{"id":540027,"date":"2010-04-22T15:41:02","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T19:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=19665"},"modified":"2010-04-22T15:41:02","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T19:41:02","slug":"chevrolet-spark-renamed-%e2%80%9cnew-sail%e2%80%9d-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/540027","title":{"rendered":"Chevrolet Spark Renamed \u201cNew Sail\u201d For China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-19666\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/chevrolet-spark-renamed-new-sail-for-china\/new-sail\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19666\" title=\"New Sail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/New-Sail-440x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGM\u2019s march to dominate the Chinese new-car market continues with the New Sail five-door hatchback debuting at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/shows\/2010_beijing_auto_show\">Beijing auto show<\/a>. If the car looks familiar, it\u2019s because the New Sail hatch is what Europeans call the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/reviews\/car\/10q1\/2010_2012_chevrolet_spark-first_drive_review\">Chevrolet Spark<\/a>. The tallish Spark\/New Sail is also bound for sale in the U.S. as a 2012 model. GM says it will export the New Sail hatch to other emerging  markets\u2014think the Middle East and India.<\/p>\n<p>Engine choices in the Chinese market are 1.2-liter and 1.4-liter four-cylinder engines. A five-speed manual is standard, and a new five-speed automated-manual transmission is optional. Chevrolet says the automated manual is cheaper than a traditional automatic and, like all such transmissions, helps improve vehicle fuel economy.<\/p>\n<p>A sedan version of the New Sail already exists in China. While the five-door New Sail is bound for Chinese distribution, there are no plans for the sedan to come to the U.S. in exchange. And, based on our first drive of the Spark, we\u2019re probably going to be OK with that.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2012-chevrolet-spark-car-news\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2012 Chevrolet Spark &#8211; Car News'>2012 Chevrolet Spark &#8211; Car News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2011-chevrolet-spark-confirmed-for-us-auto-shows\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2011 Chevrolet Spark Confirmed for U.S. &#8211; Auto Shows'>2011 Chevrolet Spark Confirmed for U.S. &#8211; Auto Shows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/2010-2012-chevrolet-spark-auto-shows\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2010 \/ 2012 Chevrolet Spark &#8211; Auto Shows'>2010 \/ 2012 Chevrolet Spark &#8211; Auto Shows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GM\u2019s march to dominate the Chinese new-car market continues with the New Sail five-door hatchback debuting at the Beijing auto show. If the car looks familiar, it\u2019s because the New Sail hatch is what Europeans call the Chevrolet Spark. The tallish Spark\/New Sail is also bound for sale in the U.S. as a 2012 model. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}