It used to be that testing prototype and development cars was done in secret, under heavy camouflage, away from photographers. Now it's a public relations ploy, it seems, complete with QR codes on the sides of distinctively marked engineering vehicles and a promotional blog entry. So if you see...
We love our readers, because they often have eagle eyes far more acute than our own. Take, for instance, Neal Riley. Reading our article on the 2013 Chevrolet Spark launch... October 12, 2011 by John Voelcker 10
General Motors has just officially, finally confirmed news that this site has previously reported: The 2013 Chevrolet Spark minicar will be launched in the first half of next... October 12, 2011 by John Voelcker 18
GM [NYSE:GM] had hoped to announce its latest green vehicle tomorrow morning, at a nice, orderly, staged press event to celebrate Chevrolet's 100th birthday. But one of its... October 11, 2011 by John Voelcker 37
Just last month we reported that the Chevy Spark minicar would find its way to America in 2012 as a 2013 model. Now comes word that U.S. version of the Spark will receive... September 14, 2011 by Kurt Ernst 9
It must be the Chevrolet Spark minicar's moment in the sun. Last week, GM confirmed that the smallest Chevy ever sold will come to the U.S. as a 2013 model. Then we put two... August 10, 2011 by John Voelcker 1
Sometimes news comes out of adding up little pieces of information. Doing that with a few items from the past week, we're beginning to wonder if General Motors might launch... August 8, 2011 by John Voelcker 10
The 2012 Chevrolet Sonic subcompact just going into production this month is the smallest car sold by Chevrolet in the U.S., but the bowtie brand isn't finished downsizing... August 4, 2011 by John Voelcker 3
You may have other plans for Sunday than attending the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics in Baltimore. But if you were to sit in, you would hear a paper by a research... April 29, 2011 by John Voelcker 1
General Motors has been through the wringer over the last 18 months, nowhere more so than in North America, where it declared bankruptcy and was quickly restructured with $60... August 24, 2010 by John Voelcker
Yesterday's Chevrolet press conference at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show was a pretty muted affair. While Chevy unveiled one concept car--the Aveo RS--the photos and details had... January 12, 2010 by John Voelcker 3
There as been a lot of talk this month about small cars and how they are accepted (or not accepted) in the United States. We have looked recently at U.S. Policy to see if... December 15, 2009 by Jonathan McGrew
We've covered the 2013 Chevrolet Spark a couple of times before, but now there's a drive report of the European version, courtesy of Motor Trend. We're not entirely sure we... December 7, 2009 by John Voelcker 17
This afternoon Ed Welburn logged in to the GM Fastlane Blog and participated in a webchat about the role that design has in the new GM and discussing what the public would... July 14, 2009 by Jonathan McGrew
GM and Daewoo's combined efforts on next generation cars comes together in a group they refer to GMDAT. Their combined efforts were shown at the Seoul Auto Show. The Chevy... April 10, 2009 by Eric Loveday
I don’t know about you, but the Chevrolet Spark is the best hope I have seen yet for GM’s survival in the automotive industry. If we look to the past one might... March 24, 2009 by Jonathan McGrew
