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Is the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado the Best Silverado Ever? | First Drive | Edmunds

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TRAVIS LANGNESS:
Welcome to Wyoming.
I'm Travis Langness
for Edmunds.com,
and this is the all-new
2019 Chevrolet Silverado.
Basically, it's redesigned from
the ground up, from the frame,
to the body, to the powertrains.
It's bigger.
It's longer.
It's wider.
But we want to know if it's
the best Silverado Chevy's ever
made, so we're going to
take it out for a drive.

So we're in the
mountains in Wyoming
and we're driving around
in the new Silverado 1500.
And really, this feels
like an updated Silverado.
It doesn't feel
completely redesigned.
It feels really familiar.
So what's changed
about the Silverado?
The frame is built using
different materials.
It's a longer wheelbase.
It's longer from nose to
tail by almost two inches.
Pretty much all of the towing
improvements across the board
for the Silverado
come from the fact
that the truck is
450 pounds lighter
than the previous generation.
Now, that's coming
from differences
in steel, the aluminum hood,
aluminum tailgate, aluminum
doors, differences in
the strength of steel
in the chassis.
They took 80 pounds out
of the frame, another
80 pounds out of the
bed of the truck,
so instead of one
stamping, they've
used three different
pieces, which
also makes the bed of the truck
as much as seven inches wider
in the bed.
And also, you're looking
at the first up and down
power tailgate in
any full-size truck.
Kind of a no-brainer
on trucks these days.
Everybody's using a
power lift gate in SUVs.
Why haven't we
done it on a truck?
Under the hood is
the 5.3 liter V8.
Now, people from the last
generation Silverado,
if you own one of those, you'll
think, oh, so same engine.
Well, yes and no.
There is a 5.3 available with
the old six-speed automatic
transmission, but
the one we're driving
has the new
eight-speed automatic.
And it's the updated version
of that 5.3 liter V8.
So basically, what you get is
a different fuel management
system that Chevy says
will increase fuel economy.
And it-- for my
butt [? dyno-- ?]
hasn't changed the way the truck
drives much, which is good.
Gives you good power uphill,
gives you a good burst
as you're going
to pass somebody.
But what has changed
with the eight-speed
is it's quiet in here.
There's several
other power trains.
So you can get a diesel.
You can get the base V6.
You can get this V8 or
the six-speed transmission
with the older version of the
V8, different fuel management.
And you can get the 6.2 liter,
as well as that turbo four
cylinder.
If you don't need as much
towing or hauling capability,
that turbo four cylinder,
that may be the motor for you.
For me, I'd probably go
with the 5.3 or the 6.2.
They feel a little bit better,
have a little bit more thrust.
We don't have the
optional 22-inch wheels
on this truck, which
is absolutely something
I would avoid, because with
the standard wheel and tire
package, ride comfort's
great in this.
These seats are not the
high-end leather seats.
They're cloth, and
they feel great.
Going up a mountain road,
they feel just fine.
The split heating
function works great.
And really, if you're going to
go on a 1600 mile road trip,
tow a trailer, and take
your family on vacation,
this is an easy place to do it.
Also, this center
console comes up.
Take it up real quick, so
you can have a third person
up front sitting here.
Chevy did say that
the drag has changed.
As their dynamics
have gotten better,
drag has decreased with
the front end redesign.
And that's a small marginal
increase in fuel economy,
along with what will probably
be marginal increases
from the eight-speed automatic.
This one is, I believe,
19 MPG combined
with the 5.3 and
the eight-speed.
Along these roads-- they're
not perfect, obviously,
these aren't highly maintained
city roads-- the Silverado
feels really good.
It's not a bouncy ride quality.
Big sharp impacts aren't
really making their way
into the cabin.
Everything feels pretty
well-insulated from underneath,
especially when you've
got a good amount of tire
sidewall, which this truck has.
There's not a lot of body roll.
If you're worried about ride
quality on a pickup truck,
this one is doing just fine.

So this is the interior
of the new Silverado.
It's not so much a redesign
as much as it is an evolution.
For starters, we'll go with
this big monolith of a center
console.
