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Chevrolet

With a lineup that includes some of the bestselling cars, trucks and SUVs sold in America, Chevrolet is routinely one of the bestselling brands in the US market. A refresh to the Camaro and Malibu along with new versions of the Corvette, Silverado and Impala join forces with the likes of the Volt and the Spark EV to offer an incredible range of performance cars and super efficient models in the same showroom.

By Patrick Rall on October 30, 2013 - 11:04AM
With Halloween festivities just one night away for most Americans, the official Chevrolet Facebook page has offered up a collection of pumpkin stencils that can assist bowtie fans in making their artful vegetable look like their favorite Chevy - with a mix of general Chevy logos along with stencils depicting the 2014 Corvette, the 2014 Camaro, the Volt, the Spark, the 2014 Silverado and more.
By Patrick Rall on October 28, 2013 - 1:35PM
A new report indicates that General Motors will continue building what we know as the 2013 Chevrolet Impala for the fleet market while the consumer market moves on to the redesigned and vastly refined 2014 Impala – with this ongoing model known as the Impala Limited.
By Patrick Rall on October 17, 2013 - 5:13PM
General Motors has announced that the pricing of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups will go up by as much as $1,500 – making the most expensive option in the half ton truck market even pricier.
By Patrick Rall on October 17, 2013 - 1:34PM
General Motors has issued a new video showing their new 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 competing with the 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca on the Milford test track – with the 500+ horsepower Camaro handily beating the Boss the entire way around the track.
By Patrick Rall on October 16, 2013 - 8:26PM
The high performance Z51 package for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe has proven to be extremely popular with the early buyers – so popular that it has caused a supplier-level production constraint that could force new buyers to wait as much as a year.
By Patrick Rall on October 15, 2013 - 11:05AM
General Motors has just announced the results of their team’s testing session with the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 at the Nürburgring and with a time of 7:37.47 – making the new Z/28 the fastest American muscle car around the famous German track and what makes this time even more impressive is the fact that this record lap was achieved in the rain.
By Patrick Rall on October 14, 2013 - 6:15PM
Just months after the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 GMC Sierra half ton pickups began hitting dealerships around the country; General Motors has announced a voluntary recall of some 21,721 new trucks because the front seats could move in the event of a hard rear end collision.
By Patrick Rall on October 14, 2013 - 12:32PM
The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will almost assuredly become one of the most heavily marketed products in the world of toys and apparel but with the help of the new Monopoly Empire board game – the C7 Corvette has become the first real car to be featured in the legendary game series.
By Patrick Rall on October 10, 2013 - 4:17PM
General Motors has announced plans to recall 1,658 examples of the Chevrolet Sonic sedan over a concern that the straps responsible for holding the fuel tank up could fail – possibly leading to damage to the fail tank and a vehicle fire.
By Patrick Rall on October 8, 2013 - 8:04PM
The Nissan Leaf outsold the Chevrolet Volt in September 2013, giving the all electric Nissan the monthly EV sales title for the 5th time in the first nine months of the year but due to some record numbers by the Volt last month – the extended range electric Chevy still leads the annual EV sales race.
By Patrick Rall on October 7, 2013 - 10:31PM
The Chevrolet Camaro outsold the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger in September 2013 for the third straight month and the seventh time in 2013 – allowing the Camaro to continue building a lead as General Motors eyes their fourth straight muscle car sales title.
By Patrick Rall on October 7, 2013 - 12:50PM
The official fuel economy figures for the self-shifting 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray have hit the web and surprisingly, opting for the 6-speed automatic transmission in the new C7 Corvette doesn’t have a huge negative impact on the MPGs – with a fuel economy rating of 28 miles per gallon on the highway.
By Patrick Rall on October 4, 2013 - 12:07PM
The first official monthly sales numbers are in for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and in addition to the basic sales figures, we have some interesting statistics on the buying trends of the first batch of C7 Vettes to hit the street.
By Patrick Rall on October 3, 2013 - 11:59AM
After a year long hiatus, General Motors has resumed the plant tour program for the Bowling Green Kentucky facility where the Chevrolet Corvette is built – now offering Corvette fans a chance to watch the C7 Stingray come to life in person.
