Earlier this week we were discussing pink cars. While the majority of CC Corps sightings were, unsurprisingly, Mary Kay Cadillacs, one interesting 2013 model can be had in a pink finish from the factory: The Chevy Spark. I knew of the Spark, of course, and even sat in one at the Chicago Auto Show last February, but had no idea that pink was on the available color palette. Thanks to Carmine, LAx and others, I found out otherwise.
Said post went up on Tuesday. So guess what I saw Thursday morning on the way to work? You guessed it, a Techno Pink Spark. The color is more subtle than you might think, almost passing for silver in the early morning light. Certainly not a neon hue. The funny thing is my brother’s girlfriend is thinking about getting a Spark in the near future. Certainly, their 40 mpg on the highway is nothing to sneeze at. I wonder what she’d think about one in this color?
It’s nice to see these micro-Chevys come in real colors: bright red-orange, bright green, denim blue and yellow. I see far too many silver and gray cars these days…
I know this post is about the color, but look at the size of the headlights on that thing! They’re longer than the hood!
The headlight IS the fender.
One thing is for sure, the Fiesta has nothing to worry about in Spark.
This is actually sub-Fiesta, and it has been selling pretty well.
I know its easy to pan because of some pre-existing GM bias or something, but this a pretty good little car, strange looking somewhat, but the Fiesta is no earth shattering acheivement in transportation, on the plus side this may not set itself on fire like Fusion/Escape.
Also good to see that the “plate of shrimp” theory is still in effect.
Agreed Carmine.
As much as I’ve dissed GM 1971-2007 on this site…and deservedly so…this is more like it. Here’s a car I could recommend to someone looking for a good subcompact.
Some dis the Daewoo origins…I like how they’ve been getting the bugs out of these cars on the world market before rolling them out here…and them making them available with some more premium features than their predecessors.
Maybe it’s the light, but that color is so “subtle” as to be almost no particular color at all. I think I’d call it “Avis”. (Which will likely be a major purchaser of Sparks.)
The light had a lot to do with it. I actually wasn’t sure the pictures would come out, as the sun was barely up. In bright sunlight it is much more noticeable.
Didn’t they make an es350 in a similar pearlish-pink hue? I don’t think that was mentioned in the previous set of comments.
Yep. Saw one with a panoramic roof at a used car lot a few years ago. That color requires long-term ownership, a lease, or total disregard for resale.
Color looks the same as the Grand Prix in post below. What was the color of the GP?
Funny how that works. I took the pictures this morning around 7 and had no idea JP was putting up a mauve GP pic for his post!
The ’65 Pontiac color was called Iris Mist, lavender, not pink. My ’57 Chevy was Dusk Pearl, a similar metallic lavender.
I can’t in any way see any pink.
Dusty Rose or pale mauve maybe.
Carmine, no anti GM on my end. I’m a Chevy guy at heart and have tried defending some of the cars that have been defined as “the last American car my ________ has ever owned”.
I just think Spark closely resembles my Dogs Anus.
I read that as Dodge Anus the first time….
You know, it actually makes me like the Avalon more. Not that I detested the Avalon, of course.
I shot a ’66 Galaxie 500 this morning on my way back from a hay delivery, only to find a post on a ’65 when I get home…
I believe that I’ve seen this very car parked in the Briarcliff parking lot a few months back. It’s tiny size made my G20 look like a Buick Roadmaster in comparison.
The Spark exists to make the Nissan Versa look like a good way to spend $14K. I usually give people who choose an inexpensive new car over a comparably priced used car the benefit of the doubt, but these must be bought by the people who didn’t notice that their Citiations were lacking. Painting it pink won”t do anything additional to your cred. You can spend Honda Fit money on a Spark. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Very slick little car if you live in urban areas. Makes a lot of sense for commuting. If you gotta go long distance for the weekend, rent a Buick. Something not being mentioned here is that this car’s competition is the Smart and the Scion iQ – it’s less expensive and roomier than either of the other two, while still being in the same general size. I’ve seen a few, a rather impressive effort.
