Tests and Features

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – First introduced in 2011, the Chevrolet Cruze was the new kid on the compact block. Chevrolet wanted to go smaller and make an impact in one of the largest segments in the auto industry. Logic dictated that the Cruze made sense for the Detroit brand known for …

This week, The Car Guide will be headed to Nashville, otherwise known as Music City U.S.A, for the first drive program of the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze. We won't have a chance to check out the Grand Ole Opry or the Country Music Hall of Fame, but we will get a …

Less than 10 years ago, the idea of a Chevrolet selling well in all the world’s markets would have been unthinkable. The boys with bow ties at General Motors made a lot of good cars, but they were generally tailored for specific markets. When the Cruze debuted in 2008, GM …

More Chevrolets are sold than any other General Motors product. In fact, Chevrolet is one of the five most popular automotive brands in the world. Now the division is launching a major offensive by introducing several new models. The 2016 Camaro, Malibu, Spark and Volt were recently introduced to the …

In the highly competitive compact car segment, GM has never been able to truly keep up with the Joneses. Keeping pace with the Japanese and Korean manufacturers that have dominated this class for years by offering vehicles that perfectly meet buyers’ needs is no easy task. GM’s models – the …

How long has it been since General Motors has had a player in the diesel car game? If you said “30 years,” you’re both right and wrong. Chronologically, yes, that was the GM’s last foray into the realm of Rudolf Diesel’s alternative-fuel engine, but the reality is the domestic giant …

The premise of the He said, she said chronicle is simple: we lend a press vehicle to a couple to test drive extensively for two weeks and give the two participants one simple instruction: to take note of all of their impressions, both good and bad. Each of the test …

There’s something to be said for under-promising and over-delivering on one’s goals; just ask Stephen Harper… or any one of the Vancouver Canucks, for that matter. People are sadistic individuals (again, reference Vancouver) just looking for a way to get a leg up on their fellow man by any means …

The match of the month pits two recently launched compacts against one another. On one side, there’s the new Cruze, which General Motors is really counting on. On the other side, there’s the completely redesigned Hyundai Elantra. The winds of change are starting to blow with the arrival of these …