Patent Drawings Reveal 2012 Chevrolet Aveo Sedan

The public got its first look at the all-new 2012 Chevrolet Aveo at this year's Detriot Auto Show, but the RS Concept was only shown as a five-door hatchback, and as we all know, four-door sedans remain the preferred form factor here in the U.S.A. Newly discovered patent reveals the look of the three-box Aveo, which remains the same as the hatch from B-pillar backwards, but carries a few more interesting design cues.

The roof-line of the Aveo sedan has a similar profile to the larger Cruze and from the side, the tail-lights have the same triangular shape. From the rear, the horizontally arranged lights of the Cruze are replaced by vertically stacked lamps and the sedan gets conventional rear door handles in place of the hidden units in the C-pillar of the hatch. The production Chevy Aveo should arrive sometime during this upcoming auto show season, with production starting in the first half of 2011 at GM's Lake Orion assembly plant north of Detroit.

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Corvette Goes On Air After 5-year Hiatus

General Motors debuted the first commercial featuring the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 last week at the MLB All-Star games. This is the first television ad for the Corvette in more than five years.

This ad comes days after GM announced a “build your own engine option” for Corvette enthusiasts. GM said this program is believed to be the world’s most hands-on super car program, customers who order a 2011 Corvette Z06 or ZR1 can choose an option to help assemble their cars’ LS7 or LS9 engines at General Motors’ Performance Build Center (PBC) in Wixom, Mich. In addition to building their own engines, Corvette buyers can attend driving school in Arizona or Nevada, take delivery of their vehicles at the National Corvette Museum or watch their vehicles being built at the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, Ky.

The Engine Build Experience is an option with a suggested retail price of $5,800. When a customer selects the PBC option for a 2011 Corvette Z06 or ZR1 and the dealer submits the order to Chevrolet, a special concierge contacts the customer to verify participation and help coordinate arrangements. While travel arrangements to and from Metro Detroit are the customer’s responsibility, the Chevrolet concierge helps schedule the engine build; coordinates the customer’s activities at the Performance Build Center; assists with booking local lodging and meals, and arranges local transportation.

The Engine Build experience is the latest program Chevy offers for Corvette owners. Other programs include:

• Corvette plant tour, where customers can follow their vehicle down the Bowling Green assembly line
  

• Corvette Museum delivery, where customers take delivery of their new Corvette at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green
  

• Corvette ZR1 Driving School, which offers complimentary attendance at either Bob Bondurant’s Corvette Driving School in Arizona, or Ron Fellows’ Corvette Performance Driving School near Las Vegas.
  

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Next Camaro Club Event

On August 15^th, members of the Illinois Camaro Club are invited to Uncle Harry's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Cruise Night at 5:30pm. If you bring your family and the Camaro, the club will buy the ice cream!

There will be a picnic at members, Dan & Wendy Prete's located at 2N450 Kenmore, Lombard, IL 60148 before Uncle Harry's starting at 1:00pm. Dan will be supplying barbeque while members are to bring a dish to pass.

Please RSVP for Cruise Night to Rory at topless68@comcast.net or 708-906-8978.
Please RSVP for picnic to Becky at zeplinlady@aol.com or 630-244-0905.

Come out to enjoy some ice cream and meet other members!!

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Chevrolet Supports Fireball Run Adventurally®

Chevrolet is joining the fourth annual Fireball Run Adventurally to benefit the nation’s largest missing child recovery effort. Chevrolet will provide support vehicles for the 3,500-mile rally, as well as sponsoring a team competing in a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS.

Each team in the Fireball Run represents a missing child identified by the Race to Recover America’s Missing Children, a campaign for the Klaas Kids Foundation. While adventuring and competing, teams work to distribute 1,000 posters along the entire 3,500 mile route of the rally, which journeys through 18 cities and nine states in eight days. To date, the Fireball Run has contributed to the recovery of 35 missing children.

“The Fireball Run is a unique event that combines the excitement of an interactive road rally and the challenge of track competitions, with the benefit of a worthy cause,” said Jim Campbell, U.S. vice president, Chevrolet Marketing. “As such, it’s a great fit for Chevy.”

In addition to sponsoring the Camaro SS team, Chevrolet will loan the Fireball Run a Corvette Grand Sport convertible as the pace vehicle, and Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrids as safety support vehicles for the contestants. The Fireball Run starts on Sept. 23 in Henderson, Nev., and concludes in Galena, Illinois on Oct. 2.

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2011 Chevrolet Caprice PPV Detective Package Details Uncovered

A new generation of police cruisers is afoot. We've seen General Motors open the floodgates with a full raft of images of its Caprice PPV. Chevrolet has taken a traditional approach, fitting the Caprice with a 6.0-liter V8 cranking out 355 horsepower and 384 pound-feet of torque, mated to a six-speed automatic transmission.

We already knew what to expect for the standard police-spec Caprice, but we've been extra curious about the special “Detective package” that adds some plainclothes stealthiness to the Caprice, especially as it seems to hint at what the oft-rumored civilian version of this car might look like. It's available in seven different colors, uses all the same mechanical underpinnings as the standard Police PPV, and for the moment at least, remains unavailable in a retail model.

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Throw Out the First Pitch

John, 12 years old from Palos Hills, IL, drew the lucky winner's name to throw out the first pitch at the Chicago White Sox game on Friday, July 30^th vs. the Oakland A's! The winner is Timothy from Hobart, Indiana!! Congratulations Timothy! Enjoy the game!

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Obama Gets First Seat Time in Chevrolet Volt

President Checks Out Electric Car During Visit to Michigan

President Barack Obama got his first exposure and seat time Thursday in the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range capability during a visit to the Compact Power battery plant in Holland, Mich. LG Chem, the parent of Compact Power, is making the battery cells for the Volt, which goes on sale late this year in California, the Washington, D.C. area, and Michigan.

The Volt has a range of about 340 miles and is powered with electricity at all times. For up to the first 40 miles, the Volt is powered solely by electricity stored in its 16-kWh lithium-ion battery, using no fuel and producing no emissions. When the Volt’s lithium-ion battery runs low, an engine/generator seamlessly operates to extend the driving range another 300 miles on a full tank of gas.

The Volt battery pack will be assembled in Brownstown Township, Mich., and shipped to the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant for mating with the Volt. Chevrolet announced Wednesday the Volt battery will have a standard eight-year, 100,000 mile warranty.

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