May 1st, 2012 |
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Luxury, South Korea
As of this month, South Koreans will be able to get themselves into a Corvette bought at their local Chevrolet dealer. General Motors wants to get more people in more lands behind the wheel of its icon to offset declining sales numbers here at home, and South Korea is an easier target for the...
April 30th, 2012 |
Filed under: Motorsports, Chevrolet, Honda
Borg-Warner makes the turbos for all three IndyCar engine suppliers, Chevrolet, Honda and Lotus, but the engine makers provide two compressor shrouds of their own design for homolgation by the series. Honda’s singe-turbo engine is down on power compared to Chevrolet’s and Lotus’ twin-turbo motors,...
April 25th, 2012 |
Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Etc., Chevrolet, Rumormill
While we’re not ready to label this the return of the Pontiac G8, count us eager to get behind the wheel of whatever a “2014 Chevrolet SS Performance” turns out to be. Hopefully the appearance of this reference on the OnStar website is more than just a digital placeholder.
Chevy SS...
April 23rd, 2012 |
Filed under: Classics, SUV, Videos, Chevrolet, Ford
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That age-old adage is once again proven by the video you’ll see below. In a classic battle of Chevy versus Ford, the 1981 Blazer SUV is pitted against the Ford Bronco in a dealer training video designed to give sales staff all the information they needed...
April 19th, 2012 |
Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Chevrolet
The 1961 Impala SS inaugurated the SS trim line to the brand, and its SS cars have found more than a million homes since – examples like this 1966 model helping the way. Turns out, though, that General Motors just got around to patenting the designator SS on April 13, 2012. Since the SS descriptor has historically...
April 17th, 2012 |
Filed under: Podcasts, Government/Legal, Safety, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Design/Style
Dart pricing, non-retro Mustang, Impala SS, brake override mandate
Episode #278 of the 7×69 Podcast is here, and this week, Chris, Dan, and Zach are joined by David Kiley of 7×69 and AOL Autos to chat about Dodge Dart pricing, the next Ford Mustang shying away from...
April 14th, 2012 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Classics, Chevrolet, Design/Style
The 2014 Chevrolet Impala just made its debut at the New York Auto Show, and stuck there on its vaguely-Hofmeister-esque C-Pillar is a new version of the classic Impala mascot. The gracefully leaping African antelope is a little smoother and more rounded, but still the well-established icon it’s...
April 13th, 2012 |
Filed under: Car Buying, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet
2013 is scheduled to be the final year of production for the sixth-generation Chevrolet Corvette, otherwise known as the C6. Having replaced the fifth-generation C5 Corvette in late 2005 as a 2006 model, that will mark a seven-year run on the market, which is impressively long in anyone’s...
April 13th, 2012 |
Filed under: Motorsports, Chevrolet, Racing
The Associated Press reports General Motors has pulled all 11 Chevrolet IndyCar engines from testing after racer James Hinchcliffe blew one during testing at Sonoma. GM evidently was concerned enough about the 10 other engines having similar problems that it decided to swap them all and face the resulting sanctions.
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April 7th, 2012 |
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Chevrolet, GM
If you haven’t noticed, NBC’s The Office has really jumped the shark since Steve Carrell left the show at the end of last season. Or maybe the beginning of the end was Pam and Jim’s wedding during the sixth season. Regardless, the point is that the show is no longer very funny or edgy, nor does...