Are you bored with the way your vehicle looks? Do you want a sportier aggressive look for your SUV? Do you think your Chevrolet sedan should be more sleek and elegant? You might be craving to change the way your Chevrolet looks and would want to make your vehicle stand out from the rest of the traffic. However, you might be intimidated and discouraged by the cost of refurbishing your car to create a new look. How can you make a statement with your Chevrolet at minimal cost?
The answer lies in choosing the right accessories. Chevrolet accessories are available to help you create an enhanced, new look for your car as well as improve its functionality. There are many Chevrolet accessories to choose from and they are all helpful in making your Chevrolet more appealing, useful and functional. However, the cost of modifying a Chevrolet to make it look sportier, more aggressive, elegant or sleeker can be very high. Fortunately, you can still make a statement with your Chevrolet by installing one particular auto part – a new bumper.
In the afternoon of the 17th day of this month at Seldom Blues restaurant, Renaissance Center, Detroit, a leaping change was initiated to the manner of launching cars. This change was introduced by Chevrolet, a prominent name in the automotive industry.
Instead of the traditional launch of cars, Chevrolet opted to launch its newest car 2007 Aveo Sedan to media via live webcast. In full amazing features, the all-new Aveo Sedan which is value-driven and fuel-efficient was introduced to the viewing public.
The proliferation of available pick up trucks on the market has yielded quite a few useful aftermarket accessories to enhance the ownership experience. Trucks from Ford, Chevrolet/GMC, Dodge, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda are all being marketed to businesses as well as to individuals who prize the versality of these types of vehicles. If you own a pick up truck, more than likely you extensively use the cargo bed as you transport wood, gravel, home supplies, or other heavy duty items. To protect your cargo bed from damage, quality custom made cargo liners offer ample protection for your vehicle that no off the shelf product can possibly equal. Let’s take a look at some key features that make custom made liners a smart buy.
Liners from Husky are among the select brands on the market offering premium protection for your SUV or truck as they made to exacting specifications to produce the following importaint characteristics:
As the first truck developed by GM’s Performance Division, Trailblazer SS’ has a towing capacity up to 6,700 pounds with the two-wheel drive model and up to 6,500 pounds with the available all-wheel drive model. Cargo volume is 41 cubic feet (1161 liters) behind the rear seat and 80 cubic feet (2265 liters) with the rear seat folded.
GM’s High Performance Vehicle Operations tuned the suspension and upgraded the brakes of the SS. It features stiffer springs, an inch lower ride height, and thicker anti-roll bars, as well as standard StabiliTrak stability control. Larger, 12.8-inch diameter front brake discs are fitted, allied to new iron twin-piston calipers, while the monster twenty-inch aluminum wheels have 255/50 V-rated tires.
The 2006 Chevrolet Corvette has a chassis, which is all aluminum, hydro formed in similar dies to those used to build the standard steel C6 frame. Magnesium and carbon fiber parts are also used to help contain the total curb weight to less than 3150 pounds.
The front grille is larger, and an additional small scoop in front of the hood gulps cool intake air. Barely visible from a distance, 1-centimeter-wide black strips follow the wheel arches, oriented at a right angle to the fender. The carbon fiber front fenders are flared to accommodate 275/35ZR18 tires and the rear quarter panels are widened 1.5 inches to clear massive 325/30ZR19s. It has a 427.6-cubic-inch small-block LS7 engine, good for 500 horsepower at 6200 rpm and 475 pound-feet of torque at 4800 rpm. Titanium connecting rods, intake valves, and valve springs permit 7000-rpm revving, for this, the ultimate small-block.
Blogs, car sites, and auto shows have been hyping up the concept Dodge Challenger to the point where you would think that the car is almost ready to roll off of a DCX assembly line. To say that the prototype is being well received is an understatement — quite frankly if the Challenger was available for sale today the waiting list would be many months long. Such is the demand for a retro car that takes its styling cues right from the ‘71 Challenger.
As it currently stands, the car will be built as DaimlerChrysler has given its blessing to the new Challenger. Still, the Challenger is more than three years from being manufactured as it is likely to be released some time during 2009 as a 2010 model. Yes, the wait will be hard for many, but if the hype equals the performance, then the wait will certainly be worth your while.
The 2006 Corvette is an awesome car, it’s in my opinion; the best work that Chevrolet has done on a Corvette since the 1960’s, and they deserve some kudos for it, I’m an out and out right Chevoholic who’s passion in life is the old muscle cars, but this car deserves some serious respect, it’s got what it takes to keep up with most of the Vettes from the 1960’s.
After running a few software based test using the weight and horsepower of the 2006 ZO6 Corvette, it has really impressed me, and that is no easy task, if the car has the advertised horsepower at the fly wheel it should be capable of an 11.969 in the ¼ mile, and that is impressive, it’s as impressive as the Viper has ever been, and it does this, and is still one of the best handling cars on the planet, according to the skid pad tests.
Chevrolet, the people responsible behind the legendary Chevy Impala, has been making some of the most well-known names in the car business for decades now. The company has a reputation for attention to detail and designing with the average Joe in mind. The Chevy SUV models are not different from that tradition. While some minor variations are present, in general, the Chevy SUV models have the same key features present throughout.
