Autoblog Podcast #333
May 15, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Podcasts, Acura, Chevrolet, Dodge, Jeep, Lamborghini, Lexus, Rumormill Acura NSX, 2014 Chevy Silverado, Lamborghini Egoista and Urus, Jeep CEO Mike Manley interview, Ugly Horse update Episode #333 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, and this week, Dan Roth, Zach Bowman and Steven Ewing talk about the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, the Lamborghini Egoista concept and the apparent production greenlight for the Lamborghini Urus, the forthcoming Acura NSX, an interview with Jeep CEO Mike Manley and an update on Zach’s Project Ugly Horse. We also address lots of your questions and comments, and for those of you who hung with us live on our UStream channel, thanks for taking the time
Watch this time-lapse build of the Chevy SS for NASCAR
February 8, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Chevrolet, Racing There’s only about a week left until we get our first look at the production version of the 2014 Chevrolet SS sedan, but Chevrolet NASCAR teams have been looking at the race version of the car all winter. Autoweek has posted a really neat time-lapse video showing just a portion of what it takes to build one of NASCAR’s new Gen6 stock cars.
Toyota, Kaley Cuoco grant wishes in Super Bowl XLVII ad
January 29, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Crossover , Toyota , Celebrities , Humor For viewers who plan on watching the Super Bowl only for the commercials, here’s one for you to enjoy ahead of time. As we saw in the teaser video that Toyota released last week, will be making the transition from Big Bang to The Big Game as a wish-granting genie in a commercial for the 2013 Toyota RAV4 . Though not as entertaining as the actual teaser for this commercial, it still garnered a couple chuckles from the Autoblog crew.
Celebrate 60 years of Corvette by checking out these historical images
January 14, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Classics, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Design/Style Following yesterday’s introduction of the C7 Corvette that shows the car’s future, Chevrolet has released a slew of images celebrating 60 years of the car’s past. First introduced in 1953, the Corvette has evolved into a global sports car that is likely to be the star of this year’s Detroit Auto Show
Chevrolet introducing "Find New Roads" global tagline
January 9, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Chevrolet Between the global success of the Chevrolet Cruze and the poorly received “Chevy Runs Deep” tagline, Chevrolet will be aligning all of its marketing behind a new global campaign called “Find New Roads.” Looking at the big picture, Chevrolet says this new tagline will be used to create “one global vision” as it prepares to launch 20 new models this year worldwide, and the US market will be the first to see the new campaign sometime during the first quarter of this year. More importantly, Chevy says that this tagline will be a crucial element in developing new products and technologies.
GM’s Ed Welburn brings vintage Corvettes by Jay Leno’s Garage
December 28, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Classics, Videos, Chevrolet There’re still a couple more weeks until we get our first official look at the next generation of the Chevrolet Corvette with the all-new C7, but Ed Welburn, Vice President of General Motors Global Design, recently hung out with Jay Leno to show off a quartet of classic ‘Vettes of historic importance. Corvette fans will definitely want to check out the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage. Three of the four cars reside in the GM Heritage Center, and the fourth is owned by none other than GM president Dan Akerson who plans to auction off his mint 1958 Corvette at Barrett-Jackson next month to raise money for the Habitat for Humanity in Detroit
Automakers score 8 out of top 20 most-watched ads on YouTube [w/videos]
December 14, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Audi , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Honda , Toyota , Humor , Fiat , TV/Movies Who would have ever thought there’d be a day where people are able to skip television commercials only to go to websites to watch them later? Such is the joy of a DVR and YouTube. AdWeek tabulated the 20 most-watched ads on YouTube, and found that nine were car-related including eight coming from automakers
Automakers score 8 out of top 20 most-watched ads on YouTube [w/videos]
December 14, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Audi , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Honda , Toyota , Humor , Fiat , TV/Movies Who would have ever thought there’d be a day where people are able to skip television commercials only to go to websites to watch them later? Such is the joy of a DVR and YouTube. AdWeek tabulated the 20 most-watched ads on YouTube, and found that nine were car-related including eight coming from automakers
C7 Corvette’s second video teases digital gauges
November 29, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Chevrolet The launch of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette is quickly approaching, and before we see the car in its full glory at the Detroit Auto Show, Chevrolet has released a second teaser video for the C7 ‘Vette. In this video, we see a few more details of the new Corvette than what we saw in the first teaser a couple weeks ago such as a few interior detail shots and a quick glimpse of the car’s undercarriage
2013 Dodge Dart pricing ranges from $15,995* SE to $22,495 R/T
April 17, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Car Buying , Budget , Sedan , Dodge With the compact segment becoming ever more crowded, Dodge is getting aggressive with its new Dart . As promised , pricing on the Italian-bred sedan will start at $15,995 (*before a $795 delivery charge). That undercuts key rivals like the $16,800 Chevrolet Cruze , $16,500 Ford Focus , and $16,130 Toyota Corolla .
