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Friday, February 10, 2017

What's New with Chevrolet? - February 2017

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. –– There's a lot of exciting things happening with Chevrolet right now! Following their impressive showing at the North American International Auto Show, Chevy has charged into 2017 with a number of new announcements, product debuts, and awards. Find out what's new with Chevrolet!

Chevrolet Debuts Redline Special Edition Series

Chevrolet premiered the Redline special edition series at the Chicago Auto Show recently. The Redline series is the broadest cross-portfolio special edition ever offered by the brand. All Redline vehicles are equipped with black wheels featuring distinct red hash marks, black nameplates with a red outline, blacked-out grilles and black Chevrolet bowtie logos. Additionally, each vehicle also has other specialized design elements.

The Chevrolet Redline series spans across nine vehicles in the car, truck and crossover segments including:

Cruze LT (sedan and hatchback)
Camaro LT/SS (coupe and convertible)
Colorado LT
Equinox LT
Malibu LT
Trax LT
Traverse Premier
Silverado Double Cab LT Z71, Crew Cab LTZ Z71

What's New with Chevrolet? - February 2017

Chevrolet Announces 2017 Colorado ZR2 Pricing

The high-performance, off-road ZR2 trim level will launch this spring for the 2017 model year with a starting price of $40,995 MSRP. Fans of the brand and auto enthusiasts alike have been excited about this new midsize pickup since its preview at SEMA 2016.

Chevrolet Owners Consumed 4,220 Terabytes of Data in 2016

Chevrolet owners in the U.S. love to use their data! Last year, they used an incredible 4,220,684 gigabytes (or 4,220 terabytes) of data in 2016. This comes as an increase of nearly 200 percent of 2015's usage. Tahoe and Suburban owners deserve the lion share of the "blame", accounting for the largest increase in usage, using three-and-a-half times more data than a year ago.

2017 Chevrolet Bolt wins Motorweek Driver's Choice Award - Best Car of the Year

The Chevrolet Bolt continues its winning ways after taking home the Best Car of the Year award from Motorweek recently. The 2017 Bolt EV was also named the 2017 North American Car of the Year, 2017 Motor Trend® Car of the Year, 2017 Green Car Journal Green Car of the Year, and was listed among Car and Driver's 2017 10Best Cars list.

Stay tuned to learn more about what's new with Chevrolet in 2017! We'll keep you updated on all the developments with your favorite automotive brand. Additionally, your safety is important to us and with winter weather and road conditions adversely affecting your vehicle, we highly recommend completing you Winter Car Care routine at our Graff Chevrolet Mt. Pleasant Service Center to help ensure your safety behind the wheel this season.

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Chevy Has Strong Showing at North American International Auto Show

MT. PLEASANT, Mich., –– The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) kicked off this past Sunday, January 8th, and Chevrolet started the show off strong. The first full day of the show began with the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV being named the North American Car of the Year and then continued with the unveiling of the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse. The NAIAS is being held at COBO Center in downtown Detroit and the public shows will run from Saturday, January 14th to the 22nd. Tickets are still available online.

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Named North American Car of the Year

Thanks to the 2017 Bolt EV, Chevrolet has now received the North American Car of the Year or Truck of the Year award for fourth time in four years. The streak of success began in 2014 with the Corvette Stingray and Silverado taking how the Car and Truck awards respectively, and continued with the Colorado’s award in 2015. The Bolt EV is Chevy's electric automotive marvel with an EPA-estimated 238 miles of range on a full charge. The 2017 Bolt EV was also named Motor Trend® Car of the Year, Green Car Journal Green Car of the Year, and was listed among Car and Driver's 2017 10Best Cars list. The Bolt EV was rolled out into California and Oregon markets last month, and will be available at certified dealerships across the U.S. in mid-2017.

2018 Chevrolet Traverse Unveiled at NAIAS

The revealing of the completely redesigned 2018 Traverse was not going to be upstaged though by the Bolt EV's victory. With a new bold and refined exterior, and improved safety features and technologies to help keep passengers safe, comfortable and connected the new 2018 Chevy Traverse is the ultimate family vehicle. The interior of which boasts the new split-folding second-row seat and third-row legroom is expected to be the most spacious in the segment at 33.7 inches (856 mm) as well as maximum cargo room. Chevrolet’s latest connectivity technologies will be available and include 7- and 8-inch-diagonal MyLink infotainment systems designed to support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as an available OnStar 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot. Passengers will have also have access to USB charging ports in all three seating rows of the vehicle.

The new Traverse also put a large focus on passenger wellbeing with a comprehensive suite of available safety technologies and adaptive crash-avoidance features including:

Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning
Front Pedestrian Braking
Forward Collision Alert
Surround Vision
D-Optic LED headlamps (standard on High Country and Premier)
Low and High-Speed Forward Automatic Braking.

The Traverse is powered by a 3.6L V-6 engine and will get a and a GM-estimated 25 mpg highway as well as having an estimated 5,000-pound (2,268 kg) trailering capacity when properly equipped.

The North American International Auto Show continues through January 22nd and begins its public viewing on Saturday, January 14th. Make sure to visit the Chevrolet showcase at NAIAS to check out the 2017 Bolt EV and 2018 Traverse, as well as seeing what the future has in store for the brand and its customers. Also, make sure you're prepared for the drive in the cold weather and icy winter roads by completing your Winter Car Care routine at our Graff Chevrolet Mt. Pleasant Service Center.