Chevy Volt Wins Its Third “Best of” Award

The Chevrolet Volt has won its third award from one of the major car enthusiasts magazines, being named one of Car and Driver’s 2011 10 Best Cars. Last week the Volt was named car of the year by both Motor Trend and Automobile magazines. General Motors Corp.’s extended-range plug-in Volt won the title of 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year and 2011 Automobile of the Year. 

Along with the Volt, the Cadillac CTS-V was also named as one of the 10 Best Cars of 2011. These two wins for General Motors makes them the only American automaker to earn two spots on Car and Driver’s list.

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Genuine Leaders Award

Phillips Chevrolet was recently awarded GM's "Genuine Leaders Award" for Outstanding Sales and Customer Satisfaction. Phillips is one of the few Chevy dealers in the United States to win this award 13 years in a row! Since its inception! Pictured from left to right are Mike Bishop, District Sales Manager Chevrolet; Michael Maheras, General Manager of Phillips Chevrolet; Curtis Pascarella, President of Phillips Chevrolet; and Paul Whiteside, Zone Manager Chevrolet Motor Division.

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Genuine Leader

Phillips Chevrolet has been awarded Chevrolet Motor Divisions highest honor, the "Genuine Leaders Award" for outstanding sales and customer satisfaction. Phillips is the ONLY dealership in the state of Illinois awarded this honor 13 years in a row!

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2010 Chevrolet Equinox Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick Award

The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox received the highest possible rollover protection rating of “Good” in the first Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rollover tests of midsize SUVs and crossovers, one of four tests leading to receiving the Institute’s Top Safety Pick award.

The IIHS’s roof strength test pushes a metal plate against one corner of a roof at a constant speed, before five inches of roof crush is reached. To receive its “Good” rating the subject vehicle must withstand a force equal to four times its weight.

“The Top Safety award recognizes vehicles that are on the top rung for safety,” said IIHS president Adrian Lund. “The Equinox is in an elite group of vehicles that has achieved the highest ratings for front, side, rollover, and rear crash protection, and that has electronic stability control to help drivers avoid serious crashes.”

The 2010 Equinox offers standard four-wheel disc brakes, traction control and StabiliTrak electronic stability control with rollover mitigation. It offers six standard air bags: dual frontal air bags, head curtain side air bags and seat-mounted side air bags.

“Equinox is a great example of a comprehensive safety approach that’s designed to offer peace of mind and keep drivers as safe as possible on the road,” said Jeff Boyer, General Motors executive director of Safety. “This includes technologies to help drivers avoid crashes, features to protect occupants in the event of a crash and systems that get the right kind of help to the scene as quickly as possible.”

The 2010 Equinox also has received the highest possible five-star front- and side-impact rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Chevy Cruze finalist for World Car of the Year,
Camaro finalist for World Car Design of the Year

According to TheAutoChannel.com, the World Car Awards announced that Chevrolet Cruze is a finalist for the prestigious World Car of the Year Award, and the Chevrolet Camaro is a finalist for the World Car Design of the Year Award. The winners will be announced at the New york International Auto Show on Thursday, April 1.

The Cruze is one of the 10 finalists for the World Car of the Year Award, as selected by a jury of 59 international automotive journalists, based on their experience with each candidate as part of their professional work. The jury members constitute a balance of representation from Asia, Europe, North American, South America, as well as other parts of the world.

The jurors' next step is to re-evaluate the "top ten" cars, in preparation for a final round of voting in February. They will specifically rate each vehicle in terms of overall merit, value, safety, environmental responsibility, emotional appeal, and significance.

"Being a finalist for the World Car of the Year confirms the momentum behind Cruze," says Jim Campbell, Chevrolet General Manager. "More than 125,000 customers in Asia and Europe have already chosen the all-new Cruze. That strong acceptance on the world stage makes us confident that Cruze will be successful here in the U.S. as well when it goes on sale in the third quarter of this year."

Cruze has already earned the top rating of five stars from the European New Car Assessment Program (EuroNCAP). According to EuroNCAP, Cruze is the first passenger car to receive maximum scores in both the frontal offset collision test and side impact crash test since EuroNCAP began providing crash test ratings in 1997. Cruze also received best-in-class, five-star crash safety ratings in the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) testing in Australia, and the Chinese New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP) testing in China.

The is one of four finalists for the World Car Design of the Year, as selected by a jury of five design experts from around the world. The 59 World Car Awards jurors will now vote on the expert's design recommendations.

"It's rather humbling to be nominated for the best new design in the world," says Tom Peters, executive director, GM performance cars and full-size trucks. "The nomination is a tribute to the passion of many individuals who worked so hard to make the dream of the new Camaro come to life."

According to Yahoo!, Camaro was the most-searched vehicle in 2009. Camaro has also received the Popular Mechanics Automotive Excellence Award, and was named an All-Star by Automobile Magazine. Since its introduction in 2009, Camaro has outsold Mustang for seven straight months.