Sonic for Car Review, Michigan

[Motokure]

So, i am actually reviewing the Sonic for my website. I'm impressed enough with the car that i am considering purchasing it. I will post more in depth later once the story has been written. I did a road-trip down to Chicago and did some photography with the car.


I just wanted to know how people got along with the car after a few more weeks of driving it?

 

[rdss]

Have you read through the forum? It is full of threads and posts of how people feel about their Sonics. From day one to 20,000 plus miles and every possible available mod there is available to us and the good, bad and ugly......

 

[Motokure]

Have you read through the forum? It is full of threads and posts of how people feel about their Sonics. From day one to 20,000 plus miles and every possible available mod there is available to us and the good, bad and ugly......

I had to make an intro thread, decided to just ask the question. I'm searching out the threads now.

 

[rdss]

Welcome and enjoy. Being a Sonic only forum you're not going to find to many haters of the Sonic but you will be able to find the common issues/complaints with them quite easy.

 

[Motokure]

Welcome and enjoy. Being a Sonic only forum you're not going to find to many haters of the Sonic but you will be able to find the common issues/complaints with them quite easy.

No doubt, i personally am looking at the upgrade options. I like the car but the body roll is out of control on the LTZ model and mid range power is a bit down. I think with a few little upgrades.....its a nice little city car.

 

[Eric Smit]

Springs, tune. have a good night.

 

[Motokure]

Taste of the upcoming review, should be done by the end of the week.

MotoKure

 

[Motokure]

Springs, tune. have a good night.

The RS factory upgrades are Coilover up front correct? Who's making a sway bar kit for the car yet?

 

[sx sonic]

Welcome MotoKure!

I believe Bad News Racing is working on one, but there's not been much wind of any progress for while.

The Trifecta tune does wonders for livelyness and power of the 1.4t and trifecta has gotten a strong following here and the cruze world.

Several members who have installed lowering springs have stated much better ride characteristics and less roll (pedders, eibach, H&R).

I look forward to seeing your review this is a fun little car and so friendly at the pump

-tyler

 

[Eric Smit]

The RS factory upgrades are Coilover up front correct? Who's making a sway bar kit for the car yet?

Bad News Racing is working on one. See my sig for their link.

Do you mean coil over style or upgraded coil over?


-Eric Smit

 

[Maddog2020]

Bad News Racing is working on one. See my sig for their link.

Do you mean coil over style or upgraded coil over?


-Eric Smit

Hey Eric, can you include you sig in the post when you mention the link in your sig? Or is there another way to get to your sig?

 

[Chevrolet Customer Care]

So, i am actually reviewing the Sonic for my website. I'm impressed enough with the car that i am considering purchasing it. I will post more in depth later once the story has been written. I did a road-trip down to Chicago and did some photography with the car.


I just wanted to know how people got along with the car after a few more weeks of driving it?

Hello Motokure,

Welcome to the forum! You will find great information on this forum. Sonic is a fun little car. Feel free to post or pm Matt or myself, if you have questions about Sonic.

Good luck with your story!

Vanessa
GM Customer Service

 

[rdss]

Hey Eric, can you include you sig in the post when you mention the link in your sig? Or is there another way to get to your sig?

It is in his signature!

Welcome to Bad News Racing

But it says "If you're wondering where I buy all my stuff click the link." or something to that affect.

 

[Eric Smit]

He's probably using tapatalk. View profile or open in web browser.


-Eric Smit

 

[Maddog2020]

OMG, I am an idiot! I un-checked Show Signatures in User CP thinking it would stop posting my signature. It worked, my signature no longer showed up (for me only). What I didn't notice was everybody's signature was missing. I should have just said I was using Tapatalk. Fairly new to Forums, I'll figure it out eventually. Thanks for cutting me some slack!

 

[ungawd]

Please note the belly pan, or at least the lack of it being standard equipment now, with regards to your assessment of the car's highway stability. It seems to me, so far at least, that it makes a world of difference. There is a large thread in the exterior mods sub-forum about it that is quite informative.

 

[Eric Smit]

OMG, I am an idiot! I un-checked Show Signatures in User CP thinking it would stop posting my signature. It worked, my signature no longer showed up (for me only). What I didn't notice was everybody's signature was missing. I should have just said I was using Tapatalk. Fairly new to Forums, I'll figure it out eventually. Thanks for cutting me some slack!

No problem. glad you figured it out.


-Eric Smit

 

[MicroEngineer]

When you are reviewing it please don't forget road & engine noise. This seems to be something that frequently gets left out of reviews on both well-known and independent websites, for some reason.

I forget which site did it, but one used to actually measure the noise level in the car while on the road for comparison purposes.

It might be great if you could compare it to other makes in the market segment like the Mazda 2, etc. Its helpful to have something to compare it to.

 

[laborsmith]

Don't know about sites, but magazines uch as ROAD & TRACK and CAR and DRIVER come to mind but I am thinking the car reviewer (Tom McAhil?)for POPULAR MECHANICS was the one who started it.

Laborsmith

 

[ungawd]

Something else that could be overlooked are two steering characteristics; torque-steer and how the car trues itself. From my experience thus far, 3600 miles, this car has absolutely no noticeable torque-steer. It's uncanny, sorta like driving a RWD with how little to no tug and pull there is on acceleration. The car also trues the steering to center just right. I don't know wat this can be attributed to, maybe someone with more experience will chime in. Anyway, for a tiny car, the steering and handling is absolutely phenominal.