Chevrolet News

Are you ready to control your Chevy Volt from a distance? General Motors' OnStar subsidiary will offer apps that will allow owners to control key vehicle functions from a far. The owner to remotely lock and unlock the doors, honk the horn, flash the lights, activate the heating and ...    Read more

2010-02-01 DETROIT - The World Car Awards announced that Chevrolet Cruze is a finalist for the prestigious World Car of the Year Award, and the Camaro is a finalist for the World Car Design of the Year award.The winners will be announced at the New York International Auto Show on ...    Read more

General Motors has plans to kind of ease the Chevrolet Volt into the American market. Thus, it is focusing on selected markets for the initial introduction in 2011. These markets include California, Michigan and Washington, D.C. GM says that concentrating the initial in those states will provide customers with “a ...    Read more

Scottsdale, Ariz. – Earthquake relief efforts in Haiti will receive all proceeds from the auction of a limited edition 2008 Chevrolet Corvette at this weekend’s 39th annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction. The proceeds, which will be donated to the American Red Cross relief fund, are in addition to a ...    Read more

Ever since General Motors announced that it would be developing an electric car, people have been wondering how it would keep the cost to the consumer at an affordable level. Let’s face it; the technology behind an electric car costs a lot, which means these costs will be passed on ...    Read more

Let there be no misunderstanding. The Chevrolet Volt is not a pure, one hundred percent electric vehicle. Instead, it is a range-extender vehicle: the car will be able to travel 40 miles on a charge to its battery. After the battery power "runs out" of juice, a 1.4 liter four ...    Read more

DETROIT – Chevrolet today announced the world debut of the Aveo RS show car at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. It features a European-inspired hot hatch look designed to appeal to young enthusiasts, and hints at the next-generation Aveo.Longer, wider and more spacious than the current production ...    Read more

With all the features a smartphone can provide, then it is possible to extend the access for more information and entertainment for drivers and passengers. Ford has announced that its next generation SYNC will be able to work the apps of a smartphone and deliver Internet radio. Well, now comes ...    Read more

Plenty of Chevrolet Corvette owners like to think they can blow the doors of most everything else on the road. But General Motors is now recalling Vettes from the 2005 through 2007 model years because the roof panel might blow off.Full article can be found here. Our take? ...    Read more

2009-12 DETROIT – The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox was named the Urban Truck of the Year by On Wheels Media. The Equinox was selected as the best new truck for urban and suburban drivers by On Wheels Media and an independent panel of 15 automotive journalists.Randi Payton, On Wheels ...    Read more

The resurrection of General Motors is well on its way. Now the company, reports AutoWeek , says that it will speed up development of new models that had been delayed during its bankruptcy problems.One of those models is the next generation Chevrolet Malibu. The mid-sized sedan has been a ...    Read more

With all the accolades Ford has received lately, for both its product innovation, as well as telling Uncle Sam "No Thanks" to bailout money, it seems General Motors is playing catch-up in the goodwill and PR department. There's no question the company is on a roll with aggressive advertising and ...    Read more

General Motors has been touting the Chevrolet Volt electric car for so long it feels as though its been around for years. The company has begun installing new equipment in the Hamtramck assembly plant in Detroit where the production of prototypes of the Volt will start in March 2010. Even ...    Read more

Through the kindess of General Motors/Chevrolet, I was able to take a couple of shots of the Chevy Volt's interior. The pre-production model, that is.The reason, stated the product specialist, is that General Motors focused on the Volt's underlying technologies: batteries, powertrains, and the systems to control them ...    Read more

Ready for the Chevy Corvette that Darth Vader built? Behold the Corvette C6 BlackForceOne.Influenced by airplanes, the BlackForceOne package consists of a carbon fiber body kit which includes a spoiler lip, side skirts, rear diffuser, and an optional wing. The body parts will be available in three colors: Stealth Matt ...    Read more

Though the all-new Chevy Cruz is not due to debut in the U.S. until the Los Angeles Auto show later this week, General Motors released some preliminary information and images on the compact car. LOS ANGELES – Chevrolet unveils the U.S. production version of the 2011 Cruze compact sedan ...    Read more

DETROIT – Chevrolet, General Motors and the National Federation of the Blind are cooperating to identify a safe level of sound to alert the blind and other pedestrians to the presence of near silent-running electric and hybrid vehicles. “We are confident electric vehicles can produce a safe and acceptable level ...    Read more

The Ecology Center, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, has released its 2009 guide to toxic chemicals in cars. For the first time since the group begun rating vehicle interiors, a car built by a Detroit automaker in the United States has the lowest levels of toxic chemicals among all other ...    Read more

DETROIT – Chevrolet affirms its commitment to fuel solutions and building refined, eco-friendly vehicles with the debut of the U.S. production version of the Cruze sedan at the Los Angeles Auto Show, on Dec. 2. The Cruze, along with the much-anticipated Volt electric vehicle, will give visitors to the L.A. ...    Read more

DETROIT – Chevrolet delivers a futuristic vision of technology and design with the 50th Anniversary Corvette Stingray Concept. A version of the model was first shown at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show and stars as “Sideswipe” in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The Corvette Stingray Concept represents both the ...    Read more

Detroit, Mich. - Chevrolet received nearly 1,800 entries in the first four hours of its public online contest to name the distinctive exterior color of the Volt extended-range electric vehicle, which is described as silver with an emerald hue. There were a total of about 6,400 entries submitted and over ...    Read more

If anyone knows anything about tuning up Corvette engines, it's Lingenfelter. The long-time Chevy tuner is now teaming up with Hotchkis Sport Suspension to build a no-holds-barred, Corvette-powered, 750-hp Camaro that will debut at this year's SEMA show.via Motor Trend

DETROIT – The initial production color of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV) is a silver exterior with an emerald hue.That’s official. What’s not certain is what Chevrolet will name that distinctive exterior color, so the company is turning to the public to help make the decision.Starting today, on ...    Read more

Detroit, Mich. – GM and OnStar announce the use of OnStar’s Stolen Vehicle Slowdown (SVS) service to help safely recover a 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe that was carjacked at gunpoint from a subscriber in Visalia, California.This is the first time that SVS has been activated to help a subscriber in a ...    Read more

Fans of restored and vintage cars and other vehicles will find plenty to see at the OC Auto Show. But how about a living legend?Camaro enthusiast extraordinaire Scott Settlemire will be hosting a Q&A session on the muscle car, which has made a grand reappearance with the all-new 2010 Chevy ...    Read more