Like most sports utility vehicles, a Chevy SUV combines the load-handling capabilities of a pick-up truck with the passenger size of a van. The cars are large enough to fit a family and a half without too much discomfort but the space can also be used to carry cargo like boxes or small crates. The four-wheel drive makes these vehicles easier to drive over rough or uneven terrain. Typically, the engines for these machines are diesel or gasoline. Their ability to tow things like trailers is superior to more conventional cars, making it ideal for road trips and vacations. The size of the interior also makes it more family or car-pool friendly, which explains the vehicles’ popularity with the suburban market. These cars are also seen as much safer than the average car due to the very visible frame and the large build, which buyers believe will help absorb damage caused by impact with another vehicle. One other trait consumers love about the SUV is that there is room for a host of luxury features, like a built-in MP3 player.
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Chevrolet’s brawny plastic-bodied two-seater has long been a dream machine for countless enthusiasts. Today, that dream is more in reach than ever. The fourth generation or “C4″ version of these cars are absolute steals on used-car lots.
These potent performers made their debut for 1984, replacing the soft, boulevardier 1968-82 “Shark” design. With vastly improved aerodynamics and extensive use of aluminum in its construction, the C4 was enormously more capable than its predecessor.
The Chevrolet Camaro was a compact car introduced in North America by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors at the start of the 1967 model year as competition for the Ford Mustang.
Although it was technically a compact (by the standards of the time), the Camaro, like the entire class of Mustang competitiors, was soon known as a pony car.
Since the corvette first came out in 1953, it has been a special car, The L68 427 CID was rated at 400 HP and it had a single 4 barrel carburetor, or the L71 optional 3X2 barrel setup which was rated at 435 HP from the factory, and none were more special then the L88 “Extremely Rare, Only 20 Were Built” the L88 had a set of aluminum cylinder heads on it, the powerhouse engine was officially rated at 430 HP, but dynode at around 600 HP.
For 1967 the corvette got additional engine cooling vents, and the cars with 427’s got a different power bulge hood, and more top end HP with 435 factory rated HP when fitted with the three two barrel intake manifold, a 1967 427 435 HP convertible with the three two barrel manifold carried on 7.7 pounds per horsepower, which meant that the car was able to cove the ¼ mile in 11.48 seconds, and could do the 0-60 test in 5.5 seconds.
Lots of folks are speculating about GM’s future. If you take all the press reports at heart, you would think that General Motors is on life support. Quite frankly, the opposite is true especially when you look at the global picture. In 2005, “the General” sold more than 9 million cars worldwide, the first time the automaker reached that figure since 1978. Yes, U.S. auto sales are down and some are calling for GM to reduce its many brands, currently numbering 8. Who should GM let go? Or, should General Motors stick with the game plan and maintain all 8 brands?
For the record, GM’s 8 brands are: Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, Chevrolet, Saturn, GMC, Hummer, and Saab. You could take Saab out of that pack as the Swedish automaker (although fully owned by GM) builds few cars in North America. Still, GM includes Saab in its marketing schema so we’ll keep them in for argument’s sake.
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DaimlerChrysler Nets $3.3 Billion Profit
DaimlerChrysler has reported a profit of $3.3 billion for 2005 based on the strength of its Chrysler Group and commercial truck divisions. The company’s Mercedes division actually lost money in 2005 as it undergoes an extensive overhaul of its operations.
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All the car blogs lately have been speculating on the direction that the Ford Motor Company is going to take in the wake of declining sales and stiff competition. We know that Ford has too much capacity and we know that the company will be closing some key plants and laying off an as yet to be determined number of employees. What hadn’t been clear is which models would be cut from the line up. Now, it appears that Ford will exit the lucrative minivan market. That’s right, Ford apparently will stick with building cars, trucks, and SUVs, and leave the minivan market to the other players.
Ever since the Chrysler Corporation invented the minivan market back in the early 1980s with its line of “K-car” derived minivans – the Dodge Caravan, Plymouth Voyager, and the Chrysler Town & Country – Ford has been playing catch up. Indeed, a series of forgettable “star” named minivans were served up by Ford and summarily rejected by consumers: the Aerostar, Windstar, and the Freestar. Later, both Honda and Toyota brought out their own entries and Ford, along with Chevrolet found themselves trailing badly in an overcrowded segment. Indeed, several GM divisions sell minivans, as does Kia and Nissan, making the market especially tight.
A nation of drivers were home bound starting in 1942 with the beginning of the United States involvement in WWII. Automobile production was halted that year as manufacturers geared up to make airplane, trucks and tanks and what ever else was needed for the war effort. It wasn’t until the 1950s that the big three auto makers, GM, Ford and Chrysler began to reinvent the automobile. The 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953 and 1954 Chevrolets received only modest facelifts and were called dull but dependable. However, in 1955, 1956 and 1957 appearance and engineering was changed radically by Chevrolet. Who was responsible for the new Chevy’s? Chuck Jordon, Harley Earl and especially Edward Nicholas Cole, Chevrolet’s Chief Engineer.
In May of 1952 General Motors, Chevrolet stylist and Ed Cole began a three year run on what the old car collectors 50 years later would call the best of the 1950s Classic Cars. The first Chevrolet produced during this new era of low price dream cars, was the 1955 Chevrolet. It was introduced as the “Hot One”. A national love affair was about to began.