Chevrolet Spark News
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The 2017 Chevrolet Spark Activ debuts at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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2017 Chevrolet Spark first drive
The 2017 Chevrolet Spark is both the smallest and the least expensive car sold by Chevy in North America. The Korean-made hatchback minicar isn't among the brand's top sellers—those would be its full-size pickup trucks and the Equinox compact crossover—but the previous generation found...
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2016 Chevrolet Spark preview
The 2016 Chevrolet Spark is a slightly larger, better equipped, and more stylish version of the smallest Chevy in brand's lineup. It succeeds a model whose unexpected sales numbers showed Chevrolet that there were buyers for a very small but up-to-date five-door hatchback minicar. However, with gas...
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Can Chevy Spark Activ 'soft-roader' SUV-like version boost appeal?
An SUV-like version of the Chevrolet Spark could arrive in the U.S. soon.
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Hot Pizza: Domino's DXP $25K Chevy Spark Includes Warming Oven
Domino's is converting Chevrolet Spark hatchbacks into pizza-delivery vehicles.
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Chevy Spark EV Electric Car Sales Suddenly Surged; Here's Why
It was one of the major electric-car news stories last month: Sales of the Chevrolet Spark EV electric minicar soared to 920 in April. The electric Spark had consistently sold at around 100 cars a month since its June 2013 launch. And it was widely considered to be a compliance car: one sold only...
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The suggested retail price of the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV electric car will be cut by $1,650, to $25,995, GM announced today. Chevrolet's chief global marketing officer, Tim Mahoney, announced the price cut today in a luncheon speech at the Washington Automotive Press Association. Mahoney also said Chevy will offer the Spark EV electric minicar on a $139 monthly lease with no money down. DON'T MISS: 2016 Chevrolet Spark EV To Be Sold At Retail In Canada As well as the price reduction, Chevrolet is contributing $1,000 to $3,500 of additional bonus cash to bring the price down further in each...
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2016 Chevrolet Spark EV To Be Sold At Retail In Canada
It may not have too many more years to live, but the Chevrolet Spark EV will be sold in some new markets starting with the 2016 model year: three Canadian provinces. While General Motors had offered the Spark EV for fleet purchase in parts of the country, it wasn't available to retail...
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2016 Chevrolet Spark Video Preview
The Chevrolet Spark has found its niche as an urban runabout. But since it's been on sale around the world for a long time, it's time for a replacement. And this time, for now at least, one key version is going dark. ALSO SEE: Surprise 2016 Honda Civic Concept At NY Auto Show Previews Production...
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2015 New York Auto Show: Green Car Preview
A preview of the green-car debuts we're expecting to see at the 2015 New York Auto Show.
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2016 Chevrolet Spark Gets More Upscale Interior: Korean Photo Leaked
A Korean website leaked a photo of the 2016 Chevrolet Spark interior.
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2016 Chevrolet Spark Teaser Photo Previews New York Auto Show Debut
The 2016 Chevrolet Spark minicar will be unveiled April 2 in New York and Seoul.
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The Chevrolet Spark minicar, among the smallest five-door hatchbacks sold in North America, has been an unexpected success for General Motors. The company has boosted imports a couple of times, and managed to sell almost 40,000 of them last year--and 34,000 the year before. Now, the first spy shots of the next-generation Spark have emerged, from Korean car site BobaEdream. DON'T MISS: 2014 Chevrolet Spark With CVT: Gas Mileage Review The major changes to the new Spark, which will likely arrive in the U.S. as a 2017 model, are largely forward of the firewall. The Korean site (via Indian Autos...
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2015 Chevrolet Spark EV To Go On Sale In Maryland This Spring
General Motors said today that it will begin selling its 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV in the state of Maryland this spring, the first East Coast state in which the electric minicar will be available. The Spark EV has a connection to the state: Both its 105-kilowatt (140-horsepower) electric motor and...
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One Million Chevrolet Spark Minicars Sold Globally Since 2009
The U.S. is the second-largest market for the Chevrolet Spark minicar.
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2015 Chevrolet Spark EV Switches Battery Cells; 82-Mile Range Remains
The Chevrolet Spark EV has been on the market for only a year, but already it's being updated. And in this case, the update is major: The 2015 Chevy Spark EV will have an entirely new battery pack. General Motors announced yesterday that it will bring assembly of the electric Spark's battery...
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2014 Chevrolet Spark With CVT: Gas Mileage Review
We're fond of the Chevrolet Spark minicar; it's by far the best-executed of the several smaller-than-subcompact cars sold today. But our fondness had been limited to the five-speed manual version; the four-speed automatic offered in 2013 was, in a word, awful. Now we've driven a 2014 Chevrolet...
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Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV
What do you call an all-electric minicar that has elements of the Chevy Volt, can spin its drive wheels if you have a heavy foot--and still ranks as the most efficient plug-in car sold in the U.S. this year? We'd call it the 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV. And it's one of our five nominees for Green Car...
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The Chevrolet Spark EV Tech Performance concept will make the annual SEMA show a little greener.
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Chevy Spark EV Electric Car: No Retail Sales In Canada, Europe
It's a frequently asked question: Will the 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV be sold where I live? (Assuming you don't already live in California or Oregon, where the subcompact electric car has been on sale since June--or South Korea, where it's made.) General Motors had earlier announced that sales of the...
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First CCS Electric-Car Fast-Charging Station Opens In San Diego
The first public CCS station is now open, but the cars designed to use it are just starting to trickle onto the roads.
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First Car Sold With CCS Fast Charging Now Delayed To December
GM has pushed back the CCS fast-charging option on the Chevrolet Spark EV until the end of the year.
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2014 Chevrolet Spark EV Electric Car: Chevy Offers Owner Tips
Chevrolet is offering a few tips for drivers new to electric motoring.
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2014 Chevrolet Spark EV: First Drive Report
Aspire, Sprint, Swift, and Esteem: They’re among the most ironically inappropriate car names. But in its new EV guise, the Chevy Spark has the perfect name, on many levels. This car certainly has more than a spark of personality; it's all-electric (forget about those spark plugs); and...
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