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Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 update The Chevrolet Corvette was given a major overhaul for the 2008 model year, receiving a more powerful LS3 V8 engine, a new exhaust system and improved gearboxes, but for the car’s latest update engineers have kept the changes to a minimum. There will only be a few trim and content updates incorporated on the performance Z06 for the 2009 model year. These include a set of new ‘spider’ design 10-spoke alloy wheels finished in either silver, gray or chrome. There’s also color-keyed door and... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-14 06:15:13 Article Views Rating: 4084 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > 2010 Chevrolet Camaro leaked ahead of official debut Updated with new images. As is the way of hot-topic cars and the Internet, the Camaro has been revealed in production trim several days ahead of its planned debut. GM will have full details and a flotilla of photos on Monday, but until then three photos, including one of the interior, have been leaked for your viewing pleasure. The pictures, posted by the UK site CarTribe, show the production car in red, from front three-quarters and rear/side angles. The interior shot shows an interior that stays very... Full article... Article added: 2008-07-21 08:44:06 Article Views Rating: 1756 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > All 2009 Cadillac Escalades get E85 FlexFuel capability One of the biggest vehicles on the road is now available with flex-fuel capability across the range following the announcement on Friday that all 2009 Cadillac Escalades will be able to run on E85 ethanol blended fuel as well as petrol or any combination of the two. Cadillac won’t be charging customers extra as the feature is fitted standard on all 2009 models, including the new Escalade Hybrid. The Escalade, Escalade EXT and Escalade ESV as well as the GMC Denali, join the previously announced 2009... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-08 08:26:51 Article Views Rating: 193 Main > Car Makers News > Cadillac > All 2009 Cadillac Escalades get E85 FlexFuel capability One of the biggest vehicles on the road is now available with flex-fuel capability across the range following the announcement on Friday that all 2009 Cadillac Escalades will be able to run on E85 ethanol blended fuel as well as petrol or any combination of the two. Cadillac won’t be charging customers extra as the feature is fitted standard on all 2009 models, including the new Escalade Hybrid. The Escalade, Escalade EXT and Escalade ESV as well as the GMC Denali, join the previously announced 2009... Full article... Article added: 2008-06-09 04:43:50 Article Views Rating: 234 Main > Car Makers News > GM > American Axle strike cost GM $2.82 billion With recent news of workers crossing the picket line and the American Axle strike being called off, General Motors has taken stock of the strike action’s effect on its business. In total, the strike cost the carmaker almost $2.82 billion but other costs have yet to rear their heads - such as lost customer loyalty due to long waiting periods for vehicles. The breakdown of the total financial cost reveals that the General lost $1.8 billion in the second quarter alone, as well as $800 million from... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-26 14:48:51 Article Views Rating: 157 Main > Car Makers News > Other > As fuel prices rise, hybrids pay off sooner The price penalty for the added complexity of a hybrid drivetrain has always been a bit of a concern for those looking to not just save fuel, but to save money. In some calculations from a decade ago, popular hybrids would have taken as much as eight or ten years to repay in fuel savings the cost of the car over an equivalent non-hybrid model. But today’s fuel prices are closing that gap - in some cases down to just 18 months. In the United States, $4 per gallon gasoline is a nightmare soon to be... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-12 10:09:25 Article Views Rating: 136 Main > Car Makers News > Chrysler > CAW forms tentative agreement with GM, Chrysler Like all good compromises, it seems none of the parties is really happy with the outcome, but General Motors, Chrysler and the Canadian Auto Workers have reached a tentative labor agreement. Involving both continued production at some plants and job cuts all around, the deal will keep both sides on track to meet their longer-term goals. Two of the primary casualties of the weakening North American auto market are GM’s Windsor transmission plant and a Chrysler casting facility, both of which will... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:19:04 Article Views Rating: 175 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 officially rated at 638HP When introduced at the Detroit Auto Show back in January, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s power was estimated at more than 100hp for each liter of its 6.2L of supercharged V8. GM has lived up to that promise and delivered an official SAE certified power rating of 638hp 476kW and 819Nm 604lb-ft of torque. This puts the LS9’s output at nearly 103hp per liter, or just about 1.7 horses for each of the engine’s 376 cubic inches. It also makes the new powertrain the most powerful engine ever released... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-28 06:23:34 Article Views Rating: 341 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 officially rated at 638HP When introduced at the Detroit Auto Show back in January, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s power was estimated at more than 100hp for each liter of its 6.2L of supercharged V8. GM has lived up to that promise and delivered an official SAE certified power rating of 638hp 476kW and 819Nm 604lb-ft of torque. This puts the LS9’s output at nearly 103hp per liter, or just about 1.7 horses for each of the engine’s 376 cubic inches. It also makes the new powertrain the most powerful engine ever released... Full article... Article added: 2008-04-28 06:23:35 Article Views Rating: 249 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > Chevrolet Volt prototypes reach 40 miles in electric-only mode GM has reached another milestone with the development of its upcoming Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. Vice Chairman Bob Lutz revealed earlier this week that prototype versions, which started real-world testing only last month, have already reached the target electric-only driving range of 40 miles. The latest announcement comes only a month after GM confirmed that it had finalized the design of the production Volt and makes us confident engineers will be able to meet the 2010 deadline. Engineers are... Full article... Article added: 2008-05-16 07:19:26 Article Views Rating: 210 |
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