What Is Equal With The Equinox?
The sport utility market continues to expand despite higher than normal gas prices. The reason? Because, these do-almost-everything-vehicles provide just what consumers want. Sure, sales are down right now, but they will recover as more economical vehicles enter the mix. SUVs carry people, haul stuff, pull stuff, can go off-roading [okay, maybe not the Equinox], provide superior handling than many cars, etc. Fortunately, not all are gas guzzlers either. Chevrolet’s Equinox and the Land Rover Freelander are two that come to mind. Let’s take a look at these two compact SUVs.
Chevrolet Equinox – I like the looks of the Equinox, Chevy’s car-based SUV that is only slightly smaller than the mid-size TrailBlazer. By car-based I mean a vehicle that handles and drives more like a car and is actually built on a car platform [like the Ford Escape and Toyota RAV4, for example]. This means that the Equinox is built chiefly for the road, so if you want an off road experience you would need to opt for the TrailBlazer or get the Freelander. Cleveland Chevrolet says these are one of their top sellers.
The Equinox is available as either a front wheel drive or all wheel drive vehicle. Seating five passengers, the Equinox comes equipped with a 3.4L V6 that produces 185hp. The engine is paired with a five-speed automatic transmission; no manual transmission is available. Chevrolet Westlake says there is not a demand for manual in their Equinox. A traction control system is standard with the front wheel drive Equinox while all models come equipped with ABS and electric steering. Standard equipment for the Equinox includes power windows, power mirrors, and power locks with Remote Keyless Entry; AM/FM stereo and CD player with six speakers; and air conditioning. The Equinox has received a 5 star rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for frontal crash and side-impact crash tests. Starting prices for the Equinox are very competitive with comparable models in its class. Base MSRP for the FWD is just over 22K; 24K for the AWD.
Land Rover Freelander – The smallest of all Land Rovers is the Freelander, a compact full time all wheel drive vehicle available as either a 3 or 5 door SUV. Unlike the Equinox, the Freelander has full off road capabilities as do every Land Rover model. The Freelander comes equipped with a Four-wheel Electronic Traction Control system; ABS; a 2.5L Quad Cam V6 engine paired with a 5 speed automatic transmission; an AM/FM stereo/CD system with RDS radio; air conditioning; fog lamps; a perimeter security system; and much more. The Freelander, a five passenger vehicle, sells for a price starting at just over 27K.
The Freelander is produced in England while the Equinox is built in Canada, In all, both the Equinox and Freelander represent well built compact SUVs with two different purposes: the Equinox is built primarily for the highway and around town and has the stronger engine, while the Freelander is built for both highway and trail. Make sure you stop by Chevrolet Hendersonville to test drive one today.
New Name New Features.
When it comes to safety, the 2011 Chevy Sonic of Chevrolet Dealership CT has it all. You will find multiple high tech features for safety. These features include voice activating system for your phone, ventilated system with micro filter, On Star telematics system and tachometer. Along with that, there is a service interval indicator, rear view mirror, navigation system with voice, a low tire pressure indicator and two height adjustable front and rear head restraints. As for the airbags, you will find a front side airbag, intelligent driver airbag and intelligent passenger airbag. You can also find these features in other Chevy's at Chevrolet Torrington.
The new exterior and interior features are also fully loaded. Some of the new exterior features of the Chevy Sonic of Chevrolet Dealership Cleveland, include body color front and rear bumpers, driver and passenger internally adjustable body color door mirrors, day time running lights and halogen head lights with complex surface lenses. You can also find luxury trim that includes the alloy look, metallic paint and an intermittent windshield wipe. As for the interior features, these include a front 12 volt power outlet, roof antenna, front ash tray and an audio system with AM/FM radio. Also in the interior of the Sonic you will find a cigar lighter in the front, front and rear cup holders, bucket driver and passenger seats, mechanical trunk and driver and passenger vanity mirrors.
