Chevy Ownership Stories: Crossing the Border

Very cool. What’s your Chevy story? Note: The 2011 Chevy Volt has an EPA-estimated 35 miles on a single charge; EPA-est. 93 MPGe [electric]; 35 city, 40 MPG hwy [gas]. Actual range varies with conditions. So, I had to share this story: We live in Western NY (me, my wife, and our 6 & 8 year-old children). Last night, we decided to go across the border and have dinner in Canada. Coming back across the border played out a little like a Chevy Volt commercial… The customs agent barely glanced at me, took our passports, and asked, “citizenship?” Me: “USA” Agent: “Madelyn and Nicholas yours?” Me: “Yes.” As he turned to hand our passports...

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My Ride - 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster

Everyone has a Chevrolet story. What’s yours? Len Grillo is a second-generation San Franciscan who has worked in the telecommunications industry since 1973. He is a grandfather, veteran and certified car nut who still owns his first new car, a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner. The saga of my Chevrolet Stylemaster begins in June of 1947 at the GM plant in Oakland, which opened in 1916 and built cars and trucks until its closure in 1963. My great-uncle Howard bought the car in California, but a year later he and his family were transferred to Hawaii and the car was put into storage. When he returned in 1952. he bought a new car, so my father bought...

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Kennywood Announces New Ride For 2012

Check out the Black Widow! Does this look like your kind of ride? Kennywood has officially announced that it will be adding a “wicked” new ride to the park for the 2012 season. The Black Widow “will have a combination of height, airtime and thrill factor," said general manager Jerome Gibas. Black Widow riders will sit in outward-facing suspended seats that form a giant circle with a total of 40 riders. With legs dangling freely, each rider will be secured with a shoulder restraint as the circle begins to swing in a pendulum motion while rotating counterclockwise. At the peak of the swing, riders will reach a height of 146 feet above the...

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Auto Library Friends Pick Chevrolet Volt as 2011's 'Collectible Car of the Future'

Own a Chevy Volt? It could end up being the most desired collectable car of the future! That is the prediction of the Friends of the National Automotive History Collection (NAHC). Members of the organization, which supports the world-famous automotive collection at the Detroit Public Library, vote annually to predict the "Collectible Vehicle of the Future" from each year's new North American-built cars and trucks.  The Volt was selected from 23 all-new vehicles launched in 2011. The award will be presented to Chevrolet executives by the Friends of the NAHC at their annual holiday reception on Thursday, December 8 at the NAHC's quarters...

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Chevrolet's 10 Most Important Trucks: Past and Present

Chevy trucks have come a long way! Which one is your favorite? Chevrolet has given the buying public a ton of trucks since it first started offering them in 1918. And now, with the 2013 Colorado midsize pickup due in the United States in mid-2012, Chevy has provided its own list of important trucks from the last 93 years. In our eyes, there are some obvious picks and some surprising ones. As the title states, the Colorado is already on there. 1. 1918 Chevrolet 490 Half-Ton Light Delivery "Cowl Chassis" If pedigree is important to you, this was a repurposed Chevy 490 car with stronger leaf springs out back and stripped of most of its body....

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