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All-electric Chevrolet Equinox unveiled

The Chevrolet Equinox has been “amped” up as Ohio-based Advanced Mechanical Products (AMP) revealed a full battery electric version of the vehicle. AMP specialises in converting new vehicles to full battery electric drive and its electric Chevrolet Equinox can achieve a top speed of 90mph and accelerate from 0-60mph in just eight seconds. It comes fitted [...]

General Motors sets January sales record

As it continues to bounce back from the doldrums of 2008 and early 2009, General Motors (GM) has established a new January sales record in one of the most important emerging automotive markets in the world – China. The company and its joint ventures sold 219,192 vehicles in the country during the month topping the 200,000 [...]

Chevrolet debuts New Sail saloon car

It was a momentous day for Chinese motoring as Shanghai GM introduced the Chevrolet New Sail saloon car, the first passenger car created in China by a Sino-foreign joint venture. The vehicle has been developed by the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Centre and Shanghai GM and will be sold in China and exported to other emerging [...]

Chevrolet Volt announces smart phone link

Tongues have been wagging about the Chevrolet Volt ever since its inception and as it debut draws closer some exciting new innovations are sure to keep it at the forefront of any motoring enthusiast’s mind. Chevrolet has announced a new deal with OnStar for the auto industry’s first smartphone application that gives Chevrolet Volt owners a [...]

GM launches global mini car – the Chevrolet Beat

Call it the Beat, or call it the Spark, General Motors has now launched its global mini car that will be available in 150 markets including those in Europe and North America. The vehicle was launched by GM India (where it will be known as the Beat – in Europe and North America it will be [...]

GM enjoys record breaking year in China

2009 may have been the year in which General Motors (GM) slumped into bankruptcy but it also marked its most successful 12 months yet in arguably the most important emerging market in the world – China. GM and its joint ventures in the country announced that their domestic sales in jumped by a massive 66.9 per [...]

New Opel chief wants focus on mini car

After months of turmoil, most people associated with the Opel/Vauxhall brands are just happy they have a future at all – and now they have a clearer idea of what form that future is likely to take. During a weekend conference call, GM Europe CEO Nick Reilly outlined that developing a mini for the brand “will [...]

GM aims to Cruze ahead of its rivals

To compete with established models such as the Ford Focus, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, a vehicle better have a lot to offer – and that’s a billing that General Motors is hoping the Chevrolet Cruze can live up to. The 2011 version of the car will make its North American debut at the LA Auto [...]

European release date of Chevrolet Spark revealed

The Chevrolet Volt may grab most of the headlines, but General Motors has other exciting products ready to enter dealerships in 2010. From the first quarter of the new-year, GM Europe will launch the Chevrolet Spark, an all-new mini-car. As the fastest growing segment of the market globally, the mini-car segment represents almost 10 per cent [...]

Volt development continues to progress

The Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle and its battery pack are both converging on the beginning of the product and process validation stage of General Motors’ development process, which is scheduled to start in February, 2010. According to Andrew Farrah, the vehicle’s chief engineer, and Bill Wallace, the engineering group manager, the vehicle and the [...]