General Motors is taking a big gamble in a little way with its 2013 Chevrolet Spark. The Detroit automaker is betting that high fuel prices and an increased awareness of one’s ecological footprint ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

The interior is roomier than expected, and overall comfort mainly suffers due to the poor suspension; no surprise on a small car like this. Gas mileage is better than stated, and the infotainment ...

Chevrolet calls the 2013 Spark's color palette "vibrant," and says more than half of the available paint hues allow the Spark to "stand out in a crowd." Colors include Salsa, Jalapeno, Denim, Lemonade ...

ASSOCIATE WEST COAST EDITOR BLAKE Z. RONG: Underneath the bright colors, youthful pretension and eager-mouse styling of the 2013 Chevrolet Spark is a decent compact car that is as far ahead of the ...

Chevy claims the Spark is its first subcompact for the U.S. and Canadian markets. (We'll forgive its amnesia about the tiny Geo Metro, which was later rebadged as a Chevrolet.) At 144.7 inches overall ...

Like most other automakers, cash cows for Chevrolet typically include its trucks and SUVs, but the 2013 Spark put up some pretty big numbers in its first full month on the market in its bid for ...

We tend to like small cars, as a personal preference. But the very smallest of cars often don't get the best gas mileage, and they can feel subjectively unsafe in some driving conditions. So how did ...

One huge issue got the car and there was a bad censor In it. Took it back for the power steering going out! Big issues dealer acted like I was crazy took it somewhere else and they found the problem ...

EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Admittedly, these minicars look so completely foreign in our world chock full of big trucks and SUVs. But against a backdrop of Smarts and the like, I think the 2013 ...

I like to imagine the Chevrolet team practicing some Stuart Smalley-style self-affirmation as they launched the itty bitty Spark. High in General Motors' downtown Detroit headquarters, I can see a ...