Traditionally one of the first announcements of the North American International Auto Show, we now know the winners of the North American Car and Truck of the year.
Cadillac has begun the slow strip tease ahead of the January 15 reveal of the ELR extended-range EV at the 2013 North American International Auto Show.
At the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, which takes place from October 30 to November 2, Chevrolet will be unveiling a sizeable collection of concepts, led by several versions of its diminutive Spark and Sonic compacts.
Until now, Chevy only offered its Malibu as a mild-hybrid Eco and a rather tepid 2.5-liter four-pot. The arrival of the 2.0T delivers a healthy power boost to the Bowtie’s bread-and-butter sedan.
Chevrolet has debuted a heavily revised Impala at the New York Auto Show. The rental car staple has gone from bland to beautiful with a heavy interior makeover that should really separate it from the field.
The folks over at CarScoop.com have published some images of what is believed to be the 2014 Chevrolet Impala.
The comments below are some of my favorites, for various reasons, from the last year. Enjoy re-reading them, and be sure to click through to see the original threads, too.
So what, if anything, should/will make this new Malibu stand out to you? How can a reasonably resurgent Chevy hope to compete with the numbers game so stacked against its gas/electric warrior? Chevy’s answer, one that should interest the typical Winding Road reader, we’d guess, is that the Malibu is a better, more engaging, less hybrid-like car to drive.
With two major auto shows in the history books, we look back on all the new and improved models, as well as the concept cars, that debuted at the New York and Shanghai shows.
Chevrolet’s redesigned Malibu leaked late last week, giving us a glimpse at a rather significant redesign. With the official unveiling wrapped up, we have a great deal more information on the Bowtie’s new mid-sizer.
It seems GM’s media website has sprung a bit of a leak, releasing the first full image of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, which is set to debut next week at the Shanghai Auto Show.
The best automotive brands have established some distinctive idea of what they are in the head of the typical enthusiast. This idea, or more likely set of ideas, gets built up, often over decades, through reading about, seeing and discussing the brand. For many enthusiasts, actually driving the cars is small part of what forms that brand image. After all, how many people have driven a McLaren or a Bugatti or, as is our case in point, a Lamborghini? Even among more common performance cars, many enthusiasts have no direct experience with a Viper or a 911 GT3 or even an M5. The result, we’ve noticed over time, is that many enthusiasts hold an idea of brands and models that don’t have much connection with the reality of what is rolling off the assembly line
What do $30K sedans tell us about the state of mass-market car-making, circa 2010?