Shanghai GM alien the new Chevrolet Sail sedan, the aboriginal commuter car created in China by a Sino-foreign collective venture.
2011 Chevrolet Sail Sedan front angle
The new baby car was developed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), both GM-SAIC collective ventures. In accession to actuality awash in China, the Chevrolet Sail will additionally be exported to added arising markets. Shanghai GM offers bristles variants of the Chevrolet Sail with the abject archetypal priced about RMB 60,000 (US$8,800). This marks a advance in the under-RMB 70,000 (US$10,300) baby car segment, area Chinese brands accept commonly been dominant.
2011 Chevrolet Sail Sedan rear angle"Our mission has consistently been to accredit added individuals and families to apprehend their dream of owning a car," said Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director of the GM China Group. "With the Chevrolet Sail, we are ambience a new accepted for the lower-end baby car articulation while absolutely active up to the all-around standards of Chevrolet, one of the world's arch agent brands. The actuality that the Chevrolet Sail will be exported is a attestation to the capabilities of our artefact development alignment in China."The Chevrolet Sail is accessible with a best of class-leading 1.2-liter S-TEC II and 1.4-liter S-TEC III engines. The 1.2-liter agent achieves best in chic ammunition abridgement beneath absolute alley altitude of 5.7 L/100 km. It additionally generates ability of 53.1 kW/L, enabling the Chevrolet Sail to go from 0 to 100 km/h in 12.9 seconds. The 1.4-liter agent offers ability per liter of added than 54.3 kW/L, goes from 0 to 100 km/h in 11.9 seconds, and has ammunition abridgement beneath 5.9 L/100 km.
2011 Chevrolet Sail Sedan interiorLike added cartage cutting the Chevrolet bowtie, the Chevrolet Sail is sporty, agreeable to drive and offers acceptable amount for money. The Sail appearance Chevrolet's brand accumbent breach grille with the gold Chevrolet adumbration showcased in the middle. Three able-bodied sidelines accommodate the car a three-dimensional look. A different short-in-front, long-in-back abeyance brings a adventurous bend to the exterior. The automated appearance of the agent adds a activating administration aspect while abbreviation drag, for lower ammunition consumption. The Chevrolet Sail is initially accessible in six exoteric colors: Crescent Silver, Jasmine White, Sky Blue, Coral Red, Amber Orange and Starfish Blue. The autogenous is additionally different and all Chevrolet. It includes the brand's twin-cockpit architecture as able-bodied as a flexible, avant-garde axial ascendancy console able with a radio, CD amateur and MP3 interface. Designers accept added a adventurous blow through a double-digital awning and chrome plating. The Chevrolet Sail's acceptance of a axial ammunition tank, a abbreviate advanced and rear suspension, and arch-shaped doors maximizes autogenous amplitude for up to bristles people. There are 24 autogenous accumulator compartments for added convenience.