This is just one giant piece.
It's not as high-content
as it could be.
We're in kind of a mid
trim level, something
that's a little bit
more typical for buyers.
And basically, you've got
auto stop start function.
You can put the
tailgate down here.
Traction control.
A nice little button that
puts all four windows down
at the same time.
There's a couple
of buttons missing.
There are some things that we
could have on this interior.
There's no plug here, but
on the higher trim levels
you do get that full
three-prong plug.
We've got one
USBC, one USB port.
It's got Apple
CarPlay, Android Auto.
And it's got a really
crisp look to it.
This one is the same size
as the previous generation,
but it's a little
bit nicer looking.
It's a little bit crisper.
Graphics, it's
really easy to read.
You've got the swipe from
one side, swipe to the other.
You can control most of
the stuff happening here.
The steering wheel
is much the same.
The TFT, the center
driver display here,
is a little bit better,
and everything is easier
to see at a moment's
glance when you're
looking down from the road.
Super helpful when
you're towing or hauling
and you just want to
spot your temperature
or spot your oil pressure.
It's definitely a good display.
And then Chevy has moved
over here some of the stuff
that you use for towing,
to the left of the driver.
There's a little
toggle here that you
can change between
sport mode or they've
got a little dynamic
racecar flag, and tow mode--
changes the shift
schedules, things like that.
Then you've got the
selector between
two-wheel and four-wheel drive.
You've got the terrain
selector to tell the truck
if you want hill descent control
if you're on rock or sand.
Then you've got the
controls for the lights,
and most of the
stuff over there.
And pretty much,
this is what you
get inside the interior
of all the Silverados,
and it's a really
intuitive layout.
It's not fancy.
It's a lot of new stuff, but not
a completely different design
that you have to get
used to something new.
Now, with that said,
this mid-level content
does have some plastic
materials that aren't awesome,
but really the touch points,
those things are good.
They feel sturdy.
One of the nice things
that GM has, Chevy as well,
is these split
level seat heating.
So you can heat just your back,
or your back and your butt.
Heating just your back is
perfect for long road trips.
Anybody with back pain
should demand this feature
be put in every car.
It makes the seating so
much more comfortable.
It's fantastic.
Overall, this interior
is a likeable place,
and definitely somewhere
I can see myself sitting
for a long time on a road trip.
So now we're in the
backseat of the Silverado
and it's huge back here.
There is an additional three
inches of rear leg room.
The truck itself is only 1.7
inches longer, nose to tail,
but they put a lot of that,
and then some, into the rear.
So four adults can sit totally
comfortably, probably a fifth,
maybe even a sixth when
you get that third seat up
in the front.
But if you've got
four six-footers,
there's tons of space
back here for everybody.
And it's pretty simple,
pretty standard back here.
A couple of USB ports, couple
of vents, which is nice.
Keeps the air flowing back here.
These seats are similarly firm
to the center seat up front.
But it's a 60/40
split back here.
And it's really easy
to fold these up.
So this one just
quick up, quick down.
There's no straps to pull on.
No handles.
And then also, there's some
pretty cool features back here.
This is typical, the center
console with the cup holders,
not new in any way.
But then this side seat
opens up and you have access
to behind the seat.
And the seat materials are
similarly nice to the front,
that same checkerboard pattern.
Pretty flat across the
bottom and the back.
There's not a lot of
bolstering back here,
but the cushioning is good.
This angle's not too bad.
It'd be nice if it were a
little bit further slanted back,
but it's decent for a road trip.

So we've spent all day driving
the new 2019 Silverado.
And basically, what
we've discovered
is that Chevy has taken a good
product and made it better.
This new truck is more capable.
It's more quiet on the inside.
There's more space
in the back seat.
You can tow more.
And there's that
wide array of engines
that we talked about,
which will make
it more economical and better
towing in the long run.
It generally feels
like a good refresh,
but they've added some
good updates to it.
But if you're
asking the question
is it the best Silverado that
Chevy has ever made, well sure,
but only by a small margin.
