The 2013 Chevy Spark

My opening line:

“This is the 2013 Chevy Spark and its 84 hp. I’ll wait for you to stop laughing before continuing why that’s just right.”

Read my full review on Autonet.ca.

This is a great starter car (it’s an appropriate amount of hp for a new driver), that has a surprisingly spacious interior, with sporty handling.

“I took it onto the highway, in the big-boy fast lane and all, and it performed fine. If you’d like some extra oomph, choose a manual transmission, and save $1,400 at the same time.”

The green is too much for me (like it best in black), the base model comes well-equipped, and the infotainment system “MyLink” is the only system I’ve ever gone on record saying I like.

Chevy Spark website

Starting at – $12,170
This one – $17,945

 

Quick Car Update

2 weeks ago I had the Acura RL, their flagship vehicle.

300 hp, every feature you can imagine, the interior colour (which isn’t translating in photo) was a cream coloured leather everywhere, like butter.

My review prints this week, and it contains 2 lines I invented that are pure gold.

That’s day-of-the-photos, but actually spent the majority of time driving their crown jewel in jogging pants.

Re-broke my toe slamming the brakes on College Street on Saturday evening (not my fault). Saved the car though; I never ever want to have to make that phone call.

Had this Chevy Spark the week before that, just never blogged it.

84 hp! (non-car nerds: anything below 3 digits makes car nerds roll their eyes). For what it is though, I thought they did a good job with 84 hp.

The colour though, woah it’s bright. That green continues into the interior, into everywhere.

That review prints 3 weeks from now.

Then I was back in my Jetta for a minute.

I sometimes prefer this lunch box to the new cars I drive, just because like, less worry. As in, you’re looking at almost $100,000 above, like that.

I’m closing in on my next benchmark, $1.5 million in cars tested.