Oh yeah, the Citation was thirty years ago. Even GM learned from that one. I just love the people who absolutely cannot ever let go a mistake that GM makes. Amazing how they never notice when Toyota or Honda get something wrong.
Agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my god it gets old hearing all the GM bashing all the time. It more than likely comes from the uninformed or hard headed. NO ONE on any of these sites ever mentions that chrysler took a bailout (their 2ND in 30 yrs).
I read some comments on another site last week that proved to me that alot of people on these sites making their comments do not have a clue on the inside workings of a car dealer or a car company. Case in point there were alot of posts complaining about Ford and the recent new recalls on the Fusion. If the general public (people that post comments on sites like this one) had any idea of how common a recall is for ANY& ALL auto manufacturers those poor bastards would be too scared to drive a car and would protest the government demanding even more regulations and government oversight
Rant Over
I will grant you that Chrysler had two bailouts, but we need to clarify that the first one did not cost the government or the taxpayers any money. The government guaranteed private loans. New management turned the company around and the loans were all repaid in full. The government would have had to cough up had the company gone under, but as it was, there was no taxpayer money spent or lent. The second Chrysler bailout (and the GM bailout) were wholly different animals.
The Spark, at $12,995, includes 10 airbags, power windows, alloy wheels, A/C, ABS, Stability control, OnStar, daytime running lights, etc., etc. Its a lot of car for the money and they actually drive pretty well too. And if one is still afraid of GM quality it has a power train warranty and roadside assistance for 5 years or 100k miles. The styling does take a little getting used to, however…
Maybe they can get some Vega or Chevette buyers back….?? are you really ignorant enough to think the same people that bought the Citation are buying Sparks? That was 32 years ago. I love that GM is the only car maker with a past, I never read articles about new Mazdas where they mention oil burning rotaries?
Exactly!
I don’t get all the hate on GM, we have only ever really owned GM’s and had no real problems, our 2010 Cobalt has not had a single problem at all since new! And the others have just been regular maintenance.
And it seems the moment anything happens to a GM car everyone comes flocking to say how bad GM’s are, but if the same happens to another brand (usually “imports”) everyone ignores it or downplays it.
Smallest car…biggest headlights. That’s actually not a bad thing – if I was going to drive that little puissant, I’d want big lights on both ends of it.
Note the computer-applied correction above….
I’ll take mine in Denim Blue, please. And a stick.
Nice to see Chevy finally building small cars that have some character to them. I was actually looking at a Sonic while doing a live radio broadcast at a local Chevy dealership. Wish they’d offer some compact model with AWD so I could finally get my wife away from Subaru and their frightening maintenance costs. Head gaskets every 100,000 miles is not my idea of “routine maintenance”.
http://www.chevrolet.com/spark-mini-car.html The factory choice is “Techno Pink.”
I’ve never even sat in one of these things, but I find them rather amusing. If I lived in a large city where parking was a premium, this would be one of the weapons of choice. As it is, I don’t imagine I’d put myself in something smaller than a Sonic, at least for my life as it is now.
My 19 year old daughter may consider one of these a better deal than a used car, and I wouldn’t disagree. Considering that she doesn’t drive all of that much and my 15 year old Cavalier has been way more car than she needs, this may be the ticket for her.
But I’m not co-signing… LOL!
How do you open the back door on that thing? Weird.
If you look closely, it looks like there’s an indentation for a door handle in the black trim around the window.
It looks like it has the “Beer Tap” handles like the Beretta’s did.
I can’t decide whether to schoo it away with a broom, or offer it a saucer of milk!
How about a 1966 Hemi Charger in what appears to be the same color (‘mauve’):
Having just come back from from a week in Mexico, these are very popular down there, along with the Hyundai I10. I’m wondering if Hyundai will bring that here.