 4,1 ltr/100KM (57 mpg),
- city 4,8 ltr./100KM (49 mpg),
- highway 3,6 ltr./100KM (65 mpg).
I did a testdrive with a demonstration car last week, and its DIC digits an average consumption of 4,9 ltr./100KM (48 mpg) after 2576 KM. So I think this might be the real data for our daily driving characteristics. But it’s nearly 3 ltrs. less as with the Fiesta before – FINE!! Furthermore it even offers me a lot of room for my big dimensions (1,98m, 125 Kg) ----- if my wife will ever allow me to drive this little beauty!
So, for the first time this is all I’d like to tell you. But sorry, directly I have two questions:
As you’ve read above, i’m an US-car freak and i know, that this car is not a “real” US-one. But i like your labeling “SONIC” so much more than our “AVEO” (even hating it ??). I’d like to change the rear emblem to SONIC (w or w/o LTZ), but this is not available here in Europe as far as i could figure it out 'til now. So, if s.o. has cleaned his/her SONIC and would offer the logo or has another idea/address/information/connection on how to get this emblem, PLZ LET ME KNOW !!!
The second question is for the stereo (6-speaker-version): I couldn’t check it out while testdriving last week, but it seemed to me, that it’s a little bit weak ??
So, now I will go on reading the board for more information, wishing all of you nice times with your SONIC’s/AVEO’s…..........
Greetz
Lenny
it’s me, Lenny, your new board-member writing this lines. First of all, let me say hello to everyone here and congratz to the administration for this awesome platform
.To my person: I'm from Germany, loving US-Cars and being involved in the German US-car-scene since many years. It all started in the 90’s after driving several Audi’s buying a ’94 Pontiac Firebird. My current ride is a ’97 Cadillac Eldorado, that had been imported in 2001 from North Carolina. It’s an amazing car for me and it’s a turning-heads-object here on the European streets
! Have a look at this car, if you want:Klick 1
Klick 2
But now, “why are you entering our SONIC-Forum”, you might ask !? Well, my wife’s drive is a ’95 Ford Fiesta, let`s say, a nice shopping bag on wheels
. Our youngest son now would like to have it for getting to work since he’d finished his job training and now –thank God!- is employed.Keeping the chance for my wife to spend my money on shopping tours there had to be a new car. According to my affinity to US-cars, we were looking for the “right” one. To cut a long story short we decided on the Chevrolet Sonic, which is called “AVEO” here in Europe, as you already might know from other forum members from the Netherlands (Hello FERDIE
) or Spain (Hello ICARO , Hello ARMUDE). You see, I walked around on this board ! Our new AVEO/SONIC now is ordered and it will take 2-3 months time to get it. It`s a summit-white LTZ Hatchback equipped with a 1.3 ltr. Turbo-Diesel engine !!! I think, this engine is not available in the States, so I’ll give you some informations:
95 HP,
torque 210 Nm (155 lb-ft),
max. speed ca. 174KM (108 mls.),
6-speed manual transmission,
0-60mph 11,7s
fuel economy (factory data):
- overall 4,1 ltr/100KM (57 mpg),
- city 4,8 ltr./100KM (49 mpg),
- highway 3,6 ltr./100KM (65 mpg).
I did a testdrive with a demonstration car last week, and its DIC digits an average consumption of 4,9 ltr./100KM (48 mpg) after 2576 KM. So I think this might be the real data for our daily driving characteristics. But it’s nearly 3 ltrs. less as with the Fiesta before – FINE!! Furthermore it even offers me a lot of room for my big dimensions (1,98m, 125 Kg) ----- if my wife will ever allow me to drive this little beauty
!So, for the first time this is all I’d like to tell you. But sorry, directly I have two questions:
As you’ve read above, i’m an US-car freak and i know, that this car is not a “real” US-one. But i like your labeling “SONIC” so much more than our “AVEO” (even hating it ??). I’d like to change the rear emblem to SONIC (w or w/o LTZ), but this is not available here in Europe as far as i could figure it out 'til now. So, if s.o. has cleaned his/her SONIC and would offer the logo or has another idea/address/information/connection on how to get this emblem, PLZ LET ME KNOW !!!
The second question is for the stereo (6-speaker-version): I couldn’t check it out while testdriving last week, but it seemed to me, that it’s a little bit weak
??So, now I will go on reading the board for more information, wishing all of you nice times with your SONIC’s/AVEO’s….
.........Greetz
Lenny
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