Spy Shots: Chevy Beat finally hits the road
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag">Spy Photos</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/" rel="tag">Euro</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchbacks</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chevrolet/" rel="tag">Chevrolet</a></p><a href="http://www.nextautos.com/worlds-first-look-chevrolet-beat-prototype-gallery?gid=9816&nid=2561 6#gallery-9816"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/08/php35cbjt.preview_250op.j pg" alt="" /></a>Testing of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ChevyBeat/">Chevy Beat</a> is officially underway, and our friends at NextAutos have procured the first set of spy shots. The camo'd mule is still sporting the short overhangs and upright silhouette of the concept, but GM decided to equip the squat city car with another set of doors to make ingress and egress easier for rear-seat passengers.<br /><br />Initial reports suggest that power will be provided by a 1.2-liter 16-valve DOHC inline-four, mated to either a manual or automatic gearbox. The Beat will make its production debut sometime in 2010 and will go on sale in Europe in early 2011. As <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/15/lutz-no-beat-for-the-u-s-smaller-cuvs-on-the-way-insignia-st/">previously reported</a>, the Beat won't be making the trek to the U.S. until it meets the fed's crash-test standards, so we won't get a shot at the Beat until the next generation arrives - whenever that is.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/new-york-auto-show-2007-chevy-beat-concept/">New York Auto Show: 2007 Chevy Beat Concept</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/new-york-auto-show-2007-chevy-beat-concept/240532/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/05/0chevybeat_may07_001_thum bnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/new-york-auto-show-2007-chevy-beat-concept/240533/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/05/0chevybeat_may07_002_thum bnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/new-york-auto-show-2007-chevy-beat-concept/240534/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/05/0chevybeat_may07_003_thum bnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/new-york-auto-show-2007-chevy-beat-concept/240530/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/05/0chevybeat_may07_004_thum bnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/new-york-auto-show-2007-chevy-beat-concept/240531/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/05/0chevybeat_may07_005_thum bnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.nextautos.com/worlds-first-look-chevrolet-beat-prototype-gallery?gid=9816&nid=2561 6#gallery-9816">NextAutos</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://www.nextautos.com/worlds-first-look-chevrolet-beat-prototype-gallery?gid=9816&nid=2561 6#gallery-9816>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/06/spy-shots-chevy-beat-finally-hits-the-road/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1277195/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/06/spy-shots-chevy-beat-finally-hits-the-road/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />

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