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 Matt Lardner

I Want to Be the Chevy Spark in This Women Commercial

I Want to Be the Chevy Spark in This Women Commercial

Recently an article published on this site,“I Want to Be the Women in This Chevy Spark Commercial,” looked at a two-minute Chevy commercial (above) featuring recent college grads in the Big Apple. The author declared a desire to be the fourth roommate in their Williamsburg three-bedroom apartment, or at least the Jamie Lee Curtis to […]

 Patrick Grieve

I Want to Be the Women in This Chevy Spark Commercial

I Want to Be the Women in This Chevy Spark Commercial

Chevrolet has been targeting Millennial car buyers recently with videos that profile the lives of young people doing cool things in urban environments. Speaking as a Millennial, I can say that the first video—which documented a Silverado driver’s efforts to bring the farm-to-table movement to Detroit—was fairly interesting, but it failed to leave me quaking […]

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2016 Chevrolet Spark Overview

2016 Chevrolet Spark Overview

The 2016 Chevy Spark is a subcompact hatchback with a starting MSRP of $12,660. The Spark features a more cultured exterior design in 2016 and also features a new engine under the hood. The new Spark competes in the same segment as the Fiat 500, Ford Fiesta, and Honda Fit. Cars Lingo: This is how to […]

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2016 Chevy Volt and Spark EV Land on ACEEE Greenest List

2016 Chevy Volt and Spark EV Land on ACEEE Greenest List

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has published its annual rankings of the 12 greenest vehicles on American streets, as well as meanest (or least efficient). The ACEEE bases its listings on several variables, including fuel economy ratings and manufacturing processes. It was a good year for Chevrolet, which landed two vehicles on the […]

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2016 Chevy Spark is Canada’s Most Affordable Car

2016 Chevy Spark is Canada’s Most Affordable Car

Canadians looking for a small car that offers a large degree of versatility for very little cost will now want to give extra consideration to the 2016 Chevrolet Spark. Chevy announced at the Montreal International Auto Show that the new Spark will be offered at a starting MSRP of $9,995 (plus freight fees), making it […]

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2016 Chevy Spark Goes on Sale Today

2016 Chevy Spark Goes on Sale Today

The 2016 Chevy Spark goes on sale today, and despite a modest price increase, the minicar retains its status as the least-expensive vehicle in Chevrolet’s lineup. It’s also still the bowtie brand’s smallest offering, for what it’s worth. The new Spark arrives at dealerships carrying a starting price tag of $13,535, including an $875 destination […]

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2016 Chevrolet Spark EV Overview

2016 Chevrolet Spark EV Overview

Lately, when it comes to Chevrolet‘s electric lineup, it feels like all the attention is going to the plug-in hybrid Volt or the upcoming long-range EV, the Bolt. However, we shouldn’t forget that there is more to the Chevy green lineup than these two–there is the Volt’s subcompact cousin, the Chevy Spark EV. The 2016 […]

 Caitlin Moran

Kia SEMA Teaser Video Goes Crazy With Sparklers, Cheesy Pizza

Kia SEMA Teaser Video Goes Crazy With Sparklers, Cheesy Pizza

Carmakers tend to release some pretty baffling teaser images and videos before various car shows. Whether its severely cropped pictures of headlights or entirely pitch black photos with a mere silhouette line, teasers are meant to perplex. But they typically have one major thing in common—they highlight only small details of the future vehicles, not […]

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Enter DASANI Sparkling Sweepstakes for a 2015 Hyundai Sonata, No Drinking Necessary

Enter DASANI Sparkling Sweepstakes for a 2015 Hyundai Sonata, No Drinking Necessary

Looking for a new car this summer? Before you go browsing the inventory of your local dealerships, take a minute to enter the DASANI® Sparkling Sweepstakes because you might take home the grand prize: a classy new 2015 Hyundai Sonata! What’s great about this online contest sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company is not just the […]

