The consultants at Roland Berger argue the Aveo's not cheap enough, leaving an underserved American market.
Its very clear that AVEO has all the hallmarks of being about Great Science .
Hyundai, Kia and especially General Motors, with its Chevrolet Aveo, are dominating the small-and-cheap segment.
GM's aggressively styled Chevy Aveo RS concept argues that the days of the bare-bones econo-box are gone.
The cheapest new car available in the U.S. is the Korean-made Chevrolet Aveo.
These include the plug-in Volt and the Cruze, Spark, Aveo and Malibu from Chevrolet, along with two smaller Buicks.
Small cars that sip fuel, like the Chevrolet Aveo and Honda Fit, are almost always better values.
However, the Toyota FT-CH and Chevrolet Aveo, and Chrysler Lancia Delta concept cars will probably hit dealerships in late 2011 or early 2012.
Chevrolet, as noted, is focused on small, fuel-efficient cars and crossovers, with Cruze and Aveo taking center stage alongside the hot-selling Equinox crossover.
The Aveo show car strongly hints at what the next-generation Aveo will look like: a huge, open-mouthed grille, wide stance and low roofline.
Although flat into the IPO, AVEO is now up over 100% and is one of the high fliers of the Class of 2010.
The Chevrolet Aveo RS concept on display in Detroit is nearly identical to the one that will go on sale next year, for instance.
Hyundai, Kia and especially General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ), with its Chevrolet Aveo, are dominating the small-and-cheap segment.
One example is a breakthrough agreement between the UAW and GM that will allow GM to build the next-generation Chevrolet Aveo compact profitably in the United States.
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The Daewoo brand may be long gone in the U.S., but Daewoo-built cars are sold here as the Chevrolet Aveo, the Suzuki Forenza and the Suzuki Verona.
Today, AVEO (name was changed in 2005) has an interesting multi-kinase inhibitor tivozanib in Phase 3 for renal cell cancer, and their second program is an anti-HGF mAb.
With its lead program getting closer to an NDA, AVEO is well on its way to possibly becoming a sustainable biotech company: a feat only a rarefied few biotechs ever achieve.
On the earnings front, expect to hear from Aveo Pharmaceutials (AVEO) and Avon Products (AVP) on Tuesday, CenturyLink (CTL) on Wednesday, Cloud Peak Energy (CLD) on Thursday, and Amerigroup (AGP) on Friday.
These include lackluster models from model years 2008 and 2009 like the Chevrolet Aveo subcompact sedan and hatchback, Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger midsize sedans, Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks and the Dodge Nitro and Jeep Liberty sport-utility vehicles.
This sporty 40mpg subcompact is not only a huge leap ahead of the Chevy Aveo it replaces, but it's also perhaps the best car in a very tough segment, which includes the Honda Fit, Ford Fiesta and Hyundai Accent, all great cars.
So despite having a drug in front of the FDA, AVEO is currently a negative return for its venture investors (the ones who have held large portions to date) or at most a marginal win (1.3x) for those that exited in 2011 (looks like Flagship has exited, whereas MPM, Highland have been holding at least some of their positions).
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