The Chevrolet Sonic now comes fully turbo charged. Along with its new turbo charged engine, the Sonic comes with great performance, handling, exterior, interior and of course safety features. The performance and handling features include a 1.6 liter ECOTEC in line four cylinder DOHC with ABS brake assist system. The new Sonic gets 108 horsepower at 6,400 rpm and 105 lb ft of torque at 4,000 rpm and comes with ventilated front disc brakes. With a 12 gallon fuel tank, the estimated fuel mileage for the Sonic is set at 27 mpg in the city and 35 mpg highway and takes unleaded fuel. It also comes with a multi point fuel injection system. Along with that the Sonic comes with a space saver spare tire with a steel rim and independent front strut suspension with stabilizer bar and coil springs.
10 Best Selling Chevrolet Vehicles.
The top ten best selling Chevrolet Vehicles at Chevrolet Dealers Langley, consist of well priced vehicles, better gas mileage cars and even better horse powered vehicles. Here is a list of the top Chevrolet Vehicles in the Chevy line up.
1. Chevy Malibu of White Rock Chevrolet Dealership: 
- Starting at $21,975
- 22/33 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 5 passengers
- 169 horsepower at 6,400 rpm
2. Chevy Impala at GMC Dealership Michigan:
- Starting at $24,390
- 14/22 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 5 passengers
- 211 horsepower at 5,800 rpm
3. Chevy HHR:
- Starting at $18,720
- 16/23 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 7 passengers
- 155 horsepower at 6,100
4. Chevy Equinox:
- Starting at $24,495
- 20/29 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 5 passengers
- 182 horsepower at 6,700 rpm
5. Chevy Cruze:
- Starting at $16,275
- 24/36 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 5 passengers
- 136 horsepower at 6,300 rpm
6. Chevy Corvette: 
- Starting at $48,950
- 16/26 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 4 passengers
- 430 horsepower at 5,900 rpm
7. Chevy Camaro:
- Starting at $22,680
- 17/28 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 4 passenger
- 312 horsepower at 6,500
8. Chevy Aveo:
- Starting at $11,965
- 27/35 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 5 passengers
- 108 horsepower at 6,400 rpm
9. Chevy Avalanche:
- Starting at $36,110
- 11/16 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 5 passengers
- 326 horsepower at 5,300 rpm
10. Chevy Volt:
- Starting at $41,065
- 35/40 mpg city/highway
- Seats up to 5 passengers
- 149 horsepower at 4,800 rpm
Chevrolet Volt Recycling The Oil Spill In The Gulf!
The Chevrolet Volt just cannot seem to stay out of the news. Why should it, when a good thing comes along, it should be plastered all over the media just about everyday. The Chevrolet Volt is not in the news this time because of its revolutionary engineering or the excellent gas mileage. It isn't in the news because it won the "Motor Trend Car Of The Year Award" or the " Automobile Magazine: Automobile Of The Year". No, no, it is in the news because of its commitment to the environment. In all actualality, it is GM's commitment to environmental awareness. The Chevy Volt is in the news because it uses the oil from the Gulf Oil Spill. The booms, that are in the Gulf collecting the oil in material, will be sent up to Indianapolis to be recycled. Big news for this vehicle, it truly is taking a devastating environmental impact that another company and even our own government has neglected early signs of a catastrophe in the works, and making good of something so dark. At least one company, is taking major steps into turning this nightmare into something we can handle and will not impact our environment even further. Chevrolet Dealership Peoria has a list of consumers themselves that want the Chevrolet Volt.
GM calls this part of their promise, the "creative recycling". GM has a grand total of seventy-six landfill free facilities every day. GM's focus on the booms from the oil spill 
will result in the recycling of 100,000 pounds of resin. This will be enough to produce the baffles and other reflector parts of the Volt for the whole first year. This project alone is not all of GM's doings, but with the collaboration of multiple companies, this tragedy is turning out to something we can handle. Widger Chevrolet is another contributor to volunteerism for our environment, promoting recycling and a green environment at every chance.
The process has taken more than one mastermind behind it, GM had to connect pieces together to conquer this job. First step was the Environmental Services LLC of Indianapolis guided the collection of the boom off of the Louisana coast. The next important step came from Mobile Fluid Recovery of Evansville, Indiana. Drying the booms in a high speed drum until the oil and wastewater was eliminated. The recovered oil and waste water was reclaimed in a another process. Lucent Polymers Inc of Evansville then used its own process to reprocess the used material in the boom. The last step is GDC Corporation of Goshen, Indiana, they compound the material into different Enduraprene TPE. Enduraprene TPE is a versatile thermoplastic elastomer. It based from recycled rubber and plastics. GM then takes that material and in the end product out comes the baffles and other deflector parts for the Chevrolet Volt.
