SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Featured Wednesday at the Seoul Design Festival was the “Volcano Red” version of Chevrolet’s Camaro SS, the model often recognized as “Bumblebee” in the Transformers series (though in yellow with black stripes in the films). The hot red 453-horsepower muscle car, presented by GM Korea and spatial designer Kim [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Chevrolet Malibu and SM6 midsize sedans have been named safest cars of the year in an annual government safety assessment of new cars launched in South Korea, the transportation ministry said Monday. Both the Chevrolet Malibu and the SM6 received the highest points of 92.1 in the government [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – GM Korea Co., the local unit of U.S. carmaker General Motors Co., has started full-fledged exports of its all-new Malibu midsize sedans built in South Korea to the Middle East in a bid to expand its overseas markets, industry sources said Wednesday. GM Korea shipped about 900 Malibu units [...]
NAMHAE, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – After unveiling new cars such as The Next Spark, Impala and Trax Diesel from their Chevrolet brand, GM Korea has announced the launch of their ‘Drive Chevrolet’ program, which will make 2,000 Chevrolet cars available for test-drives starting next month. Marc Comeau, the vice president of GM Korea’s Marketing and [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motor, the local unit of French automaker Renault S. A., saw its profit surge last year thanks to strong sales of cars at home and abroad, a result that far outperformed GM Korea, its larger rival operating in South Korea, data showed Monday. In a regulatory filing, Renault [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – GM Korea voluntarily altered the standard mileage of the Chevrolet Cruze and Lacetti Premier 1.8-liter gasoline models and decided to compensate for the error with cash to their owners. On November 3, the South Korean unit of General Motors said in a statement that it decided to downgrade the fuel economy [...]
DEERFIELD, Ill., July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – CF Industries Holdings, Inc., a global leader in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing, has completed the sale of a large block of carbon reduction credits to Chevrolet. CF Industries will donate the net proceeds of $600,000 to the National FFA Foundation to support excellence in farmer education and fertilizer best management [...]
DETROIT, July 9, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Chevrolet and Manchester United fans worldwide today are celebrating Chevrolet’s debut on the football club’s 2014-15 season shirt. Fans are invited to upload photos of themselves wearing a digital version of the new shirt at www.chevroletfc.com, and share it via their social channels. Putting fans at the center of the [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Chevrolet conducted a trial run event comparing its European style sedan Malibu Diesel with other imported diesel models to show off its performance and high fuel efficiency. On June 14, GM Korea, the car maker producing Chevrolet brand models, gave a chance to have a trial run by inviting 180 [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 20 (Korea Bizwire) – There are some athletes who play better in international matches while putting up mediocre performance at home. In the same way, there are some car models that sell well overseas while selling fewer than 10,000 units domestically. The Kia Soul is one of such models. Last year, the [...]