The effects of 2008’s petrol crisis are showing no signs of abating at this year’s Detroit NAIAS – small cars, electrics and hybrids are the big stars of 2010 in Motor City. And Chevy is looking to capitalise, with a new muscled-up ‘hot hatch’ concept based on a revitalised update to its lukewarm Aveo platform. The 138-horsepower, 1.4 litre Aveo RS is Chevrolet’s tricked-out take on what the tuner community should be able to do when the new, improved Aveo platform launches in 2011 – and Chevy’s hoping this funky show car helps turn around the current Aveo’s reputation as a rebadged Korean econobox…
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