2012 All new Chevrolet Aveo to be renamed Chevrolet Sonic

General Motors' Chevrolet division is the brand under which the Chevrolet Aveo is marketed. It has been crafted as a subcompact automobile that is marketed not only in the United States and in the rest of North America but it is also marketed and offered globally. It has been said that this vehicle came from two vehicles which are the Daewoo Kalos and the Daewoo Gentra. The Daewoo Kalos was first produced back in 2002 and it was marketed using the Chevrolet Aveo name from 2004 up until 2006. As per the Daewoo Gentra, this vehicle came into production just last year, 2005, and plans for this vehicle are that come 2007, it will be then known as the Chevrolet Aveo.

2012 All new Chevrolet Aveo to be renamed Chevrolet Sonic

Sonic? Wow. And I thought Aveo (And Cruze. And Cobalt. And Equinox. And...) was bad.

I generally believe that an automaker should stick with a nameplate and build brand equity. Unless the brand was just crap. And the Aveo is a stinker in every possible way. Same with the Cobalt and Cavalier.

"Chevrolet Sonic?" "Chevy Sonic?" That couldn't be more awful. "Aveo" was bad because of the car's well-deserved reputation, and because nobody knew how to pronounce it (Aah-VEY-o? Ai-Vee-O? Who knows?). But Sonic? That sounds like a cheap toy from the very start.