Chevrolet Avalanche Review & First Drive
We recently borrowed an '07 Chevrolet Avalanche to be the workhorse for a week of suspension testing on other Chevys. We had originally asked for a new Chevy truck to haul all the equipment, tires, camera gear, and spare parts, but when GM told us they only had an '07 Avalanche available, we quickly pursed our lips and said thank you very much; beggars can't be choosers.
The last Avalanche was not overly impressive in stock form, and the looks never really did grow on us, so we weren't expecting more than a four-wheel-drive taxi for our crew. At least it would be a first-time drive and we'd probably still be able to take two-thirds of our gear, and it would have four seats for passenger-carrying duty during our testing program.
We were caught off guard by an all-new body design that flowed excellently with the Avalanche's angled pillars and SUT configuration.
Police ID Rye woman killed in Eastchester traffic accident
EASTCHESTER - A 54-year-old Rye woman who was accidentally run over and killed by a Chevrolet Avalanche Wednesday night in the parking lot outside Lord & Taylor was identified yesterday as Susan A. Dipace.
"When the officer got there, she was completely under the car," Eastchester Police Chief Tim Bonci said of the accident on White Plains Road. "The driver said she was making a turn and saw a few pedestrians on the left. She let them pass and, when she went to make the turn, she heard a bump."
The driver, Alessandra D. Reis, 27, of Mount Vernon, has not been charged, although an investigation was continuing, the chief said.
Witnesses to the 8 p.m. accident said the driver was not speeding. Outdoor cameras at Lord & Taylor with footage of the Avalanche before it struck the woman confirmed that, the police chief said.
2007 Truck & SUV of the Year
A California Highway Patrol officer waved a suspected speeder to the side of the road, prompting a convoy of trucks and SUVs to stop on the shoulder of a dusty, two-lane highway. He generously let them go, but a straggler, rushing to catch up with the rest of the pack, immediately crossed the sights of the CHP's radar gun and was picked off without mercy. The rest of the vehicles scampered away, sorry to have lost of one of their own but grateful to be continuing on their journey. Just another day during Truckin's Truck-and-SUV-of-the-Year testing.
G. Chambers Williams III: GM not resting on laurels
With its redesigned full-size pickups and SUVs on the road, winning awards and reeling in customers, General Motors is expanding its revitalization into another crucial area: midsize sedans.
The new Chevrolet Silverado pickup, which just went on sale last month, this week was named "Truck of the Year" for 2007 by Motor Trend magazine.
The truck already had been chosen last month by Kelley Blue Book as the "best redesigned vehicle" for 2007.
Its GMC counterpart, the Sierra, also was on the Kelley list as a Top 10 best redesign, along with the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon full-size SUVs, which are built in GM's Texas plant.
Coming next year, after an introduction at the Detroit auto show in January, will be Chevrolet's latest and perhaps best weapon against the best-selling Japanese-brand midsize sedans — the next-generation Malibu.
Chrysler Group Launches Production of All-New 2007 Jeep Patriot at ...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chrysler Group's Belvidere (Ill.) Assembly Plant launched production of the Company's tenth all-new vehicle this year, as the first 2007 Jeep(R) Patriot came off the assembly line today. The plant which was extensively retooled in 2005, has become a flagship for Chrysler Group's adoption of flexible manufacturing. Production of the all-new 2007 Dodge Caliber began in January 2006 and was followed in May by the all-new 2007 Jeep Compass.Flexible manufacturing is allowing Chrysler Group to bring its new vehicles to market more quickly and the Belvidere Assembly Plant to manufacture multiple products on one assembly line. Additionally, flexible manufacturing has positively impacted production costs by a savings of up to 85 percent in some instances.
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