Scoop: GM Begins Testing Mule for New Opel Antara and Chevrolet Captiva SUVs

As modern as it may still look on the outside, after seven years in the market, the five-seater Opel / Vauxhall Antara compact SUV (sold as the Saturn Vue Mk2 before GM shut down the brand in 2010) is showing its age and is in need for a replacement.

The same applies to its more conservatively styled seven-seater Chevrolet sibling, the Captiva, and of course, Holden Australia's versions of the two models, the Captiva 5 (Antara) and 7.

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Watch Chevrolet Manager Point Out What's New in the 2014 Camaro SS

Recently introduced at the 2013 New York International Auto Show, the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro SS has been given a walk-around-style presentation by the carmaker’s marketing manager for performance cars, John Fitzpatrick.

What we find out from this video is that Chevrolet wanted to differentiate the V8 from V6 models with the restyled Camaro, so the SS received some styling tweaks inspired from the ZL1, including the hood extractor and the lower grille.

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2013 Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Edition Convertible to Debut at the Indy 500

The “Festival car” of this year’s Indianapolis 500 race will be the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Edition convertible, a limited edition model that will add to the similar coupe version revealed late last year.

A total of 33 cars will be driven by the directors of the 500 Festival, who received their Indianapolis 500 Chevrolet Camaros in a ceremony held on Wednesday at the “Brickyard.”

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Watch an 850-HP Trophy Truck Rip Through the Mojave Desert at 150 MPH and Jump Over a GT-R

When Monster Energy drops a new video, usually it’s something spectacular. The Gymkhana series is no exception and for its latest film, the energy drink company has decided to go with an off-road adventure. Read more »

2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra V8 get 23MPG Highway, Prices Start from $24,585

GM has announced pricing and fuel economy figures for its new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 GMC Sierra pickup trucks that share the same platform and hardware.

When equipped with GM's 5.3-liter V8, they both average an EPA estimated 23 mpg on the highway (10.2 liters/100 km) for 2WD models and 22 mpg (10.7 l/100 km) for 4x4 models, while prices start from $24,585 (including a $995 destination freight charge) for the 2014 Silverado regular cab and $25,085 for the GMC Sierra regular cab.

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2014 Camaro V6 Brochure Leaked, Gains Power Boost and Different Tail Lamps

At the ongoing New York International Auto Show, General Motors pushed the white covers off two versions of the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro, the 426hp V8-powered SS, and a brand-new entry, the track-focused, but street-legal, 500hp+ Z/28 that slots right under the ZL1.

Over the next few months, the bow-tie brand will officially churn out the rest of the Camaro models, including the base V6, the range-topping ZL1, possibly a replacement for the 1LE and of course, the convertible lineup. However, as is often the case with upcoming vehicles, leaks are bound to happen…

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Chevy Takes Us Back to 1960 with New Impala Ad

Automakers these days don't only sell you a car, they also sell you a lifestyle. You see this in the way they market each car, and what they choose to show in their promotional campaigns. For Chevy's new Impala sedan, you are taken back to the 1960s, when people used considerably warmer filters on their cameras. Read more »

Listen to the 7.0-liter V8 Soundtrack of the New 2014 Camaro Z/28 [w/Video]

Billed as the most track-focused production model in the Camaro's history, the spanking-new Z/28 is the poster child of the redesigned 2014 model of Chevrolet's muscle car series that was released at this week's New York Auto Show 

We've seen the new Camaro Z/28 and read the preliminary specs, so how about we give you a taste of what its C6 Corvette Z06-sourced and hand-built 7.0-liter V8 sounds like? If that…sounds interesting, make the jump over the break to watch the video.

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2014 Chevrolet Camaro Dealer Brochure Lists Changes, Numbers and Other Details

It's still too early to evaluate and form a final opinion on the public's reaction the styling changes made to America's most popular coupe, especially since few people have actually seen the car in person. However, from what we've read on a number of forums and sites including our own comments section, the initial reaction on the 2014 Camaro is lukewarm.

Besides the cosmetic modifications made to Camaro's front and rear end, and the addition of the 7.0-liter V8-powered, track-focused Z/28, the new model year shuffles up the range, adding some new features while discarding others.

