Recent content by atx_sonic

Hey all, I was at the Los Angeles auto show today and they happened to have a 2015 Sonic RS sedan at the chevy zone to view. I took some pictures. They are attached. If you read the description on the car's info, whoever wrote it obviously made a mistake. It says: this model has the 1.8L...

So I've had a run of bad luck with my relatively new sonic. I still like my sonic and most people's sonics behave nicely. Mine however has been to the dealer twice now for major repairs and it just got to 1200 miles. For unknown reasons, the A/C compressor broke apart, internally, sending metal...

So I bought a new Sonic last month and things were going fine. But then this past week the water pump failed, causing a complete dump of coolant, and an engine overheat. The sonic will beep at you and flash all manner of warning lights at you when something like this happens (or at least 2013...

I see the sonics with manual transmissions come with a shift indicator to let driver's know when the sonic thinks it might be nice to chose a new gear. I've noticed that the sonic often wants to be shifted early which forces very low RPMs. I suspect GM programmed it this way so we maximize fuel...

Hi all, I ordered a sonic a couple of months ago and it finally arrived. It's a 2013 LTZ manual 6-speed, turbo, black exterior with brick/black interior. I was able to pick it up at the dealer and the negotiations were not as painful as I had anticipated. Attached are some photos. Looking...

Hey all, This is a question for those few who have a manual transmission and the turbo engine option. I read on Chevy's site that peak torque comes at different RPMs for the manual vs the auto transmissions in Sonics with turbo engine. - Manual gets peak torque of 148 ft/lbs at 2500 RPMS -...

Hi all, I just ordered a new sonic from my local dealer and hopefully it will arrive in early June. I got a 2013 Black LTZ with the brick/black interior, the 1.4L turbo, and a 6 speed manual transmission. I had to do a special order since no one had an LTZ manual in the colors I wanted...

I was at the Austin auto show and took some photos of the soncis on display. See my other post on here for the LT model if the RS isn't your thing. This post is of photos of the 2013 RS. This RS had the summit white exterior paint and black interior. The RS was an automatic. One thing about...

Hi all, I was at the Austin auto show and snapped some photos of the sonics they had. If future buyers are out there like me, then these photos may be of use. This post is for the 2013 LT model. ( my other post has pictures of the RS on display). This sonic had cyber gray exterior with the gray...