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For the first time in half a decade, a Chevrolet topped the compact vehicle list in sales in the U.S. The Chevy Cruze, with recorded sales of 22,711 units in May, beat the compact competition. Alan Batey, U.S. vice-president of Chevrolet sales and service, says that:

General Motors has announced that it will invest $109 million to boost production of its 1.4-liter four-cylinder Ecotec engine. GM says this spending will add (or keep) 96 jobs at its manufacturing facilities in Flint, MI and Bay City, MI. Of the $109 million, $84 million will be used to increase ...

We're not entirely sure how they've done it, but those miserly engineers from General Motors have managed to eke out an additional two miles per gallon from the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze – at least in certain ...

With the national average gas prices inching to nearly $4 a gallon ($3.96 today), efforts to boost the fuel economy of new vehicle models are heating up. Take, for example, the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco. General Motors' tire development engineers worked with tire manufacturers to develop what ...

A patent filing has revealed that General Motors, in partnership with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), is indeed developing a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission for front-wheel drive applications. It's rumored that this trans will eventually find its way into The General's ...

Last fall, the Chevrolet Cruze sedan hit the North American market, and while Chevy's compact is offered with a diesel engine option in some of the 60-plus countries that it's sold in worldwide, the U.S. version makes due, at ...

For some potential buyers interested in heading down to their local dealership to test drive a plug-in Chevrolet Volt, the wait is almost over. Chevy dealerships in the Volt's initial launch markets of California, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia and ...

General Motors has released official fuel economy numbers for the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, and the automaker's original target of 40 miles per gallon (highway) has been surpassed. The Cruze Eco is officially rated at 28/42 ...

Chevrolet is out to put the power of customization in its buyers' hands. The company has announced a theoretical new customization program for every vehicle it sells, from the lowly Aveo to the mammoth Silverado 3500 HD. ...

General Motors will push on with pure-electric automobile tests with a new Chevrolet Cruze BEV trial program in Seoul, Korea. For plug-in vehicle proponents, that's the good news. The bad news? There are no plans to offer a ...