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Electric Trio: The Chevrolet Bolt, Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model 3 Square Off | Edmunds

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DAN EDMUNDS: What we have here
are three electric vehicles
that are well known,
perhaps because each
is a dedicated EV that has
no gasoline counterpart.
Chevrolet has plugged
everything they
learned from their Bolt plug-in
hybrid into the Bolt EV.
JASON KAVANAGH: The Model 3
represents Tesla's first foray
into a more accessible EV.
CALVIN KIM: And the Nissan
LEAF, the first widely available
electric vehicle in
the United States,
is now in its second generation.
And while they're all
mainstream offerings,
they're not true
direct competitors.
JASON KAVANAGH:
Today, we're going
to explore the differences and
similarities among these three
popular EVs.

Well, the Tesla Model 3 has
a lot of power, actually.
I mean, there's no
complaints that I have
with the acceleration in this.
And like all EVs, it
has that instant torque.
You can punch around cars on the
freeway pretty much instantly.
I mean, you dip your foot
down on the accelerator,
and there's just an instant
reaction from the car.
That's one of the
things that EVs
and in particular, the
Tesla does really well.
DAN EDMUNDS: One of
the things I like
about the Bolt is it's quick.
I'm just rolling into the
throttle, not really laying
into it hard at all.
And it's up to speed
and in a short order.
And I am having no problem
getting around folks.
People think these
things are golf carts.
Uh-uh.
CALVIN KIM: The Nissan LEAF has
what sounds like a low number--
146 horsepower.
But it's the torque that
really gives it the beans.
It's got about 236,
possibly the torque.
Don't quote me on that.
But 236 is a lot for
a small car like this.
The car weighs
about 3,500 pounds.
So it's well in line.
I mean, basically, it'd
be equivalent to a bigger
engine in a compact car.
Needless to say, acceleration
is easy and brisk.
JASON KAVANAGH: Well, compared
to the Bolt or the LEAF,
the Tesla Model 3 is
definitely the most powerful.
It's the most capable.
It's also the most expensive.
It's also the only rear-wheel
drive EV of the three.
The other two are
front-wheel drive.
And that affects the driving
dynamics in a beneficial way
for the Model 3.
The Model 3 has the best
steering and handling
of the bunch by far.
It's just a more
grown-up feeling
car in the way it
goes down the road.
The steering feel
is really good.
It corners flat.
It picks up its speed
well over bumps.
In terms of steering
and handling,
the other two don't
touch the Tesla Model 3.
DAN EDMUNDS: The
Bolt handles great.
I mean, you wouldn't
think so to look at it.
It's tall and skinny.
But the battery pack is low
and underneath the floor,
so that keeps the
center of gravity low.
And that makes it feel
more like a go-cart
than an SUV or
something like that.
The steering is also
nicely weighted.
It's immediate, but not darty.
It's just what you want to kind
of maneuver around in traffic.
JASON KAVANAGH: Now,
the range in the Model 3
is kind of its trump card.
We got the long-range
version, which
has a 310-mile max range
in normal mode, which
is what Tesla recommends you
use on a day-to-day basis.
This will do 279 miles, which
is still really impressive.
It's still more range
than the other two.
In fact, it's the longest range
EV you could buy currently.
CALVIN KIM: This
face-lift of LEAF--
you get 150 miles
of claimed range.
Wonderfully for us, if
you put it in ECO mode
and enable e-Pedal, you can
get a lot more than that.
With our long-term
LEAF, we've been
able to drive it a
little bit already.
And we've routinely
gotten over 150 miles
with those features enabled.
That's great news for
commuters, especially
those that drive a little
bit longer distances.
So they can go a week
without charging.
Now, for EV owners,
the best way to do it
is to charge every night.
But, hey, if you're going to
go visit a friend's house,
or maybe go across town
to hang out somewhere,
it's nice to have that option.
DAN EDMUNDS: The Model
3 has a higher range
rating than this one.
But I don't really think
that at actual practice
that would be the case.
Because I've had a
really hard time getting
close to the Model 3's rating.
And yet, with this car, which
is rated at 238, I've gone 334.
That's almost 100 miles
more than the rating.
