Chevrolet Matiz

Chevrolet Matiz: which version to buy and why (0.8 AT, 0.8 MT, 1.0 MT)

If you are choosing a Chevrolet Matiz rather than learning what the model is, the data split is simple: two generations of Mini 5-doors, five named versions, and the useful differences are arithmetic. Generation 1 (2004-01-01 to 2005-12-31) has two 0.8 petrol versions. Generation 2 (2005-01-01 to 2010-12-31) keeps both 0.8 names and adds 1.0 MT.

If you are choosing a Chevrolet Matiz rather than learning what the model is, the data split is simple: two generations of Mini 5-doors, five named versions, and the useful differences are arithmetic. Generation 1 (2004-01-01 to 2005-12-31) has two 0.8 petrol versions. Generation 2 (2005-01-01 to 2010-12-31) keeps both 0.8 names and adds 1.0 MT. Same badge 0.8 AT or 0.8 MT is not the same car across years: acceleration, mixed fuel use, ground clearance and gross weight all move. There is no 2015 or 2026 Matiz in this catalogue, no length/width, no oil capacity, and no sale price — those searches have no numbers here.

Chevrolet Matiz generations compared: what changed from 1 to 2

1 generation (2004–2005), Mini 5-doors, 2 versions. Both are 796 cm³ Gasoline, Inline 3, 2 valves per cylinder, boost No, multi-point injection, compression 9.3, bore × stroke 68.5 × 72, fuel 92, FWD, tank 35 L, ground clearance 150 mm, front brakes Disc, rear Drum, front suspension Independent, spring, rear Semi-independent, springorts hélicoïdaux, sem. 0.8 AT is Automatic, 4 gears, 52 hp (38 kW) at 6000 rpm, 73 Nm at 4400 rpm, 0–100 km/h in 14.8 s, 144 km/h, kerb 795 kg, gross 1210 kg, city/highway/mixed 8.4 / 5.3 / 6.5 L/100 km, wheels 145/70 R13 and 155/65 R13. 0.8 MT is Manual, 5 gears, 52 hp at 5900 rpm, 69 Nm at 4600 rpm, 0–100 in 17 s, 144 km/h, kerb 770 kg, gross 1210 kg, 7.3 / 6.3 / 6.8 L/100 km; wheel size is not measured. Engine position on both is Front, transverse. CO2 and eco class are not measured.

2 generation (2005–2010), Mini 5-doors, 3 versions. Clearance falls 15 mm to 135 mm. The 0.8 engines stay 796 cm³ Gasoline Inline 3, 52 hp (38 kW) at 6000 rpm, 72 Nm at 4400 rpm (1 Nm less than generation-1 0.8 AT, 3 Nm more than generation-1 0.8 MT). 0.8 AT becomes slower and heavier on the scales that matter for traffic: 0–100 21.9 s (7.1 s slower than generation-1 0.8 AT), top speed 135 km/h (9 km/h down), mixed 5.7 L/100 km (0.8 L/100 km less than generation-1 0.8 AT), kerb still 795 kg, gross 1270 kg (+60 kg vs generation-1 0.8 AT). 0.8 MT is 18.2 s to 100 km/h (1.2 s slower than generation-1 0.8 MT), 145 km/h (+1 km/h), mixed 5.2 L/100 km (1.6 L/100 km less than generation-1 0.8 MT), kerb 775 kg (+5 kg), gross 1250 kg (+40 kg vs 1210 kg). 1.0 MT is the only four-cylinder: 995 cm³, 63 hp (46 kW) at 5400 rpm, 87 Nm at 4200 rpm, 0–100 12.9 s, 152 km/h, mixed 6.6 L/100 km, kerb 796 kg, gross 1230 kg. Engine position for 1.0 MT is not measured; wheels on all three generation-2 versions are 145/70 R13 and 155/65 R13.

Buy generation 1 if 150 mm clearance and the faster 0.8 automatic matter more than later mixed economy. Buy generation 2 if you want the 1.0, or if you will live with 135 mm and slower 0.8 times in exchange for lower mixed figures on the 0.8 pair.

