Chevrolet News

Ettore Bugatti (of world's fastest car fame) once called Bentley's racing cars, shown above, "the world's fastest trucks." A century later, the ghost of Bugatti may finally see his words to be prophetic as Bentley prepares to introduce its first-ever SUV. Bentley assures that the SUV, which may debut at the ...    Read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it has opened an investigation on model year 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV and MY 2007 Toyota Camry sedan and RAV4 crossover. According to the federal agency, it has received twelve complaints from Chevrolet Trailblazer owners and six complaints from Toyota owners of fires ...    Read more

This week marked the start of the Chicago Auto Show, showing us new Hyundais, Kias, a family crossover from GMC, and more, sustaining its reputation as the "consumers' auto show." Oh yeah, and there was a 650-horsepower Mustang GT500 convertible, surely an outlier. Regardless, it was a week of news, ...    Read more

It's "Year of the Wagon" says Chevrolet, and in honor of China's actual Year of the Dragon, the too-obvious pun theft is the announcement of Chevrolet's newest version of its most popular car, which will be unveiled at this year's Geneva Auto Show--the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze Wagon! The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze ...    Read more

Thanks for new fuel economy standards, that is. That's what the National Automobile Dealers Association claims. And it will continue to rise when the Obama administration's new fuel economy regulations come into affect, possibly pricing consumers out of the market. The price of used cars will increase by 1.8 percent by April, the NADA ...    Read more

The GMC Terrain has been one of GMC's best-selling vehicles since its inception back in 2010 and the Detroit-based auto maker is looking to continue that trend. Last year saw Terrain sales rise 37 percent, its biggest gain ever with 83,179 vehicles finding new homes. In an effort to boost ...    Read more

Intellichoice has released its annual list of cars it considers a Best Value of the Year. Analyzing every new car for the 2012 model year, Intellichoice applies cost analysis to determine cars that have low total ownership  costs as well as lower than expected costs over time. Looking beyond the initial ...    Read more

There's a saying in Hollywood: sometimes it's the drama behind the show that's the real story. Apparently there's such a story involving automakers Ford and General Motors. News is spreading that Ford tried to stop GM from running one of its Chevrolet ads during last Sunday's Superbowl. Apparently the Blue Oval ...    Read more

In the classic 1993 comedy “Groundhog Day,” Bill Murray’s character is forced to live one day—the titular Groundhog Day—over and over again. After much soul searching, Murray's character eventually learns not to be a pompous jerk, gets the girl, and even falls in love with the town of Punxsutawney. But ...    Read more

General Motors will be opening up a new component stamping facility at its Arlington manufacturing complex in Texas. The new $200 million facility should be operational in 2013, and will create another 180 jobs. However, the new Arlington complex will save the Detroit based auto maker $40 million a year ...    Read more

The La Nina this winter has been cold and dry, says the American Agriculturist , but for the domestic auto manufacturers, January sizzled. Overall, Chrysler Group LLC was up 44 percent compared to January 2011, with double digit gains at Jeep, Ram Truck, Dodge, and Chrysler, respectively. The Ford ...    Read more

Mike Nemat knows all too well that it's not easy being green. See, Nemat lives in an apartment building, and he owns a Chevy Volt. Recently, he came under fire for recharging his car at his apartment building. In a single-family home, that's no big deal, but in Nemat's building ...    Read more

Do carpooling parents know how to use child booster seats? According to a study from the Universities of Michigan and Colorado, even if they do, they're certainly not consistent about it. Booster seats fall into the category for kids who are too big for child seats, but still slip under a ...    Read more

The 2012 Chevrolet Volt will receive the Holy Grail of California's highway commuting status: An HOV-lane sticker enabling its driver(s) to occupy the carpool lane. This is an important development for a car that hasn't exactly burned with consumer interest. Toyota's wildly successful Prius has become, despite its egg-like shape and ...    Read more

Michigan-based Hagerty Insurance specializes in providing classic car coverage, but the company also does something we especially like— every year it releases a "hot list" of new models that it believe will be future classics. Hagerty asks its team of "valuation experts" to pick ten cars among the countless that ...    Read more

Earlier this month, the California Air Resource Board met to vote on the state's latest auto emissions laws. Federal and state governments, as well as most automakers, keenly watched the proceedings since California environmental laws tend not only to be stricter than most federal mandates, but followed by other states ...    Read more

Its been a busy week here at Automotive.com, and there's a good chance you missed some of it. So to help out, we've compiled our top five stories, one from each day, to help you stay on top of what's going on in the automotive world. Monday, January 23 ...    Read more

Chevrolet is looking to add more green to its reputation and, no, we're not talking about more greenbacks. General Motors CEO President Mark Reuss announced this week that Chevy vehicles will be sporting an all-new "Ecologic" label that details how environmentally "green" the vehicle is. "Customers want companies to be honest ...    Read more

John Rosevear of The Motley Fool asks if the upcoming Chevrolet Corvette will be the last one produced by General Motors. The answer, of course, is "no," and we can move on to more probable predictions like the world ending this December. You don't believe us? Rosevear argues that the Corvette's ...    Read more

The California Air Resources Board, the state agency in charge of emissions laws, is voting this week on whether it is to adopt the Advanced Clean Cars Program. The Consumer Union, parent company of Consumer Reports, let its voice known that it wants California to vote approve the strongest measures ...    Read more

Chevrolet's upcoming Super Bowl commercial exemplifies the exuberance people feel for the brand and its vehicles, in this case a Chevy Camaro. But in the 33-second Youtube clip, "Morning in Hamtramck", General Motors shows a different, more somber but equally important, side to the bowtie brand. In the "Morning in ...    Read more

The past few years has seen major shakeups in the automotive industry, and it shows in a recent survey on brand perception conducted by Consumer Reports. Once dominant players Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Chevrolet remain on top, but each automaker has seen its points gap decrease compared to last year. ...    Read more

Burn the witch! Today, General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson went before the U.S. House Subcomittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Spending to answer committee members' concerns on the automaker's Chevrolet Volt hybrid electric vehicle. Specifically, the committee wanted to know more about the EV's battery fires, whose investigation ...    Read more

Harsh winters take a toll on cars, and electric and plug-in vehicles are no exception. As EVs and plug-in vehicles become more common, automakers are being tasked with creating cars that can function in and withstand varying environments. Cold temperatures are one of the toughest, because the chill can affect battery ...    Read more

Two steps forward, one step back. Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officially closed its investigation on the Chevrolet Volt. As reported for months, the federal agency had been investigating the Volt's battery system, which could catch fire under certain circumstances, all of which occurred under test ...    Read more