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Due to the Aveo's struggling sales figures, last weekend I made a visit to Chevrolet dealership to find out whether the company is offering any attractive discounts on this car or not. The Chevrolet Staff attended in a courteous manner but it appeared as if they are acting either dumb regarding the car or really do not know anything about it at all. Because first of all – the sales person explained me the specifications and upon asking him the list of features – He mentioned only alloy wheels, power windows, central locking, airbag, ABS. That’s it! After I questioned that there must be something unique, you are selling this car, then he called another sales person to tackle over the situation.
Here the even funniest part began – this guy started all over again (with specs, features etc) and ultimately finalized the deal to settle with approximately Rs.30,000 – Rs.40,000 discount. And strictly no freebies. I went with the mind to consider Aveo if the deal would have been fair enough for a dated car like this, because personally I love the Aveo from heart regardless of its popularity or age in the market. Now, after a while when we were comparing it with Linea, Manza and likes – Eventually he went on doing gaga about both the cars, giving an impression as if he’s more of a Tata-Fiat Dealer rather than Chevrolet’s. Nonetheless, the biggest shock that I received is Chevrolet now offers only single airbag on top-end Aveo (whereas the website still shows two). In fact, many other value features have been silently phased out too, making it no-more a considerable deal (including top-end 1.6 variant). This simply raises a big question mark whether General Motors (or dealers for that matter) are interested in selling the Aveo anymore? Why not discontinue the product (And introduce new one, if you ever plan to) to prevent wasting the time of consumers as well as your efforts to beat a dead horse. It's just the matter that all I'm afraid about is new Aveo won't have as good interiors as the current version. Hope the company takes this more as a constructive feedback rather than a complain. Have a look below for the last three-month sales figures of Aveo and rivals.
January 2011
Drive Safe,
350Z
Here the even funniest part began – this guy started all over again (with specs, features etc) and ultimately finalized the deal to settle with approximately Rs.30,000 – Rs.40,000 discount. And strictly no freebies. I went with the mind to consider Aveo if the deal would have been fair enough for a dated car like this, because personally I love the Aveo from heart regardless of its popularity or age in the market. Now, after a while when we were comparing it with Linea, Manza and likes – Eventually he went on doing gaga about both the cars, giving an impression as if he’s more of a Tata-Fiat Dealer rather than Chevrolet’s. Nonetheless, the biggest shock that I received is Chevrolet now offers only single airbag on top-end Aveo (whereas the website still shows two). In fact, many other value features have been silently phased out too, making it no-more a considerable deal (including top-end 1.6 variant). This simply raises a big question mark whether General Motors (or dealers for that matter) are interested in selling the Aveo anymore? Why not discontinue the product (And introduce new one, if you ever plan to) to prevent wasting the time of consumers as well as your efforts to beat a dead horse. It's just the matter that all I'm afraid about is new Aveo won't have as good interiors as the current version. Hope the company takes this more as a constructive feedback rather than a complain. Have a look below for the last three-month sales figures of Aveo and rivals.
January 2011
- Chevrolet Aveo: 243
- Fiat Linea: N/A
- Maruti SX4: N/A
- Honda City: 5059
- Chevrolet Aveo: 172
- Fiat Linea: 757
- Maruti SX4: 3534
- Honda City: 3668
- Chevrolet Aveo: 198
- Fiat Linea: 759
- Maruti SX4: 3632
- Honda City: 2773
Drive Safe,
350Z
