Thursday, 26 September 2013

What's new for 2015?? Have A Look!


GM Reveals 2015 Silverado, Sierra Heavy Duty Pickups 

2015 Silverado HD



2015 Sierra

 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe and 2015 GMC Yukon

Yukon

Tahoe


2015 Chevrolet Suburban

Interior

Friday, 20 September 2013

Chevrolet Silverado Rated Top Pickup by Consumer Reports


2014 Chevrolet Silverado

General Motors Co. (GM)’s redesigned Chevrolet Silverado has received the highest rating from Consumer Reports among all pickups, edging out Chrysler Group LLC’s Ram 1500.
The victory marks Chevrolet’s second top-rating from Consumer Reports in the past two months after the Yonkers, New York-based magazine gave the Impala the highest marks among all sedans, the first time in at least 20 years that a U.S. automaker has outscored all Japanese and European competitor in that segment.

GM, based in Detroit, is bringing out 18 new or refreshed vehicles in the U.S. this year, among the largest waves of new products in the company’s history, that will transform the automaker’s lineup into one of the newest in the industry from one of the oldest. The 2014 Silverado began arriving in showrooms earlier this year.

“For years the Silverado has scored well in our tests, and the redesigned 2014 model is the best yet,” the magazine wrote in the November issue hitting stands Oct. 5 and going online today. “Handling is more carlike than in most trucks, the cabin is very quiet, and it provides impressive towing and payload capabilities.”

The Silverado scored 81, beating the Ram “in several areas important to many pickup owners,” such as has having a significantly larger bed, better fuel efficiency and more payload and towing capacity, Consumer Reports said.

The updated Ram 1500 received a score of 78 and received praise from the magazine as well.
“If you use your truck more for day-to-day driving, the Ram is a nicer place to spend your time” than the Silverado, the magazine wrote. “It rides better and has more comfortable seats, a nicer rear seat, and a slightly friendlier control layout.”

Source found here.

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

2014 Silverado and Sierra Score a Safety First for Trucks

 GM Media Reports:

The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and High Country and the GMC Sierra and Sierra Denali 1500 are the first pickup trucks to receive the highest possible five-star Overall Vehicle Score for safety since the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration changed its New Car Assessment Program for the 2011 model year.
NHTSA only tested the crew cab models of Silverado and Sierra. Chevrolet and GMC expect crew cab models to account for 60 percent of their 2014 light duty full-size pickup truck sales.
“Safety is as important to truck buyers as it is to car buyers,” said Gay Kent, GM general director of Vehicle Safety and Crashworthiness. “Silverado and Sierra set a benchmark for pickup truck safety by offering a full array of advanced features designed to protect occupants before, during and after a collision.”
Silverado and Sierra offer fully boxed frames, extensive use of high-strength steel, and several segment-exclusive safety features are available, including Forward Collision Alert, Lane Departure Warning, and Safety Alert Seat.
  • Safety Alert Seat warns the driver of potential traffic danger using directional vibration pulses from the seat cushion. The patented warning approach is tied to all of the on-board crash avoidance systems.
  • Forward collision alert technology helps prevent frontal crashes by alerting the driver when the truck is closing in on a vehicle ahead too quickly, giving him or her additional time to react and avoid a crash.
  • Lane Departure Warning technology alerts the driver when the truck drifts over a lane line when traveling at least 35 mph.
  • Rear Vision Camera with Dynamic Guidelines allows the driver, when in reverse, to view objects directly behind the vehicle via the radio screen in the center stack, allowing for easier parking and backing maneuvers.
  • New, standard lap belt pretensions in the front-seat outboard safety belts.
  • Six standard air bags and 360-degree sensor system, including dual-stage frontal air bags, head-curtain side-impact air bags with rollover protection, and seat-mounted side-impact air bags.
  • Trailer-sway control that works with StabiliTrak to provide the driver with additional assistance when towing a trailer. When it senses trailer sway, it intervenes with braking and/or reduced engine power to bring the trailer under control.
  • Four-wheel, four-channel, antilock disc brakes (ABS) that help provide straight, more controlled stops by preventing wheel lock-up in most road conditions.
  • OnStar is available, using GPS and cellular phone technology to automatically call for help in the event of crash. OnStar service also includes MyLink mobile apps, which offer vehicle information and OnStar services via the customer’s smartphone.

