Chevrolet News
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The 2011 Chicago Auto Show is just a few days away and in the lead up to the annual event the chief of GM’s North American division, Mark Reuss, has revealed some interesting tidbits. Speaking at this weekend’s National Automobile Dealers Association, Reuss said GM is planning to show off two new vehicles, one of which will be based on the Chevrolet Camaro platform. Describing the Camaro-based car, he said: "It will be fun." This particular model is almost certain to be the high-performance 2012 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, which has been spied testing for the past several months and is...
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Video: Chevy Camaro Gets Spotlight In Second Super Bowl AdEarlier this week, Chevrolet released its first Super Bowl XLV ad, featuring Bumblebee and an unfortunate rodent mascot. Today, we get an unofficial release of the second, focused on the Camaro. Almost a meta-commercial, the ad itself lives out the stream of consciousness brainstorm of two guys...
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VIDEO: Another Chevy Super Bowl Ad To Feature The CamaroAnother day, another Chevrolet ad featuring the Camaro. Like the other one we profiled this week, this one is set to air during Super Bowl XLV between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. This one mocks the thought process behind car ads, and like the first, has a slight...
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The GPS Vehicle Tracker: Is It Time We All Had One?If you haven't heard of Rocky Mountain Tracking or its Smart Tracker GPS device, we don't blame you. The relatively small operation is one among many such services, including the by-word for the field, LoJack. But it's no less effective for being small. This past Friday, January 28, a 2007...
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Video: Chevrolet Super Bowl XLV Ad Features Transformers, Burnouts"Never mess with a Chevy, dude." That's the moral of the story of Chevrolet's latest Super Bowl XLV ad. It's also a cross-promo for the new Transformers movie. We'll leave the details to the video, but here's a teaser: it includes a giant woodchuck getting thrown through the air, Bumblebee, and a...
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VIDEO: Chevrolet Super Bowl Ad Includes CamaroNot only is Chevrolet giving a 2011 Camaro Convertible to the MVP of Super Bowl XLV, it is also buying air time in the big game. Take a gander below at the ad, which places a twist on traditional dealer advertising. [YouTube, Chevrolet]
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One member of the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Green Bay Packers (it pains me to write that, your humble author is a Bears fan) will be awarded a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible on February 6. That player will be named the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLV, and the car will be his reward. The MVP will be determined by a combination of media and fan voting, and the winner will be named during the postgame show. The car will be on the field during the postgame show, for those who haven't yet seen it. Football players play for the glory, the fame, the money--and the brand-new cars...
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Video: Chevy Puts The Caprice PPV Through Its PacesThe Holden-built, Commodore-based Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) will be hitting the streets in search of lawbreakers soon, and this video shows the car in testing by U.S. agencies at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix. In addition to some solid tire-squealing parking lot...
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Video: Chevy Engineers Explain The 2011 Camaro ConvertibleYou've already read our take on the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible in our first drive review. Now you can see what GM's engineers focused on to make a car they claim is just as capable as the coupe. No matter whether you think the drop-top Camaro is for blow-drying mullets or blowing the doors...
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Spy Shots: 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Daytona 500 Pace CarDaytona pace car duty is nothing new for the Chevy Camaro, and this year, it'll pace the Indy 500, too. These shots of the pace car for the 2011 Daytona 500 show a pretty mean package that we're sure more than a few Camaro owners would like to see on their own car. The key upgrades to the Daytona...
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2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible First DriveThe Chevrolet Camaro is an American icon. The rebirth of this icon has given enthusiasts across America hope that Detroit hasn't lost its way. Now they chopped the top off this American icon. We grabbed the keys to a black Camaro Convertible 2SS. With the wind flying through our hair, we blasted...
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2012 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 Coming To Chicago Auto Show?The big, bawdy, supercharged version of the reborn Chevy Camaro has been brewing for ages now, but the latest rumor is that it will finally make its debut in just two weeks at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show. Excited? Don't get too wound up just yet. The information is anything but official, though it...
