New York Auto Show: 2017 Chevrolet Sonic

I do not like the front end at all. Liked the old one better. On top of no real changes on the outside (save for the nose), I'm a little disappointed with this. Maybe the interior will change my opinion but, again, kind of let down by how boring it looks. Now, I understand this is a refresh but this needed far more than a refresh at this point, with a new Spark (which actually looks better than this now) and a new Cruze hitting the roads now. 

I"m gonna have to see it in person first. 

I mostly like it, but these refreshes of the Trax and Sonic should have gotten GM's new 4-cylinder engines. The pre-refresh Buick Encore already uses the new 1.4T DI in the sport touring. The 1.8L engine in the Sonic is such a worthless boat anchor of an engine. Even when it was new, it was far behind in refinement and fuel economy, not to mention mediocre power.

I love it, this is a great update. The first gen was bold in your face and this is a very nice evolution. I really like it. I am surprised by myself.

This is how you Sonic.

I think it looks great.  I could never imagine myself trying to clean bugs out of those intricate headlights on the old one.  The new wheels set it off nicely.  I want to see the interior, the old one's interior turned me off, it was so gimmicky... I was ready to buy an RS hatch but decided against it because of the cheesy interior.  I bought the Beetle TDi instead.

Haha, as soon as I sawr the back end of the sedan... this is what I thought of!    Hi SMK! 

good to see the updates.  Good to have the continuity in front beaks between the Spark, Trax, Sonic.

The interior updates will be most welcome.  Sucks there are no pictures.

Still no new 16 Cruze's in the showroom.  GM takes FOREVER to get there cars to market after they show pictures.  Who knows if this is vaporware.

I do not like the front end at all. Liked the old one better. On top of no real changes on the outside (save for the nose), I'm a little disappointed with this. Maybe the interior will change my opinion but, again, kind of let down by how boring it looks. Now, I understand this is a refresh but this needed far more than a refresh at this point, with a new Spark (which actually looks better than this now) and a new Cruze hitting the roads now. 

Really children? Down vote for speaking a opinion on a car I actually have some first hand experience with? I drove one for a week (a year and a half ago) as a rental back in NC. I actually like that one better than the new one. Get over it and down vote something that actually deserves it. Good grief.

I"m gonna have to see it in person first. 

Yep.....not sure of it right now.....

 

I do not like the front end at all. Liked the old one better. On top of no real changes on the outside (save for the nose), I'm a little disappointed with this. Maybe the interior will change my opinion but, again, kind of let down by how boring it looks. Now, I understand this is a refresh but this needed far more than a refresh at this point, with a new Spark (which actually looks better than this now) and a new Cruze hitting the roads now. 

Really children? Down vote for speaking a opinion on a car I actually have some first hand experience with? I drove one for a week (a year and a half ago) as a rental back in NC. I actually like that one better than the new one. Get over it and down vote something that actually deserves it. Good grief.

 

Agreed, personal tast of a cars body style is very subjective and does not warrant a down vote.

This is no different than the mustang and camaro which is a love or hate body style or any car for that matter. 

Generic Jelly Beans run aplenty from all manufactures, though I personally think the Asians and germans are the worst right now.

Looks like they just pasted a Jetta front end on it. It actually works pretty well on the sedan, but the latch looked better before.

Looks like they just pasted a Jetta front end on it. It actually works pretty well on the sedan, but the latch looked better before.

My sentiments exactly. Strange how it works for one and not the other.

For frame of reference, here is the Sonic I was driving that week in NC (had to dig through ton of pictures to find that).

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i was just looking at the 17 trax interior pics.  I bet a lot of the bits end up close to exact same....like the gauges and touchscreen area.

Looks less distinctive. I would now consider the Spark to be like 90% of this car for like 75% of the price. I'd get the Spark.

I was actually lot lurking yesterday evening.  Looked at a Spark 1LT manual in Splash (aqua blue color) with sunroof, stickered at $15.6k, and a Sonic with wheels and lights package (16" alloys and foglights), stickshift 1.8L in Kinetic Blue for $18.6k.  The Spark interior, although notably tinier, is much more attractive.  Where I find the Sonic exterior still fresh, the interior is a complete turn-off for me.  Still, I find the updates to the Sonic exterior to be necessary now that I've seen them.

Spark was parked next to an old-style Spark, and looking closely, it seems like the roof and the upper door cut-outs are the same between the old and new.  Can anyone confirm or deny the new Spark is on the same platform as the old, just heavily facelifted?  I know it's clearly based on the Opel Karl, but I am not sure of the Karl's origins.

I would say it's NOT next-gen gamma, but regardless, it doesn't matter.

I'd Kappa before any Nano, or a dumb IQ or lowly Smart or averse Versa.

Looks less distinctive. I would now consider the Spark to be like 90% of this car for like 75% of the price. I'd get the Spark.

The Spark doesn't have the powertrain. 

Can anyone confirm or deny the new Spark is on the same platform as the old, just heavily facelifted?  I know it's clearly based on the Opel Karl, but I am not sure of the Karl's origins.

New Spark hasn't changed platforms from the old. It's still on Gamma II like the old spark, Trax, Encore, Sonic, Opel Adam, Opel Karl.