"Chevy Sonic" to replace Aveo name? "Chevrolet Sonic" trademark applied for by GM

So, I noticed two more official quotes from GM that purposefully do not call the 2012 North American Aveo by name, instead referring to it as "Chevrolet's brand new small car" - eg. recently on the Orion Assembly Facebook page.

(See earlier thread: Aveo's future uncertain. Will GM keep or drop the name for North America? )

A quick search of the US Patent and Trademark Office database shows GM applied for a new vehicle name last month: Chevrolet Sonic. (Trademark serial # 85145025)

I'd be willing to bet that's the name the North American market is going to see in place of "Aveo" on the next generation car, to be revealed in Detroit in January.

Also: look what I just found (not mine!):

http://www.chevroletsonicforum.com/p...clean/logo.png

That domain is registered by: warnerrobert.com - "True Grassroots Automotive Forums - Wyandotte, Michigan"

Stupidest thing I've seen. I wonder if they will rename the spark to "tails".

lol rabbit

http://www.geeks.co.uk/wp-content/up...9/08/Tails.jpg

The gmcanada website has the Aveo RS listed.

Neither GM USA or Canada has made an official announcement yet.

We'll have the answer in January, when the next gen. car debuts in North America at the Detroit auto show.

I'm still betting it's going to be Sonic though :P

Ya know, I actually like that name better... Certainly easier to pronounce.

i wonder if it will have hamburger warmers as well?

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

i wonder if it will have hamburger warmers as well?

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God I hope not.... Although I think they should steal an idea from the Dodge Caliber and intriduce a heated and cooled beverage cooler inside the glovebox. Test drove a Caliber with that and thought that was cool and something I'd make use of.

If they call it Sonic, im throwing the name badges on mine, cause you know, turbo and sonic go well together lol :P

so whats the future of the aveo forum now? :(

are we gonna have to move over to the sonic forum? or whats gonna happen?

sonic forum? we can talk about hedge hogs, and cheap drive through shakes, electric tooth brushes and the new daewoo made in america..

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

sonic forum? we can talk about hedge hogs, and cheap drive through shakes, electric tooth brushes and the new daewoo made in america..

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lmao. but ya whats gonna happen to us aveo people? i think we should get all the sonic ppl to debadge and just say they have an aveo :)

I think everyone should just rebadge as Holden Barinas. The Australians know a good name when they get one & they're not renaming theirs! Sergey had the right idea all along! :D

Nothing's happening to this forum. We stay the course. Even if the Aveo nameplate disappears, people will be modding & discussing their Aveos for years to come.

coming from the guy whose user name stems from the geo metro..

Another thought: also it's still not clear whether the name would change in North America only, or globally. But I think it's only for N.A. Which means we will eventually end up seeing some next gen. Aveo owners on this site anyway (Euro cars). Unless they decide to go hang out with the Sonic crowd...

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

coming from the guy whose user name stems from the geo metro..

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Ha! Just a coincidence :)

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Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Ha! Just a coincidence :)

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or so he says

either you liked the geo, or pedicures and shopping.. i went with geo.

Volkswagen tired bringing back the rabbit name for the mk5.. the mk6 is a golf again.

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

either you liked the geo, or pedicures and shopping.. i went with geo.

Volkswagen tired bringing back the rabbit name for the mk5.. the mk6 is a golf again.

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I liked the new rabbit.... one of the few VW's I like.

i was still called golf everywhere else.. the name "rabbit" started in north america only in the first place.

So, predictions for Aveo -> Sonic -> Aveo ?

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

i was still called golf everywhere else.. the name "rabbit" started in north america only in the first place.

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I realize this, but I never liked the Golf name... or the car's looks, engines or dynamics. That changed when the MK 5 came out and I loved it. Then they ruined it with the MK6. The ONLY MK5 engine I don't like is the 2.0L Turbo from the GTi.

the cobalt ss 2.0 turbo is almost a copy of the vw 2.0t

my prediction (hope more than prediction) is the aveo name stays. but it will probably be changed..

why dont the bring back the spectrum name? thinking about it briefly. is the chevette the last american built small chevy? or am i missing one? maybe bring back the name of whatever the last american built small car was.

sonics an ok name. too bad it wont be fast like him :(

but it does work well for nemys w/ turbo!!~

i think we should change the picture on the top of the forum because that car is now known as the sonic :P...... we need a nice first or second gen aveo up there :)

Shush. It's still going to be called the Aveo in other countries... :) I think.

And one day in the near future, we'll have the rotating image of members' rides back up there. I'm still waiting for the theme designer to fix something for us.

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Originally Posted by MetroMPG

So, predictions for Aveo -> Sonic -> Aveo ?

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+1 for this! :) aveo will not die... people in other countries wont have sonic, they will have aveo and then the people who buy sonic here will be a very small crowd and then they will want to rebadge to aveo :P

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Originally Posted by h3llfir3

+1 for this! :) aveo will not die... people in other countries wont have sonic, they will have aveo and then the people who buy sonic here will be a very small crowd and then they will want to rebadge to aveo :P

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Exactly. I like to call it Honda Type R syndrome. XD

Took these pictures with Ari. Saw it once when I was donating blood. I wanted to wait and smack the owner for being a moron.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b.../ruinedsky.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ruinedsky2.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ruinedsky3.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ruinedsky4.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ruinedsky5.jpg

I think that's kind of funny.

I wanted a type R badge for the aveo, heard it makes it faster?

I lile AVEO, but I don t like Sonic. it was Stupid idee :):):)
I will dont buy SONIK! :(

So the "Sonic" news got splashed all across the web today.

The latest tidbit of unconfirmed gossip is that the name change may be global, not just North American.

Next Aveo To Sport New Name - GM Inside News Forum

I say lets call it the Turboencabulator.

I'm down with that.

Then we could call the 1.4t version the Turboencabulator Turbo.

Well, it's official:

"SONIC" in North America

"AVEO" in the rest of the world

for the next generation car.

Source: GM Canada - GM Media - Canada - News & Information

I dont mind the name sonic all the much. But i think it is petty pointless to buy names if its only used in one place. If aveo is used in the rest of the world why not keep it aveo here?

I guess they figured North Americans are harder to please than the rest of the world, and there's not enough love for the current Aveo in this market.

Also, we apparently get upset by the pronunciation issue, whereas the rest of the world doesn't :)

But the biggest thing is: until the Cruze recently came along, the Aveo was the best-selling Chevrolet car outside of North America. So it has much stronger nameplate awareness overseas than it ever did here. GM never spent much on marketing it here.

did chevy cobalt get totally wiped out? or are they still making cobalts in other countries? or is it just cruze all over the world?

also, just an idea... :P we should add chevrolet sonic into that list where it says aveo, wave, g3, swift, etc etc

cuz aveo is still alive, sonic is just a rebadged aveo! :) so the sonic people can come on here if they like.. :D