Chevrolet Matiz engine and specs table (exact version names)

Power per litre: 52 / 0.796 ≈ 65.3 hp/L on every 0.8; 63 / 0.995 ≈ 63.3 hp/L on 1.0 MT. The 1.0 is larger and stronger in absolute hp and Nm, not denser. Displacement step is +199 cm³ (+25%). Peak power on 1.0 MT arrives 600 rpm earlier than generation-2 0.8 (5400 vs 6000). Torque peak on 1.0 MT is 4200 rpm vs 4400 on generation-2 0.8.

Kerb weight per horsepower: generation-1 0.8 MT 770 / 52 ≈ 14.8 kg/hp; generation-1 0.8 AT and generation-2 0.8 AT 795 / 52 ≈ 15.3 kg/hp; generation-2 0.8 MT 775 / 52 ≈ 14.9 kg/hp; generation-2 1.0 MT 796 / 63 ≈ 12.6 kg/hp. That is the cleanest “what the extra engine buys”: about 2.3 kg/hp less than the lightest 0.8.

Chevrolet Matiz 0.8 vs 1.0: performance, mpg, horsepower

Inside generation 2 (the only generation with 1.0). 1.0 MT vs 0.8 MT: +11 hp (+21%), +15 Nm (+21%), 0–100 12.9 s vs 18.2 s (5.3 s quicker), top speed 152 vs 145 km/h (+7), mixed 6.6 vs 5.2 L/100 km (+1.4), city 8.8 vs 6.9 (+1.9), highway 5.3 vs 4.2 (+1.1), kerb +21 kg (796 vs 775), gross −20 kg (1230 vs 1250). 1.0 MT vs 0.8 AT: same +11 hp, +15 Nm vs 72 Nm, 0–100 12.9 vs 21.9 s (9.0 s quicker), 152 vs 135 km/h (+17), mixed 6.6 vs 5.7 (+0.9), kerb +1 kg, gross −40 kg (1230 vs 1270). If the question is “is the 1.0 worth it on the stopwatch,” yes: it is the only Matiz here under 13 s to 100 km/h. If the question is mixed fuel, generation-2 0.8 MT is the lowest at 5.2 L/100 km.

Same name, different generation — do not treat 2004–2005 0.8 AT as 2005–2010 0.8 AT. Generation-1 0.8 AT reaches 100 km/h in 14.8 s; generation-2 0.8 AT takes 21.9 s. That is 7.1 s — larger than the gap between generation-2 0.8 MT and 1.0 MT. Top speed 144 vs 135 km/h. Mixed use favours generation 2: 5.7 vs 6.5 L/100 km. City 7.6 vs 8.4; highway 4.6 vs 5.3. Torque 72 vs 73 Nm. Gross 1270 vs 1210 kg. Clearance 135 vs 150 mm.

0.8 MT across generations. Generation-1 0.8 MT is quicker to 100 (17.0 vs 18.2 s) but uses more mixed fuel (6.8 vs 5.2) and more highway fuel (6.3 vs 4.2). Generation-2 0.8 MT is 1 km/h faster at the top (145 vs 144). Peak torque 72 Nm at 4400 vs 69 Nm at 4600; peak power rpm 6000 vs 5900. Kerb 775 vs 770 kg.

Automatic vs manual on 0.8, same generation. Generation 1: 0.8 AT beats 0.8 MT to 100 km/h by 2.2 s (14.8 vs 17.0) at the same 144 km/h, with mixed 6.5 vs 6.8 (−0.3) but city 8.4 vs 7.3 (+1.1). The automatic is 25 kg heavier at kerb (795 vs 770). Generation 2 reverses the sprint: 0.8 MT 18.2 s vs 0.8 AT 21.9 s (3.7 s), 145 vs 135 km/h, mixed 5.2 vs 5.7, city 6.9 vs 7.6, highway 4.2 vs 4.6, kerb 775 vs 795 (−20 kg). An automatic in generation 2 is the slowest and thirstiest 0.8 of that generation; an automatic in generation 1 is the fastest 0.8 of that generation.

CO2 is not measured on any version. Eco class is not measured. Those blanks are not “no emissions”; they are missing from the source.

