Baby Chevy heads for hills

31st October 2008

With its neat nose, tall ride height and sporty three-door design, the Chevrolet GPiX has caused quite a stir.

Star of this week’s Sao Paulo Motor Show in Brazil, the four-seater SUV has been penned by parent firm GM’s Brazilian design office – and is one of the first models the purpose-built studio has produced.

The cabin continues the dramatic, angular theme, and while no mechanical details are available, it’s thought the car uses an evolution of the front-wheel-drive Delta II platform.

Power is set to come from a four-cylinder engine capable of running on E100 biothanol. As a result, Chevy has dismissed talk of the GPiX coming to the UK. Still, a spokesman said: “While the car isn’t set to be sold here, the idea of a small off-roader appeals. But if anything was developed, buyers wouldn’t get behind the wheel before 2010.”