Chevrolet News
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Chevrolet is hitting the accelerator on plans to promote its name to a global audience by signing on as the official automotive sponsor of one of the most widely-recognized soccer clubs, Manchester United. Though part of the English Premier League, Manchester United has scores of dedicated fans all over the globe, particularly in Asia where the club’s popularity continues to grow rapidly. According to club officials, there are about 659 million Manchester United fans worldwide today. Chevrolet has entered a five-year deal with the club, with a view for extension if the deal turns out...
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Original Camaro ZL1 Sells For A Disappointing $400,000While the Camaro ZL1 you can buy at your local Chevy dealer today is meant to be a Jack-of-all-trades muscle car, the original Camaro ZL1 was built with a singular purpose in mind: to get through the quarter mile faster than any other car being run in AHRA competition. The 1969 Camaro ZL1 was the...
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Epic Barn Find: 1961 Corvette, Parked Since 1968Barn finds are often the stuff of urban legend, and tales usually begin with, “I knew a guy who knew a guy who had a friend with a 13 mile 1978 Corvette parked in his garage since new.” Connecting the dots to find the car often proves to be impossible, or the tale has been handed down...
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Indy 500 Polesitter Ryan Briscoe Drives The Corvette ZR1 Pace Car: VideoAsk any driver in the Indy 500 if they’d like additional track time, in any car, and we’d bet the answer is yes. When Chevy tossed the keys to the Corvette ZR1 pace car to Indy 500 polesitter Ryan Briscoe, we’re pretty sure the Team Penske driver didn’t need any further...
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2014 Chevrolet SS Confirmed As VF Holden Commodore: OfficialUPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Chevrolet, together with officials from fellow GM subsidiary Holden, has confirmed today that the Australian designed and built Holden Commodore sedan will return to U.S. shores as the 2014 Chevrolet SS. A racing...
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2014 Chevrolet SS Performance Announcement Due Soon: ReportUPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been revealed. Click here for all the details. It was only two months ago that Chevrolet first announced it was ditching the Impala in next year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup in favor of an all-new model, one that would also be joining the brand’s passenger...
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Chevy's 2012 Camaro ZL1 is one hell of a muscle car, even if Ford's 2013 GT500 does outshine it in horsepower. Demand for the ZL1 has been high--so high that Chevy couldn't quite keep up with its 2012 orders, and will fill the remainder with 2013 models. Part of the lack of 2012 ZL1 volume was due to some production delays relating to the software code. That downtime meant the factory couldn't build enough 2012 ZL1s to fill all of the orders received, or to reach its 2012 production target, so Chevy has decided to meet its remaining 2012 orders with 2013-model-year cars, which will begin...
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This Time, Carlisle Is Giving Away A CorvetteIn the past few months, we’ve told you about giveaways at Carlisle events ranging from a vintage Fiat X1/9 to a classic Chevy 409 V-8 or a 5.7-liter Chrysler Hemi V-8. In keeping with tradition, Carlisle will again partner with www.AllVette.net to give away a Corvette at the 2012 Corvettes at...
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2013 Chevrolet Trax crossover is forbidden fruit for US customersAt September’s Paris Motor Show, Chevrolet will roll out an all new compact crossover bound for global markets. Named the Chevrolet Trax, the new model features room for five and what Chevy is calling “class leading” cargo space. It will launch in Canada and Mexico by year end...
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Big Muscle Shows Us What A Q Ship Looks Like: VideoIn the First World War, the British Royal Navy came up with a plan to counter the threat of German submarines, which were decimating shipping in the Atlantic. Vulnerable merchant ships were fitted with deck guns covered by false cargo containers made of balsa wood, in order to lure U-Boats into...
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2012 Indy 500 Corvette ZR1 Pace Car On Track: VideoThe 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 will be the 2012 Indy 500 pace car, and here you can see it on video before the big race.