With GM educating all of us, just how important recycling can mean and prevent from other impacts that would affect our children's children. They truly have stepped into the leadership role quite appropriately. The Volt leading the way to a "greener" world one step at a time. Just another reason why you should go test drive a Chevrolet Volt from CT Chevrolet Dealership .
Chevy explains MPG ratings for Volt;
GM has confused many with its three different MPG ratings for the Chevy Volt, a vehicle that features both an electric engine and a gasoline engine. Check out Chevrolet Parts Booneville for parts for various Chevy models. The Volt is a plug-in model as well which makes it a very unique vehicle that is capable of running on solely electric power or solely gasoline power. Chevy has marketed the Volt as being one of the fuels economical and fuel efficient models that it has produced this far. The Volt can be purchased at a Chevrolet Rome dealership or at other Chevrolet dealerships near you.
There are a number of Used Car Dealers RI that sell used Chevy models as well for a discount. Chevy offers three different mpg ratings for the Volt model. The vehicle averages 35 miles per one electric charge. This means that the Volt can travel up to 35 miles on its electric engine only. When the battery of the Volt is charged, the model can get anywhere from 25 to 50 miles depending on the conditions and how the car is driven. With a full tank of gas, the Volt can get up to 380 miles on a single tank and single charge.
One of the ratings, the MPGe ratings, includes the estimated cost of electricity and the resulting equivalent fuel economy of the electric engine. This rating is 90 MPGe, meaning that the electric engine generates 90 miles of driving for the cost of 1 gallon of gas using electricity alone. In gas only mode, the Volt gets 37 miles per gallon on average. The combined mpg, that is the combined mpg of the electric engine and the gasoline engine of the vehicle is 60 mpg. So the first rating is 35 miles per battery charge, the second rating is 90 MPGe, or miles per gallon of the electric engine (factoring in the average cost of one gallon of gas) and the final rating is 60 mpg which includes the efficiency of the gas and electric engine.
Is GM Phasing Out The “Chevy” Nickname?
GM released what they called a "poorly worded" memo to employees on Thursday encouraging them not use the popularized nickname Chevy when referring to the Chevrolet brand which can be purchased at Goldsboro used cars dealers. GM quickly responded to the memo by saying that: "We hope people around the world will continue to fall in love with Chevrolets and smile when they call their favorite car, truck or crossover 'Chevy'."
Some car enthusiasts believe that Chevrolet is in fact attempting to encourage the usage of the word Chevrolet when referring to the brand in order to gain more of a respectability as a car manufacturer and compete with foreign cars like Nissan which can purchased at a Boston Nissan Dealer or other dealers. However, Chevrolet is a lot more of a mouthful to say than the catchy and simply Chevy, and it might be hard for this change to occur in a country that has known the brand as Chevy for decades.
The Chevy name is an integral part of American car culture, being used in Don McLean's famous "American Pie" song and in several other popular culture references. The vast majority of Americans refer to the Chevrolet brand as Chevy, and the leaked memo caused quite a stir initially as most Chevy lovers couldn't believe that GM would ever attempt to discourage the usage of the beloved nickname.
GM has made large strides since attempting to rebrand itself since the 2007 recession which resulted in massive layoffs for GM. Newly revamped models such as the new 2010 and 2011 Chevy Camaro have done very well in the past year. However some enthusiasts are not so convinced that GM needs to rebrand itself as much as simply put out high quality automobiles. Kyle White, a car blogger from Sacramento, Calif., wrote on thecarconnection.com, "I don't care if you call it a Chevrolet, a Chevy or a Wookie, just make something that works and is affordable,"
The Return of the Beloved Chevy Camaro:
Not only has the all new 2010 Chevy Camaro car won the hearts of old muscle-car fans and movie stars alike with it's appearance it also had its popular advertising of an earlier edition model on the movie Transformers(2007). Just the appearance of this car alone in the movie as the well-respected character Bumblebee had car-buyer's itching to have their very own Bumblebee in their own garage's. Of course, how could they not when it is ranked 1 out of 4 in muscle cars; especially when the analysis is based on an seventeen published reviews and test drives of the car.
