Even with an influx of new models coming for 2014 and 2015, including revised versions of the Chevrolet Impala and Volkswagen Phaeton and the all-new Chevrolet SS and Kia Cadenza, Polk advisor Tom Libby predicts the segment will account for just 3.2% of industry sales this year and 2.7% in 2015.
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GM's response is to expand its own hybrid offerings, including the new Chevrolet Volt concept car (pictured).
The fate of its restructuring also depends heavily on the success of its new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.
General Motors is ready to help electric cars go a little more mainstream with its new Chevrolet Spark EV.
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Most new Chevrolet models offer OnStar safety, security and convenience technologies including OnStar Hands-Free Calling, Automatic Crash Response and Stolen Vehicle Slowdown.
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Similarly, GM will unveil the new Chevrolet Spark EV at the Los Angeles Auto Show later this month, and the model will hit the showrooms in early 2013.
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Many other new vehicles being unveiled this week are small, fuel-efficient models, including a second Prius model from Toyota, a redesigned Honda Civic, the new Chevrolet Sonic and the Buick Verano.
Until now, battery power has been seen as primarily a way to reduce emissions and improve fuel economy, whether with relatively conventional hybrids, like the Toyota Prius, with plug-ins, such as the new Chevrolet Volt, or with pure battery-electric vehicles, like the Nissan Leaf.
"The Volt is clearly bringing new customers to Chevrolet, " said Harry E.
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Chevrolet plans to launch a new version of Silverado in the second quarter, and Ford is counting on the sales bump crated by its EcoBoost gasoline-powered option to keep momentum behind the segment-leading Ford F-150 for a while.
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Last year GM 's (nyse: GM - news - people ) Chevrolet Corvette as well as new entries like BMW's Mini Cooper, the Lincoln Aviator and the Volvo XC90, were sold almost exclusively to individuals.
The company is pleased with its strong sales outside of North America, Wagoner said, and with its growing momentum in the U.S., driven by products like the redesigned Cadillac CTS. He added that early reaction to the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu sedan and to new hybrid versions of the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon were also positive.
General Motors has found another use for them in the new plug-in Chevrolet Volt.
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Furthermore, General Motors is in the final phase of its 2014 Chevrolet Silverado series and unveiled the new design photographs.
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And so, the heavy boxes were dragged into the Chevrolet once more, to their new residence, the Makkah Hilton, a grand location with a spectacular view of the Grand Mosque in Makkah.
To that end the best deals we could locate among 2012 compact and subcompact cars were cut-rate financing deals on the highly regarded Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan and the new subcompact Chevy Sonic.
Responsibility for retiree health care was shifted to a union trust fund, and if and when carmakers start hiring again, they'll pay a much lower starting wage. gm says its new compact, the Chevrolet Cruze, will be built profitably in Lordstown, Ohio, starting in late 2010.
Meanwhile, Manchester United has announced that car maker Chevrolet will be the club's new shirt sponsor.
New car models like the Chevrolet Equinox, that combine car and sport utility vehicle elements for more efficiency, led the sales surge, up by 60% last month.
What makes this outlook for the Connected Car even more interesting to me is that GM is working with Apple to bring Siri to the new infotainment systems in the Chevrolet Spark and Sonic.
Haaren points to new WiFi-equipped Ford, Chevrolet and Mercedes models, which turn cars into internet hotspots on wheels.
The company is unveiling a new electric car, called the Chevrolet Volt, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit Sunday.
Labour contracts are fixed until 2015, while new cars, such as the Chevrolet Equinox crossover, are keeping downsized factories humming at near capacity.
On Sunday, General Motors unveiled a new hybrid electric vehicle called the Chevrolet Volt which could allow many drivers to avoid using gasoline at all.
GM's new promotion comes amid signs that Chevrolet sales are cooling.
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New introductions include the highly anticipated 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, and the iconic Audi R8.
Furthermore, to improve its profitability, Chevrolet (owned by GM) is adding a new pickup, High Country, to its Silverado series of pickup trucks.
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The market for mid-sized family cars will be especially competitive, with appealing new versions of the Ford Fusion, Chevrolet Malibu, Honda Accord and Nissan Altima.
In the next year or two it'll be joined by at least seven new competitors, including the 500 and the Chevrolet Spark.
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