Chevrolet Optra [Merged]

[yourman]

PI Blue. We have an Optra 1.6li for 6 months now. (we really wanted a Mazda3 but due to budget constraints, we thought the Optra is the best value for money). We are happy with its performance with all options available. However, gas consumption is left to be desired at an ave of 5-6Kilometers to a liter, city driving. Also, our complaints are: break dusts accumulate on the fron mags, making it look dirty and undesireable; and, the headlight transparent cover has already turned dull. These we plan to call the attention of the casa on the scheduled service.

Over-all, the Optra is a good car given its price versus its competitor's prices.

[BlueBimmer]

on EK civics, headlight covers take more than 5 years to look dull n yellowish..for a 6 month optra thats just wrong

[PI_BLUE]

sana lang hindi lemon car makuha kong unit tom. wow! baka hindi na ako makatulog nito, very risky investment yata itong napasukan ko. if you can call it such. freebies? tint, floormat, 1 year LTO, php10K gas coupons daw

[OTEP]

A REBADGED SUZUKI FORENZA, Buti pumayag ang mga Chevy niyan.

It is a Daewoo rebadged into a Chevy and Suzuki. Siyempre papayag ang Chevy since they have a stake in Daewoo also. The Aveo is also sold in the US.

[glntVR]

Kahit rebadged daewoo or suzuki lang ito and galing sa same factory sa korea, hindi ibig sabihin na wala itong improvement sa previous na mga daewoo. This car was developed with GM so maybe may improvement naman kahit papano. Walang mangyayari kung iisipin natin na dahil dati panget yun product ng company na ito dati ay panget na rin ngayon. Yung optra namin more than a year na wala naman major problems. And to think I trash that car everytime I drive it. Yun sa headlights na nagturn dull siguro malas malas na lang yan. La pa naman akong nakita na unit na may ganyan.
We also own a Venture, totoo nga na this piece of **** car is made from tofu but that car did not give us any problems din naman. It's just that the whole interior rattles everytime we hit a bump.

[OTEP]

I'm just clearing up the lineage of the vehicle. I have nothing against Korean vehicles. I even used to drive one and we are having a hard time letting go of our Korean van because nothing seems like a worthy replacement.

[glntVR]

Sir otep hindi naman kayo tinutukoy ko... haha... I know na you used to have a besta and other korean cars and you are a korean car guru. :D
anyway. I'm just saying what I think. No harm or damage meant to anyone. Peace to all. Just sharing what I think! Thank you and more power to all!

[OTEP]

Tama ka din naman. Dami kasing tao na may misconception about Kimchi cars. Sa akin naman, the Optra is ok but don't set your standards too high.

[BlueBimmer]

my bro swore never to buy a korean car again after problems we encountered on our starex. yeah thats not fair since korean cars have improved na but it is only human nature to learn from mistakes hehe

[ale828]

The freebies you got is offset by the low resale value the car is gonna get once you try to sell it. i have seen a 1.6 optra being sold below 500k and thats still with the PMS (periodic maintiance service). I actually drive a 1.6L A/T optra for almost 1 1/2 years na, besides its dismal fuel economy, its not a bad car. Minimal problems like CD has errors, a few squeeks thats tolerable and malapit na matapos yung kanyang PMS in a couple of months which makes me worried about its resale value and the price of its spare parts. All Optras u see in the road right now are still under PMS, so we dont know how much the price of repair, maintainance and spare parts is. I hope its priced similar to jap cars and not similar to euro or american cars. personally i would have gotten the Mazda3 if only it was available when i got my optra.