And if I'm paying for
more battery than I need,
then that's a big part
of the price of the car.
And this car could be cheaper
if it had a 150-mile range
or a 175-mile range.
CALVIN KIM: One of
the best advantages
of electric vehicles is
the ability to regenerate,
which is regenerative braking.
That means you can use an
electric motor that propels
you to help slow you down.
And one thing that
they did very cleverly,
though, is give you a
switch right on the center
console here called e-Pedal.
And just by clicking the
switch, you immediately
engage that
regenerative braking.
Nissan says you can
break as much as 2/10
of a "g," which doesn't
sound like a lot,
but from our
testing, it's plenty.
JASON KAVANAGH:
And in the Model 3,
the regenerative
effect is strong.
You can basically
one-pedal drive this thing
most of the time.
DAN EDMUNDS: Now, the Bolt is
especially good in this regard,
better than I think any
other car that you can buy,
any other EV.
Because when it's in
drive, like it is now,
I toggle using this here.
When it's in drive, there's
no regenerative braking.
It's all pads and rotors, so
the brake feels utterly natural.
A lot of cars--
EVs and hybrids use something--
a computer that kind of
decides whether it's
going to be regenerative
or brake pedal, based on demand.
And so then the
brakes feel weird.
This never feels weird, indeed.
And then when you
put it in L, there's
so much regenerative braking
that the brake lights come on.
And you can actually execute a
stop all the way down to zero
without ever touching
the brake pedal.
You just modulate the throttle.
Compared to the
Model 3 and the LEAF,
I like the Bolt's
setup much better.
Click it into L. You've
got all the regen you want.
Put it in D. You've got the
brake pedal feel you want,
if you want that.
The Model 3-- it's poke
through the touchscreen.
And the LEAF requires
you to flip a switch,
and you may not
remember to do it.
And it's not where you
think it should be.
This is really intuitive,
really easy, and very effective.
CALVIN KIM: Inside
the Nissan LEAF,
you'll find a pretty
much traditional car.
The materials are good.
There's not a lot of busyness
with the colors and design
choices.
We're in the top SL
model, so the seats
are this nice leather
with microsuede inserts.
The controls-- again, easy
to use, well laid out.
Again, it's more like a regular
car, instead of maybe a science
project, or a sci-fi set you'll
find in some of the other EVs.
DAN EDMUNDS: The one thing
that really disappoints
me more than anything
else about the Chevy Bolt
is the quality of the
interior materials.
It's just hard plastic
which would be OK
if it was attractive.
But there's just a
lot of weird lines.
And this color scheme
is kind of hard to take.
I mean, I would trade
away some battery capacity
and range to get
a better interior.
I mean, it doesn't
help that we've
got the light-colored
interior here.
I think that really does not
show it in its best light.
A darker color might
mask some of this stuff,
even like the reflections of the
dashtop or in the windshield.
Everywhere I go at just
about any light condition.
And that's kind of annoying,
because the visibility as a car
is great otherwise.
This car is probably
the least well equipped
of the three when it comes
to active driver aids.
It has a Lane Keeping
Assist System.
It has a Forward
Collision warning,
but it doesn't have
Adaptive Cruise.
It has nothing like Autopilot
or Nissan's ProPILOT Assist.
That's not bad because
you're not paying for it.
But at the same time,
it does lag behind.
And you couldn't get those
things if you wanted them.
JASON KAVANAGH: The design
of the Model 3's interior
is pretty unusual.
There's not a whole
lot of stuff in it.
I mean, it's a wide-open
space with a big touchscreen
in the middle, and
that's about it.
I mean, you could
even go and say
that maybe this is a
little generic looking.
But what you can't say is that
it's cluttered or crowded.
It feels really breezy
and airy in here.
There's a lot of space.
If you need anything, you
have to go to the touchscreen.
Or you've got a couple of
controls on the steering wheel,
and that's about it.
A good amount of
headroom for me.
I'm over 6 feet tall.
It does have this panoramic
sunroof arrangement
up here, which gives you a
little bit extra headroom.
