Chevrolet Colorado

2009 Annual Auto Reliability Survey: 10 best and worst models

Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Just because a model is reliable doesn’t mean it is recommended by Consumer Reports. Four out of the top 10 most reliable vehicles don’t perform well enough in our tests for us to recommend them. The opposite happens as well—some vehicles that score well in our testing are not recommended because they have below average reliability. Seven out of the 10 least reliable vehicles have...

GM investing $230M in Flint area facilities to support Chevrolet Cruze, Volt

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

2011 Chevy Volt - click above for high-res image gallery General Motors announced today that it will spend $230 million on four facilities in the Flint, Michigan area that will support the production of the new Chevy Cruze compact and the Volt extended-range EV. The biggest chunk of the money ($202 million) is being spent on the Flint South Engine plant. The line that currently builds the inline five-...

GM investing $230M in Flint area facilities to support Chevrolet Cruze, Volt

AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , Chevrolet , GM 2011 Chevy Volt - click above for high-res image gallery General Motors announced today that it will spend $230 million on four facilities in the Flint, Michigan area that will support the production of the new Chevy Cruze compact and the Volt extended-range EV. The biggest chunk of the money ($202 million) is being spent on the Flint...

2009 Chevrolet Colorado Crew Cab 4WD Exterior and Price

garagecar (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009

The 2009 Colorado Crew Cab 4WD is a 4-door, up to 6-passenger compact pickup, available in two trims, the... read more LT1 and the LT2. Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 3.7-liter, I5, 242-horsepower engine that achieves 16-mpg in the city and 21-mpg on the highway. A 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard. price : MSRP $26,940 - $28,635 Invoice $25,458 -...

2009 Chevrolet Colorado 4WD Crew Cab 1LT

The PC Clinic (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009

As technical editor Don Sherman implied when he reviewed these updated trucks, the Colorado/Canyon twins should have been launched like this–with a small-block V-8 under the hood instead of the weakling four-cylinder or the not-much-better in-line five. The V-8-powered Colorado rear air suspension now has increased towing and hauling capabilities, and it’s significantly quicker than [...]...

REPORT: Mahindra out shopping for new U.S. pickup factory

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009

Filed under: Budget , Truck , Plants/Manufacturing , Work , India Indian vehicle maker Mahindra is looking for a way to avoid import taxes when it puts its pickup truck and Scorpio sport utility on the U.S. market sometime in 2010, so it's no surprise that Automotive News is reporting that the manufacturer is on the hunt for a stateside assembly location. It's the same reason why there are Honda and...

The work was good all the way yamata and the.

Toshiba Delays Final HD DVD yamata. (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009

Astronave di Himika ucciso dal dio della. Murray Starace Oh dear this is turning into a Terry for Murray. Cuore Acciaio di Alessandro Montosi pp. Starbucks error results in double charges. Japan s moon probe makes crash landing. A really damn kiss main event. Murray Starace A confident start from Starace on serve and Murray only gets the chance to step in and hammer back one return. Ron Simmons defeated...

GM To Reinstate About 1,350 Workers Due To "Clunkers," Increased Demand

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009

DETROIT (AP) -- Higher sales, in part from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, are spurring General Motors Co. to boost production at several of its factories. The automaker said Tuesday it will add 60,000 vehicles to its production in the third and mainly the fourth quarter. It will also bring back about 1,350 laid-off workers in the U.S. and Canada. GM will add a shift to its CAMI factory...

GM to bring back 1,000 US jobs

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009

• US 'cash for clunkers' programme helped spur sales • Carmaker plans to add shifts to various plants Higher sales, in part from the US government's "cash for clunkers" programme, are spurring General Motors Company to boost production at several of its factories. The automaker said today it will add 60,000 vehicles to its production in the third quarter and mainly the fourth quarter....

Wheels: Recalls Include Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon

New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a regional recall of 2004-9 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups.

• Recalls Include Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon - Wheels

Recall Alert: 185,903 GM Trucks

KickingTires (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009

GM has issued a recall for 185,903 pickups, including the Chevrolet Colorado from the 2004-09 model years, the GMC Canyon from the 2004-09 model years, the 2006 Isuzu I-280, the 2006 Isuzu I-350, the Isuzu I-290 from the 2007-08 model...

GM Recalls 2004-2009 Chevrolet Colorado

Your Auto Club - Auto News (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009

2009 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Crew Cab General Motors is recalling several models in the United States after discovering that a brake lamp switch might work incorrectly and have serious consequences over both the affected car and ...

America's Ten Most Overpriced Vehicles [Car Sales]

Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009

Using a clever formula, Forbes created a list of vehicles with a sales value below its suggested retail value. Unfortunately, it misses one piece — why these vehicles suck. That's why we've created an index to explain it. Click next to see what that index is and how we'll present these ten vehicles. This list takes the actual market value of the vehicle (i.e. what it actually sells for after...

GM consider Spring Hill for truck line

The Nashville Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009

GM’s retooled Spring Hill plant could be considered as the building site for GMC’s Canyon line of small trucks and the Chevrolet Colorado, GM watchers say.

GM Announces Closure of Louisiana Plant; Hummer Sale in Jeopardy

Straightline (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009

General Motors has announced that it will close its Shreveport, Louisiana plant by 2012. The plant currently builds the Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon pickups along with the Hummer H3 SUV which utilizes the same platform. When a deal was announced to sell Hummer to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd., it appeared as though GM would continue to supply the H3 to the new owners....