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Chevrolet Silverado Overhaul

Truck sales are normalizing by US standards (up by five percent), and leading the charge is the Chevrolet Silverado’s 15 percent vault. Ford recently revamped their flagship F-150. It now features aluminum paneling among other changes. Despite the technical superiority of the new model, sales of the F-series have dropped by almost two and a half percent. It seems that the Chevrolet Silverado

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Mirai Tops Tesla in Electric Vehicle Range Wars

In the midst of Fourth of July celebrations, most may have missed the (metaphorical) fireworks Toyota launched at this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, CO. It was there that Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz announced a startling breakthrough in electric vehicle technology. The Toyota Mirai set a zero emission electric vehicle record with an EPA-estimated driving range of 312 miles on a sin

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Chevrolet Cruze Offers Apple and Android Connectivity

Smartphones have many practical uses for drivers, from helping to orient them around unfamiliar terrain to easing the stress of their commutes. With their all-new smartphone compatibility initiative, Chevrolet’s aim is to create “the smartest, simplest connected driving experience possible” for Apple and Android phone users alike. With that in mind, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay users will have

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2016 Chevrolet Camaro: What Is new?

Belle Isle got hit with some big waves yesterday. So large were these waves that a few 2016 Chevrolet Camaros washed up and appeared in all their glory for the first time. After all the teasing, Chevrolet finally called together a group of Camaro fans to pass the torch from fifth to sixth generation; sans formal Auto Show. What seems to have occurred is that the new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro was not

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Toyota Mirai Debuts in Eight California Dealerships This October

If you’re a California resident who can’t wait to get behind the wheel of a Toyota Mirai, you’re in luck. Eight dealerships in the Northern California area will carry the eagerly anticipated hydrogen fuel cell vehicle by October 2015, according to Toyota. A total of 200 Mirai cars will be carried by these eight dealerships: Longo Toyota, Roseville Toyota, San Francisco Toyota, St

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All-New BMW 7 Series Offers Remote Parking and Other Luxuries

The new BMW 7 Series won’t be in dealerships until late 2015 at the earliest, which means the automaker has plenty of time to whet the public’s appetite with teaser videos like the one at the end of this post.... Before we show you some of the cool luxury features for the next-generation 7 Series, allow us to briefly summarize BMW’s recent announcements. Most notably, the 2016 BMW 7 Series is th

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Cameo King Stan Lee Schools Us on the New Audi S8

Aside from co-creating such iconic characters as Spider-Man, Iron Man and the Avengers, Stan Lee is perhaps best known for his brief yet memorable cameos in Marvel movies. In fact, he’s arguably the best cameo actor in the business, which is the premise of the hilarious new ad for the Audi S8. The two-minute short is directed by Kevin Smith of Clerks and Chasing Amy fame—naturally, he

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Chevrolet Goes to ‘Tomorrowland’ to Market the 2016 Volt

Product placement in films and TV is a pretty common sight these days, even if there isn’t much of a connection between the movie or show and the product. But a future leaning film that features the latest hybrid electric cars could be considered a natural fit. It appears that Chevrolet and Disney agree with this assessment, since the 2016 Chevrolet Volt (along with the electric EN-V concept car)

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