Compared to the Bolt and the
LEAF's interior, or the Model
3's cabin-- is
definitely a departure.
And some people really love it.
And some people--
they're maybe going
to have to warm up
to it a little bit.
In terms of material
quality, the Model 3
does pretty well there.
The seats are this
synthetic leather,
which feels pretty convincing,
and looks like the real thing.
There's this synthetic
suede on the headliner
and on the door panels.
There's also this wood
applique on the dashboard.
Overall, the materials look
pretty good at a glance.
If you look closer at
the Model 3, though,
you'll notice some build
quality issues here and there--
cheap plastics, things
that don't fit quite right.
We've had some issues with
things falling off our car.
But it is built to a
higher price point,
certainly than the
Bolt or the LEAF is.
CALVIN KIM: The Nissan
LEAF is a hatchback
which means, obviously,
it's got a big hatch.
A lot of interior cargo room
with the seats folded up.
The rear seats do fold 60/40.
You'll find that once
you do fold them up,
there is a bit of a shelf
from the seatback to the cargo
floor.
But I'd say that between
its comp competitors,
this general cargo
area is very useful--
the low-loading height,
and the nice, deep floor,
and the tall ceiling height.
So you can fit taller cargo,
bulkier cargo in a little bit
easier.
DAN EDMUNDS: Of
the three, the Bolt
does have the least
cargo-carrying capacity
on paper.
But it is very flexible,
because of the way
the seats fold, the
way the floor can
be set into two positions.
And because you can
put roof racks on it.
JASON KAVANAGH:
The Model 3 might
look like a hatchback
from the outside,
but surprise, it's
a sedan, which
means it has a
traditional sedan trunk.
But that's no bad thing, because
the Model 3's cargo space
is pretty huge.
Not only is the trunk really
deep and a good width,
there's extra bonus storage
in the floor of the trunk
and an additional trunk
at the front of the car.
So you're not hurting for
cargo space at all in this.
Another thing it has is a
60/40 folding backseat, which
goes basically completely flat.
You could sleep in the
back of the Model 3
if you fold the seats down.
That's how much space there is.
CALVIN KIM: Compared
to its competitors,
the LEAF prices pretty well.
Now, in this SL trim with the
Pro-PILOT Assist and everything
like that, that'll set you
back a little over $37,000.
That's a little bit
less than the Bolt
Obviously, a lot less
than the Model 3.
And the federal tax credit is
still available for this car,
so you can get out the door
for a lot less than that.
You do get a lot of
car for your money.
The biggest attractor,
though, will be the range.
Both the Bolt and
the Tesla Model 3
have a lot more range
than the LEAF does.
Now, for those that are truly
range conscious that really do
want to go on
longer trips, rumor
has it that the Nissan LEAF--
bringing out a higher
range LEAF next year--
one with a 60-kilowatt battery
that cracks the 200 barrier.
Even if you're on
the fence about that,
this standard range
LEAF with 150 miles
is nothing to sneeze at.
DAN EDMUNDS: The
thing about this car
is you can buy it with
a premium package,
or you can get the
lower-priced base
model that does everything as
far as the driving experience.
It just doesn't have as
many bells and whistles
for a lot less money.
The Model 3-- right now,
the mythical $35,000 one
doesn't exist.
It's vaporware.
Certainly, this is a lot
less money than the Model 3.
If the $35,000 one
ever comes out,
well, we may have
to re-evaluate that.
JASON KAVANAGH: When the
Model 3 was launched,
it was purported to be the
$35,000 entry-level Tesla.
While that might
be the case, Tesla
is not shipping the $35,000
variant of the Model 3.
They're only shipping
a long-range variance.
And once you have
even a bare minimum
of options like this one--
I mean, this one's
sticker price is $55,000.
So we're in a totally different
segment than the other two
cars, which are substantially
less expensive than this one.
Tesla's Autopilot system
makes Nissan Pro-PILOT Assist
look like it's in diapers.
And in a way, it is.
It's Nissan's first attempt
at a semi-autonomous driving
mode, whereas Tesla has
had several years now
of real-world use of Autopilot.
