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2004 Chevy Aveo LS - Back to basics
The inexpensive ($12,045) Chevy Aveo is actually a Daewoo Kalos with a Chevy badge. Clearly with a price tag like that, the car has no aspirations for a debut on the Nascar circuit. It seems to be Chevy's slightly taller and narrower version of the Ford Focus. But I can't knock the Aveo: It is meant to be basic transportation and at that it succeeds. Too, climbing gas prices may induce more people to take serious looks at high mpg vehicles like this one, which is rated 27/35 mpg for city and country driving.
I was pleasantly surprised at what the Aveo carried as standard equipment. Included is a replaceable air filter for the passenger compartment, remote entry and power door locks, heated outside mirrors, power windows, AC, a rear-window defroster, remote trunk and gas cap...