Chevrolet

For all the discussion of CAFE standards, engine downsizing, and geo-political tensions in the Persian Gulf, there's still an argument to be made for this being the golden age of performance. Perhaps one of the best examples of this is the ...    Read more

You might expect a German tuning company to focus its attention on vehicles from Europe, but Pogea Racing GmbH spent the last year working on this customized 1959 Chevrolet Corvette. At the request of a customer, the American sports car was upgraded with all-new running gear from a present-day Corvette. The ...    Read more

Detroit rivals Ford Motor Company and General Motors sparred briefly over a commercial that GM aired during last night's Super Bowl. The commercial, called "2012" and embedded below, posits that the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck is tougher than Ford's F-Series line. The Chevrolet commercial shows a Chevrolet Silverado driving through ...    Read more

Want advertising time in the Super Bowl? For 2011, 30 seconds carried an average price of $3,100,000 and the trend shows no sign of slowing down, based on all the automotive interest this year. From 2007 through 2011, Nielsen data show that automotive advertising in the Super Bowl far surpassed spending ...    Read more

Chevy released a couple of Super Bowl XLVI commercials to promote the 2012 Chevrolet Volt and the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado pickup – both ads involve the existence of alien life beyond Earth. In the first commercial, a group of extraterrestrials seems to be fascinated by the technology in the Chevrolet ...    Read more

The compact and midsize crossover/SUV segments are two of the most toughly contested segments in the business. With January under 2012's belt, the sales race has just begun to heat up. In the compact segment, the Honda CR-V beat out hopefuls at Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota, and Nissan for the crown, ...    Read more

A new episode of The Downshift appears on Motor Trend’s new YouTube channel every Tuesday. This program recognizes the different subcultures of the vast automotive landscape. It will be showcasing various automotive hobbies from off-road trucks to hot rods and from lowriders to muscle cars. This week in our first episode ...    Read more

We have little idea what a new Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon, or Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban will look like, but we now know this: the new SUVs will have some components stamped at a new, $200 million facility in Arlington, Texas. Arlington is undergoing some serious changes, what with an already existing $331 ...    Read more

General Motors is having a bit of a head-scratching moment: not only was the automaker down 6.1 percent last month, its sales leaders were the Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, and Chevrolet Volt. In any case, the General sold 167,962 units last month. Buick: Down 23.1 Percent to 10,208 Buick sales were down ...    Read more

The U.S. Treasury revealed in a new report to Congress that it will lose even more money than expected on the 2009 bailout loans given to domestic automakers. The Detroit News reports that the Treasury now expects to lose $23.77 billion on the $85 billion auto bailouts, up from the ...    Read more

California has long been the leader in green car legislation. Now, the state’s air-quality regulator, the California Air Resources Board, has approved a stringent round of laws that require the addition of 1.4 million electric, plug-in, and fuel cell vehicles on California roads by 2025. We reported last week on ...    Read more

Classic car insurance company Hagerty released its annual “Hot List,” a top-ten list assembled by the company’s valuations experts that predicts which current vehicles will the collector cars of the future. To qualify for the list, vehicles must be mass-produced, sold currently, and have an MSRP under $100,000. Hagerty ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week for your convenience. BMW M-Tuned 5 Series, X5, X6 Revealed; Not Coming To North America BMW has revealed four special diesel-powered M Performance models, but sadly ...    Read more

After almost three years on the market, the Chevrolet Camaro is hardly a rare sight on the road. Some Camaro may have once enjoyed the feeling of being the only kid on the block with Chevy’s revived muscle car, but now it seems to take a bit more to stand ...    Read more

The 24 Hours of Daytona is turning 50 this year, and the famed endurance race promises some exciting wheel-to-wheel action for its Golden Anniversary. Grand-Am’s premier event sees some significant changes for 2012, including new rules and new cars. Here’s a quick rundown of what you have to look forward ...    Read more

As if the Chevrolet Volt wasn't already a hot topic as of late, this new 33-second commercial may certainly dump fuel onto the conversational flame. The ad imposes the Volt assembly line - which is housed within General Motors' Hamtramck Assembly Plant, located just outside of Detroit's city limits - on ...    Read more

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administrator David Strickland and General Motors CEO Dan Akerson testified to a House subcommittee today on the safety of the Chevrolet Volt. Although an investigation by NHTSA found that the Volt posed no more risk of fire than non-electric cars, several members of Congress ...    Read more

Last fall was a tense period for the United Auto Workers and General Motors, as the two side negotiated the renewal of a major contract for wages and compensation. Negotiations between the two, however, aren't completely finished, as contract agreements must still be reached at ...    Read more

In a setback to General Motors' goal of selling more Chevrolet Volts, new reports suggest a number of U.S. dealers are refusing to increase their inventories of the plug-in electric vehicle. Some dealers are likely concerned about the recent crash test performed by the National Highway Traffic Safety ...    Read more

The domestic mid-sized sedan battle is on and the first one out the gate is the 2013 Chevy Malibu. Early production of Chevy’s newest family car started late last year, but the first saleable examples were loaded on delivery trucks late last week. One of the ...    Read more

In these videos Mother Nature teaches some winter weather drivers that no amount of experience or money is a match for slushy or icy snow-covered roads. Check out the video descriptions and then watch the videos below. The first video is shot in Bountiful, Utah – about 12 miles ...    Read more

At a Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, the first example of the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 convertible was auctioned for $600,000. The car’s VIN ends in 001, and it is the first model to be sold to the public before the 2013 Corvettes hit dealerships this summer. The 427 Convertible Collector ...    Read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has concluded its investigation into the Chevrolet Volt. In its statement, the agency stated that it "does not believe that Chevy Volts or other electric vehicles pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles." ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week for your convenience. 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Spied Our spy photographers ventured to the northern reaches of Canada in order to snag these spy photos of the ...    Read more

We don’t know what you got for your high school graduation, but we’re guessing it probably wasn’t a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible. Ironically, the main character in Chevrolet’s latest Super Bowl ad spot – selected ...    Read more