Low can you go is the favorite game for all the automakers playing in South America right now. Offering a cheap car is a tricky business. Skimp on style or equipment, and buyers might not buy it altogether.
Fortunately, Chevrolet seems to be limber enough, as their affordable saloon called the Prisma looks good, even though it does so with unfamiliar styling.
The car is built using the same Gamma II platform as your typical Chevy Sonic or Opel Corsa. Even though it's a sedan, the Prisma only measures 4.2 meters in length, thanks to short overhangs and a 2.5 meter wheelbase. Despite being so small, it's packed with cargo volume, 500 liters of it, which we have to admit is impressive.
Power for this budget car comes from a budget motor, a 1-liter producing 80 HP to be more precise. For higher trim levels, you can also have a 1.4-liter making 106 HP. Both are available with flex fuel and and automatic gearboxes.
Standard kit includes both ABS and EBD, two airbags, power steering and adjustable driver's seat.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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