What the heck?

[Aveeo]

The Daewoo Lanos was very nice for it's time. It had around the same HP as a Civic of the same years, but that's not mentioned (especially from the Honda fanatics). The Aveo has been criticized for bad fuel economy compared to its competitors, and I strictly blame the poor gearing. Maybe if there are gears or transmissions that you could exchange for better ratios, that would REALLY help the poor fuel economy issue. GM wanted pure acceleration until 40+ MPH, so it would keep the consumer's mind of how overweight and underpowered the thing is. Think an Opel Corsa with an engine tuned for efficiently that is given gearing more performance driven than a Camaro.