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GM's Chevrolet brand isn't simply about to launch a new small car -- Michigan-built Sonic, replacing South Korean-made Aveo -- it's edging toward hipness.
Evidence? Its execs showed a Sonic Z-Spec concept car -- what today's hot-shoe crowd calls a tuner car. The ordinary Sonic four-door hatchback and sedan won't go on sale until fall and already the bow-tie folks are teasing us with a zip-mobile.
And the young musicians who kicked off the Sonic intro late Monday afternoon at the North American International Auto
The interior of the Chevrolet Sonic Z-Spec concept car, shown Monday at North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Chevy Corvette engineers tuned the chassis, Chevy says -- in case you thought Sonic would be a bit silly going around corners at what the cops like to describe in their traffic reports as a high rate of speed.
Chevy also bragged that Sonic will have more back seat room than the Ford Fiesta.
Promising. But, then, all cars seem wonderful before they hit the showroom. Sonic will make the already intriguing small-car market ever-more interesting.
USA TODAY