By Patrick Rall on October 2, 2013 - 4:18PM
General Motors announced earlier that the new 6.2L V8 powering the top of the line 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra will offer best in class horsepower and best in segment torque so it should come as no surprise that these new half ton trucks can tow more than any of the competition – but what is impressive is that fact that the 6.2L V8 can also deliver 21 miles per gallon.
By Patrick Rall on October 2, 2013 - 3:15PM
A shortage in the supply chain of the 5.3L V8 is causing production of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra in their most popular forms – slowing sales as prospective consumers and dealerships are put on hold for the high volume engine option.
By Patrick Rall on October 1, 2013 - 2:41PM
We have gotten to watch the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe in action on the quarter mile via the few publications that have taken the C7 to the track but today we get to watch the first drag strip video of the 2014 Corvette in the hands of the owner.
By Patrick Rall on September 27, 2013 - 6:02PM
There have long been rumors that the new C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray would soon be getting an 8-speed automatic to replace the current 6-speed gearbox but a new GM Trademark filing hints that perhaps the new Vette will be getting a dual clutch automatic in the near future – adding one more piece of supercar technology to the most powerful Corvette ever.
By Patrick Rall on September 27, 2013 - 12:08PM
General Motors has just pulled the wraps off of the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado HD and the 2015 GMC Sierra HD in 2500 and 3500 trim – all of which sport a new look and new capabilities.
By Patrick Rall on September 25, 2013 - 1:53PM
General Motors looks to introduced the theory of "rugged luxury" with the new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 High Country – a loaded up luxury version of the new Silverado 1500 that can still do all of the hard work of the rest of the lineup with a price starting at $45,100.
By David Herron on September 23, 2013 - 7:24PM
GM's luxury brand, Cadillac, is seen by CEO Dan Akerson as the correct weapon with which to fight Tesla Motors.
By Patrick Rall on September 23, 2013 - 5:37PM
The drivers of the Global RallyCross championship headed to Charlotte this past weekend for the second to last race of the 2013 season and in a day packed full of crashes and red flags – Scott Speed took his second win of the season while Toomas Topi Heikkinen official wrapped up the 2013 GRC Driver’s Championship.
By Patrick Rall on September 20, 2013 - 8:07PM
The 2013 Global RallyCross schedule makes its second to last stop of the season this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s dirt track facility – with 15 of the best rallycross racers in the world lining up to do battle including some new(ish) faces and some old faces in new cars.
By Patrick Rall on September 20, 2013 - 12:09PM
After building over 40,000 high performance engines, the General Motors will close the Wixom Performance Build Center – forcing them to temporarily suspend the popular Corvette Build Your Own Engine program until the Bowling Green Kentucky Corvette plant has been adapted to house the program.
By Patrick Rall on September 18, 2013 - 5:58PM
General Motors announced that the first truckload of 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupes left the Bowling Green Kentucky production facility en route to dealerships and happy new owners around the country - marking the official dealership launch of the C7 Corvette some 8 months after the car debuted in Detroit.
By Patrick Rall on September 18, 2013 - 3:18PM
General Motors announced that on Monday, their Lansing Grand River plant in Michigan built its 1,000,000th Cadillac – most of which have been from the CTS lineup with the vast majority being the uber popular Cadillac CTS sedan.
By Patrick Rall on September 17, 2013 - 3:52PM
The folks from the Global RallyCross association have announced that General Motors has thrown its hat into the ring for the upcoming event in Charlotte this weekend with a new Chevrolet Sonic RallyCross car driven by former Subaru driver Patrick Moro - meaning that all three of the American automakers is now involved in the booming motorsport.
By David Herron on September 17, 2013 - 1:19PM
General Motors is again promising to develop a 200 mile range electric car, and this time they're aiming to take on Tesla Motors whose own plan is to develop an affordable 200 mile range electric car.
By Patrick Rall on September 13, 2013 - 6:29PM
Transmission experts ATI Performance Products announced today that their Chevrolet COPO Camaro drag car has set the NHRA Super Stock A/Automatic class record with an awesome run of 8.449 seconds at 161.83 miles per hour at Englishtown in New Jersey.