Hot Off the Web Wire for 2017: Cruze and Malibu Consumer Praise

From James White Pkwy to Western Avenue, we'll be the first to tell you that Knoxville is one fine metro area to take a spur-of-the-moment drive through. When you are getting ready to hit the road in style, there comes a time in life when you are willing to check out just a bit more than cosmetics and performance when it comes to your choice of car, and safety issues become a major concern. There are a few different objectives that you have to meet when being at the top of the list for Consumer Reports picks, and they are all equally important. A model of car has to have an exemplary score in its category, and this single number is gleaned from four equally important root categories.

Road-test performance, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety are the names of the gam here, and they all have a heavy bearing on the reasons why you'd want to purchase a car. For the Cruze and Malibu to snag these very distinguished top honors for Consumer Reports this year, the Road Test has 50 astringent evaluations during which the car of choice is put to the test on a 327-acre track. The ever-important Owner Satisfaction category is what consumers who are turning to this resource sometimes look at in the most detail: they wonder "Just what is it about the car that is making owners happy?". A recent survey from Consumer Reports collected data on more than 300,000 vehicles, and when they rank a certain car such as the Cruze an dMalibu with high scores, they are letting the consumer world know that they would not have a problem buying the same car again. Thinking a car is great enough to purchase twice is saying quite a bit these days, and really claiming it as a diamond in the rough.

Within the realm of safety, every single employee here at West Chevrolet strives to assure that your next choice of vehicle is one that you will be happy to tote around the entire family in. All cars recommended by Consumer Reports must perform satisfactorily in accident-avoidance tests on the track, and occupant protection during a crash is looked at in grave detail. Auto models that incorporate technologies such as forward-collision warning and automatic emergency braking systems tend to rank high in this domain, as they can shelter even the most aggressive and unpredictable drive from uncertain instances and crashes.

The Malibu is a car that has an insanely aggressive front end, interior with more rear-seat legroom than years past, and a 350-hp turbo 2.0-liter engine. A hybrid is also available, exciting the many environmentalists out there who want to get the biggest bang and mileage for their investment out of a car. The Chevy Cruze is already known for leading the pack when it boils right down to the standard features, and even the base-model sports a 7-inch touch screen as well as rearview camera. There are so many various reasons why owners of the new Cruze prefer it over the new model Honda Civics: Interior, cabin, and performance are all features that buyers love. We can provide the best source of knowledge and experience for you and your family as you are looking for a new car for 2017, and pride ourselves greatly on "keeping a true consumer-ranked champion" in stock on the lot.

GM Looks Towards the Best and Brightest To Construct Self-Driving Chevy Bolts

Here in Knoxville, it's fully recognized that we have prided ourselves on the traditions of southern America to add to our distinctive charm, and that doing business here doesn't feel the same as it does in Manhattan. Buying a car here doesn't feel the same as it does in Manhattan either: we pride ourselves on listening to a customer's needs, following through consistently, and still sealing things up with a handshake. With all of these mannerisms in mind, it can be a bit of a stretch sometimes to grapple with the pace of the oncoming future, but we are choosing to embrace it with excitement. GM announced recently that it is searching high and low among the best and brightest, in an attempt to complete a lofty project: the construction of a self-driving Chevy Bolt within the next three years.

Very qualified teams from Virginia Tech, the University of Waterloo, Kettering University, Michigan State University, Michigan Tech, the University of Toronto, Texas A&M, and North Carolina A&T have been selected to weigh in on how to get the job done. The current goal is to do whatever it takes to load up the Chevy Bolt EV with the fixins that it needs to take the lunge and go driverless. It was announced late last year that some of the most amazing young minds in the nation would be used to solve the problems that involved the most precision, and next Spring, the teams are going to try and meet a deadline of seeing to it that the car can do a straight line minus the driver.

Objectives such as sensor calibration and algorithm design try and pin down the most intelligent and efficient way to get the job done, and embrace future technology. Two years ago, the ride-sharing household name Uber partnered with Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, acknowledging just how valuable these young prodigies can be in the role of auto technology development. We realize that having 8 of these versatile think tanks at their fingertips is more than likely going to give them the raw talent that they need to get the job done.

With a 1.5L direct-injected high-efficiency engine, Volt is a very ingenious electric vehicle that runs with an excellent backup plan. While running on electric charge, it generates additional energy with a gas-powered generator if the battery happens to run low, which gives the driver confidence for a bit more in the distance department. The innovative Power Flow screen gives you many different ways to track your driving, and the Regen on Demand allocation system does an impeccable job of gaining motion from the vehicle itself and using it to keep the battery at optimum power. The Volt recharges itself with a 120-volt portable cord, and does the deed in just over 12 hours, while you're working on a good night's rest and winding down at home. It will be interesting to see just what advances this team of intelligent individuals will come up with, and we think that the 3-year window will fly by pretty quickly. It's already evident that plans for cars to be driverless are taking great strides, and the future will soon be pleasantly upon us.