The Corvette Z06 was MotorTrend’s 2023 Performance Car of the Year (PCOTY). Normally, when the magazine names an “of the Year” vehicle, they keep a press car for several months to a year to see how their winner is to live with. However, since the Z06 has a price that breaks six figures, Chevrolet wasn’t…
“Baseball, hotdogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet.” That was Chevrolet’s tagline in the mid-70s when it equated the brand with the U.S.A. Chevrolet has always been a brand for the heart of America. It was at the bottom of the GM hierarchy when it was flush with brands with Pontiac, a small step up, Oldsmobile a…
The 2nd generation Trax has made it an entirely different car than its predecessor. The first Trax was a small, inexpensive SUV, and so much more. The 2024 Trax is stylish outside and in, with a good package of standard and available features and even garnered, as Barry’s Chevrolet is happy to repeat, Cars.com’s 2024…
Once the territory of station wagons and minivans, the three-row crossover has become the iconic family car. Not just large families benefit from seating for seven or eight. It can mean room for a family of five with each child inviting a friend or when grandparents or an aunt and uncle visit and invite everyone…
When it comes to vehicles the size of the Suburban, there aren’t many competitors, and the few that exist mostly come from inside the GM brand. That means they will have the same platform, essentially the same engine choices, and generally the same engineering. If you are looking at a high-spec Suburban, a question may…
The current Chevrolet Trailblazer is a fairly new model, having first entered our Chevrolet of Spring Valley showroom in 2020 as a 2021 model. It is the smallest of Chevrolet’s extensive line of SUVs and crossovers. The Kia Soul has been one of its brand’s smallest vehicles since 2010. It is the sole survivor, if…
There has been a lot of talk in the past several years about hands-free, automated or self-driving vehicles. GM figured out that the wisest place for hands-free driving is on the open highways with limited access, few if any, people, and infrequent stops. There simply is far less to process. That very lack of processing…
In the 2024 model year, for the first time, all three of Chevrolet’s pickup truck lines, the Colorado, Silverado, and Silverado HD models, were available in the brand’s most off-road-focused form, the ZR2. Recognizing a market that seeks off-road capability but may not have the budget or spare time to fully appreciate a ZR2, the…
