Quote Originally Posted by cooltool View Post
Isn't the sonic everyone suppose to be raving about the 1.4 turbo with 40mpg highway? U should test drive the turbo one
I plan to test drive it, and I think I will this winter sometime. Thing is, though the turbo is the one everyone is raving about, not everyone CAN AFFORD the top of the line model, and I find that car reviewers tend to forget this little piece of extremely important information. The other important factor is that the Turbo is only available in manual currently, so the majority of people won't even buy the turbo model quite yet. So frankly, car reviewers and the ravings about the turbo model only represents a small portion of the buying market. I'm not saying its not a good benchmark for the car itself, but its a bit misrepresented. As a side note, here in Canada the turbo motor IS NOT an option on the LT (wtf GM?) and you would have to go all in on the car in order to get it.