Posts Tagged ‘Convertibles’

GM extends employee pricing for another month, adds most ‘09 models

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Sales figures for the month of August aren't out quite yet, but analysts predict they won't be good. Apparently they could have been worse for General Motors if not for the employee pricing deal that began on August 20th. Though scheduled to end yesterday, the employee pricing deal has now been ext......

GM announces $350 million for Lordstown plant to bulid Chevy Cruze

Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy CruzeThe 2011 Chevy Cruze is a big deal. It's not Tom Cruise big, but when was the last time GM offered a truly competitive small car? The Cobalt has been around since 2005, and the Cavalier dates back to 1982. So it's been at least 26 years of Chev......

GM brings back employee pricing to sell remaining 2008 models

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
It is no secret that the automotive industry is hurting for sales to close out 2008. Over the past few months incentives have been thrown out left and right to draw in more buyers. The deals have not done enough to bring folks into the showroom, though. With all the media talk of bleeding Detroit, c......

Chevy Cruze to be built in Lordstown

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
click above for high-res gallery of next-gen Chevy Cobalt spy shotsWorkers at GM's Lordstown, OH plant just got another shot of good news from the General: the next-gen compact car from Chevrolet will be built there. The Chevy Cruze will replace the Cobalt, which recently had a third shift added to ......

GM launching zero-percent financing sale, raises prices by 3.5 percent

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
During a dealer teleconference today, General Motors announced it would be launching a zero-percent financing sale beginning tomorrow, while simultaneously raising the prices of its 2009 vehicles.The "72-hour sale" will run from June 24th through the 30th, and will offer customers 0-percent interest......

Spy Shots: Chevy Cobalt nose fully exposed

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
GM made big promises when the Cavalier was finally supplanted by the Cobalt. It was to be a departure, a break from the not-so-fondly-regarded J-Body to an all-new vehicle capable of competing head-on with the Civic. Yeah. Then it debuted and reality was "not so much." It's worlds better than the Ca......

Oh snap! Consumer Reports rips Aveo a new one

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Consumer Reports isn't known for completely trashing cars in its reviews. In fact, the publication is more often criticized for going too easy on them and finding something to like in everything that passes through the CR garage. But dang if they didn't just tear apart the 2008 Chevy Aveo sedan, goi......

Number of sub-$15k cars in U.S. falls by one-third

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Click above for more high-res shots of the 2007 Chevrolet AveoEvery year, cars get just a bit more expensive. There was a time, which doesn't seem too long ago, that ten grand and a signature was all you needed to walk out of a dealership as the owner of a brand new car. Today, not so much. In fact......

Spy Shots: Next-gen Chevy Cobalt!

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
click above for high-res gallery of next-gen Chevy Cobalt spy shotsWe've seen a few spy pics of the next-gen Chevy Cobalt that's due in showrooms around 2010, but none so revealing as these. KGP Photographers caught the car wearing only some light camo paint to obscure its new lines, which it doesn'......

Chevy getting new small, turbocharged car next year

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The industry-wide shrinking of US automobiles is in its infant stages, but new products are coming in a big fat hurry. GM is preparing a new compact model based on the Delta platform, and it will feature the General's new 1.4-liter turbo powerplant. GM isn't spilling the beans on the identity of the......