Category: Chevrolet

For the 2013 mild freshening, Chevrolet has abandoned its bold and distinctive front end appearance for a milquetoast "car" front end look for its crossover. This fits into the VehicleVoice category of "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?"

Without question, one of the most buzzworthy topics surrounding automobiles this year has been plug-in cars. AutoPacific recently got to test three of them.

As I drove the new Sonic, Chevrolet's replacement for the unloved Aveo, I realized something. There really are no bad small cars in the marketplace anymore.

Two new, completely different high efficiency cars entered the American car market earlier this year, and AutoPacific set out to find out how different the owners of those cars were from owners of hybrids.

In November of 2010, General Motors delivered on a promise they made to start producing the Chevrolet Volt.  Just after production started I had the opportunity to spend a day with a Volt.  While it was a very interesting car to drive for a day, I wasn’t sure what it would be like to drive a vehicle that had the ability to be plugged in, so Chevrolet let me drive one for a week earlier this year.

Over the years, most Americans have considered small cars penalty boxes they were forced to drive because they couldn’t drive anything bigger or better. The Big Three concurred with their small cars designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator driver, at the lowest cost and at the lowest price. No wonder the Pinto/Bobcat, Vega, Omni/Horizon, Escort/Lynx, Cavalier/Sunbird, Cobalt/G5 never resonated. They sold in relatively large numbers because they had to to help their manufacturers meet CAFE requirements, but rarely did a buyer purchase one out of desire or lust. The Japanese partially solved the small car equation offering Civic, Corolla, Mazda3, Lancer, Impreza and more recently the Kizashi. All were desirable small cars with great quality offered at affordable prices. With their latest offerings, the Koreans are fully engaged with the new Kia Forte and Hyundai Elantra. So, the small car – C-Class – segment is now ready for more real competition this time [...]

We'd agree that a smartly priced Aveo could be compelling the US market. Now it's up to Joel Ewanick and Chris Perry to get the word out.

The Chevrolet Cruze represents a huge shift in the way that General Motors views compact cars.

The Camaro V6 is surprisingly refined and a great cruiser. No shame in choosing the V6...not when it has 304HP!

Sporty Car: The all-new Chevrolet Camaro took top honors in the 2010 Ideal Vehicle Awards beating out all other rivals in the Sporty Car segment. This win comes on the heels of a 2010 Vehicle Satisfaction Award win. Owners gave high marks for exterior size and styling along with the vehicles ride and handling.