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At your local Chevrolet dealer near Delran, we know what an important part of your life recreation can be. If you’re into fishing, you want to share that recreational hobby with your family.

Whether you’re driving to a secluded fishing hole for a few days or whether you’re just taking a quick day out on the lake, fishing can provide opportunities for you to really bond with your kids and pass the hobby along.

On your way, as you ride along in your Chevrolet truck, talk with your kids. Talk with them about water safety, and about how to safely bait a hook.

When you get to the fishing spot, make sure you give some hands-on help. make it a learning time for your kids. Show them how to cast their line, but let them try it on their own, as well.

Make it a positive experience for everyone, too. Set aside your own impatience and frustration. Understand that your kids may get bored. That’s OK; let them do something else for a while. They’ve had the exposure, and they’ll likely want to come back to it another time.

Need a new Chevrolet Truck to take your family fishing? We’ve got the truck you want. Come and see us at your Delran-area Chevrolet dealer today.

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General Motors, like the other two members of the Detroit Three, finds itself in some serious trouble in these times. With the economy in turmoil and the major American automakers looking for a bailout and some respite, General Motors is banking an awful lot of its hopes and dreams on the Chevrolet Volt.

With the international automobile market heading rapidly towards smaller, more reliable vehicles, it was about time that GM came up with a model it could call its own. Honda, Toyota, and Hyundai were all expanding into the United States with new factories and new opportunities, but the local automakers all seemed to lag behind and came across as lazy or uncaring.

GM is hoping that its Chevy Volt changes all of that and is hoping for an image overhaul to go with it. General Motors wants the Volt to say “we care.” The idea here is to show the world that American automakers can be on the cutting edge as well, even if it took an economic recession and some serious fiscal tumult to bring out the spirit of invention that once rolled through Detroit with such vigour.

In the end, it may be the Volt or it may be one of the other Chevy cars planned for the future that saves General Motors. For the time being, however, the Detroit Three will have to cling to hope and will simply have to wait and see.

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Today’s Corvettes at your Corvette dealer near Marlton are, arguably, the hottest and best performing Corvettes ever made. The Corvette has a long and rich history that has brought it to this point. The C6 is today’s Corvette, and it is the sixth generation of this amazing American sports car.

The C6 Corvette builds on the success of the previous generation. The C5 Corvette, in particular, demonstrated revolutionary changes. For example, for the first time the transmission was no longer bolted behind the engine. Instead, it was split and placed at the back of the car. This helped to offset the weight of the engine in the front of the car. In addition, wheels and tires now were 18 inches for the back tires and 17 inches for the front tires.

The frame was new for the C5, too. It featured plenty of strength, and used engineered wood products on the floor. The overhangs were reduced, and the clamshell hood was done away with.

The engine of the C5 was new, too. The “Gen III LS-1” featured all-aluminum design, and could put out 345 horsepower. The power of the engine, the amazing chassis and other enhancements helped propel the Corvette back to the top spot in American sports cars.

Think the C5 Corvette was great? You haven’t seen anything yet. The C6 takes the Corvette to an all-new level. Test drive one today.

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General Motors is hoping that they can keep China as a vital market and is banking on the release of three new models for the country to help hold down their position there.

The Buick Enclave SUV, the Chevrolet Cruze sedan, and the Cadillac CTS-V are all arriving in China with high hopes. The idea is for the vehicles to cover the wide range of customers in China and offer each customer base something new. From wealthy sporting types to individuals looking to purchase their first vehicles, General Motors is banking on this line-up to appeal to the masses.

The idea is, roughly, to remove the focus from the United States with the struggling economy. By focusing on China, General Motors is focusing on a region with proven growth.

“We have to recognize that the U.S. is where the problem is now. We’re growing in these other areas,” said Robert Socia, vice president of Shanghai General Motors. “The problems in the U.S. are finite and are attributable only to the U.S., and a little bit, to Europe.”

With that sense of growth in areas like China, it’s safe to say that General Motors is aiming at moving in a positive direction regardless of the economy or perhaps even in spite of it. For information on growth in China or on other Chevy cars, keep your browser locked here for frequent updates.

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Online petitions are often an interesting facet of the internet. Circulated amongst people with common interests to save or draw attention to a product that many deem worth the attention, they rarely do good unless they are circulated with enough publicity. In the case of “Save the Volt,” fans of the Chevrolet Volt are hoping their petition is circulated with enough signatures to generate some serious action on behalf of Chevrolet.

The petition reads as follows: “Dear Volt enthusiast: The auto industry is at the brink of collapse, and the Chevy Volt is in peril.” There is a link back to the Save the Volt! website and a letter to the United States government on behalf of the group. It is signed “Thanks, Lyle.” Lyle is Dr. Lyle J. Dennis, founder of the Save the Volt! website.

The goal here appears to be twofold: first to draw attention to the possibility that the Chevrolet Volt may be under some pressure to scale down or draw back on production in light of the current economic climate. Second, that the automotive industry’s economic issues may impact the production of environmental cars on the whole.

Whether you’re interested in the Save the Volt! campaign or other Chevy cars, head on down to your local dealer today for more information.

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It may not seem even human to envision NASCAR without some storming Chevrolet or Ford vehicle careening down the track at top speeds. Or audiences of NASCAR without a beat-up Ford of Chevy truck in the front yard while the television screams out race-by-race results on Sunday afternoons. That’s why it’s good news that Chevrolet and Ford have told NASCAR that they are still interested in the partnership.

With tough economic times, there’s nothing better than watching high-octane vehicles speeding around a track in circles doing things we could only dream of. The very fact that they can afford the gas prices alone is impressive, even for me. While I’m not a huge fan of NASCAR or most motorsports in general, I can appreciate why this is good news.

