Chevrolet News
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General Motors on Thursday made major announcements concerning its operations in India and South Africa. The automaker confirmed that it will cease sales in India by the end of 2017, though it will still continue to manufacture cars there for export. Stefan Jacoby, who heads GM’s unit for emerging markets, said the increased investment required for a full product portfolio in India would not deliver sufficient market share and profitability in the long run. As for South Africa, GM will sell its share in a commercial vehicle plant to Isuzu. It will also cease sales of its Chevrolet brand...
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2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE priced from $69,995The most track capable of Chevrolet Camaros has a price tag. The 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE will take its talents to the track for $69,995 with shipping, which marks a $7,500 premium over the regular Camaro ZL1. Chevrolet surprised with the Camaro ZL1 1LE, which takes the regular—and we...
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5 ways the Chevy Colorado turns into a ZR2There are high hopes for the 2017 Chevy Colorado ZR2. So high, in fact, that the automaker didn’t mind if we jumped the truck repeatedly over a short-run trophy course. Would you consider doing the same with a bone stock Colorado? Perhaps, but we’d suggest a healthy cache of bumpers...
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2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 first drive review: cast in convenience, forged off roadThere’s no substitute for the right tool. How do I know that? Decades of hammering nails with a meat tenderizer. Don't ask. Off-roading requires the right tool, and Chevy owners have waited a long time for that equipment to show up in their Snap-On chests. Fast-rewind to the 2015 LA auto...
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Watch the 2017 Chevy Colorado ZR2 hit the trailsChevrolet says the 2017 Colorado ZR2 sits in a "segment of one," with exclusive off-road attributes and mid-size proportions to take it through the toughest, tightest trails. The brand wants to prove those claims with a new video, which shows the Colorado ZR2 taking on Badlands off-road park. With...
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2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport will pace Indy 500 fieldWhen the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 kicks off in a few weeks time, it will be with a Chevrolet at the head of the field…as the pace car. Aside from fielding several of the top entries for this year's race, Chevy is once again supplying the pace car, a patriotically colored...
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Chevrolet is tempting potential C7 Corvette buyers with a pretty sweet deal during the month of May. Those in the market may be delighted to hear the bowtie brand is offering 10 percent off of the MSRP of all 2017 C7 Corvette models. That includes the king of the Corvettes, the Corvette Z06. According to Cars Direct, when applying the 10-percent discount, the incentive erases $10,000 from the MSRP of a fully-loaded Corvette Z06. Not too shabby. Obviously, the amount of money saved depends on the actual MSRP. For example, a base C7 Corvette Stingray will see a $5,545 price reduction when...
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This Camaro ZL1's exhaust is so loud it blows the airbags at speedThere are exhaust modifications, and then there are exhaust diverters. The latter is responsible for some pretty loud noises in this 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. In fact, it's so loud, it caused the side curtain airbags to deploy. Here's the backstory. YouTuber GuitarmageddonZL1 ordered a pretty...
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Corvette plant tours soon to be suspended for 18 monthsThose hoping to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Chevrolet Corvette's birthplace--the Bowling Green, Kentucky, manufacturing plant--may need to bump up their travel plans. July 16 will mark the final day for public plant tours at the facility for 18 months. The National Corvette Museum reported...
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2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 deliveries begin this monthChevrolet had teased off-road enthusiasts way back in November of 2014 with a potential desert-running Colorado ZR2. Flash forward to May of 2017, and the most off-road capable Chevy pickup is shipping out to customers. The brand announced customers who placed early orders will begin receiving...
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Dyno reveals Hennessey's Exorcist Camaro ZL1 puts down 959 hp at rear wheelsHennessey Performance Engineering had one goal when it announced the arrival of the Exorcist Camaro ZL1: Cast out the demon. The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, that is. On paper, it sure looks like it has enough to answer the Dodge Demon's call. HPE revealed the Exorcist Camaro ZL1 would make...
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The 2018 Corvette ZR1's exhaust is too loud for the 'RingIt seems the big brute that is the 2018 C7 Corvette ZR1 is a tad too loud for the Nürburgring Nordschleife, judging by the interesting pipes attached to the center-exit exhaust. We may love the loud sounds, but noise restrictions at the Green Hell put a stop to it all quite quickly. This is...
