Chevrolet News

The Oregon Department of Transportation is looking into a system that would track the amount of miles you log as an alternate way to pay road taxes and user fees. An original proposal was shot down in 2006, as users didn't want GPS devices that could potentially track where they ...    Read more

The nonprofit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently announced three vehicles -- the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu ECO, the 2012 Hyundai Azera, and the 2012 Toyota Prius c -- as the latest recipients for its Top Safety Pick award. The IIHS tests vehicles for safety in frontal and side crashes, rollovers, and ...    Read more

Love it or hate it, there's no denying that the Chevrolet Corvette can keep up with the best of them both on and off the track. Since the end of the 2011 model year, Chevrolet has produced 1,526,747 Corvettes since production began back in 1953. Since 1981, when the National ...    Read more

Buick's petite Encore mini-ute is getting a bow-tied stablemate. The unfortunately-named Chevrolet Trax (a name that seems to draw in every "rad dude" reference from the mid-90s) is Chevrolet's European answer to the Buick Encore compact crossover, spoken in a French accent—when it makes its debut at the Paris Auto Show later this ...    Read more

Here's an idea that might not come to mind so easily—the Army is just as interested as you are in saving gas. If you needed to know, the Abrams M1 main battle tank uses 1.6 gallons per mile, which can seriously tie up Army logistics when you're looking to pan-fry ...    Read more

High-tech electric cars with high-capacity, quick-recharging batteries are 10 years away. That's been the story for about 30 years. It's a joke, of course, but only barely. The twin holy grails of electrically powered cars—long-range and quick recharging—always seem to be just out of reach. And it's those two characteristics, naysayers ...    Read more

General Motors has filed to trademark the 'Riviera' name, again raising questions about the possibility of a sporty Buick joining the stable in the near future. The Riviera is no stranger to Buick's lineup as GM produced over a million vehicles named Riviera from 1963 to 1999 model years. Originally, ...    Read more

California wants you to buy an electric car. They'll beg, they'll grovel, they'll argue why a pricey new Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf is better for you, your wallet, and the environment. But in the end, they'll just give you cold, hard cash—up to $2,500 in state rebates, ...    Read more

The year: 2008. The situation: $4 gasoline and impending global economic meltdown. The hardest-hit victims other than Bernie Madoff's clients: SUVs. Truck-based sport utility vehicles have been part of American lexicon since before World War II, before they were even called SUVs. They've held a position as a rugged carryall for ...    Read more

General Motors has announced that its 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has been selected as the pace car for the 96th Indianapolis 500. "Corvette embodies pure performance, so the Corvette ZR1 is a perfect car to pace the most prestigious auto race in the world," Jeff Belskus, president and CEO of Indianapolis ...    Read more

Used car prices have been climbing for the past few months, thanks to an increased demand in America's emergency Dodge Neon reserves, but in April they have finally leveled out. The Manheim Index is used to determined the wholesale value of used cars. The Index stood at 126.1, down slightly from 126.2 in ...    Read more

Not even a week ago, automakers from all over the globe agreed to a new standard for electric vehicle charging, called the Combined Charging System, or CCS. Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, and Porsche have been lobbying for the use of single-pug system (a.k.a. CCS) ...    Read more

Anatole "Tony" Lapine, the former design chief behind iconic Porsche vehicles like the 924, 944, and most notably, the 928, passed away at his home in Germany last week less than a month before his 82nd birthday. Lapine, seen above second to the left, over looks a new design with ...    Read more

Before the world bank's crumbled in 2008, it was easy to get a home and car loan. Too easy, in fact. But hey, things are better now, and despite it being near impossible to get financed in 2009, CNN Money today reports that, HEY!--you can get financed again. Even ...    Read more

Fear not, electric vehicle owners and considerers: Fast-charging is about to get simplified. Thanks to the SAE, the ACEA, and most major OEMs, the CCS is about to get all AC/DC, and very soon, if demonstrations at EVS go according to plan. OK, let's back that up, in case you're not ...    Read more

Neil Armstrong's 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray looks like it was driven on the moon. In fact, it was not. But don't let that affect the selling value: As of this writing, with three days and five hours remaining on the eBay clock, ...    Read more

Women compose more than half the car buyers in the U.S., and wield over 75-percent of the decision-making power when purchasing the family car. Thank goodness, really. Otherwise, we'd all be strapping the little ones in the back of the 'stang, passenger seat of the 'vette or, heaven help us, ...    Read more

April showers put a damper on General Motors and Ford sales, which saw an eight and five percent drop respectively. Actually, GM says its retail business was essentially flat for its various brands, while fleet sales dropped by 25 percent. Chrysler, though, continued its upward climb, posting another 20-percent increase ...    Read more

The Chevrolet Volt had a rough 2011. Though the hybrid electric vehicle and its so-called "battery fires" have been exonerated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Chevrolet Volt sales seemingly took a hit. General Motors pulled back on the Volt's 2011 sales goal and ...    Read more

When looking at South Korean car culture, the first two things you notice are that there are relatively few foreign cars on the road, and there are virtually no sports cars among them. Both points are about to change with the Chevrolet Corvette going on sale in The Land of the ...    Read more

General Motors managed to sell more vehicles than any other automaker on planet earth in 2011 and now its CEO, Dan Akerson, is getting paid. Sort of. Last year marked Akerson's first full year at the helm of GM, and now he gets to cash in on a $7.7 million ...    Read more

Is there such a thing as too much horsepower? Not if you're a muscle car fanatic. The rivalry between the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro, has been ongoing since the Camaro was introduced to counter the Mustang in 1967. It stalled briefly when General Motors discontinued the Camaro ...    Read more

Late last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into model year 2004 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans, and 2003 Chevrolet Express full-size vans. Over 80,000 vehicles could be potentially by the investigation. Now the federal agency is upgradings its investigation of the Ford Freestar and ...    Read more

Yesterday, we wrote about the great Hybrid and EV comeback, not that it ever really went anywhere, buoyed by strong March sales and increased consumer demand. But that was sooooooo yesterday, because today, someone else on the internet wrote something different, claiming recession-weary car buyers find hybrids and EV's ...    Read more

Why else would Buick claim that? Because of its little gamesmanship of sibling rivalry: the 2014 Chevrolet Impala, which represents the sort of 360-degree transformation needed to turn your grandpa into the next Dancing With The Stars, er, star. GM may be down to just four brands, but it turns ...    Read more