And they've accumulated
a lot of data.
With that said, it's
not a perfect system.
We've discovered some
issues with it in the past.
But the continual
software updates
are a means to
address limitations,
not just in Autopilot, but
in any system in the car.
So again, pros and
cons with being
at the leading edge of things.
CALVIN KIM: Definitely one
of the coolest features
of the LEAF is Pro-PILOT Assist.
Now, it's not an
autonomous driving system.
What it is, though, is
a very, very connected
driver-assist system.
Now, just one button push
on the steering wheel
enables the system.
And then to turn it on, you just
activate your cruise control.
Now, what that gives you
is adaptive cruise control,
which keeps the distance from
ourselves and the car in front.
It does lane centering to--
keeps the car in the
center of the road.
And it'll even bring
you to a complete stop.
It's not a self-driving car.
All it's doing is just
keeping it in the center
and at a safe distance
from the car in front.
In an interesting twist of
fate, this system actually
works pretty darn good, even
alongside the Tesla's Autopilot
system.
Now, the Tesla has
the advantage of a GPS
and a connected system, where
it knows road conditions
to a certain extent.
The Nissan does not
have that feature set.
But considering the price
premium that Autopilot has
and that Tesla has, we believe
Pro-PILOT is a fantastic
addition to the Nissan LEAF.
DAN EDMUNDS: The thing
about the Bolt EV
is while I like
the way it drives,
I'd trade some of its range
for a nicer interior and better
seats.
JASON KAVANAGH: Yeah.
And while the Model
3 is definitely
the best driving,
most capable EV here,
you're going to pay
for the privilege.
The least expensive Model
3 you can get is $50,000.
The $36,000 version
just doesn't exist yet.
CALVIN KIM: Speaking of price,
that's the Nissan LEAF's forte.
It's the least expensive.
But it's also one of the more
comfortable out of the three,
which begs the question,
which of these three EVs
is the right one for you guys?
DAN EDMUNDS: Well, for me,
151 miles of range is enough.
And I do like those
seats, so yeah, the LEAF.
JASON KAVANAGH: Yeah.
For me, the cost is the
single overriding factor.
And while I don't think the
Nissan LEAF is necessarily
the best driving one
here, its price point
is really attractive.
So that's the one for me.
CALVIN KIM: Well,
we're unanimous.
It's the LEAF for
me also, thanks
to its price and practicality.
DAN EDMUNDS: But I
do reserve the right
to change my mind
when the $36,000 Tesla
Model 3 becomes available.
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2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: The Best Sports Car | Edmunds Top Rated 2020

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ALISTAIR WEAVER: By changing
the formula of America's most
iconic sports car, Chevy took a
big risk, but one that we think
will pay huge dividends.
The 2020 Corvette
Stingray offers
an unbeatable combination
of performance and value.
In moving the engine
from under the hood
to behind the
cockpit, the Corvettes
gain the kind of poise,
agility, and balance
you'd expect from
an exotic super car.
And that engine is a naturally
aspirated V8, the only one
still available in a
mid-engine sports car.
It's super responsive and
delivers a deep bass rumble
when you jump on the throttle.
CARLOS LAGO: The Corvette
nails the performance figures
and the driving
experience, but it does so
with a base price
that's just $60,000.
And Chevy isn't
sneaking one by either.
Adding the options to make the
one you actually want to get
and the one Edmunds has on order
bumps that price to $75,000.
And the Corvette is
a highly usable car
during the commute, an often
overlooked but crucial part
of sports car ownership.
The ride isn't just
comfortable enough,
it's borderline luxurious.
When you take it
to a racetrack, you
find it has responsive
steering and nimble handling,
and a transmission that rivals
sports cars costing twice as
much.
With the 2020 Corvette
Stingray, Chevy hasn't just
built another sports car.
It's delivered a thrilling
driving experience
with super car presence
at a real world price.

2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Model Review | Edmunds

Edmunds:

[MUSIC PLAYING]
CARLOS LAGO: That's the
new Chevy Camaro ZL1,
and in this video we're going to
give you an overview about what
makes it special.
