GM’s Chevrolet division is the brand under which Chevrolet Aveo is marketed. Chevy Aveo has been made available as a subcompact automobile which holds 4 doors hatchback called the Aveo5 and could take in five passengers. This Chevy will market and offered globally.
In general, in almost every category that counts style, comfort, and acceleration – Chevy Aveo does not compete with other 4 door hatchback category: Hyundai Accent, Toyota Yaris, Nissan Versa, Honda Fit, and Kia Rio.
The Chevrolet Aveo offers respectable vehicle dynamics, well tuned suspensions, and impressive interior features with a very affordable price.
The Chevrolet has changed the Aveo5 4-cylinder engine for 2009 to improve the fuel economy and has variable valve timing. The Chevy Aveo’s EPA mileage rating is 25 mpg in the city and 34 mpg on the highway—quite respectable—falls slightly behind the cheaper Kia Rio (Chevy Aveo is beat to the bottom by the Kia Rio by about $1,000) and more expensive Toyota Yaris and Honda Fit.
Hybridcars.com has test drive this car and achieve 32.8 mpg in a 162-mile roundtrip test loop from Churchville, Md. to Philadelphia, Pa. and back. This Chevy comes with a 1.6-liter, four-cylinder engine that makes 107 hp and 106 pound-feet of torque.
The Chevrolet Aveo provides three trim levels: LS, LT and Special Value.
The LS adds carpeted floor mats and air-conditioning, as well as the availability of options such as cruise control, antilock brakes, a sunroof, a CD/MP3 player, keyless entry, power windows and 15-inch alloy wheels.
The LT trim is available on the sedan only. It includes most of the LS model’s options as standard and can be ordered with an upgraded audio system and leatherette seating.
Special Value is comes with minimal features and offered on the Aveo5 only and. Standard equipment includes manual mirrors and windows, 14-inch steel wheels, side airbags, a radio with four speakers and manual locks.
For a low cost car, this Chevrolet gives you nice interiors. Chevrolet Aveo’s interior offers theater style rear seating, a 60/40 split folding rear seat, and a fully reclining front passenger seat that have been designed and manufactured to your comfy. The sedan’s trunk provides roomy and spacious in its back seats. The Chevy Aveo has a capacity to carry up to 42 cubic feet of cargo and it’s also has a fold down rear.
The 2009 Chevrolet Aveo gets a face lift and has a nice interior design, which does little to get attention customers and bring them become as a new customer. This Chevy models have an OnStar and auxiliary audio jack (one year of service) as standard. The customers also will get satellite radio when they decide to upgraded trim levels.
The Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and the Yukon Hybrid (its GMC counterpart) are the first full size two mode hybrid powertrain – developed jointly by General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, and BMW. This amazingly fuel size SUV launches a new breed of larger vehicles that are completely fuel efficient and greener than their conventional versions. Maybe that’s why the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid become more popular and received the questionable title of ‘Green Car of the Year’ by the Green Car Journal.
Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid uses a hybrid propulsion system and available in 2-wheel drive or 4-whell drive. This hybrid SUV can operates in three different ways. First, this hybrid has the electric power which serves to optimize fuel economy. Second, when you need more power there is engine can be utilized. Third, you can use the combination of the two types of power when you needed. This is courtesy of the GM’s 6 liter Vortec V8 with cylinder deactivation technology which shut off four of its eight cylinder when you do not need additional power off and kick in at other times.
Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid has impressive an EPA rating, 21 mpg in the city and 22 mpg on the highway, as compared to their conventional Tahoe 14 in the city and 19 on the highway. This hybrid SUV also offers up to 40 percent improvement in city driving. Unbelievably, this Tahoe hybrid’s city fuel economy is similar to that of a 4-cylinder Toyota Camry.
This Tahoe hybrid SUV truly combine top notch performance and fuel efficiency that you would not expect from other hybrid SUV. Despite focus on fuel economy concept, Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid can deliver power and capability like a full size SUV. Tahoe Hybrid can boast 332 hp and can tow up to 6000 pounds – available in 2 or 4-wheel drive models.
Finally, go green today with this hybrid SUV and save our environmental. Who knew Tahoe Hybrid could be this eco-friendly and save your wallet?
Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid: GM has produced the first pickup trucks with use two mode hybrid systems that would be completely as qualified as their conventional one. The 2WD versions of the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid and its sister, the 2009 GM Sierra Hybrid – can tow up to 6,100 pounds and still deliver mileage of about 21 mpg city and 22 mpg highway. These hybrid trucks will be available in early 2009.
The 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2WD Crew Cab Hybrid starting price at $38,995; adding the luxury package takes about $44,155.
Fuel Economy and Payback of Silverado Hybrid
Of course, if you compare to your average Toyota Prius driver, 22 mpg may still seem profligate. But let us takes careful explanation – let us look at the math – to make the case that this hybrid trucks will big helps cut US oil imports.
If we compare with a non hybrid pickup which returns just 14 mpg (city)/ 20 mpg (highway), and the racking up 10,000 miles a year, split equally between city and highway travel, the hybrid system will saves about 140 gallons of gasoline a year. That’s more fuel efficient than you would keep from a Toyota Camry to a Toyota Camry Hybrid.
Nowadays, purchasers will receive about $2,200 federal tax credit. That means the benefits, using $2/gallon gasoline, is somewhere around four years-no less than until GM’s credits pass on. Spending more time in stop-and-go traffic, or racking up higher mileage, cuts the payback time. And if gasoline should return to the $4 per gallon levels of summer 2008, payback would speed up even further.
Nowadays many automakers have shown a great attention to the hybrid car technology’s development and implementation. One of the automaker is Chevrolet. Currently Chevrolet provides the Silverado hybrid – a hybrid trucks – the first production model of Chevrolet Company. Moreover, the company has plans for a various new hybrid models in latest years, such as Tahoe, Suburban, Malibu, or Saturn’s VUE hybrid SUV. Chevrolet also expanded with a fleet of transit buses powered by their Allison Electric Drive Transmission system at the municipal level – for King Country, Washington. That fleet will save more than 750,000 gallons of gasoline a year in King Country, over the non hybrid it replaced.
Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid
Chevrolet has introduced to the public its first full size hybrid truck, the Chevy Silverado Hybrid and GMC Sierra Hybrid (its sister model) to attract the attention of contractors. The 2005 gasoline electric model will be in automobile market in fall of 2004, and this vehicle – with a Vortec V-8 engine – can produce 295 hp and 335 lb-ft of torque.
Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid
Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid is the most impressive models of Chevy, the large SUV, available in 2007. The GMC Yukon Hybrid and the Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid will both receive a combination of the hybrid technology of Chevy. The gasoline electric upgrades will augment fuel economy about 30 percent in the large hybrid SUVs and similarly efficient trucks are available in 2008.
Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid
The Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid mid-sized sedan was scheduled for production in early 2007 and this model available for retail shortly thereafter.
Chevrolet Equinox Hybrid
The Chevrolet Equinox Hybrid shares a hybrid system similar to the Tahoe Hybrid, which is expected to increase the fuel economy about 30 percent from the Chevy’s Hybrid Technology. This Chevy should be available as hybrid model in 2005 for the 2006 model year.