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2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Chosen As Indy 500 Pace CarThe 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is the 11th Corvette chosen to pace the Indianapolis 500, and the most powerful production pace car in history.
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UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been confirmed as the VF Holden Commodore. Click here for all the details. A prototype for the facelifted VF Holden Commodore has been spotted testing in Australia ahead of its local launch pegged for early next year. While it’s normal for Holden to test vehicles on public roads in Australia, a close inspection of an image of the prototype that was posted on CarsGuide reveals that Holden engineers are testing a left-hand drive model. With Australia being a right-hand drive market, the engineers are clearly testing a model for export. Holden does export...
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Chevy Corvette, Dodge Viper And McLaren Crash Within Days On Same Stretch Of AutobahnThree supercars managed to crash on the same stretch of the A7 autobahn in the region of Kirchheim, near Germany’s center. The cars included a Chevrolet Corvette, a Dodge Viper ACR and the most severely damaged of the lot, a McLaren MP4-12C. The carnage all took place within a period of two...
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The Stock Chevy Camaro ZL1 Runs The Quarter Mile In The 11s: VideoThe list of cars that can run the quarter mile in under 12 seconds right off the showroom floor is a short one, populated by cars like the Nissan GT-R, the Ferrari 458 Italia and Chevy’s Corvette Z06 and ZR1. Now you can add the 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 to that list as well, as both the manual...
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Next-Gen Holden Commodore Ute And Wagon Coming To U.S.?The future is starting to look very bright for GM’s Australian subsidiary Holden and its much-loved Commodore line of sedans, utes and wagons. After development of a next-generation Commodore was confirmed recently, Holden was then picked to spearhead the development of two new cars for the...
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Neil Armstrong's 1967 Corvette For Sale On EbayIn the late 1960s and early 1970s, Neil Armstrong was a household name in the United States. In 1969, Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, but even before that he’d gained notoriety as a astronaut in NASA’s Gemini program. Astronauts were on par with rock stars in the...
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2012 Corvettes At Carlisle Offers Something For EveryoneIf you’re among the Corvette faithful, a trip to Corvettes at Carlisle is surely on your bucket list. Billed as the largest Corvette event in the world, the annual festival packs in over 5,000 Corvettes on display, plus tens of thousands of visitors. It’s not just another car show...
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The Corvette will be the ninth Chevrolet model to be offered by GM Korea in the South Korean market.
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Keep Your 2012 Camaro ZL1, We'll Take This '68 Camaro Convertible: VideoWhen it comes to the pro touring scene, few car enthusiasts are on the fence. Critics say that pro touring modifications (like modern drivetrains, suspensions, brakes and conveniences) ruin potentially collectible cars, of which there is a finite and ever-decreasing supply. Fans, on the other hand...
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Lingenfelter-Tuned Camaro ZL1 Breaks Into The 10s: VideoA bone-stock Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 comes from the factory packing 580 horsepower, which is good enough to get the uber-Camaro from 0-60 mph in just 3.9 seconds, run the quarter-mile in twelve seconds flat and hit a claimed top speed of 185 mph. Those are impressive numbers, but the job of tuners...
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Zombies Hate The Chevy Cruze: VideoIf we were making a list of the “Top Ten Vehicles To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse,” the Chevy Cruze compact sedan wouldn’t make the grade. In fact, no compact sedan would, only because our own preferences involve something with brush guards, four-wheel-drive and an abundance of...
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2014 Chevrolet SS Confirmed Via OnStar?UPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet SS has been confirmed as the VF Holden Commodore. Click here for all the details. Just days after Chevrolet was found to have trademarked the "SS" nameplate, OnStar's vehicle compatibility guide has stepped up to list the "SS Performance" on its 2014 roll sheet. Seems...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette (C7) Spy VideoThe 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, the next-generation of America's iconic supercar, has been spotted testing in prototype form on a public road in the U.S. A passenger in a passing vehicle managed to film this short video clip of the heavily disguised prototype and was gracious enough to upload it to...
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