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CAMI plant to boost Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain production

Posted: Nov 09, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Chevrolet, GM, GMC

In a statement released today, GM announced that they will be investing $C 90 million to re-tool CAMI Automotive’s West Body Shop plant in Ontario, Canada. According to DetNews, the investment plan will boost production of the GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Equinox by about 40,000 units and recall about 150 laid-off employees.
“This investment is [...]

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2010 Motor Trend SUV of the Year Contenders revealed

Posted: Oct 14, 2009

Filed under: Acura, Audi, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Toyota

It’s that time of the year again – when Motor Trend picks the “Motor Trend SUV of the Year” for the year 2010. Last year’s award went to the 2009 Subaru Forester. It seems as though this year, Motor Trend has focused most of its attention on luxury SUVs. Either way, stay tuned for the winner who [...]

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Fritz: 2010 Equinox market share up 6.4%, 2010 LaCrosse avg. transaction price up $7,200

Posted: Oct 07, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Buick, Chevrolet, GM

Earlier this morning, GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson held a press conference where he provided a 90 day update on GM’s “Re:invention.”
Besides letting us know that the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro is still red hot and selling strong, Fritz gave us some figures on the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and the 2010 Buick LaCrosse.
According to Fritz, Chevrolet Equinox [...]

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GM planning to boost 2010 Chevrolet Equinox production

Posted: Sep 16, 2009

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Industry News

According to Automotive News, General Motors Company is looking to increase production of its new 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and is planning to assemble the crossover at a second plant.
“We are studying how fast we can add another plant for the Equinox,” Bob Lutz said at a media event today. “For the time being, we’re just doing [...]

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Reviewed: 2010 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT shows what GM is capable of

Posted: Sep 02, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Chevrolet, Featured, GM, Reviews

The Chevrolet Equinox has never really been a winner in the compact crossover / SUV segment. With sub-par styling and a somewhat disappointing power-train lineup, the Equinox has been often overlooked when compared to its key competitors; the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV-4 and the Ford Escape. That however, is all about to change in 2010.
For [...]

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2010 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT FWD Test-Drive Updates: Fun Facts

Posted: Aug 19, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Chevrolet, GM, Reviews

We’re wrapping up our test-drive of the new 2010 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT FWD today. A full-review will be up sometime early next week so stay tuned for that. We’ll close off our daily updates of our week-long test-drive with some fun facts about the 2010 Equinox.
Fun Facts about the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT FWD:
- Starting [...]

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2010 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT FWD Test-Drive Update: A walk around the exterior

Posted: Aug 18, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Chevrolet, GM, Reviews

Yesterday, we gave you a little peek inside one of our press cars for the week – the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. Today we’re going to walk you though the exterior of GM’s new crossover.
The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox’s exterior design is a mixture of the successful Malibu sedan and Traverse crossover. It features Chevrolet’s signature two-tier grille [...]

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2010 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT FWD test-drive update

Posted: Aug 17, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Chevrolet, GM

We are now 5 days into our test-drive of the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and we’re still really impressed with the new GM crossover. As mentioned before, we are driving the 2010 Equinox 1LT FWD with a 182-hp 2.4L Ecotec direct-injected 4-cylinder engine.
During our first trip in the Equinox we were averaging a total of 24.6 [...]

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Press Car of the Week: 2010 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT FWD

Posted: Aug 14, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, GM, Hybrids, Green News

We have a new vehicle in our press fleet this week – the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT (we have one more that we’ll tell you about in just a couple of minutes). We picked up GM’s new SUV/Crossover yesterday from New York and were a bit disappointed to not have received the 264-hp 3.0L DOHC [...]

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GM kicks off lease program in 5 states on 8 models

Posted: Aug 03, 2009

Filed under: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC, Industry News

General Motors Company’s vice president of U.S. sales, Mark LaNeve, said that the automaker is offering leases starting today. GM will launch a five-state pilot program that covers eight models in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan and Ohio.
The leases, which run through August 31, are being offered by U.S. Bank on the 2009 Cadillac CTS, [...]