And the quick version is, it's
more than the 650 horsepower
underneath that hood.

You might be surprised to
hear that the coolest parts
about the Camaro
ZL1 are actually
the stuff you can't see.
The exterior doesn't look
dramatically different
than the standard
Camaro SS or RS models.
You can tell the
ZL1 is different
because it has big exhaust pipes
and a ZL1 badge at the back.
But over on the side, as
we get to the profile,
it retains the shape that we
know to love the Camaros by.
The wheels are bigger, they're
20 inches front and rear,
but they're a staggered
fitment, so the front tires
are a little bit
smaller than the rear.
And that gives it a
nice purposeful look.
But it's the stuff
underneath here
that really makes the car
drive as good as it does.
You have magnetic
fluid-filled dampers
that react super quick, more
so than your traditional motor
controlled dampers when you're
making adjustments on the fly.
You have an electronically
controlled limited slip
differential that continually
biases power left or right,
controls it with a
granularity you can't achieve
with a simple mechanical unit.
Up at the front you
see the big differences
that come with the ZL1.
Up on the hood here, of course,
is the badging and the carbon
fiber dome of the hood.
And there's actually
a heat extractor right
through the bottom there.
You can fit your
hand in, we'll show
you the vents in just a second.
But when we were
talking about making
650 horsepower, what we
really had to pay attention to
is cooling.
This is the same engine that's
in the Chevy Corvette Z06.
And in here, you can
tell the front fascia
is dramatically different,
and it's much larger.
And there's all these
gigantic air openings.
And that's because
this needs a lot of air
to go through it
to keep it cool.
You have heat
exchangers here, here,
here, here, there's
inner coolers
underneath the supercharger,
there's another heat exchanger
lying flat.
And all of this is designed
to get as much airflow
through the front of
the vehicle as possible.
I mean even the Chevy Badge,
you can stick your finger right
through it.
These gaping holes
right here, I mean,
you can imagine what happens if
a small animal flies in there.
It's all made in the name of
getting air through this engine
to keep it cool
under heavy use when
you're making all that power.
Now, let's take a
look at that engine.

Feast your eyes on the glory
of a supercharged 6.2 liter
V8 that makes 650 horsepower,
and 650 pound feet of torque.
This is, frankly, a
hell of an engine.
It doesn't rev that
high, 6,500 RPM.
Actually that's pretty
decent for a pushrod V8,
but really the story is
the breadth of that power.
But also consider it's
a fairly compact engine.
And it can be compact because
that supercharger, this guy
right here, isn't as big as the
last generation supercharged V8
that the previous ZL1 used and
the previous Corvette used.
Now and also the nature
of a pushrod motor
is, because it doesn't
have two overhead cams,
there's not a lot of valvetrain
up here, so it can be short.
And that can help
with visibility.
But as you'll see when
we hop inside this car,
the visibility isn't
really quite there.
And we showed you
the heat extractors
that come through here.
They're functional, you can
stick your hand right up
in there.
And the goal of that is to
promote air flow out of here
to keep pulling air through
the front end of the vehicle
to cool it down.
Let's take a look inside.
Well the first
thing you gotta do
when you slip into the interior
of a Camaro ZL1 is fire it up.
So that's how you
set things off right.
Now, couple of things
you have to accept
with the interior
of the Chevy Camaro,
especially this generation.
There is no interior storage.
You have a couple of pockets
on the left and right.
There's some space
in the armrest.
But there's basically
nothing for anything
bigger than a phone.
Even my phone has difficulty
fitting in the center armrest.
Also, rear visibility
comes up short.
It's like looking out
of a cardboard box.
But at least if you
don't want to sit low
you can raise the height up.
And that certainly helps your
view over the hood and just
at a point, there you go.
If you're concerned about
looking forward over the hood,
you can always do that.
OK now we're back
to normal height.
ZL1 specific changes
are few, but are nice.
These seats are Recaros,
they're nice buckets
with good amounts
of lateral support
but they don't
feel uncomfortable.
The material they're
wrapped with,
and especially the stuff
on the steering wheel too,
is this microfiber
suede-like substance.