Chevrolet Matiz weight, ground clearance, tank, wheels

Tank is 35 L on all five versions — range is not a differentiator; consumption is.

Ground clearance: 150 mm on both generation-1 versions, 135 mm on all three generation-2 versions (−15 mm). That is the largest chassis number that moves with generation, and it applies even if you pick the same 0.8 AT or 0.8 MT name.

Kerb weight, lightest to heaviest: generation-1 0.8 MT 770 kg; generation-2 0.8 MT 775 kg; generation-1 0.8 AT 795 kg; generation-2 0.8 AT 795 kg; generation-2 1.0 MT 796 kg. Spread from lightest 0.8 to 1.0 is 26 kg.

Gross weight: both generation-1 versions 1210 kg; generation-2 1.0 MT 1230 kg; generation-2 0.8 MT 1250 kg; generation-2 0.8 AT 1270 kg. Payload (gross − kerb): generation-1 0.8 AT 415 kg; generation-1 0.8 MT 440 kg; generation-2 0.8 AT 475 kg; generation-2 0.8 MT 475 kg; generation-2 1.0 MT 434 kg. Generation 2 0.8 cars carry more on paper despite less ground clearance; 1.0 MT sits between the two generations on payload.

Wheels: 145/70 R13 and 155/65 R13 on generation-1 0.8 AT and on every generation-2 version. Generation-1 0.8 MT wheel size is not measured.

Length, width, height and overall “size” in millimetres are not measured in this dataset. Horsepower and kerb are measured; do not infer cabin size from them.

Which Chevrolet Matiz version to choose

Choose generation-2 1.0 MT if the job is the strongest Matiz in this list. It is the only 4-cylinder, the only 63 hp / 87 Nm / 995 cm³, the only 12.9 s to 100 km/h and 152 km/h. You pay 1.4 L/100 km mixed versus generation-2 0.8 MT and 0.9 versus generation-2 0.8 AT. Engine position is not measured; everything else in the table is. It is Manual, 5 gears, FWD, Mini 5-doors, 135 mm, 796 kg kerb.

Choose generation-2 0.8 MT if mixed fuel is the ranking. 5.2 L/100 km mixed, 4.2 highway, 6.9 city are the lowest set in the whole model. You give up 11 hp and 5.3 s to 100 versus 1.0 MT, and you sit on 135 mm like the rest of generation 2. Among 0.8 cars it is also the generation-2 pick for top speed (145 km/h).

Choose generation-1 0.8 AT if you need Automatic and a usable 0.8 sprint. 14.8 s and 144 km/h beat generation-2 0.8 AT (21.9 s, 135 km/h) by a wide margin, with 150 mm clearance. Mixed 6.5 L/100 km is 0.8 worse than generation-2 0.8 AT. Same 52 hp name, not the same traffic behaviour.

Choose generation-2 0.8 AT only if Automatic is required and the car must be the later generation. It is the slowest 0–100 (21.9 s) and the lowest top speed (135 km/h) in the catalogue, heaviest gross (1270 kg), 135 mm. What it buys versus generation-1 0.8 AT is mixed 5.7 vs 6.5 and city 7.6 vs 8.4 — economy, not pace.

Choose generation-1 0.8 MT if you want the lightest kerb (770 kg), 150 mm, and a 17.0 s 0.8 without later-generation economy. Mixed 6.8 L/100 km is the highest mixed figure here; highway 6.3 is also the highest highway figure. Wheel size is not measured on this version only.

Years people search (2005–2010) mapped to this data. 2005 sits on the overlap: generation 1 runs through 2005-12-31 and generation 2 starts 2005-01-01 — the year label does not pick the engine; the version name plus generation does. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in this source are generation 2 only: 0.8 AT, 0.8 MT, 1.0 MT, all 135 mm. There is no 2015 and no 2026 row.

What this source cannot decide. Reliability, “is it a good car,” engine-light faults, oil capacity, engine mounts, swaps, Spark vs Matiz, and for-sale prices are not in the numbers. CO2 and eco class are not measured. Length and width are not measured. Use the five named versions and the arithmetic above; do not fill the gaps.