The Women’s Committee golf tournament has been rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 23. Start time will be 1 pm and the location will still be Country Lake golf course in Warrenton.
To celebrate the transformation of its portfolio, Chevrolet will begin offering the Chevy Confidence program today for customers in participating U.S. retailers. Although employees and their families are not eligible for the program, we encourage you to share this news with your friends and social circles. Chevy Confidence includes:
- Love it or Return it: a 60-day vehicle return program on every new 2012 or 2013 model year vehicle purchase. It’s simple – if you don’t love it, return it.
- Total Confidence Pricing: all 2012 model year Chevrolets will be offered at the best possible prices in addition to all current vehicle-specific incentives. No mystery about it – the price you see is the price you pay.
Although employees and family members are not eligible for the 60 day return (we get cash off of $250 or $500 instead), it is a great opportunity for employees to try and get individuals into our products. Not only will they get the 60 day guarantee, but they get Preferred Pricing as well.
From Wards Auto: Small cars and motorcycles are the primary means of transportation on the crowded streets of Bangkok. But that changes quickly and dramatically once one gets out of town. Beyond the city limits, pickup trucks are a commanding presence on Thailand’s roadways, from expressways to back roads. “One-ton pickups rule the world here,” says Martin Apfel, president of General Motors Thailand. This nation of 66 million people is second only to the U.S. in pickup sales. “But on a per-capita basis, Thailand is No.1,” says Michael Diamente, managing director of a Dana-Spicer plant that makes truck parts in Thailand. Thais go more for midsize pickups, compared with Americans who tend to prefer fullsize models. Double-cab and 1-ton midsize pickups account for 60% of Thailand’s total vehicle production. It is expected to reach 2.2 million units this year, according to The Thai Automobile Industry Assn.
GM bills its 4-door crew-cab Colorado as “perfect for family applications or where carrying passengers in comfort is a priority. GM builds that model as well as 2-door extended-cab and single-cab Colorados at its plant in Rayong province southeast of Bangkok. The Colorado is “a big vehicle for the future of Chevrolet in Thailand,” an upbeat Apfel says at the truck’s launch. It’s “the most clean-sheet midsize truck program” in GM’s history. GM believes it has put daylight between itself and rivals. “It’s right at the top in terms of refinement,” Apfel says of the Colorado. “It is a true global truck,” he reckons. “We have designed, engineered and manufactured this truck to compete anywhere in the world – it’s the truck we always wanted to build.” The new Colorado offers seven body colors, with the 2.5L turbodiesel kicking off here at TB537,000 ($17,435) for the single cab (all prices include air-conditioning). The price rises through three versions of the extended cab – standard, high stance and 4x4 – ranging from TB584,000-TB737,000 ($18,961-$24,000), and three similar versions of the double cab, from TB659,000-TB808,000 ($21,396-$26,234).
Fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States has dropped for the third month in a row-likely reflecting the continuing reduction in gas prices, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, minivans and SUVs purchased in June was 23.6 mpg-down from 23.7 in May, 23.9 in April and 24.1 in March-but still a 17 percent increase (3.5 mpg) from October 2007, the first month of monitoring by UMTRI researchers Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle. Sivak and Schoettle also reported the unadjusted Corporate Average Fuel Economy performance. This index is based on a different set of EPA ratings than window-sticker values. For June, unadjusted CAFE performance was 29 mpg, down from 29.1 in May, 29.3 in April and 29.6 mpg in March, but an increase of 17 percent (4.3 mpg) since October 2007.
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