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“Sparks Fly” as the Taylor Swift IndyCar Wipes Out in Detroit [VIDEO]

“Sparks Fly” as the Taylor Swift IndyCar Wipes Out in Detroit [VIDEO]

Today was decidedly not a fairytale for IndyCar racer Tony Kanaan, who crashed his No. 10 Taylor Swift racecar at the Belle Isle Grand Prix in Detroit. In the end, Kanaan was just a boy in a Chevy truck racecar that had a tendency of getting stuck… in the middle of the pack, where he […]

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2015 Chevrolet Spark Model Overview

2015 Chevrolet Spark Model Overview

What’s New for the 2015 Chevrolet Spark? For the 2015 model year, the Spark gains an enhanced OnStar that system that turns the car into a Wi-Fi hotspot with 4G LTE connectivity. Up to seven mobile devices can be connected at a time. Otherwise, the Spark remains the same as the 2014 model year. 2015 […]

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2015 Chevy Spark EV Price Cut Pays Off Big for GM

2015 Chevy Spark EV Price Cut Pays Off Big for GM

With the new and improved (and colorful!) 2016 Chevy Spark EV on its way to market, General Motors decided last month to lower the cost of 2015 Sparks. GM knocked almost $700 of the price, bringing the 2015 model’s MSRP down to $25,995. Even more enticing, the automaker lowered lease prices from $199 to just […]

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2015 Chevy Spark EV Gets $690 Price Cut

2015 Chevy Spark EV Gets $690 Price Cut

With the advent of the new, colorful 2016 Chevy Spark, Chevrolet announced today that it will be dropping the MSRP of the 2015 Spark EV 1LT to $25,995. That’s a reduction of $690 in the minicar’s current price. Of course, the government will foot a significant portion of that bill—customers are eligible for up to […]

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2016 Chevy Spark Gets Two Tasty New Color Options

2016 Chevy Spark Gets Two Tasty New Color Options

Already available in Jalapeno Green and Salsa Red, the 2016 Chevy Spark adds two more culinary colors to the minicar’s list of exterior paint options: Toasted Marshmallow and Kalamata Olive. “The first generation Spark’s colors allowed us to explore some fun, creative names,” said Dora Nowicki, the 2016 model’s marketing manager. “We had an opportunity […]

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Chevy Tackles Range Anxiety in Latest Spark EV Commercials

Chevy Tackles Range Anxiety in Latest Spark EV Commercials

In the newest commercials for the 2015 Chevy Spark EV, Chevrolet is attempting to assuage common electric vehicle fears of short ranges and long charge times. The first ad, aptly titled “Zero-Emission Driving Up to 82 Miles,” states that the Spark’s lithium-ion battery is capable of powering the vehicle for 82 miles on a single […]

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Chevy Teases 2016 Spark Ahead of Dual Debut in New York, Seoul

Chevy Teases 2016 Spark Ahead of Dual Debut in New York, Seoul

Chevy is teasing a new look for its city car and promising a simultaneous, multi-national debut of the next-gen 2016 Spark. Alongside a shadowy teaser image released this morning, Chevy announced that the new Spark will debut on April 2nd at both the New York Auto Show and the Seoul Motor Show. There isn’t much to […]

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Chevy Spark Crashes Upright in Snow

Chevy Spark Crashes Upright in Snow

Well there’s something you don’t see everyday. That’s a Chevy Spark standing at attention in snowy Exeter, New Hampshire. And according to local news sources, no one is entirely sure how it got like that. Related info: One Million Chevy Spark Sales Set New Record “A car crashed straight up into the snow on Route […]

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Return of the El Camino Could Be Sparked by Six-Year-Old

Return of the El Camino Could Be Sparked by Six-Year-Old

In the age of Change.org, the idea of petitioning your state and federal representatives has taken on an entirely different slant. Still, there are little means better for getting one’s point across than a good ol’ fashioned heartfelt, hand-written letter. If it happens that we hear something about a brand-new Chevy El Camino in the […]