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Your humble editor will be heading to sunny Southern California to drive the 2011 Camaro Convertible this week, and I'd like to know if any of you in readerland have any questions for myself or the Camaro engineers, PR folks, and designers, regarding the upcoming 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible. If you have questions, leave them in the comments section, and I will address them as soon as possible. We'll have a first drive of the Camaro Convertible as soon as I return to my cold Midwestern bunker.
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Camaro Convertible SS To Pace 2011 Indy 500In a homage to the 1969 Indianapolis 500 pace car, Chevrolet has announced that for 2011, it will again provide white Camaro convertibles to pace the race around the Brickyard. Only this time, they will be 2011 Camaro Convertible SS models. 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of both Chevrolet and the...
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Baldwin-Motion Name Returns On 427 And 454 Custom CamarosLate last year we reported on the return of two dealer-built Chevrolet Camaros, one from DeNooyer Chevrolet in New York and the other from Georgia’s NeSmith Chevrolet. Such performance cars have always been an important part of Chevrolet’s heritage, with names like Yenko, Nickey and...
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2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible Picked As Indy 500 Pace CarFor the past two years the Chevrolet Camaro has starred as the official pace car of the Indianapolis 500, providing spectators with some eye-candy on race day and laying the base for a new special edition of the beloved muscle car destined for the showroom. Now that task is being handed over to the...
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Chevrolet Promises Camaro News At Barrett-Jackson Auction TonightChevrolet is promising to break some Camaro news tonight at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., but the company isn't saying what. It's unlikely that the news will be related to the upcoming Z28--although, who knows?--so we speculate that Chevrolet is likely to unveil something...
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Could The Camaro Run In NASCAR?One of the criticisms constantly leveled at NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series is that the cars used in the series don't match reality. The Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry, and Chevrolet Impala are all front-wheel-drive mid-size sedans in production form, yet their bodies adorn rear-wheel-drive platforms that...
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The Chevrolet Camaro and American rock star Kid Rock are perhaps two of the more well-known symbols of Detroit, and in honor of the musician's 40th birthday, he was given a brand-new Camaro SS. NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson did the honors, presenting the "Cowboy" with a black SS with black wheels, black-wall tires, and the number 40 painted on the doors. The fuel-filler door is stamped with the words "Made in Detroit" while the hood had an "American Bad Ass" logo. Kid Rock's party was held at Ford Field in downtown Detroit, and the Camaro was uncovered before being hoisted by a lift. Talk about...
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2012 Camaro Z28 To Be Called Something Else?We'd thought that the resurrection of the Z28 name for the upcoming high-end Camaro--which will have a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8--was a foregone conclusion. Sure, we'd heard that GM (NYSE:GM) is using the name "HP Edition," but we figured that was just internal speak. But now we're not so sure...
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Commemorative Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Headed To Barrett-Jackson AuctionA very special Corvette Z06 will be up for sale at this month’s Barrett-Jackson vehicle auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. The car is a 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, which was built to commemorate the classic American supercar’s inaugural appearance and victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 50...
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All Corvette Buyers Now Eligible For Free Driving School Through FebruaryA few thousand bucks for the price of a driving school is small beans compared to the purchase price of a new Corvette, Grand Sport, or Z06. But if you're new to the world of high-power performance cars, it could be the best few grand you ever spend. Except now you can get the school for free. The...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show Video: 2012 Chevrolet SonicYou've seen the live shots, the preview, and now you get a video. Sadly, there are no hedgehogs in this one. Just the 2012 Chevy Sonic. When you're done here, be sure to check out our Detroit Auto Show page for more videos, photos, and info on the latest cars and concepts in the Motor City...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show: 2012 Chevrolet Sonic Live PhotosTurbos are our friends. Whether we're after better fuel economy or more power, they get the job done in a way nothing else does. The 2012 Chevy Sonic is a perfect example. It's true that 1.4 liters doesn't sound like much displacement--and it's not. There's more volume in a bottle of Coke. But when...
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