2012 chevrolet centennial edition corvette z06

Here are 2012 Chevrolet Centennial Edition Corvette. Chevrolet is celebrating 100 years of racing and its performance heritage with the new 2012 Chevrolet Centennial Edition Corvette, which features a stealth black color scheme with highlights of red in the brake calipers, tires and red stitching on the interior. In observance, the 2012 Chevrolet Centennial Edition Corvette gets a special coat of “Carbon

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2011 Chevrolet

will reveal their new product, that Colorado Rally Concept which will debut at the 2011 Buenos Aires International Auto Show. This adventurous debut vehicle to follow the truck that showed Colorado’s first in Bangkok Motor Show in April 2011.

“Both trucks give a Glimpse of the Next-generation Chevrolet global midsize pickup, the which is of huge importance to consumers in many countries around the world. For example, in Brazil, costumers made ??Chevrolet’s midsize truck the vehicle segment leader for 16 consecutive years,” Brad said Merkel, the GM Global Vehicle Line Executive.

is an unparalleled heritage and a pickup truck that is durable and dependable, and sturdy and strong. Trunk shows the incorporation of a signature design element with a legendary of Chevrolet Car.

“Colorado Rally exhibits Chevrolet’s DNA in an off road version. To develop this vehicle we did an extensive research on the off- road Motorsport. Each and every detail was deeply studied in order to deliver maximum authenticity, designed with the rally raid category in mind, also known as cross country rallying”, says Carlos Barba, GM South America Design Center director.

In order to create a real rally vehicle, the GM South America Design Studio added up to Colorado concept a wide variety of off road features such as rally windows in acrylic for higher safety against side impacts with air inlets for better air circulation, two milled aluminium tow hooks integrated to each bumper, wide fiberglass fenders, spare tire support inside the bed and tool boxes integrated. Open tailgate to improve flux of air as well as optimize the rear view and reduce the weight, and many more details

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Chevrolet Corvette 2012 gets mild

Chevrolet has revealed the Corvette C6 with some mild
upgrades for 2012, rather than the anticipated all new “C7” model. The
changes to the 2012 model are limited only to interior for the base model
and optional external changes for GM has announced the changes to the 2012 Chevy Corvette. The changes for 2012 are meant to improve the Corvette's on-track performance and on-road comfort.
The Z06 and ZR1 models will get even better performance thanks to new optional Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Zero Pressure tires. The tires are "competition-oriented" and are optimized for warm, dry conditions and increase the cornering and handling capability of the two-highest performing Corvette models. The tires are matched with all-new aluminum Cup-style wheels in satin black or machined finishes. When combined with the Corvette's Performance Traction Management (PTM) technology that manages torque delivery for maximum performance - the tires are expected to help set new benchmarks for Corvette performance. Engineers estimate an 8-percent gain in maximum lateral acceleration, to more than 1.1g, and improved braking distance.
The Z06 Corvette now gets Magnetic Selective Ride Control and an optional carbon fiber hood.  The standard manual transmission for the ZR1 gets taller gearing in fifth and sixth gears, which improves highway fuel economy by 2 mpg.
Inside all 2012 Corvettes get a new seat design and steering wheel. The seats have larger bolsters on the seat back and cushion areas. Microfiber suede seat inserts are optional. In 2012 the Corvette also gets a new nine-speaker Bose audio system.

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2011 Chevrolet Volt

“Chevy Volt is not a plug-in hybrid, but rather it is an extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV)”
Bob Lutz

Chevrolet Volt 2011 – is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle which will be produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors and expected to be launched in November 2010 as a 2011 model. General Motors is determined to sell an E-REV before anyone else.

Larry Burns, GM vice president for R&D told Car and Driver magazine: “Toyota creamed us on the Prius. It won’t happen again.” Among the GM’s “green car” promises, Volt 2010 is a grudge-match challenge to Toyota. The 2011 Chevrolet Volt will differ markedly from the Prius and other gasoline/electric hybrids.
The Chevrolet Volt is a four-seat, four-door “series plug-in hybrid” hatchback with a plug-in battery pack that can power the car’s 149-horsepower (111-kilowatt) electric motor by itself for up to 40 miles.

Standard features such as a fixed glass sunroof, a trip computer, full power accessories, keyless ignition, dual-zone climate control, a leather-wrapped tilt steering wheel, leather upholstery, heated front seats, a split-folding rear seatback, cruise control, Bluetooth, the OnStar telecommunications service, a back-up camera and a CD stereo with a video display, an auxiliary audio jack, a built-in hard drive and a USB port are included. A hard-drive-based navigation system is optional.

Volt’s driving force system will be based on GM’s new Voltec (formerly known as E-Flex) electric automobile platform. It is significantly different from GM’s earlier BAS Hybrid and Two-Mode Hybrid systems.

With fully charged batteries, enough electrical energy will be stored to power the Volt up to 40 miles (64 km). This distance is capable of satisfying the daily commute for 75% of Americans, whose commute is on average 33 miles (53 km). More than 40 miles (64 km), a small 4-cylinder gasoline inside combustion engine creates electricity on-board using a 53 kW (71 hp) generator to extend the Volt’s range to more than 300 miles (483 km). The electrical power from the generator is sent primarily to the electric motor, with the excess going to the batteries, depending on the state of charge (SOC) of the battery pack and the power demanded at the wheels. The distribution is controlled by the electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle.

The first pre-production test car based on the full Volt design was built in June 2009 in Warren, Michigan and by October 2009, 80 Volts had been built and are being tested under various conditions. On March 31, 2010 the first factory-built Volt was produced at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant in order to test the production line and for quality control purposes.

Safety features on the 2011 Chevy Volt include antilock brakes, stability control, front side airbags and full-length side curtain airbags.
The Volt may also become the platform for several GM cars.mor detail

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