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Chevrolet Sail Sedan : First Drive
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The recently launched Chevrolet Sail UVA has just grown a boot. ZigWheels takes it for a quick spin
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Being an auto-journo has its perks with one getting to drive most cars and bikes. However, being in the profession also attracts a barrage of questions if and when anyone you know is on the verge of his/her next vehicle purchase. Just recently I was inquired about a purchase and according to the needs, I suggested the recently launched Chevrolet Sail UVA, but my explanation was immediately cut short saying, ‘Dicky-wala gaadi chahiye’. Which brings me to the point about us Indians and our obsession with saloon cars. It is pretty evident that anyone with a decent budget prefers a saloon over a hatch-back.
And the reasons behind the choice is not just the extra boot space afforded by the saloon but in fact the reasons are on a totally different tangent. For some buying a saloon means buying a prestigious ‘big’ car, for others it’s the extra safety offered by the boot in case some one ends up rear ending you and some even believe that the saloons are more stable at higher speed than their hatch counterparts. While there are reasons aplenty, logical or illogical, what cannot be reasoned with are the sales figures of these affordable saloons.
And as a result most manufacturers when designing a car make sure that the platform is flexible enough to accommodate a hatch and a sedan and in some cases a station wagon too. This trend in India was pretty much started by the Fiat Palio/Siena/ Siena Weekend and then moved forward by the likes of the Opel Corsa/ Corsa Sail/Swing, Tata Indica/Indigo/Marina and more recently the very successful Maruti Suzuki Swift/Dzire.
GM recently launched the Chevrolet Sail UVA hatchback in order to grab their share of the premium hatchback pie and now they have come up with sedan variant of the same as well. It’s pretty clear that GM wants to take some customers away from the Maruti Suzuki Swift/Dzire and this model offensive is an indication of just that. But is this new Sail Sedan good enough to take on this giant of a competitor? Let’s find out…
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prateek
hey please tell me the city average of this car....i am thinking to buy petrol version
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dtfhg
best car
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psb
Have test drive Sail LTABS
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PARAM
If anybody can tell me please,,,,,, what is the actual milage (fuel economy) of petrol varient.
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JITHIN KUMAR
going to book chevrolet sail sedan today the petrol ABS one .. (goa) here on road is 6.20 lakh for tat car .. and our petrol rates are 55.75 rupees per litre compared to 50 rupees for diesel.. the delership here is quite friendly ...and have opted for LED OSRVM and fog lights and reverese sensors for accesories.. i must say they did do some cost cutting by doing what they did in the interiors but guys even the company have to make profit ryte ?? even for tat price tag with air bags and all those stuff in it ... and the big spacious compartments .. im satisfied although did have the option of swift desire but i opted out as i wanted to look my car unique rather than to be one of thousands of desires running on the road ryte now.. even the milage is great for 18.2 KM/L petrol :-)
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