| Thunder Arabia race set
THE fourth round of the National Race Championship will be held today and tomorrow at the Bahrain International Circuit. Action starts at 8am and finishes around 4pm on both days. The only race on the first day will be the ninth round of the Thunder Arabia series while qualifying rounds in the Bapco Caterham Challenge, Formula BMW and Mini Cooper's will be the added attraction. The final two rounds of the Thunder Arabia series will be held tomorrow along with . seventh and eighth rounds of the Formula BMW and the fifth and sixth rounds of the Bapco Caterham Challenge and the Mini Cooper's. Meanwhile, more than 60 cars from Bahrain and the other Gulf regions will take part in the final round of test and tune tonight from 5pm to 11pm. The event is being organised by the Bahrain Drag Racing Club (BDRC) ahead of next week's third round of the Chevrolet National Drag Racing Championship.
Chevrolet Aveo U-VA to take on Maruti Swift
US based General Motors has launched an attack on India's dominating automaker Maruti by launching their latest product Chevrolet Aveo U-VA. Chevrolet Aveo U-VA would take on Maruti Suzuki Swift and the base model of the car is priced at exactly the same price of the Swift LXI model at Rs. 3.99 lakh. The other cars in the segment include Hyundai Getz, Tata Indica and Fiat Palio. Maruti has been quite successful with Swift in India as it dominates this segment in India. They sell around 5000 units of Swift per month compared to just around 1,300 units of Hyundai Getz. GM is benefiting from the government's policy of low taxes on cars with up to 1.2 liter engine. Swift has a larger engine thus could not gain tax concessions on this ground.
2007 all-new Chevrolet and GMC line-up at Abu Dhabi Motor Show
Bin Hamoodah Trading and General Services, Chevrolet and GMC dealer in Abu Dhabi, will be using the 2006 Abu Dhabi Motor Show as the perfect platform to showcase for the first time in the region 12 all-new cars and SUVs across its Chevrolet and GMC brands.
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New Chevrolet designs have international look
Chevrolet is morphing from an all-American brand into a global player like Levi's, Coca-Cola or Volkswagen, and you can see the first steps in the process for yourself at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month. Watch for rounded taillights and dual-cockpit interiors, two of the marks that will unite Chevrolets from Branson, Mo., to Brazil, Barcelona and Beijing, according to GM design chief Ed Welburn. "Chevrolet is definitely a global brand," Welburn said as he unveiled two internationally designed concept cars that embody some of the brand's design cues Monday. "We are developing a global Chevrolet look." GM sells Chevrolets around the world today, but their visual appearance is a hodgepodge of elements penned by regional designers without a unifying vision of what the brand represents.
Chevrolet's Aveo has many pleasant surprises
Chevrolet's all-new 2007 Aveo is a subcompact sedan with a surprisingly big interior because it has a high roofline. And the Aveo is loaded with many surprises.
For example, I asked a friend who is 6 feet 7 inches tall to get into the driver's seat -- and surprisingly he fit. Because of the high roofline, he was able to raise the height of the seat, resulting in his legs having more room, making him reasonably comfortable. That was just one of many surprises I had with the Aveo.
The base price of the Aveo LT is $13,250.
The test car had a few options, such as a four-speed automatic transmission and, with destination charges, this car sells for $15,005 -- surprisingly low considering its refined interior.
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