General Motors is full of surprises. After yesterday's unveiling of the the price tag on the Chevrolet Volt, the American manufacturer had a press release today in which it announced it's intention of increasing the number of Chevrolet Volt units produced in the United States by fifty percent in the year 2012, totalling 45,000 units. It is said that the...
We've all been curious about the new Chevrolet Volt and it's price and finally, General Motors decided to let us have it. Get ready. It will be $41,000 (or $33,500 with the federal electric vehicle tax). That sure is steep, you might say. We did too. But according to General Motors, you get a lot of bang for your buck....
That's a pretty long line of words starting with "C" but one can easily be added, the creator of this concept car is called Cardoso, David Cardoso. Pardon the James Bond association but you can't help but feel that if 007 went to the US to get a car this not only looks the part but it may also house...
Yes, I am aware of the peculiar factor to be found within the title but the fact remains true. No recent Corvette bears the name anywhere on it. If you look at the Corvette badge you will still be able to spot the traditional bowtie does appear on the twin-flag badge, but that's about all. The situation in the European...
It took a while but it finally happened, the Chevrolet Corvette has been legally christened as Official State Sports Car of the state of Kentucky. It may seem like something a bit over the top for the majority of readers but then again some sort of heritage is great no matter how you look at it. Besides the heritage issue,...
The 2004 Chevrolet Corvette is undergoing investigation from the NHTSA after there have been several complaints in relation to the fuel tanks of these vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it has opened the investigation into 33,000 of these 2004 Chevrolet Corvettes over leaky fuel tank problems. The total number of registered complaints for this situation came...
The British are getting a new top of the line model for the Chevrolet Captiva and it'll get a trim-level name that's quite often found on the stateside Chevrolet cars. The Chevrolet Captiva LTZ version will powered by a 2 liter turbo diesel engine producing 150 horsepower matted to either a five-speed manual or automatic transmission. Beside the new badging the...
The first data on the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro's sales have come in and apparently black is the most favored color among buyers. As to be predicted, the V8 engined version accounts for most of the sales. Black took 22.17 percent of all Camaros sold or a total of 22,893 units. The runner up for the most popular color is Silver...
General Motors had planned to to bring the seven-seater Chevrolet Orlando crossover to the United States but has recently reconsidered and decided not to do it after all. According to Mark Reuss, GM’s president for North America, the man who made the decision to cancel these plans the brand needs to focus on the existing models for the brand as opposed...
Chrysler Group LLC has just announced that upon the launch of the new Charger in November 2010 they will be ready to increase their participation to the squad car market. Peter Grady, Chrysler’s head of network development and fleet said that his company will go hard out after this particular market. This announcement from Chrysler isn't really a big surprise...
With the occasion of Beijing Showroom event, Chevrolet presented the hatchback version of Chevrolet Sail. This Sail is somewhere between Spark and Aveo, seeking a low-cost proposition for the emerging markets. Until now they didn’t announced the markets where this model will be sent, but we expect at Asia, Latin America and several countries from Africa. From the design point...
Renown German tuner GeigerCars has had a bit of fun with the Chevrolet Corvette and created a bit of a surprise. Their version of the Corvette, entitled Grand Sport is now a beast that goes out and almost matches the ZR1 level of performance. The new car gets the same basic engine, the LS3 6.2 liter V8 engine gets a...
The Chevrolet Volt MPV has now gone from drawings to reality. It's not grown a bit of a longer name but other than that it's pretty much as expected. What we're talking about is that this car will be running with power from a lithium ion T-battery developed by GM and will also use a 1.4 liter engine generator. The...
Recently a few patent drawings have been popping up all over the place and what they feature may be quite interesting. The 2010 Beijing Motor Show may see General Motors unveiling a Chevrolet Volt-based MPV next week. Since the Volt’s Voltec powertrain has been designed to fit quite a wide range of vehicles this new MPV may be hiding just that...
The press conference for the Long Beach Grand Prix (part of the American Le Mans Series) held this weekend has also hosted the presentation of the five gentlemen that will make up the ALMS Green Dream Team. The gents who will be acting as ambassadors for the green racing initiatives in ALMS are Paul Drayson, David Brabham, Johnny O'Connell, Chris...
If you’re a big fan of the Fast and Furious franchise and you’ve got around 40.000 dollars to spend on a new car you may be in luck. The military green Chevrolet Camaro driven by Dom through the underground tunnels is up for sale. The Camaro in question is a 1973 F-Bomb replica that was genuinely used in the fourth...
The 1st of May 2010 is when Bob Lutz is scheduled to retire from the position he occupies at General Motors as Vice Chairman. His retirement is set to be a permanent one and is anticipated to be very hard on the man who has been in this business since 1963. Lutz has already retired once but made a comeback...
Chevrolet has announced that they will be offering a replica of the Indianapolis 500 pace car. As this isn’t the first time Chevrolet sells replica pace cars (the first one being sold in 1993) there are some conditions applied to it. Firstly, the production will be limited (it is a limited edition after all) to 500 units (it is the...
First I have to say that this car, makes part of those who are not really fitting the range of cars that are building their auto maker or at last this is what I think. I’m thinking that Chevrolet is usually building long cars that are also very powerful like the famous Chevrolet Camaro but I think they will also...
If you are a Chevrolet fan type of guy then what’s following should be on your taste. With the occasion of the New York Auto Show 2010 Chevrolet takes full advantage and will present the top version RS of the Cruze model. The modifications brought to this car are not substantial but it should be enough to raise some interest....
