Chevrolet Aveo 5-door

The Aveo is finally here and in the metal, and Chevy says it is targeting young buyers interested in a hot-hatch "seems as good as the Aveo RS show car concept." Points for trying, guys, but not really ...

Set to hit Europe in the summer of 2011, Aveo 5-door is powered by a variety of small-displacement gasoline and diesel engines (ranging from 70-115 hp), and also available in a 6-speed stick. All information is available engines and similar products, check out our previous post.

The black plastic sea has crept inside and they are everywhere outside the car, as evidenced by the front and back of the old light and the rear quarter window. So all that was once attractive from the back of 3 / 4 (like the C-pillar kink and treatment of the back) seems to have been toned down a rung.

And if the tailgate does not do it for you, Chevrolet has a sedan version of the car, or in Los Angeles in November or Detroit in January 2011. Anyone interested in a 180 horsepower version of SS?

By Phil Alex

 

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Chevy Volt Sales Close to 50% up in October, Outsells Nissan Leaf for the First Time

So far, Nissan’s all-electric Foliage has been the success in the challenge with the Voltage extended-range cross, clearly outselling Chevy’s providing for the first half of 2011.

But not anymore: for initially since the two designs went available, GM declared that it marketed 1,108 designs in July, an improve of almost 50% over September’s 723 revenue.

This is initially Chevy’s cross outsold its main competing in the U.S. market, the Car Foliage, which last 30 days marketed 849 designs when when in comparison to to September’s number of 1,031 supply.

Although revenue of the Voltage seem to pick up, this does not mean that GM will complete the serious focuses on of 10,000 designs it has set for its cross. In fact, it still lags behind the Foliage in overall sales: in the first 10 several weeks year the Foliage has marketed 8,048 designs, 3,000 more than the Volt’s 5,003.

Don Jackson, GM revenue v. p., demands that the company “will keep pushing” to experience its revenue focuses on. This means that, for the two staying several weeks of 2011, it will have to twice October’s record to 2,500 designs.

Adding 200 more vendors to its U.S. Voltage community, which now statistics 2,200 stores in 27 claims, and another 200 by season's end in all 50 claims will definitely help, but it is still to be seen whether it will be enough.

Despite growing the cost of the 2012MY platform edition by $2,400 when when in comparison to to this year's style, Car has included specs to the Foliage. It also made a small improve in let prices, from $349 to $369 a 30 days.

GM did the actual opposite: it diminished its 2012 platform style cost by $1,005 and provided new options, but enhanced its per month let rate from $350 this year to $399.

Story References: Detnews

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Chevy’s COPO Concept Previews NHRA Drag Racing Camaro

Among other choices, Chevy given Las Nevada the COPO Camaro, a sporting car strategy developed according to NHRA Share Eliminator move sporting.

Designed to be installed with more than one website choices, the SEMA Display COPO strategy designs is power by a revved-up 327 website but can provide both the normally aspirated 7.0-liter 427 (the same potential as the unique 1969 COPO) and the revved-up 5.3-liter 327.

“The COPO Camaro is facts of what a Chevy Share Eliminator admittance freezing look like”, said GM v. p. of Operation Autos and Motor racing Jim Campbell. Moreover, he unveiled that it will make it recent the strategy level, since “Chevrolet wants to homologate the Camaro for sportsman move sporting.”

As suitable a racecar, the COPO Camaro viewed at the SEMA show does away with all facilities of the edition, such as audio deadening products, raise chairs and extras. Instead, there is a couple of container chairs, a drivers security control, a rivalry shifter and Vehicle Gauge features.

Chevrolet has also changed the separate raise revocation with a strong axle and has installed a full opera molly throw cage

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Polk Says 2011 Non-Dedicated Hybrid Model Sales Down 1.5% Versus 2010

With the notable exceptions of the Chevy Volt, Toyota Prius and Honda Insight, most of the hybrids on sale today are merely spin-offs of existing ICE models with gas / electric powertrains fitted; take the hybridized Chevy Tahoe, Toyota Camry and Honda Civic for instance.

According to automotive statistics website Polk online, in the first seven months of 2011, sales of non-dedicated hybrid models dipped 1.5% compared to last year. Analyst Tom Libby blames the sales slump on the lack of distinct styling; hybrid buyers want their cars to stand out from the crowd.

Of the 16 hybrid variants of standard car models that have been on sale since the start of 2010, only two – the Lexus GS sedan and GMC Yukon Denali SUV – saw an increase in sales this year.

The remainder – which includes the Ford Fusion, Lexus RX, Nissan Altima and GMC Sierra – all saw a slump of between 0.1 and 6.0 percent. Even the GS and Yukon Denali hybrids only saw increases of 1.7 and 0.8 percent respectively.

Hybrid sales only account for between 0.1 to 13.6 percent of these models’ hybrid sales. It does not bode well for the Obama government’s need to increase hybridization in U.S. fleet sales to reduce the U.S.’s reliance on foreign oil and CO2 emissions.

By Tristan Hankins

Story Sources: Polk Automotive

 

 

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