It seems like ever since the Detroit auto show introduced the Chevy Camaro concept in 2007 the automotive world they have been flying off of Cincinnati Chevrolet and Greenville Chevy Dealers car lots. Could this be just because of the Camaro's powerful, well-mated powertrain options or is it just the competitive muscle car handling dynamics that so many of the muscle car fiends love.
This has not only fueled the car market but fueled Chevy dealers to sell their eye-catching retro exterior design and down-play the cabin features sub-par materials and uncomfortable seats. There may be a few features such as the obstructed visibility from the driver's seat but what is that to matter when you have a 304 horsepower V6 engine and very competitive straight-line performance. For some, this car may sell itself. After all, it IS a Chevy Camaro!
The Chevy Orlando is No More.. In The US At Least
Last year in January, Chevrolet announced it would be selling a small new crossover named the Chevrolet Orlando in the U.S. market. Well since then, plans have changed and Gm has confirmed that the Orlando will not be sold by any Cincinnati Chevy or Jersey City Chevrolet Dealers, or anywhere in the U.S. for that matter.
The Orlando is to be a small seven-seat multi-purpose vehicle. It was expected to use the same engines as the Cruze, which is a car that you can find at a New York Chevy Dealer. GM had hoped the MPV could provide customers with a spacious vehicle that returns better fuel economy than most other small SUVS.
However, after carefully evaluating the market in the U.S., GM feels that Americans just aren't ready for a small MPV such as the Orlando. Instead GM says they will now concentrate more on vehicles that appeal more to the modern family. Ford does plan on launching a small MPV of its own in the next few years but they have said it is unlikely that the Orlando could work its way stateside any time soon.
No Phone Zone for Chevrolet
Chevrolet has just recently joined "The No Phone Zone" campaign which was created by Oprah to help combat distracted driving. The campaign is dedicated to honor the lives lost due to distracted driving and educating the public about the dangers of distracted driving.
As part of the campaign, drivers are asked to sign a pledge that encourages them not to text and drive, call when you're driving, and to pull over to a safe location if you need to use your phone. Chevrolet will lead an internal campaign to encourage the more than 77,000 General Motors employees in the U.S. to take the "No Phone Zone" pledge. That in which Chevrolet will sponsor more than 400 public service announcements (PSA).
Jim Cambell who is the U.S. Vice President of Chevrolet's Marketing was quoted saying, "The 'No Phone Zone' campaign fits our own mission to keep not just Jersey City Chevrolet drivers and their loved ones, but all drivers as safe as possible while on the road. That's why every Chevrolet is designed to offer peace-of-mind, with technologies to help drivers avoid crashes, and features to protect occupants in the event of a crash."
Chevrolet's use of technology and safety to help drivers avoid crashes shows up very well when you look at the 2011 Chevy Cruze which any good Cincinnati Chevy Dealer will have in stock in the third quarter.
Is Chevy’s best car the Malibu?
The Malibu's fuel consumption is 22 mpg city/33 mpg highway, which is certainly better than that of its competitors. Its design on the inside is eye catching and trendy. Chevy Malibu has the 5 Star Crash Rating for front and side impact crash. It was named the 2010 Top Safety Pick by the Institute for Highway Safety due to the high strength steel safety cage. Its technology like Stabilitrak Electronic Stability control helps you maintain control over your vehicle to avoid collision in the first place. Then of course, Malibu is offered with the OnStar, so that if a collision does occur you can have peace of mind with Automatic Crash Response.
GM has stopped making the Chevy Malibu Hybrids because of slumping sales. In either case though, the fuel economy is still high. The 2010 Chevy Malibu will surprise you with the good looks it has but also with the loaded standard features. It obviously able to compete with heavy hitters like the Toyota Camry and Honda. The attractive price points, safety features and Chevy's reputation all come with this exciting mid-sized sedan.