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2014 Chevrolet Camaro Revealed, Hails the Return of the Track-Focused Z/28 with 7.0-liter V8

This is it: the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Camaro, which just received its world premiere today at the New York International Auto Show.

The first facelift for the fifth generation of GM's long-running muscle car series since its market debut in 2009 not only introduces fresh styling cues but more importantly, it resurrects a historic nameplate from the past, the Z/28, which will supplement the ZL1, featuring a 7.0-liter V8.

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Watch the 2014 Camaro Live-Stream Reveal Here at 12:45 PM EST - First Photos of Z/28 and SS

We received our first fuzzy taste of the cosmetic changes that General Motors has prepared for the first significant update to its successful (in North America) fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro since its launch in 2009, during a television show on Tuesday, and it's now time to get an unobstructed view of the car at its world premiere in New York.

If you follow the break, you will find an embedded video with a countdown clock that will begin to live-stream GM's presentation of the facelifted 2014 Camaro from the Jacobs Javits center at precisely 12:45 PM EST.

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Watch the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro SS Reveal on TV Show

As we told you earlier today, Chevrolet chose a rather unusual place to reveal its restyled 2014 Camaro for the first time – the set of the “Live with Kelly and Michael” television show.

Part of the program, which aired on Tuesday morning in the United States, was dedicated to the premieres of the 2013 New York International Auto Show. Camaro SS aside, the show also covered the 2014 Jaguar F-Type, 2014 VW GTI and 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible.

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2014 Chevrolet Camaro SS Revealed on Morning Television Show! [Updated]

Well, here's a new one; the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Camaro SS was unveiled in the flesh on the Live show with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan, with a Camaro5 forum member quickly taking some screen shots of the car that was in the television studio.

The first major redesign of the fifth generation Camaro since its release in 2009 brings a new front end styling with a sharper looking and much slimmer grille piece, different headlamps, a new bumper and black air vents positioned on the center of the hood.

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Who's at Fault Here? Man Pulls Gun After Being Beaten by Two Men in NC Road Rage Incident

No, NC is not an abbreviation of a Russian region, as some of you may have hastily thought after reading about guns, fistfights and a road rage incident caught on camera in the same sentence, but for North Carolina.

The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office released mobile footage of an altercation that took place at around 1 p.m. Sunday, March 24, just off U.S. 70 in the Newport area.

In the cell-phone clip, we see 40 year-old Bradley Turner getting out of his SUV and heading towards a Chevrolet pickup truck in front making a comment about the other driver trying to run him off the road before taking a swipe at him.

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Chevrolet Sells You a Camaro Body and Chassis, Lets You Put the Engine In for Drag Racing

Chevrolet will produce a limited number of NHRA-certified Camaro rolling chassis designed for drag racing. The package will include a painted body and chassis ready to be fitted with an engine, transmission and other drivetrain components. Read more »

This is What Domino’s Future Fleet of Chevy Spark Pizza Delivery Vehicles Could Look Like

Domino’s Pizza and the Local Motors community of car designers and fabricators have elected the winning projects of their 5-stage Domino’s Ultimate Delivery Vehicle Challenge.

The contest started in August 2012, with the final goal being to find the best design for a future delivery vehicle that would cost Domino’s franchisers around $20,000 to buy.

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First Official Teaser of Redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Camaro

GM had prepared us for the world premiere of the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Camaro at the upcoming New York International Auto Show with an announcement earlier this month, and now, it is giving us a sneak peak at the refreshed muscle car through a cropped image of the front end.

In it, we see that the 2014 model year Camaro gains a much thinner grille piece, which at least in SS trim (that's Chevy talk for the V8 model), features a chromed upper lip.

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Chevy Volt and Cadillac ELR May Get Three-Cylinder Engine in 2015

The Chevrolet Volt, and its clever range-extender plug-in hybrid system marked a turning point in the way GM viewed green cars, and while the American giant may have tested the market in the past, it is the first of its kind to actually make an impact.

However, one can't help but wonder if the 1.4-liter petrol engine used to recharge the battery was chosen for its efficiency credentials, or due to cost constraints - the Volt is quite expensive, as it is.

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