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June 25, 2012 by Mark
It would appear that the folks over at Truck Trend have successfully tracked down the testing model for the 2014 Chevy Colorado. Even with all of the camo draped over it you can see it holds some influence from GM’s ‘world model’ variant. Little is really known about how the final US variant will arrive. [...]
May 9, 2012 by Mark
Several months ago it was reported that GM would be shutting down many of their full size truck plants for 20+ weeks while they refit them and began plans to refresh the Chevy Silverado/GMC Sierra model line. GM’s full size truck line has not seen a refresh or major update since 2007. The affected production [...]
May 7, 2012 by Mark
Sales numbers for April are in, and once again pickup truck sales continue to gain across the US. The Ford F-150 still leads the pack, but how well did the Silverado do? And what about the huge marketing push Ram has been doing? Lets take a look at the numbers. As we said, the Ford [...]
April 17, 2012 by Mark
When it first hit the streets in 2002 the Chevrolet Avalanche was considered ground breaking. With the ability to lower the panel separating the bed from the cabin to increase cargo space, while still looking like a sport/luxury truck, the Avalanche caught the eye of many a truck buyer when it first hit the market. [...]
March 26, 2012 by Mark
There it sits, in all its glory. The final production model for the 2013 Chevy TrailBlazer. It has more aggressive lines, sits a little higher, proper body on frame design and all the latest interior gadgets from GM. The thing is though, you can’t buy the new TrailBlazer in the U.S. Nope, not for you. [...]
March 23, 2012 by Mark
Well this can’t be good. The NHTSA is looking into several reports of power window switches in 2006-2007 Chevy Trailblazers possibly burning or melting. Several reports of the same problem have also been found after having been filed by GMC Terrain owners. On the surface, it may not sound like that drastic of a situation. [...]
November 25, 2011 by Mark
GM has issued a recall for 2012 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups. The issue at hand is a loose connection on the drivers side seat belt warning system. If the connector were to come loose it would not provide correct information to the driver if the seat belt were not fastened properly. The recall [...]
November 15, 2011 by Mark
There has been a lot of talk lately about both Toyota and Ford’s new in car entertainment, safety, and tech goody add ons lately and GM has finally come out swinging. The 2012 Chevy Equinox will get the MyLink in car entertainment/infotainment package and the new crash avoidance system has become a very reasonably priced [...]
November 10, 2011 by Mark
Well… it wasn’t supposed to be unveiled for a few more months but the included pic was snapped at a press event in India earlier this week. There is still no official word on when the new midsize SUV will be available in the US. We do know it will be built on the same [...]
November 9, 2011 by Mark
We reported the news heard round the grapevine a couple of weeks ago that the Colorado was going to undergo a refit and be based on the global platform already in production in Thailand. The rumor at the time was that the new US built Colorado would be reborn in Missouri and production would start [...]
October 26, 2011 by Mark
General Motors has issued a recall for all 2012 Chevrolet Equinox and 2012 GMC Terrain SUVs. According to reports the vehicles tire pressure monitoring systems are at fault. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the tire pressure monitoring systems in the Equinox and Terrain do not alert drivers when the tire pressure is [...]
October 21, 2011 by Mark
It’s that time again! Episode 2 of Motorz season 5 is now available online for your do it yourself, gear head pleasure. In this episode Chris continues his work on the Chevy 350 rebuild and visits NuTech Engine Systems in Ramona, CA to show us how an engine goes through the machining process during its [...]