2009 Chevy Aveo Review - A Recession Era Compact!

My thoughts on the 2009 Chevy Aveo with the 1.6L inline 4 and 4 speed automatic transmission!
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Engine / Transmission
2:10 - Interior
4:11 - BFB Test
4:28 - Sponsor Reads
5:16 - Interior
6:12 - Back Seats
7:14 - Trunk / Cargo Space
8:01 - Exterior
9:06 - Final Thoughts
11:32 - Outro

[PierceMD]

Funny enough, as we enter another recession, I'll be driving my 2010 Chevy Aveo in it.

[ElevatorDude]

My dad used to own a 2007 Aveo hatchback in red, and it had a rear spoiler. In 2013, it was parked in the parking lot at his workplace, and apparently, someone backed into it, and the back windshield got shattered and the trunk door got dented up. The owner of the car who backed into the Aveo gave my dad insurance. My dad had a rental Chevy Impala for 24 days as a result of that. In 2018, the Aveo was in a rear-end collision on the road, and at the time this happened, my dad noticed the car was almost out of gas. He had just enough gas left to get home (the gas canister was smashed in in the collision) and after that, he never drove it again. A few days later, it was towed away, and that was the end of the 2007 Chevy Aveo for my dad. He now has a 2018 Chevy Spark. True story.

[SuperKafooo]

Saw plenty of these cars in Saudi Arabia. But they disappeared off the roads so quick that by the time the T250 body style came around, it was extremely rare to spot a T200. Mind you, there were only 4-5 years of age gap between them. Whereas, the Toyota Echos and Yaris were still kicking bottoms 10-15 years later. Occasionally though, a wild T200 would appear, extremely beat-up, busted out lamps, car not even driving straight, OR a meticulously kept, top trim yellow sedan here or a nice blue hatchback there. These cars sure make me feel nostalgic. Ahh!! miss my childhood.

[sydneydurbin]

I have this car. I love it, and it is my first car, so 10/10 recommend this for new drivers. Mostly in town driving very few out of town. Nice to get more info on it. Only paid 4, 000, like you said. With its age, it had a few things to fix but in all amazing for first car. Only spend $20-25 to fill Gass tank very rarely needs filled mb a week or two. I'm a hs student, and work. It definitely gets me where I need to go. Low mileage and low cost are great deals. I got my driver side backed in to, and it's held up great. 😊💖

[cowsparks]

have almost this exact car (mine has power windows/locks and cruise control). bought for about 2000 CAD dollars last year. im a broke ass college student and she's taken me on multiple 1400+ km road trips. she's good to me

[JMBWizard]

My wifes car gave out on her the day before I had to leave town for 2 weeks and we were in a pinch to buy something in a hurry. We went to the lot and it was a choice between this and a Honda Civic, I choose this because it was a few thousand dollars cheaper. Boy was that the worst decision I ever made. Almost immediately we had to bring it back to the shop because throttle would cut out and the wiring harness had to be re-crimped. Then it had a wheel bearing that needed replacing. Then the rubber duct from the air filter to the throttle body dry rotted out causing unmetered air into the engine. Then one of the ignition coils went bad, but because the ignition coils are one piece I couldn't just replace the bad one. It would never stay in alignment and chewed thru tires. The final straw came when the air conditioning condenser exploded on a cross country trip. All of these problems on a car with less than 70, 000 miles. We traded it in when the AC went out and I was damn happy to be rid of it. Dealer gave us what we had left owed on it and I consider that a hell of a bargain. Owning this car completely turned me off of GM products for life. I've owned Japanese cars since then and I've had no problems other than routine maintenance.

[ZGZthingZ]

Today is Christmas of 2023, and I’m going to begin my drivers training January 8’th and this will be my first car EVER! As a first, I’m super happy to have such a good car. (Considering what I COULD have)

[undreal]

It will be interesting to see in 5-10 years how many of these Recession era cars last. A lot of cost cutting/mailing it in during that time

[genericexcuse]

My family had a blue Aveo when I was young, I have many memories of it being a piece of crap.

[Stuartboom]

I have an 09 aveo and has A/C, cruise control, 4 power windows. 5 speed manual. It's pretty well equipped. Granted I'm in Scotland so different spec I suppose

[Quesadila]

The 4-speed automatic in this, is the same automatic used in the Echo and Yaris.
The Aisin 80-40LE.

[Platano_macho]

My recession era vehicle was a 1996 Nissan hardbody with a 4 cylinder engine it carried my wife and 2 sons everywhere we went it was and still is the most reliable vehicle we have it’s currently sitting at 312, 000 miles

[bcfairlie]

Here in New Zealand, these were a Daewoo Kalos. Kiwis didn't buy many of them as they were considered dated and probably unreliable.
The engine and transmission were old school, but should be reliable as they were proven technology. Having been around since the 1980s.
Originally produced by Opel. (GM Germany). They were designed to be cheap and basic. I see nothing wrong with that. I actually have one on my watch list of auctions. 1 x owner, 2003 auto with only 29000kms. (18000 miles). Simple technology. If you treat it well and keep it serviced, it should keep you driving for many years

[damieg]

Decent review but I think you should highlight that the specific car you're testing is a base model. The Aveo was available with niceties such as power windows and mirrors, cruise control etc. It's not fair to the car to make it seem like ALL of them are as low spec as this one. It was all a matter of how much money (or lack thereof) you had to spend on a car back in 2008/9... some got the poverty spec like this one, while others opted for higher spec versions.

[Muravey]

Hi. It is my first car which was bought myself. I still own this one, it's Ukrainian copy-ZAZ VIDA, you spoke about this variant certainly. Yes, i agree Aveo is cheap, but pretty reliable and simply car and I can fix majority of small problems myself. I am a little bit sad from this video and your opinion about Aveo. But I still love my car. It does it work every day and I really appreciate it.
My father was saying "The best car in the world -it is a car you own. " It means if you really love your car-car will answer to you equally.

[apexgt]

Funny, I watched your wave review last week and was wondering if you would do an Aveo since I own one and love seeing others views on it. Interesting note, this car specifically predated the recession as it started in late 2006, which itself was a facelifted version of the original 2003 model that had a slightly dressed up interior, confusingly the old style hatch co existed with the new sedan for a few years before they updated it for the 2009 model year. Great video 👍

[HardTrancid]

I drive a 2008 Pontiac Wave as my daily and it has been reliable. I miss that it has pretty much no fancy addons but it gets me to work and back and I'm okay with that. Just wish mine didn't have so much rust on the rear back wheel fenders. .... Anyone else have this issue with rust?

[KAI-wqgy]

This has been my dads car for 5 years now, ive been driving it now too and like i always knew it was basic and very barebones but when u said if you want to know what its like to live in America during the recession i was like “ouch 😂” here in Tunisia this car is a mid level vehicle we are considered pretty well off if we drive it so the contrast is insane, anyway great video and very funny too but i wanna stay grateful

[nashvilleslim]

I had a five speed that i wrecked. I miss that little car. Yes everything was manual including the gears😊. RIP little aveo. It was a great little car.

[barzaka]

Owner of 1, 4L 96hp manual one here. It is currently at 655 000km. It is still going strong. Some non important things have stopped working like the electric driver's window. The trunk strut and the heating system(working on fixing it). This car could definitely go over the million km mark.