Chevrolet Silverado tops list of most stolen vehicles (1:37 p.m.) Sun-News report Article Launched: 10/09/2008 01:34:06 PM MDT EL PASO - The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pick-up truck is the most popular vehicle among thieves and tops the list of the five most stolen vehicles, according to an El Paso Police Department news release.
-->Of course, performance figures do not tell the whole story. The Camaro still held the upper hand. How about the contests that don t reward brute power? As you d predict for otherwise similar cars, the 275-horsepower Camaro creams the 215-horsepower Mustang in sheer speed. In nearly every performance measurement we take, the Camaro Z28 runs all over the Mustang GT.
-->D ETROIT - When General Motors Corp. s new global small car hits the U.S. market in mid-2010, the company is expecting it to fetch a better price than Honda and Toyota get for their small cars, GM executives said today. The Chevrolet Cruze, officially unveiled today in Detroit on the eve of GM s 100th anniversary, is a big step up inside, outside and in fuel economy from its predecessor, the Chevrolet Cobalt.
-->Does that sentence mean I’m placing too much weight on GM’s Chevrolet Volt , a plug-in electric vehicle to be released in 2010? Perhaps. But the company has placed so much of its marketing power behind the Volt, and anticipation is so high , it’s hard to escape the fact that the Volt is critical to GM’s immediate fuel economy future.
-->GM has apparently already shelved plans to bring the Chevrolet Orlando crossover concept to the U.S., not even two weeks after unveiling the concept’s existence. Instead of the seven-seat Chevrolet Cruze-based compact crossover, we will reportedly instead get another rebadged car from Asia, though GM won’t say which one yet. The Orlando isn’t totally dead, though, it may still see production for European markets.
-->The national media is poised to pounce if the Chevrolet Volt fails to win the hearts of the buying public. “If it fails, it could drag GM, and perhaps the entire struggling American auto industry, even farther behind Asian competitors,” warned The New York Times on Sunday. The Wall Street Journal on Monday said: “GM knows the dangers of disappointing avid fans” in an update of the Volt.
-->The African continent’s been GM’s biggest single growth area, with annual volumes tripling to 180,000 units since 2002. In South Africa, the compact Chevrolet Aveo has contributed generously to the bowtie’s growth with nearly 20,000 units sold since its debut in 2003. The car, built by GM’s South Korean division, was last month given a nip and a tuck to see it through until 2010 when the second-generation Aveo arrives.
-->Tom Greenwood / The Detroit News What does it mean to own a Corvette, that most American of cars? It means being the envy of every person you know, and most of those who don’t know you. It means getting a second or even a third glance from a passing state trooper — standard treatment for a car that looks like it’s breaking the speed limit even when it’s sitting in your driveway. It means finally owning the car you dreamed about when you were a kid with nothing in your pockets except your hands.
-->Inside, Chevrolet uses the Volt as an opportunity to capture a new aesthetic, with a fresh take on Chevrolet’s dual-cockpit theme. A smooth, glossy white center stack features a fixed screen atop a bank of capacitive-touch controls that use body heat from fingertips to actuate. The shifter is flush with the center stack when in park, but slides rearward in drive or reverse.
-->The Chevrolet Volt can be plugged either into a standard household 120v outlet or use 240v for charging. The vehicle’s intelligent charging technology enables the Volt’s battery to be charged in less than three hours on a 240v outlet or about eight hours on a 120v outlet. Charge times are reduced if the battery has not been fully depleted.
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