Shahd Alhamdan
Saudi Gazette
The new Chevrolet Spark for 2016 is one of the funky cars for Chevrolet new generation that mixed practicality and fashion. This mini car has grabbed the attention of Dubai motor show because of its design and convenient technology feature.
Daniella D’Souza, Product Manager Passenger Cars - Chevrolet at General Motors, said the new Spark is packed with some fantastic technologies features.
While driving the car, the driver car now can see the phone applications such as phone, messages, maps, music and other applications on the car LCD display screen. The new Spark has phone integration technology displays content from Apple iPhone 5 or later models on the multicolor screen through the Android Auto and Apple CarPlay features.
2016 Spark could be a suitable choice for singles and young people because of it size and fashionable colors. One of the features that could make it a favourable choice for youth would be the volume control and other physical buttons that reduce complexity and enhance the system’s intuitiveness.
D’Souza said “Spark is little bit longer and lower than the previous generations. Its about 1.6 inches lower. The reason for that is that we want to bring a lot of air dynamic features into the vehicles. Now this new profile provides us to reduce the drag on the vehicle on the road so it gives you a lot more of a better driving experience.”
“I am very happy to tell you that the next generation model Spark comes with a 1.4 litre engine and 100 horsepower,so we took the Spark to a whole new level,” she added.
D’Souza said 2016 Spark Chevrolet has big larger windows than the previous generations. This feature will give the advantage of having more light entering the car.
The car has dual font passenger air bags and a five-speed manual transmission as a standard.