At least they are reviewing a car that their readership might consider buying. The bulk of the Journal's readers are ordinary folk who cannot afford $100,000 supercars, but might well afford a Chevy. They discuss the various levels of plush the car comes in, ranging from $23,000 to $35,000. Top of the line rates leather seats. They list all the electronical goodies, heated seats, heated steering wheel, wi-fi. The bottom of the line comes with a 4-banger 1.5 liter rated at 160 hp, the up scale models have a 2 liter 250 hp turbo engine. Actually those horsepower rating sound a little bogus to me. Back in the day, a stock Chevy 283 cubic inch two barrel V8 was advertised at 180 hp. To rate a 2.0 liter (126 cubic inch) 4 cylinder engine at 200 hp makes me think they are fudging the numbers somehow. (There are lots of ways to fudge). They bitch that the top of the line model looks just like the bottom of the line model. The expect that for spending an extra $12K you would get some bling on the outside of the car to make it look snappier than the stripper.
They don't mention test driving it, handling ability, how well the antiskid handles a fresh fall of snow, how much you can get into the trunk, gas mileage, how well the suspension soaks up a New Hampshire pot hole, and a bunch of other stuff that the car mags used to tell us.
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