The Slandy Report
Reports, reviews and commentary about all things automotive.
Build Your Own Corvette (Engine) Monday, 12 July 2010, 10:16 pm
Chevrolet (don’t call us Chevy) announced today a new program that will allow buyers of Corvette Z06 and ZR1 models to build the engine for their car! OK, they get to “help” build it, under heavy supervision. But still, how cool is it to have the opportunity to do this? I can tell you exactly [...]
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Tesla, Toyota Team up on Electrics Friday, 28 May 2010, 3:12 am
Toyota and Tesla jointly announced a new joint venture to develop and build electric vehicles (EVs). As part of the deal, Toyota will invest $50 million in Tesla, and Tesla buys the New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI) factory in California. The NUMMI plant was previously a joint venture of Toyota and General Motors. The [...]
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Ford Plans to Kill Mercury – Again Friday, 28 May 2010, 12:47 am
Bloomberg is reporting today that Ford plans to kill the Mercury brand – again. At least twice in the last decade, Mercury was on the chopping block, only to be given a stay of execution. The Ford family, specifically Elena Ford, has vetoed efforts by management to kill off the brand in the past.Mercury was [...]
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Chevy Agency Merry-Go-Round Continues Friday, 21 May 2010, 1:37 am
First, Chevrolet took some of the work from Campbell-Ewald, their ad agency for 91 years. Campbell-Ewald was Chevy’s partner for almost their entire existence, and was responsible for memorable ad campaigns such as “See the USA in Your Chevrolet”, “The Heartbeat of America”, “Like a Rock” and “American Revolution”.Chevy gave the car and crossover work [...]
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Jeep Releases Pix of New Grand Cherokee Thursday, 20 May 2010, 12:37 pm
Jeep released images yesterday of the all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which went into production this week atChrysler’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. This is the 4th generation of the Grand Cherokee, originally introduced in 1992. It is completely reengineered and redesigned for 2011 – with a new sculpted body, athletic profile, panoramic dual-pane sun [...]
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Building the Preproduction Chevy Volt – NatGeo Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 6:19 pm
The Chevy Volt, due out late this year, is being produced in small quantities for testing and evaluation at the company’s Hamtramck Assembly plant in Detroit. Before it was even ready for that step, it was produced at the preproduction facility at GM’s Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. GM gave the National Geographic Channel full [...]
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Lexus Halts Sales of GX460 SUV Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 11:28 pm
Toyota’s image took another hit today, as Consumer Reports magazine recommended that customers avoid the Lexus GX460 SUV. The model was redesigned for the 2010 model, and that is the only model affected by the magazine’s recommendation. CR believes the problem is in the calibration of the electronic stability control (ESC) system. CR testing revealed [...]
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