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NewsThe 2016 Chevrolet Silverado Has A New Face
Modernized only two short years ago, the Chevrolet Silverado was nonetheless due for a styling update, at least according to the brand’s stylists. The truck will receive a few tweaks…and a new nose. The first difference that our eyes notice is obviously the Silverado’s new nose. There are less chrome …
NewsA Chevrolet Silverado For The University Of Texas
Chevrolet has just unveiled a special edition of its Silverado specially tailored for fans of the University of Texas (and its Football team, the Texas Longhorns). The truck is painted in the school's official colour, Burnt Orange. A white stripe adorned with the team's logo runs down both sides of …
News2015 Chevrolet Silverado Rally Edition: Now With Sporty Styling!
Chevrolet decided to give its popular pickup trucks a style update with the Rally package, which will be available on all 1500 models equipped with double and crew cabs. This edition is split into two versions: On the Silverado LS, the Rally 1 package will add a body-coloured grille, a …
NewsGM Trucks Getting Geared up
In the last few years we have seen the number of gears in transmissions get higher and higher. While a 5-speed gearbox was enough back then, it is now considered archaic. Now, vehicles comes standard with six speeds, and a number of cars are equipped with seven, eight or even …
NewsTruck Wars: The (GM) Empire Strikes Back
After the loss of second spot in truck sales last month, Chevrolet is gearing up to wage war on RAM, and they want back the spot they held for more than a decade. One of GM’s District Managers sent an email to its dealerships, saying that they had to fight …
RecallsGM Recalls Even More Cars
Things are going from bad to worse for GM. Right in the middle of their huge Ignition-Switch-May-Turn-Itself-Off-And-Prevent-Airbags-From-Deploying scandal, problems in other vehicles are forcing them to recall another batch of faulty cars and trucks. They started by asking dealerships to stop selling Cruzes while they checked some new reports. They …
NewsChevrolet Silverado Reaper to Take on F-150 SVT Raptor
Lingenfelter and Southern Comfort Automotive have teamed up to develop the Chevrolet Silverado Reaper. Since GM has not put forth an official product yet - much to the dismay of GMC and Chevrolet truck fans – this seems like a no-brainer for these companies who specialize in high performance customization.
NewsCanadian Tire Builds Ice Truck That Runs
Canadian Tire built a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck using 11,000 lbs of ice. The project was done to demonstrate the toughness of its Eliminator battery and also to try to set the Guinness World Record for distance driven in a vehicle made out of ice. They hired a company called …
ElectricVIA Motors Turns GM Trucks Into Plugin Hybrids
GM boss Bob Lutz is backing a company that just started production at its assembly plant in Mexico. The plant builds range-extended electric trucks out of existing GM models. Called VIA Motors, it has the capacity to assemble up to 10,000 trucks per year. That may sound ambitious for a …
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