Thursday, 11 July 2013

GM wins eight best vehicle awards in J.D. Power initial quality survey


GM Wins Eight Best Vehicle Awards in J.D. Power Initial Quality Survey

jd-power.pngGeneral Motors Co. vehicles won eight awards in the annual J.D. Power & Associates survey of initial quality, a marked improvement since the largest American automaker turned itself around after a 2009 bankruptcy.
GM cars and trucks won eight top prizes as the best vehicles in their segments of the U.S. auto market in the survey of new vehicle owners.
Chevrolet, which accounts for 71 percent of General Motors’ U.S. sales, jumped 10 spots to No. 5 on J.D. Power’s initial quality ratings for 33 brands, the marketing information consultants said on Wednesday.
David Sargent, vice president of global automotive at J.D. Power, said GM has “done an outstanding job” of working to change the long-held perception that its products were of inferior quality.
“GM’s always been good at improving a vehicle once it’s come to market,” Sargent said in an interview. “What they’re also showing to be pretty good at now is launching vehicles with pretty good quality too.”
The J.D. Power survey is in its 27th year. This was the first year that participants could fill out surveys online regarding their experiences in the first 90 days of new-vehicle ownership.
The survey was conducted from February to May this year, and all of the vehicles in the survey were 2013 models.
This year’s survey was updated to add more consumer feedback on the quality of new technologies, including navigation, lane-departure, telephone, information-entertainment and voice-activated systems.
Sargent said that for the overall industry, quality slipped from last year, with the survey results showing more consumer dissatisfaction. That was largely due to expanded inclusion of new technologies in vehicles and consumers having difficulty using many of the new systems.
But Sargent added that more complaints were linked to design-related issues rather than a defect or malfunction that could more easily be fixed by dealers than in years past.
GMC, which jumped 10 spots in the ratings, and Chevrolet were the top-rated non-luxury brands in the survey.
The industry average was 113 problems reported per 100 vehicles. All of GM’s brands, including Cadillac and Buick, performed better than the industry average.
Non-luxury brands that scored better than the industry average were, in order of finish, GMC, Chevrolet, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Kia Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC’s namesake brand, Chrysler. Chrysler Group is majority owned by Fiat SpA.
Ford Motor Co.’s namesake brand remained in 27th place. Sargent said that while the automaker has improved on its touch-screen and voice-command controls, it has also offered its information-entertainment systems on more models, which opened it up for complaints.
Falling the most spots from a year ago were Nissan’s namesake brand, which dropped 14 places to 30th, and Chrysler’s Ram truck brand, which skidded 14 slots to 28th.
Scoring the worst on the survey were the Fiat brand at 32nd and Toyota’s Scion brand at 33rd.
Winners of some of the non-luxury best-in-segment awards were the Chevrolet Impala for large cars, Chevrolet Silverado for large pickup trucks.
In addition, GM was awarded the Silver Plant Assembly Line Quality Award for its Oshawa, Ontario, plant where the Chevrolet Equinox and Impala are built.

Brand Highlights

Chevrolet

  • Segment Award Recipients
    • Camaro – Midsize Sporty Car
    • Impala  -  Large Car
    • Tahoe – Large CUV
    • Silverado HD – Large Heavy-Duty Pickup
    • Avalanche – Large Light-Duty Pickup
  • Segment Top 3
    • Spark – Ranked Second  - City Car
    • Equinox – Ranked Third – Compact CUV
    • Silverado LD – Ranked Third – Large Light-Duty Pickup

Cadillac

  • Escalade – Segment Award Recipient - Large Premium CUV
  • CTS – Ranked Third – Compact Premium Car

Buick

  • Encore – Segment Award Recipient – Sub-Compact CUV
  • Enclave – Ranked Second – Midsize CUV
  • Regal – Ranked Third – Midsize Car

GMC

  • Sierra LD – Segment Award Recipient - Large Light-Duty Pickup
  • Sierra HD – Ranked Second – Large Heavy-Duty Pickup
Source Globe and Mail

2014 Impala Reveal



Wednesday, 3 July 2013

ONSTAR Remote Link





1) RemoteLink™ requires an active OnStar subscription and a compatible vehicle and mobile device.You can check the compatibility of your vehicle and mobile device by clicking here.

2) Download OnStar RemoteLink mobile app from the iTunes® App Store, GooglePlayTM for Android™, or BlackBerry®5App WorldTM.

3) Open RemoteLink and log in with your onstar.ca username and password.
  1. If you don’t have an onstar.ca username and password, simply go to onstar.ca, click "sign up," and enter your account number and postal code.
  2. Don't know your OnStar account number? Click the link next to the "Account Number" field to have it emailed to you.
Now you’re ready to enjoy unprecedented connectivity to your vehicle, wherever you go.

 Watch this short video for a quick introduction!