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General Motors has paraded the Chevrolet Spark around the world as the smallest model ever badged as a Chevy but this A segment subcompact has not had a shot in the United States – but that will change when the new Spark arrives in the first half of 2012 as a 2013 model.

The folks at EA Games have rolled out a new video trailer giving us our first good clear look at the upcoming Need for Speed: The Run, which includes news of a special limited edition pack which offers 5 exclusive events and three special vehicles – the Lamborghini Aventador, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and the upcoming new Porsche 911 Carrera S.

General Motors had another strong month in July 2011, posting an improvement in sales of 7.6% over July 2010 with their total of 214,915 vehicles making them America’s bestselling automaker group.

Numbers from around the American automotive industry are trickling in and it looks like the Ford Mustang’s lead of the segment last month was short lived as the Chevrolet Camaro bounced back in July 2011 – outselling the Mustang along with the Dodge Challenger and Nissan 370Z.

Compared to June and May sales, the Nissan Leaf was way down in July 2011 but with Chevrolet seeing a similar (and substantial) decline in electric vehicle sales last month, the Leaf easily won the battle for July 2011 over the Chevy Volt.

The Chevrolet Sonic was introduced to replace the uber vanilla Chevy Aveo and yesterday, the folks at General Motors’ Orion Township Assembly Plant began building the next generation of the GM subcompact.

Sunlogics Inc., an automotive parts supplier selected by General Motors Ventures to provide solar-powered electric charging stations (pictured) for the Chevrolet Volt to 3,000 Chevrolet dealerships in North America, has built its global headquarters and a manufacturing plant in Rochester Hills north of Detroit.

In a somewhat inspired bit of marketing savvy, Chevrolet has begun installing solar powered Green Zone charging stations for the Volt, which will also create spare power for the dealer. The solar units will generate enough power daily for 12 full vehicle-charging sessions.

On July 26, 2009 Diane Schuler drove her brother’s Ford Windstar the wrong way down the Taconic State Parkway in New York for 1.7 miles while other motorists veered to avoid her, only to have her slam head-on into a Chevrolet Trailblazer – killing herself, the four of the five children in her van and the three adult occupants of the SUV. Now, her husband Daniel is suing the state of New York, claiming that it is entirely the fault of the state and not his drunk, stoned wife.

In addition to efficiency of the Cruze Eco, Chevrolet has now confirmed the rumor is true; an even more efficient diesel variant will be offered for the 2013 model year.

The 2011 Chevrolet Volt was initially offered in a few markets around the US including California, Washington, D.C., Texas, New York Michigan, New Jersey, and Connecticut but as the innovative electric vehicle looks to build sales as the end of the year nears – the Chevy Volt is beginning to arrive in new markets including North and South Carolina.

We brought you the news in May that when the 2012 Chevrolet Impala hits the streets, it will feature a new 3.6L V6 with 302 horsepower and today, we know that the powerful new V6 will also offer an impressive 30 miles per gallon.

Nissan is still struggling to meet the first 20,000 orders for their innovative 2011 Leaf electric vehicle but as the 2012 model year nears; the Japanese automaker has announced that the segment-leading Leaf will see price increases across the board.

General Motors has just announced their newest investment – this time involving the Flint Assembly Plant in Michigan – with the company spending $328 million to support production of the next generation Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra light duty pickups.

Amidst news of the Camaro ZL1 and the upcoming 50th anniversary of the mighty Mustang, there have been endless rumors of what is to come from Ford’s pony car but we now have new rumors (with a fair amount of support) as to what we can expect from the next installation of the Ford Mustang line.

The Opel Ampera, the European version of the Chevrolet Volt, will be available to rent in eight different countries through the rental agency Europcar beginning next year.

When the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 made its grand debut at the Chicago Auto Show earlier this year, we were told that the supercharged 6.2L V8 would produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 550 horsepower – causing a world of speculation in the muscle car world but according to LSX TV, the Camaro ZL1 could pack over 570 horsepower.

The Chevrolet Volts are the first full-fledged electric automobiles to join the NYPD's fleet of 430 EVs.

Despite Alaska's wild dangers, where a car can run out of fuel on highways, Chevrolet thought the Last Frontier state was a great place to showoff Volt’s capabilities.

The DeTomaso brand was reincarnated at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show with the Cadillac SRX-based Deauville crossover but the sports car that the brand is best known for will seemingly make its return at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show as the new DeTomaso Pantera storms onto the supercar scene.

An inside GM source has squeaked about the arrival of a diesel-powered Chevrolet Cruze in the US market in two years.

Automakers are always trying to one-up the competition with various incentives and features by General Motors has announced that they will be the first company in the US to offer free auto insurance on new vehicles – but only in two states.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall for a concern over a faulty securing pin in the automatic transmission shift linkage in certain 2011 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups.

The results from June 2011 have come in from around the US auto industry and for the third month in a row, the 2011 Nissan Leaf has outsold the Chevy Volt – now giving the Leaf the advantage in annual sales volume as well.

Once again General Motors has claimed the top spot in the American auto industry with a 10.5% improvement over June 2010 allowing them to sell 215,358 vehicles in June 2011.

The Chevrolet Camaro has led in the rear wheel drive sports car segment over the Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger and Nissan 370Z from January to May but as June 2011 sales results have trickled in – the Ford Mustang has claimed the top spot in sales for the month.

The new Chevrolet Cruze has quickly become one of the brand’s bestselling cars – even doing so well as to lead the segment in sales last month – and now it appears as though General Motors might offer up a 2-door coupe of the popular C-segment model.

Necessity is the mother of invention goes the old saying and the current emphasis on greening the planet and extending the mileage squeezed out of every gallon of petrol seems to be having just that consequence. The Chevrolet Cruze keeps finding ways to extract more and more from every gallon with technology like deceleration fuel cutoff (DFCO), that completely suspends fuel delivery when you brake, restoring the flow when you accelerate again.

The Chevrolet Camaro holds the leading role among cars that can talk in the modern Transformers series and with Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon set to hit theaters on June 28th, Chevrolet has announced the newest special edition Transformers-themed Camaro for the 2012 model year.

It’s been a great month for the Chevrolet Corvette, with the mighty ZR1 setting a new American production car record at Germany’s Nürburgring early this month and now the 2012 Corvette Z06 has set a new personal best of 7:22.68 around the world’s most well-known road course.