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Chevy & Fuel Efficiency

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Chevy Aveo RS, Chevy Spark and Chevy Cruze
The majority of cars at this year’s North American International Auto Show were of the small car segment, delivering a dedication towards producing better fuel efficiency and sleek design.

The Chevy lineup consisting of the Chevy Aveo RS, the Chevy Cruze, Chevy Spark and the Chevy Volt were indicators of this new focus on small but sharp design.

Chevrolet has taken huge steps to produce a small car lineup, and the positive energy and sincere dedication to produce high quality and efficiency speaks through these cars.

The Chevy Volt, is in a class of it’s own since it’s able to operate completely on battery for a range of 40 miles. If the Volt were available now, it’s likely they’d sell every single one of them.

This focus on the small car segment is Chevrolet’s entrance in competing on a global scale with the best engineering technology for fuel efficiency.

Chevrolet offers a clean and coherent design both interior and exterior to captivate and encourage new drivers.

The line up is both economical and eco-friendly, a combination that would be a success in and of itself, but add elegant design and people get really excited.

The 1st of the Chevy trio of small cars is the Aveo RS, which was met with extreme excitement and enthusiasm by the press as well as the audience to see a global competitor in the small car segment. It’s an inspiration to the employees as well as the customers who plan to own one.

Chevrolet is after the younger generations given the features that were built into Chevy Aveo RS.

Chevy Cruze which has been on sale in other countries around the world, has strong acceptance, with a US release date sometime in 2011. The Cruze provides a strong mid size car presence.

It offers technology improvements and amenities in fuel economy with an expected price that will meet the demands of the segment without being too costly.

Chevrolet Cruz is expected to get to produce about a 40 mile per gallon on the highway, with it’s turbocharged four cylinder engine.

The Chevy Spark, a 5-door and the smallest one of the entire Chevy Trio, which should go on sale in 2012.

The smallest cars seem to be making the biggest impact on the market, so it’s not surprising to see Chevy putting itself in the market with such clear intentions on it’s future focus.

Chevrolet Volt Tests New Alert System

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

One of the most concerning issues with regards to hybrid or electric vehicles is that they operate in nearly complete silence. If you’ve been walking through a parking garage and became startled by a vehicle pulling out you’ll know what it’s like. The hybrid operates entirely on electric power making these vehicles dangerous to pedestrians.

Fortunately, the Chevy Volt has taken this matter seriously while companies such as Tesla, known for their $100,000 electric sports car, has treated the issue as less than a priority. Perhaps the fact that not many Tesla’s at $100k a pop will be silencing the nations roadways any time soon, but the fact is it needs to have some sort of sound that would symbolize it’s presence.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is also behind this silent operation problem and expect to see some requirements soon that will mandate the use of an audible alert system for any vehicle that isn’t making people aware of it’s presence.

The Chevy Volt engineering team decided to host an event at the GM Milford Proving Grounds to demonstrate the alert system they’ve been working on. When a pedestrian approaches the vehicle within close proximity a pulsation sound from the horn system is emitted to alert of it’s presence.

GM has more work ahead of them since the horn sound doesn’t seem like it would be pleasing for the driver to hear ad nauseam. For some reason, the baseball card in the spokes of a bmx seems to come to mind here and it wouldn’t be surprising if something clever by the owner could be done to make this sound problem a fun one to solve.

The Sounds Of The Chevrolet Volt

OnStar

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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Tulsa Chevy Suburban Dealer

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Classic Suburban Is Refined and Capable
The latest high-capacity Chevrolet SUV displays refinement, high quality and amazing carrying ability.

Show up at a dinner party in Texas in anything smaller than a 2010 Chevrolet Suburban and eyebrows will rise. At one time, this outsized, truck-based wagon sold better than most sedans in the Lone Star state, and for good reasons: The Suburban is the most spacious wagon around, save an airport van.

Its popularity increased as the full-size pickups upon which it is based have continuously improved their driving behavior, interior and exterior styling and their fuel appetites. Today’s multi-functional Avalanche pickup owes its underpinnings to the Suburban. Countless governments, as well as official and unofficial agencies of protection, use the Suburban as the starting point for creating armored staff cars. Suburban has a reliable, overbuilt frame underneath, and smooth-running, efficient drivelines, all matched to its incredible people hauling and towing capacity.

The optional 366-hp 6.0-liter engine is now available as a FlexFuel E85 ethanol-capable engine as is the standard 310-hp 5.3-liter V8, which is a new offering on four-wheel drive models for 2010. Actually, two 5.3-liter V8 engines are available, identical except that one uses an iron block, and one uses an aluminum block, which comes standard on all four-wheel drive versions. All engines power an efficient six-speed automatic transmission, which is state-of-the-art in its size and capacity and smooth shift quality, as well as its ability to transfer torque with low friction and high efficiency. The 1500 is a comfortable passenger wagon, and the heavy-duty 2500 will carry a larger load of people and cargo all day with comfort.


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2010 Chevy Silverado XFE Spotlight

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Chevrolet’s 2010 Silverado XFE Pickup Is a Fuel-sipper
This smooth-running truck is optimized with the latest powertrain technology.

Of the nearly two dozen different variations of Chevy pickups available, there is one model that combines all of the technologies that were designed with fuel efficiency as the first priority.

Chevy pickups are available in three body styles – a two-door regular cab, and four-door Extended and “Crew Cab” models. Each of these is available with five-foot, nine-inch- or eight-foot-long boxes on the back.

What’s more, the light-duty 1500 series pickups have five different engines available, ranging from a V6 to four V8s from 4.8-liters to 6.2-liters in displacement. The $34,220 (MSRP) XFE model (eXtra Fuel Efficiency) takes a rear-drive four-door Crew Cab with the lighter short bed and adds the lightweight aluminum-block LC9-designated V8 (there is a heavier iron-block 5.3-liter engine), which is equipped with a cylinder cut-out system, as well as the ability to run on E85, an ethanol and gasoline blended fuel that’s available as a lower-cost alternative to straight gasoline.


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