Chevrolet Sail [2012-2014] User Reviews

Dear Team,

I have purchased a Chevrolet Sail 1.3 LS Diesel Sedan Model on March 2013 from G.M Motors, Cochin.

Purchase date: March 2013.

Purchased from: G.M. Motors, Kalamassery, Cochin.

Here are the two major issues which I am facing with my Chevrolet Sail Sedan Model after one year of usage.

Mileage Problem

I have always facing the mileage problem with Chevorlet Sail Sedan model. I am getting only 14-15 KMPL even in highways. Chevrolet have assured 22.1 KMPL in highways. 

AC Performance

The another main complaint is about AC performance. The performance feels very bad in our long journey.

Exterior I have impressed by the sedan model, Sail has a great front look.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior features are very good. Excellent Leg Space & Comfort.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Very good Engine performance.

Ride Quality & Handling Always feel good to ride.

Final Words Please give some solutions to solve this mileage problem as early as possible.

Premlal T.N.

Chief Software Engineer,

PNL Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Kochi.

Exterior very goodMileage Problem

Exterior Nice and looks like a complete sedan car. Deserves a second look while you are driving on road.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Not so impressive but definately not bad as well, when you compare to Amaze or Etios.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is quiet, gives a fair mileage, Gearbox is smooth and make you feel riding a sedan, unlike dzire or indigo.

Ride Quality & Handling Nice handling even on bumpy roads. Have taken a test drive on worst condition and it did not dissapoint me at all.

Final Words General Motor has done a pretty nice job and surely everyone's gonna like it.

Areas of improvement Delivery should be more prompt as i haven't recieved my car from past 4 weeks and for getting something like Sail, i wont mind if i have to wait for couple of weeks more. but overall delivery is the most concern department as i want to have my Sail asap.

Exterior, Performance and SpaceDelivery

Overall

It was initially a difficult task when I decided to upgrade my 8 years old Alto to a entry level sedan. There is tough competition in this segment and obviously a deficult taks to pick the best one in line to our choice (since we neglect others whil choosing one). My prime chioses where Dzire, Amaze, Etios, Classic and Veritto. I went all the showrooms of these cars and done the test drive. Finally I ended up by giving my cheque to Chevvy to buy Sail 1.3 LS ABS. I have driven 2000 kms so far and feels happy for the buy.

Based on my test drive experience I can list up some key points which made me to move towards Chevvy's Sail.

Sail beats Dzire in the following aspects: a complete sedan, boot space, suspension, interior space, riding comfort, excellent braking system and awesome exterior design and looks.

Sail beats Classic in the following aspects: riding comfort, suspension andsteering response while in city drive and uneven roads with full ac on.

Veritto is really a good car, but I didn't choose it because of very outdated interior and once you entered inside you will feel like you are in Jeep not an luxuriouis car that you tended to spend your money for. While starting it jumps like jeep.

Etios, I didn't fall to this car because, I was not much impressed by its interior and also the quality of the material in addition to a lot of negative critics I heared from the users.

Exterior

 Excellent. You will fall in love at the first sight.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Features : Good

Space and Comfort: Excellent

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

Since Chevvy uses Fiat 1.3 L Turbojet Engine, the Engine Performance is not commentable here. The performance is pretty good with decent mileage aroung 21-22 km/l in Highways and 18-20 km/l in city drive.

  The most lovable thing in this car over Amazr is you can't feel any vibrations even when you ignit the Engine and also the noise is well insulated in to the cabin. I feel suspension of the Sail is best among its rivals. It doesn't care the small path holes in the road and offers extermely better riding experience for both city and highways.

  The power steering is pretty responsive and excellent for city drive.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Extermely good.

Final Words

 Definitely a good car and value for money. Go with your own chioce not others as you are paying your hard earned money to enjoy yourself. All the cars are good and well fitted and also released after several testings and trials so no car is bad here but we have to find which one will suit us for our persional use/driving conditions. Do test drive all the cars in the segment before picking up any car. 

Areas of improvement  

 Low pick up while in first and second gear, Restricted pressing area of the horn.

 

 

Fuel economy, Comfort, Suspension, Braking, Safety and StyleLow pick up while on first and second gears, Restricted pressing area for horn

Exterior My sincere advise to everyone plz don't buy this car. I like the design of the car better than dzire and amaze.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) More spacious, two colour interiors,very comfartable seats

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox One of the biggest problem is engine performance. engine of car got replaced after running only 2500 kms.13 km/l is the mileage I am getting and i can't overtake other cars while on highway.After driving 2500 kms of my newly purchased sail diesel sedan the engine failed. after 1 month the co replaced the engine of the car. it's a huge embarassement to me. I spent 750000 and I got poor quality car from general motors.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality can't be gud if engine is not performing.

Final Words Please do not buy this car.its totally waste of money. engine is a big failure, no pick up, lesser mileage.

Areas of improvement Change the engine, increase the mileage which is promised, check on pick of the car.

