GM Employees Get Sneak Peek At Chevy Volt
July 30th, 2008
GM will be showing off the new Chevy Volt to employees and giving them a sneak peek that many of us would kill to have. The production version of the Volt is almost finished. GM is hoping that giving them this sneak peek will give them some much needed hope.
The extended range electric vehicle will be shown internally around the September 16th centennial, and employees who see the Volt will, of course, have to check their cameras and phones at the door. That doesn’t mean the public won’t soon get an eyeful of the car, as GM sources report that it’ll be shown in production trim at this year’s LA or Detroit Auto Show.
2010 Camaro Specs And Pictures Revealed
July 19th, 2008
For a year or more we have been hearing about the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro and we have been waiting patiently to get some good pictures of both the exterior and the interior of the production version. CarTribe was able to get their hands on some and have graciously shared it with all of us car enthusiasts. The Camaro is set to be officially revealed Monday.
The Camaro will come in LS, LT and SS trim, equipped with either a six-speed manual gearbox or a six-speed automatic. Of course, that doesn’t account for the very-obviously-marked RS car that is shown in the official photos, so who knows what the whole story is.
Video: Watch Corvette ZR-1 Make Record Time At ‘Ring
July 11th, 2008
General Motors gave us a wonderful gift this week when they released an in-car video of the lap that the Corvette ZR-1 drove at the Nurburgring. The car got up to 180 mph and managed to lap the ring in 7:26,4. The course is 12.9 miles.
We were happy to hear that the ZR1 was able to beat out the time set by the Z06 - but nothing beats getting to watch it while it succeeds. Jan Magnussen set the record for the Z06 back in 2005 and Jim Mero was able to knock it down by 17 seconds.
Chevy Volt To Appear In Transformers II
July 8th, 2008
General Motors has faith that the Chevy Volt and other plug-in electric cars will do well for them financially. If things are looking down for them now they are hoping that the recent commercialization that they have been working hard on will help them.
They have scheduled the Volt to be the centerpiece for the up and coming Centennial celebration that GM is throwing. However, this isn’t enough for them. They are hoping that a bit of face time in a blockbuster hit will do the trick for them.
GM Not Expecting Any Profit From First-Gen Chevy Volt
June 19th, 2008
Bob Lutz from Chevy told reporters that the new Chevy Volt hybrid-electric series will cost around $40,000 – which is more than $10,000 more than the original model. He went on to say that this first generation of the Volt will bring in absolutely no revenue for General Motors.
There’s still hope for buyers who were hoping to snag a Volt closer to $30,000, as potential tax incentives on state and federal levels could trim the price substantially. Congress is currently considering proposed legislation for plug-in hybrid tax credits on the order of around $7,000. Still, there’s no telling what demand there will be for the Volt, and if it’s higher than the supply, we could see markups on GM’s high-tech hybrid from dealers who are trying to survive this transition from a market dominated by profitable trucks and SUVs to smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles.