Report: GM to Kill Chevy Sonic

General Motors Co. likely will discontinue the slow-selling Chevrolet Sonic small car in the U.S. this year, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Speculation about the car’s demise has been circulating for about two years. The Journal cites unnamed sources who say production of the Sonic at GM’s Orion Township, Mich., assembly plant will end soon.

In April the newspaper claimed Chevy planned to kill the Impala large car and Volt extended-range hybrid. GM has since confirmed those plans and announced it will close three assembly plants that build the vehicles in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario.

GM declined to comment on the new report, other than to say it hasn’t announced any plans to stop selling the Sonic. U.S. sales of the vehicle plunged nearly 32% last year to about 20,600 units.

GM, which launched the Sonic in 2011 as a replacement for the Chevy Aveo, last updated the vehicle in 2016. The subcompact model sits between the tiny Spark and Cruze compact in Chevy’s lineup. The Cruze is built at GM’s Lordstown, Ohio, factory, which is one of the three plants scheduled for closure.