Design of the carEngine failure, lileage issues, pick up issues

Exterior A very impressive exterior and looks clean and decent from all angles as far as I was concerned it was a good looking and a striking exteriors

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interiors were well designed though I didnt not like the steering wheel it looked too outdated and horn switches cannot be reached easily which you should get used to other than that I found all the features to be intact, having electrically adjustable mirros in base model is added advantage, could have been 4 power windows in place of 2 and they said they can fix 2 more for 6k which is the same outside also, a/c was powerful and also the engine was smooth to drive and responsive, steeting was good to handle should be checked on high speeds as well.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine was very smooth which u expect for a petrol engine, fuel economy claimed to be 19 in highway and 16-17in city which needs to be tested for but anything above 15 is good for a petrol engine is what I feel (pls comment if I am wrong) and shifting of gears was very smooth as I found it out to be really soft and easy to change drove the vehicle in 3rd at speed less than 30 and it was good and never vibrated

Ride Quality & Handling Very impressed with the riding and handling quality of the vehicle, my daughter really liked the vehicle and she told me to drive the vehicle home instantly

Final Words Would definately go for the vehicle as it suits my budget and with good features which u dont get in other basic models.

Areas of improvement Need to drive for vehicle for atleast a week to know the areas of improvement.

The car looked very good from outside as well as inside and very comfortable tooBoot space could have been larger its only 370 litres

I have driven Chevrolet spark for five years and didn't spend a single rupee other than changing the oil. I wanted to upgrade to sedan so first choice was chevrolet car based on my spark experience.  

After five years car feels new so I had inclination towards Chevrolet car even though lot of people will have objection.

Sail has great external design. It looks quite impressive. Inside also it is quite spacious. I drove it on rough road, it handled bumps very well. Dashboard with music player looks decenet.  I have booked base diesel model waiting for delivery now.

Only thing which didn't like is  window switches in the center, but sales person has a logic that passenger should also be able to operate all the windows and that is the reason. Make sense as my other car side passenger keeps asking me to close the windows, it is kind of creats distraction.

it is value for moneyyou get what you pay for...can't complain for the price range it is offered.

I Bought a SAIL SEDAN LT DIESEL and within a month problem started , 

the car emits a heavy black smoke and very poor mileage of 8 or 9.

After servicing it for 3 to 4 times in the authorized service center nothing got improved , and when contacted the show room , they said contact Service people.

I sent mail to GM and SIAM and got call from Local service center to bring the car once again for service. in the Websites and from other sources heard that they will completely replace the faulty engine but this news was denied by service center people as they dont have official message from GM.

When I searched over the net , most of the customers said the same problem.

GM has to come up with a solution but unfortunately, GM is not recalling or replying  the customer's who trusted it and bought the vehicle. so for no official annoucement from them.

In faith . this is a kind of betrayal shown by GM to its customers.

Riding comfort , view , suspensionMileage , heavy black smoke

Exterior

 Appearing good from front. Back boot lid is plain. side view is ok.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

Firstly i would talk about space, it’s very good. a person of six ft can comfortably drive the vehicle. It has got under seat space to keep some small bags which i would say an additional storage space. Dash board is not very impressive; all four speakers of very basic.pls don’t expect a high instrumental music in your car but will give you normal sound effects. Seats are comfort. Power window switches are placed near gear rod which needs to get used to it. And here i should tell about steering wheel..... GM is totally gone wrong in the steering wheel design. It’s not at all a kind to be in a sedan class car. I am very much disappointed. Honda Amaze has got very nicely designed steering wheel. one should change this if you want to feel great whcen your hands on the steering wheel.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 As far as my knowledge i can say the performance is not bad. need to shift to first gear when you slow down to 20 ,30 . I cant say about fuel economy since its not checked & also not fair to calculate in a test drive. gearbox is well crafted its very smooth. reverse gear seems to be difficult for the people who drive indian cars. its giving good power on highways need not to worry when you over take a bus or a lorry , sail engine is  really responsive and deliver the power when actually you need it.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Ride quality is very good. has got required road grip. breaking is awesome. i drove the car at 100 to 130 kmph speed on bangalore and chennai highway , i never felt nervous about steering or breaking. mostly there is no noise in the closed cabin. Where Honda Amaze engines noise is hearable in the cabin and vibration is also noticeable in amaze.

Final Words

 After lot of research and test drives ( sail , amaze , dezire , swift , sunny , scala , classic ) i voted Chevy sail.

Areas of improvement  

GM Indai , Please change steering wheel , you need not to give additional options but it looks plain. At least like Beat. Under thigh support is missing . Sun glass holder is not present. lights on the power windos and OSRVMS also missing.

 

Looks & handlingvery basic interiors.

I purchased a Sail Sedan petrol about 6 months ago and that was the beginning of my woes. This is a very poor quality car and the service support of Chevrolet is even more appalling.
Almost from day one I have been facing issues like unusual dashboard noises, clutch noise, gear noise, ac stench etc etc. The clutch is especially problematic and keeps making a horrendous sound, like it's going to break. I have been to the service centers now countless number of times but every time they find temporary fixes and the problems only grow worse. Now I am like a sitting duck, waiting for the day the clutch of my car snaps, which can be life-threatening if you are driving at high speeds.

It’s dismaying that authorized personnel of Chevrolet can’t even isolate the issues with the car, let alone fix it. The sales people turn a deaf ear to your complaints once the sale is done. Even reaching out to Chevrolet customer support has not worked. They continuously keep ignoring your complaints.

All in all please do not , do not buy this car or any other from GM. This is my sincere advice to you. I feel completely cheated and regret the decision to buy this car in spite of warnings from friends about the horrible Chevrolet service support and poor built quality of their cars. I will never, in my life, trust a brand from the General Motors house again.

External Styling, Space, PricingPoor built quality, multiple issues with the car, horrible service support