The Chevy made ​​in Mexico

Having overcome the technical problems due to the high temperatures and low air pressure (due to the altitude above sea level both Mexico City and around the Mexican plateau), the Chevy began offering air conditioning in the Mexican market. From the 1996 model year begins its production plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila. Mexico. For this, the Chevy, which from now begins to be called "Chevy Joy" in 3-door or "Chevy Swing" in 5 doors regardless of trim level, receives a new 1.6 liter engine with 78 hp. In 1997 he introduced a new basic version: The "Chevy Pop" or "Chevy People", this new version reduced its equipment to a minimum, however, like the other versions of the Chevy, began to be offered in metallic colors with a price slightly larger than the previously best selling of the time: the Volkswagen Beetle. The significance of the Chevy Pop is huge in the Mexican market, the deplazar the beloved "Beetle" from your first sales eternal, getting private motorist preference (for a few years, taxi drivers remained faithful to the "Beetle"), because for a slightly higher price offered a spacious and comfortable interior, a far more modern, better aesthetics, and a remarkable fuel consumption thanks to its aerodynamic and 5-speed manual gearbox (something unusual in the segment time), comparable to the Mexican champion in that category, the Nissan Tsuru. In that same year introduced the "Chevy Monza", 4-door sedan made ​​in Mexico that incorporates parts made in Brazil in its manufacture; along with this it starts selling the Chevy automatic transmission along with a new version of the engine 1 , 6 l, now 95 hp initially offer in Monza, shortly after joining in Joy and Swing.