This week, there were two interesting and related events in the electric-truck industry: Tesla announced it was pushing back its electric pickup to November, and Medium published a story claiming Amazon was planning to buy electric pickup company Rivian. Tesla is always pushing back its vehicles and features, so another pushback isn’t too surprising, but […]
GM has thrown in the towel on using its own telematics, and will instead use software from Google in all of its cars. You may have avoided giving your location and personal information to Google so far, but if you drive a Chevy, Buick, GMC, or Cadillac starting around 2021, it will use Google’s voice assistant, […]
The latest replacement for the original Jeep (Willys MA and MB) might be made by GM Defense. Field tests in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, led the Army to select three prototype Infantry Squad Vehicles for further development. One, made by GM Defense, was based on the Chevrolet Colorado; it uses both custom and desert-racing parts. The […]
While the Corvette C8 has already made a big splash with great performance numbers, an all-new design, and the transition to the mid-engine layout after decades of rumors, there’s another interesting rumor regarding the expansion of the Corvette family. While Corvette becoming its own brand seems like a stretch, it does seem possible for GM […]
GM has long been rumored to be developing a competitor for the popular Jeep Wrangler. The rumors started way back when they still had Hummer, with one model based on their large SUVs and another on the TrailBlazer; a third was always in the works to go after the Wrangler. Even now, they were supposed […]
Chevrolet has joined Ram in having diesel engines; both are built in-house, but Ram chose a ZF eight-speed automatic, redesigned somewhat by Fiat Chrysler, while GM uses a ten-speed automatic which it developed with Ford. The two engines have around the same displacement, just under 3.0 liters, but the Chevrolet echos Ram’s big Cummins diesels by […]
The people over at Allpar have surfaced a video of what looks like a Ramcharger, but might actually be the Chevrolet Suburban. The Allpar group noted that while the grille is definitely Ram-ish, with the emphasized crosshairs, Ram itself has stopped using the crosshair design. While they said it could be a Jeep Wagoneer being […]
Dodge has been having somewhat of an identity crisis for the past few years. The Charger and Challenger are continuing to sell well, but are aging and their replacements are still a few years away. To keep things fresh, Dodge has rolled out a steady stream of performance-oriented updates and special editions to those cars. […]
In the past few years, American automakers have all but eliminated passenger cars from their lineups in favor of higher-riding crossovers and pickups. FCA received a lot of flak for discontinuing the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200, but when Ford announced that they were discontinuing the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, and Taurus, FCA’s move appeared more […]
The Jeep Grand Cherokee and new Chevrolet Blazer are two vehicles that many people will be cross-shopping. They are both midsize, two-row SUVs and have similar price points for their mainstream trim levels; however, their missions are quite different. The Grand Cherokee is positioned as a semi-luxurious SUV that leans more toward truck-like capability with […]