13/06/2008 09:15. When Chevy replaced the very old, straight-to-rental Cavalier with
the Cobalt for 2005, it was touted as a Honda Civic -killer. It barely matched the retrograde 2001- 2005 Civic , and was on the trailer a year later when the class-leading '06 Civic made its debut. With the '11 Chevy compact, GM may finally be
learning that you have to figure out where Honda will be with its next-generation Civic and not just benchmark the
current model. The Chevy compact (heck, why not call it "Chevy
II?") will have more equipment, benchmark safety and quality, GM
Chairman Wagoner promised at the corporation's shareholders'
meeting earlier this week (see the Motor City Blogman post,
"Wagoner to Hummer : Go Away"), and most important, "nine miles per gallon more than
Chevy's entry in this segment today."... //
MotorTrend Magazine 