Would you trade your Sonic for a Code 130R?

[ungawd]

Give it a rag-top, 2.0t, lose the Camaro rear end, and I would consider it.

I could live with the front end, at least it isn't horrible like the tail. The side profile looks ridiculous but might be bearable in a convertible.

 

[mitdr774]

If it met my requirements, they could make it look like the ambiguously gay duo's p3nis roadster and I'd still buy it.

 

[ThatTmoGuy]

Give it a rag-top, 2.0t, lose the Camaro rear end, and I would consider it.

I could live with the front end, at least it isn't horrible like the tail. The side profile looks ridiculous but might be bearable in a convertible.

It's still ugly as sin.

 

[ungawd]

It's still ugly as sin.

It looks not as bad. Next step: fix the lame rear end. Maybe give it a spoiler too.

 

[Eric Smit]

I don't like the 140 at all.


-Eric Smit

 

[ungawd]

I don't like the 140 at all.


-Eric Smit

Turrible. I suspect neither will go into production. The 140 looks like a cross between the Volt, 370z, and a bucket of fecal matter.

 

[Eric Smit]

Turrible. I suspect neither will go into production. The 140 looks like a cross between the Volt, 370z, and a bucket of fecal matter.

agreed 100%.


-Eric Smit

 

[sx sonic]

If any car is a convertible it goes off my list. 1uglier 2.heavier 3.less rigid chassis 4. Noiseier (road noise and extra rattles). 5. More expensive. 6. I hate convertibles.

 

[firstorbit84]

And less safe in a roll over

 

[Eric Smit]

I would dry hump a 130, vert or not.


-Eric Smit

 

[ThatTmoGuy]

there where a few shots of a hatch 140 iirc they called it a 140 nomad. I lived the old nomads and this car should have nothing to do with it.

 

[RS Turbo]

If it met my requirements, they could make it look like the ambiguously gay duo's p3nis roadster and I'd still buy it.

If you did that you would get your Man card revoked! :sadbanana:

 

[firstorbit84]

there where a few shots of a hatch 140 iirc they called it a 140 nomad. I lived the old nomads and this car should have nothing to do with it.

You mean a 130 hatch?

 

[Swordsmith]

12 against out of 17 vote thus far, and this forum is hardly the "youth vote"

I don't see the point of marketing to the youth though, for the most part they don't buy new cars, they buy used ones. GM makes no money off used cars. I can see trying to convince us older buyers that a car is a young person's car, but they shouldn't take their own marketing gimmick seriously.

On the gripping hand, I still don't want the car, nor do most of us on the forum so far, and we're probably their actual market, people who buy small cars and have fun with them.

 

[ungawd]

12 against out of 17 vote thus far, and this forum is hardly the "youth vote"

I don't see the point of marketing to the youth though, for the most part they don't buy new cars, they buy used ones. GM makes no money off used cars. I can see trying to convince us older buyers that a car is a young person's car, but they shouldn't take their own marketing gimmick seriously.

On the gripping hand, I still don't want the car, nor do most of us on the forum so far, and we're probably their actual market, people who buy small cars and have fun with them.

I definately agree with this. Another point to add is those youth that may really want the car, well, their parents will most likely be paying the bill. In this day and age would a parent be inclined to buy their child a small turbocharched RWD?

 

[Eric Smit]

to clarify, I wouldn't trade the Sonic for it. I'd get it in addition to my Sonic.


-Eric Smit

 

[firstorbit84]

I definately agree with this. Another point to add is those youth that may really want the car, well, their parents will most likely be paying the bill. In this day and age would a parent be inclined to buy their child a small turbocharched RWD?

My first car was a 95 Camaro v6 automatic. 3.4L, 160hp, rwd. Yes my parents bought it for me, and part of the reason was that it was awfully slow, but still looked like a cool car. Did that stop me from totaling it? No.

I would definitely buy a 130r for my kids if I drove it and felt how slow the stock 1.4t is.

 

[ahtoxa]

I like the looks but since I live in Michigan I can't have a RWD daily driver....Keeping the Sonic!

The fear of RWD in the winter is mostly over-exaggerated. I've lived in Chicago for 13 years and I know what winter's like, despite my current Dallas location. With the right tire and common sense there are no problems. I've driven prenty of RWD vehicles through snow.

Once I got caught in a freak snow storm while was at work. It started as a nice day out and I took my LS2 GTO out. Came out of work: ice, snow, snow drifts. GTO was on summer tires. Made it home just fine. A little slower than most but just fine.

 

[ungawd]

My first car was a 95 Camaro v6 automatic. 3.4L, 160hp, rwd. Yes my parents bought it for me, and part of the reason was that it was awfully slow, but still looked like a cool car. Did that stop me from totaling it? No.

I would definitely buy a 130r for my kids if I drove it and felt how slow the stock 1.4t is.

Was the Camaro new off the lot? The 130r with a 1.4t will be quite a bit quicker than that Camaro.

 

[Eric Smit]

Was the Camaro new off the lot? The 130r with a 1.4t will be quite a bit quicker than that Camaro.

that's the truth.


-Eric Smit