Chevrolet has announced price and model detail for the Chevy Orlando MPV. Starts at £16,395 and arrives in showrooms in Spring 2011. Chevrolet introduced their compact MPV – the Chevrolet Orlando – at this year’s Paris Motor Show as a tame version of the original Orlando Concept we saw back in 2008. It’s sort of […]
Chevy Volt will get 37-93mpg
The EPA has revealed that the Chevy Volt will average 37mpg on its range extender engine and 93mpg when in electric mode. Back in August 2009 we all had a good laugh at the astonishing claim from GM that the range extender Chevy Volt would do 230mpg. We speculated that GM must have based this figure on the Volt using […]
2011 Chevy Camaro Convertible press release
CHEVROLET ICON DROPS ITS TOP Camaro Convertible unveiled at Los Angeles Show Well-tailored fabric top with acoustical headliner for quietness and easy-to-use single latch Robust, reinforced structure supports a sports coupe-like driving experience Better torsional stiffness than BMW 3-Series convertible Chevrolet has lifted the lid on the all-new Camaro Convertible. The iconic droptop goes into […]
2011 Chevy Camaro Convertible revealed
The Chevrolet Camaro Convertible has been revealed ahead of the LA Motor Show. It will be available in the UK but only as a 6.2 litre V8. It’s been a few years in the making, but Chevrolet has finally taken the wraps off the convertible version of the latest Chevy Camaro ahead of its debut at the LA Motor […]
Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera: MUCH better than it seemed. Possibly.
The Chevy Volt Brouhaha rumbles on, with Motor Trend pitching in their opinion after a drive. But they’re being either disingenuous or gullible. We’re not sure which. The brouhaha online this week has centred around GM’s revelation that the Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera is actually not a true Range Extender EV but a hybrid. A different […]
Chevy Volt / Vauxhall Ampera: It’s just an ordinary hybrid
GM has admitted that the Volt is not a pure range extender electric vehicle after all. It is in fact just a plain old hybrid. Yes, the headline is a bit dramatic and a bit disingenuous. But no more so than the barking mad claims made by GM for the Volt. How many hundreds of miles […]
New Chevrolet Aveo (2011 / 2012) revealed
Chevrolet are taking the production version of the 2011 / 2012 Chevy Aveo to the Paris Motor Show It always seems a bit strong proclaiming that a new car has been revealed when we know it’s probably going to be a year before said car hits the showrooms. And so it is with the new […]
Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback – Paris debut
Chevrolet are showing the Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback at the Paris Motor Show before it goes in to production mid 2011. Chevrolet are trying hard in Europe. Last year we saw the launch of the Chevy Cruze in to Europe – before even the US got it – and we recently reported on the Chevrolet Orlando […]
Chevrolet Orlando MPV Paris debut
Chevrolet are launching their compact, seven seat MPV at the Paris Motor Show – the Chevrolet Orlando – with a choice of petrol and two diesel lumps. Chevrolet first penned the idea of the Chevrolet Orlando with a concept in 2008 (which you can see on the right in the picture above). That has now turned in […]
Chevrolet Volt gets 8 year battery warranty
GM are trying to deflect possible obstacles for sales of the Chevy Volt by offering an 8 year warranty on the batteries and their components. You have to admire GM. They’ve come out and answered critics of electric cars – like us – who claim that not only are electric cars pointless in anything other than a […]