Don't believe me, I was also a Chevrolet Cool owner. However, I bought a used car at the time and only stayed in my hands for a year, and then sold it for some reason (unrelated to the product).
Although it is only a short year of getting along, the impression left by this car is really quite deep, and the Internet says how this car is, where the quality is wrong, but in my hands it has hardly had any big problems.
Of course, the common disease is also real, for example, I have encountered two of these problems: gearbox intrusion, thermostat is fragile, etc.
Far from it, let's take a look at today's news. According to the news, Chevrolet will officially launch the Chuangku RS on the 28th of this month, that is, 4 days later, and it is also possible to release a 1.5T four-cylinder engine with this opportunity to replace the two three-cylinder engine versions of the current sale of 1.0T and 1.3T.
Honestly, seeing this news, I don't know what mood to evaluate, maybe the same as everyone thinks: Chevrolet went to do it earlier?
Far from it, let's see if the car has a chance to regain its strength with a better RS design and 1.5T engine.
From the perspective of the design of this car, the current news is that it will adopt the same design idea as Cruze RS and Tron RS, mainly because some red and black decorations have been added to the details of the vehicle, as well as an RS logo representing the identity. In addition, the entire design actually looks very close to the Redline version, focusing on personality and sports, but it is more exaggerated and radical than the Redline version.
From this point of view, it is generally not much of a problem, and the whole design base of the new generation of Chuangku is still good in itself, including the sense of coordination of the whole car is also a little stronger than some Japanese cars. However, at this stage, this design language is not avant-garde, so a small change may be almost fresh, such as going in a more sci-fi direction, maybe the effect can be better.
Let's talk about the 1.5T four-cylinder engine. This is actually nothing to say, which in itself should be released when the new generation of Chuangku is listed, but it has been delayed until now, so it can only be said that Chevrolet is still not so stubborn and can listen to the voice of the market and consumers.
But then again, except for a small number of small SUVs of joint venture brands that are still using small displacement self-priming engines, the vast majority of small SUVs are equipped with 1.4T or 1.5T engines, so this engine is also not much competitive, unless the performance of this engine is extremely outstanding. According to the previous declaration information, the maximum power of this engine is only 135KW, which is not bad, but it is absolutely unable to form an absolute advantage.
Seeing this, I believe some people will say: Are you too strict with this Chuangku? Yes, I am this mentality, because not only some of the factors I mentioned above lead to Chuangku doing better than others, but also because Chevrolet's market attention and reputation are declining, if you do not make a model with absolute advantages, then what is the meaning of the painless operation?
In addition, although the Chuangku currently on sale is already cheaper than the joint venture small SUV, it is still far from enough. Because on the one hand, the mechanical quality and brand are not comparable to the joint venture rivals, on the other hand, including design, configuration and comprehensive cost performance, it is not as good as the level of domestic players, which can be described as up and down. Therefore, Chevrolet must be the price in order to truly form its own advantage.
Of course, I also "understand" why Chevrolet bites the price, after all, we are still a joint venture brand identity, but I want to say: the times have passed, the brand is gradually weakening, with your technical strength and research and development strength, and then go from low to high, but it is a shortcut.
Write at the end
Judging from the current sales data, Chuangku is completely unable to get his hands on it, and as an old car owner, I really don't want to see this car finally fall into suspension of production and sale. However, this is just a voice of my heart as a former owner, in fact, most people have no feelings for Chuangku, or even have any impression. So, I sincerely suggest that Chevrolet should carefully consider these issues and pay attention to more consumer feedback.