NASCAR boss Brian France, talking to reporters over the weekend at Phoenix International Raceway, acknowledged that the auto manufacturers “play a very important role in lots of ways with supporting teams, the branding and heritage.”

On Friday, GM and Ford revealed multibillion dollar losses for the third quarter of 2008. GM warned it could run out of cash in 2009 and, as such, also suspended acquisition talks with Chrysler. How this will impact the future remains to be seen, but it’s probably a good idea to take GM’s warnings seriously.

In the meantime, GM and Chevy cars continue to move off the lots at a relatively slow pace. Company execs are hoping for big-time turnarounds soon, as positive signs begin to come into focus about the economy, gas prices, and the general state of affairs in the country. With the goodwill still extended towards NASCAR, one can hope things start looking up real soon.

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When you’re at your Lumberton-area Corvette dealer, you can’t help but feel a little bit nostalgic. The Corvette has been the quintessential American sports car for more than half a century. Still, you may not know about those early days, about how the Corvette began.

The Corvette cam about largely because of Harley Earl. Earl was able to convince General Motors that a two-seat sports car was exactly what America needed at the time. The first Corvette was revealed at the 1953 Motorama car show. The vehicle took its name from a small fighting frigate called the “corvette.”

The early Corvettes were built mostly by hand at the Customer Delivery Center that Chevrolet ran in Flint, Michigan. The outer body of the Corvette was made of fiberglass, which was a relatively new material at the time. Since those days, every Corvette has had a fiberglass outer skin.

The Corvette almost was shelved in 1955. If it hadn’t been for the introduction of the V8 Chevrolet engine, we may never have had the Corvette we know and love today. An engineer named Zora Arkus-Duntov conbined a 4.6 liter version of Chevrolet’s new V8 and combined it with a four speed manual transmission. This gave the Corvette what it needed to compete with other sports cars like the Thunderbird.

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With all of the talk of global expansion, General Motors is celebrating the opening of its first plant in Russia. The plant, which is located in St. Petersburg, opened November 11, 2008, with the St. Petersburg governor and Carl Peter Forster, the president of General Motors Europe, there for the occasion.

The Russian-made Chevrolet/General Motors plant has been in the works for quite some time and will represent a big boost in the European markets for the company. The plant is worth $300 million U.S. and is known as a “flexible assembly plant” in many circles because of its ability to construct a wide variety of vehicles with efficiency and speed.

The plant has 70,000 units of capacity, which is an impressive sum for the region and will help boost European production from Chevrolet/General Motors considerably. Other joint ventures and partnerships are said to be expected in the region, with the possibility of more Russian plants right around the corner.

While the American political world may not be friendly with Russia at this point and time, there is certainly nothing stopping Chevrolet/General Motors from opening the doors of commerce and exposing themselves to new markets ripe with potential. Business is business and these companies know how to play by the rules in order to benefit from economic situations.

Production of Chevy cars and trucks at plants like these help boost the international profile and, in turn, help local economies and dealers. Everybody wins.

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The Chevrolet Corvette has long been a vehicle of legendary proportions. People have lined up for miles to drive one, they make extraordinary sacrifices to own one, and they’re willing to drive their cars to top speeds normally unheard of behind the wheel of one.

There have been some classic Corvettes in the past, with many an iconic model filling the showrooms of previous years. The one question that any car company worth its salt asks in light of such an extravagant history is: how do we top it now? And Chevrolet has certainly asked that question time and time again, with each incarnation of the Corvette looking to build on top of what many consider to be perfection.

Enter the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Is it perfect? Maybe. The ZR1 has a story, a soul, and a spirit. It also has a tremendous 638 horsepower and 604 pound-feet of torque from its 6.2-liter LS9, OHV 16-valve, supercharged, intercooled V8 engine with sequential fuel injection. Sound good so far? Power junkies will absolutely love this car, no question about it.

When Rick Wagoner came to Chevrolet car makers with a dream of making a Corvette with top-notch performance to follow up the 2001-proposed Z06 Corvette and said that he wanted an even higher budget and even more power, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 was the result.

For more information on the ZR1 or any other Chevy cars, drop by your local dealer today.

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The 2008 Chevrolet Malibu is a wonderful choice of vehicle for you to take your family on a road trip.

Maybe you want to take a trip to a theme park in another state. Maybe you want to drive through the desert. Maybe you just want to have a day at the beach. No matter where you’re going, though, there are some preparations you should make ahead of time to insure that you get to your destination safely and happily.

Basic Maintenance

Some of the most basic things you can do to prepare your 2008 Chevrolet Malibu for your road trip are the basic sorts of maintenance tasks you normally do anyway. Making sure that your oil is changed, that your tires are inflated properly, and that your coolant system is working as it should are all part of preparing your Malibu for that road trip.

Your Route Matters

In addition, your choice of destination and route also determine the kinds of preparations you should make. For example, if you’re going to go to the beach, you’ll want to wash your Malibu and wax it with a protective wax. Clean your car’s inside with a UV protector to help keep your vinyl and your plastic surfaces safe from the rays of the sun. These measures help protect your car from the salty air of the sea, as well as the sun itself.

Desert driving has its own unique preparations, as well. When getting ready to drive through the desert, check your coolant system. Make sure your serpentine belt isn’t cracked. Test your Air Conditioning, or even have it professionally tested. Check your tire treads, and replace them if necessary.

When you drive your Chevy Malibu through the mountains, there are some different things you should do to prepare. You can check your brakes, and make sure you replace worn pads. Have your drive train checked, to make sure that it is functioning correctly. Inspect your wiper blades, and check your battery for corrosion.

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