How long does a vehicle model live? While most models get a complete revamp in 7-8 years, Chevy Express van has been around for the last 26 years. The sturdy van has been accepted across the world and Chevy has never really fettled with the Express except in terms of frontal styling. Why fix something if it ain’t broken? The van for 2021 though, gets a new engine.
Here are the global automotive recalls for the month of September 2019.
General Motors has announced at GITEX 2019 that their OnStar in-vehicle safety and security system will be arriving to the Middle East next year. The membership-based service is claimed to be “one of the first of its kind in the region.”
With very few recalls rising up, November 2018 has been a pretty peaceful month.
GMC dug up the Desert Fox nameplate from the 70s for the 2017 Dubai International Motor Show to inspire the unique Desert Fox Middle East Concept Truck. Displayed alongside an original example of this special edition from 1977, the new concept is a more beefed-up version of the 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab pickup.
The last time we did a muscle-car comparo back in 2011, the Mustang still had the suspension of a bullock cart, the Camaro was a heavy tank with slit windows, and the Challenger was the size of the Titanic. Fast-forward to 2017, and the Mustang has now become a refined tea-sipping aristocrat; the Camaro is a lighter, smaller car with even slittier windows; and the Challenger is still the size of the Titanic, except with better everything under the skin. Time for another comparo then. Which is the best muscle car available today?
The 2017 GMC Sierra All-Terrain, a new variant, has been added to the American carmaker’s line-up in the UAE and GCC. It was launched in the U.S. last year as the All Terrain X.
GM’s Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) is a brand synonymous with absolute insanity in the car world. Based in Australia, this brand makes nothing but brawny versions of regular Holden cars. Our Middle Eastern market was given a taste of HSV with the rebranded CSV CR8 in 2008 which came in as a 425 hp 6.2-litre V8 rear-wheel-drive Chevrolet sedan (which made it onto our ultra-short Editor’s Choice list). Holden’s rear-wheel-drive sedans are on their death-bed right now due to slow sales, but HSV saw it fit to give the car a rousing send-off with the new GTSR models.
GMC has revealed their all-new 2018 Terrain crossover at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show. Built on GMC’s D2XX platform, the 2018 Terrain resembles the bigger Acadia in many ways, but GMC has done quite a bit of work to keep the brothers differentiated visually.
The 2017 Chevrolet Aveo has been properly facelifted for the first time in a decade. The Aveo name was relegated largely to fleet duties, but it is making a comeback as a Sonic replacement with new infotainment tech.