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The 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE has returned to the Nürburgring, and it's ready to take some names. Following the Camaro ZL1's stellar performance at The Green Hell, where the car clocked a 7.29.60 time, the Camaro ZL1 1LE with its added track capability is likely to only shave precious time off of the already quick lap. This video from YouTube channel StatesideSupercars shows the car in what's likely to be an official attempt on setting a Nürburgring lap time. Introduced at the 2017 Daytona 500, the Camaro ZL1 1LE adds more aggressive aerodynamics to the sixth-generation Camaro...
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Watch a stock 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1 run 0-60 in 3.6 seconds, then hit 180 mphIt's safe to say the engineers on the Chevrolet Camaro program have successfully executed one beast of a car. If that wasn't already apparent from its on-paper specs, and the fact we even found it too fast to be fun in some cases, this 0-180 mph acceleration video should do the trick to convince...
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Chevy Volt transformed into Buick Velite 5 for ChinaBuick will add an extended-range electric car to its lineup in China later this year. The vehicle, labeled a Buick Velite 5, is a rebadged Chevrolet Volt and was revealed to the world on Wednesday at the 2017 Shanghai auto show. The news isn’t a complete surprise as we’ve known since...
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Chevrolet FNR-X concept debuts at 2017 Shanghai auto showChevrolet is exploring the future as well as showcasing the talents of its Asia-based design team with the FNR-X concept car. Unveiled on Wednesday at the 2017 Shanghai auto show, the concept is a follow-up to the original FNR concept unveiled in Shanghai two years ago. While the previous concept...
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2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 spy shots and videoBehold our latest spy shots and video of what’s likely to be a new generation of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 supercar. Corvette talk of late has centered on a new mid-engine platform but this not expected to be introduced until the arrival of the next-generation Corvette (C8), tipped to be...
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Watch a 4,000-hp Corvette dragster try to flyFour thousand horsepower is quite a lot to manage even for the most serious drivers on the planet. And every time a drag racer climbs into the cockpit, he or she knows there's a risk at hand. The circumstances were no different with this Chevrolet C7 Corvette dragster, which encountered a nasty...
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If you just bought a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, the chances are good that you're quite keen on taking it out to your local drag strip. The chances are also good that you're willing to see how it does in stock trim after letting the car break in over the course of maybe 500 miles or so. This isn't the case if you're the fine folks running RPM Motorsports. They took delivery of a Camaro ZL1 and almost immediately pointed the bowtie badge on the front towards a local quarter-mile fast pass emporium. The odometer shows just 60 miles. That fuel in the gas tank? It's the original gasoline that was...
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Rick Hendrick paid $250,000 for the first 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LEThe very first 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE has a home—and a familiar one at that. None other than Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports and the dealer group that bears his name, purchased the most track-capable Camaro to date. Of course, owning the first of anything normally doesn't...
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2018 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport and Z06 get Carbon 65 EditionChevrolet will unveil a new addition to its Corvette range, but it isn’t the supposed ZR1 model or mid-engine C8 that we’re eagerly anticipating. Rather, it’s a new special-edition model available for the 2018 model year in either Grand Sport or Z06 guises. The special-edition...
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2018 Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban RST are 420-hp frat-boy specialsBros of the world, your new chariot has arrived. This is Chevrolet's new RST trim, coming to the 2018 Tahoe and Suburban, and while poseurs might be interested in the chrome-less look, special grille, and brawny 22-inch wheels, enthusiasts should take note of the RST's impressive performance...
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Hennessey answers the Demon’s call with 1,000-hp The Exorcist Camaro ZL1Dodge has been anything but coy regarding the fact it has a pretty powerful Challenger coming in the form of the Demon. However, Hennessey Performance Engineering thinks it can beat back Mopar’s devilish muscle car. Meet Hennessey's The Exorcist. The Exorcist begins life as a normal 2017...
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First Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE heads to Barrett-Jackson auctionYou want one. I know you do. That's because I want one, and I don't even like the Camaro all that much. Things have changed with the new platform underpinning the car though, and it's finally become the performance machine from America that can do battle with competition and handle circuits from...
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