Toyota and Honda top automotive brands in consumer perception

Automakers spend billions of dollars to promote their vehicles and build brand awareness. Yet, marketing alone does not shape consumer perception without a clear connection to the vehicles in the showroom. In the latest Auto Pulse survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, Toyota and Honda brands ranked first and second, respectively, by dominant margins over all others. Likewise, the vehicles from those brands have consistently performed well in our testing, often ranking among the best in their classes, and have been mostly at the top of our reliability ratings over the years. Lets your journey with world car brand.............

Sunday, August 23, 2009

CHEVROLET

2010 Chevrolet Spark
Chevrolet has revealed the Spark ahead of the Geneva Motor Show. If the car looks familiar, that’s because this is the production-ready version of the Chevy Beat. Not much was lost in the transition from Beat to Spark. In fact, the car gained two well-hidden rear doors.
The Spark is the international replacement for Daewoo Matiz. While the Matiz earned little respect for being a budget-first kind of car, the Spark should be just a spend-thrifty but can do it with more style. The 2010 Spark will be offered with a choice of two engines: a 1.0 and 1.2-liter 16-valve four-cylinder double overhead camshaft gasoline engines.
2010 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2
For the last 8 years Corvette Racing has dominated the GT1 category of the American Le Mans Series. Since they began the race spec Corvette has won at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and since 2005 have been competing the C6.R against world-class grand touring cars from automakers like Aston Martin. For 2009 the factory backed racing effort has chosen to step down into the GT2 category in order to compete with the same cars on the track that the production model competes with in show rooms.

2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (Blue Devil)
Chevrolet will unveil at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show a more powerful version of the Corvette Z06: the Corvette ZR1, initially called Blue Devil during its development phase by most of the press. The ZR1 will be priced around $100,000. The ZR1 comes as a direct response at the Dodge Viper unveiled at Detroit Auto Show. The new Corvette will also compete with Porsche 911 Turbo and Ferrari’s next F430 Challenge Stradal
Although from the spy shots seen you will say that the Blue Devil will look like a usual Corvette, but on a closer look on the car and to his engine will tell you that the Blue Devil is more what the name says: a devil.

2009 Corvette SS aka Blue Devil
The 2009 SS will be powered by a 7.0 litre V8 engine with an output of 650 hp. This will help the car to make the 0 to 60 mph sprint in 3.5 seconds and have a top speed of 215 mph. The SS wil feature carbon ceramic brakes.
Some spyshots of the new Corvette SS surfaced but we had to remove them has GM contacted several website already. To make the story short, an EMO TRANS employee took the spyshot pictures while the car was in transit from the USA to Germany for some Nurburgring testing.

2009 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid
Affirming its commitment to fuel solutions and truck leadership, Chevrolet announced the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid, a full-size pickup that achieves 40-percent greater city fuel economy and a 25-percent improvement in overall fuel economy. It is expected to be the most fuel-efficient full-size pickup on the market, besting the current V-8 leader – the non-hybrid Silverado.
2009 Chevrolet Aveo5
roving that fuel solutions can be wrapped in bold, fun packages, Chevrolet unveiled the 2009 Aveo5 at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The redesigned challenger to the economy segment delivers exceptional, EPA-estimated fuel economy of 26 mpg in the city and 34 mpg on the highway (with the standard five-speed manual transmission) – and is expected to be the lowest-priced car in America when it goes on sale in 2008.
“Chevrolet is committed to fuel solutions of all types, and the new Aveo5 demonstrates that gasoline remains viable in a highly efficient, affordable package,” said Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager. “It is a terrific value, with a worry-free ownership experience that has the lowest ownership cost of any vehicle on the market, yet it packs all of Chevy’s fun-to-drive spirit.”

2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
will unveil the long waited Corvette ZR1 in January at the Detroit Auto Show. GM describes the 2009 ZR1 as an American supercar that brings the technology and engineering refinement of carbon-fiber, ceramics and electronics together in a distinctive design.
“Chevrolet’s goal with the new ZR1 is to show what an American supercar can deliver, at a price that trumps exotics that cost two, three or four times as much – and does so with exceptional driveability,” said Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager.
2009 Chevrolet HHR E85 FlexFuel
The FlexFuel Chevy HHR was unveiled today during a speech at the Midwest Automotive Media Association breakfast, which opened press days for the Chicago Auto Show. The HHR become the latest Chevrolet FlexFuel model when it goes on sale later this year.
The HHR will be available with an Ecotec 2.2-liter or Ecotec 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine, both of which will be compatible with E85. For the first time, the Ecotec 2.2L is equipped with variable valve timing (VVT), technology that assures precise opening and closing of the valves and accurate control of combustion gases to improve engine performance and efficiency. The Ecotec 2.4L continues to offer VVT.
2009 Chevrolet Corvette
After the unveiling of the Corvette ZR1 earlier this year, Chevrolet launched the rest of the 2009 Corvette line. The biggest news from Chevy is a new custom, leather-wrapped interior and more upgrades.
The ’09 Corvette lineup includes the Corvette coupe and convertible, each powered by the 430-horsepower (321 kW) LS3 V-8. The Z06 performance model also returns with the 505-horsepower (377 kW) LS7 engine and built on a lightweight chassis.

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