It's also on the dash.
It looks and feels nice.
This is, of course,
the 10 speed automatic.
And we'll talk about how that
works once we take it out
for a drive.
For now though, it
just looks and works
like a normal
automatic transmission.
Behind it, these
controls here are
what get us into sort of the
electronic sophistication
you'll find in the ZL1.
You have four
different drive modes,
there's tube or track, sport,
and snow and ice modes.
Now those adjust a
variety of settings,
but within those settings
are further adjustments.
For example, when you go
into track like we are now,
you can double tap the
stability control button
and access the performance
traction management function.
Now this is a multi-configurable
stability control setting
that has one, two, three,
four, five different levels
of adjustment.
And you can also turn
everything completely off.
We'll talk about launch
control, too, and a line lock.
This has both those tools which
are great for drag racers.
And it speaks to the
legacy level of intent
that Chevy knows
Camaro owners are
going to use these cars for.
The ZL1 doesn't do any
one thing particularly.
It's not focused on
just doing one job,
it's focused on being
able to do everything.
It wants to ride
comfortably on your commute.
It wants to be able to tackle
a mountain road or a racetrack.
And it wants to
be able to get you
through a night
at the dragstrip.
And all that stuff
comes together nicely
in this package.
Now this display, as we get back
into more traditional Camaro
grievances, this
display looks funky.
It looks like it's tilted in.
Although when you start
using it, you realize
it's super intuitive.
It also supports Apple
CarPlay and Android Auto,
and that's really nice.
In front of you, you
have two analog gauges
and in the center is
a digital display.
That's multi-configurable
and shows
you a lot of really
nice information.
And above that is
a head up display.
As we dive into the
dash, we'll explain
how some of the drag racing
focused technology works.
I'll put the car in
its track setting,
and then I'll turn the
advance stability control
system to sport, for example.
And what you can
do here is you can
define the amount of traction
the surface that you're
driving on has.
So if you're in sport
one or sport two,
it assumes you're
on a street surface.
But if you go up
to race, it assumes
you're on a drag strip that
has a prepared surface, that
has the traction of
a prepared surface.
So it'll actually account
for all that stuff.
When you go into
the launch control,
you can set custom parameters.
There's an automatic
function, but you can also
set manually your target
RPM, your slip target--
and that slip target is
how much the rear tires
rotate versus how fast you go.
Tires like to spin a little bit
faster than you would think.
They like to have a
little bit of slip
to get the best
launch out of them.
And you can actually define
the percentage of slip
that you want the
rear tires to have.
Which is nuts.
And then beneath that
you have a line lock.
And now what a line lock does,
is it holds the front brakes
but allows the rear tires
to spin freely, which
makes a burn out a lot easier.
I'm in the school of thought
that if you have 650 pound
feet, a burnout's
pretty easy to do,
but it's nice that
the feature's there.
And this is a level
of granularity
for a drag racing that I
haven't seen in a production car
outside of the Dodge Demon.
And it's really cool, because
this car, again, is just
sort of an all-arounder.
Now up next we'll show
you what that means
when we drive it on the street.
Driving on the congested
and Toyota Prius
filled streets of LA may
not be the most exciting way
to experience the Camaro
ZL1, but it does give us
the opportunity to illustrate
just how nice this car is
to drive in general.
Sure the ride's firm, sure
you get some road noise,
but it's nothing that would
make this car difficult to live
with.
This 10 speed automatic
transmission, you might think,
wow that's a lot of gears.
I'm going to constantly see
the tack bouncing around
as it shifts.
But you don't.
You barely notice when
the shifts happen.
And the way they've
tuned this transmission
so it can skip gears
when you step on it
makes for a really
nice experience.

What's funny is
when you really see
a gap, when you nail that gas
it's almost as if the car has
night terrors.
Because suddenly it starts
growling out of nowhere
and making all these
noises and screaming.
And then it gets
really silent again.
It gets really quiet.
It just seems to get more
aggressive the more you drive
it in an aggressive manner.
But of course LA
traffic is the worst.
So we're going to go to a
place where we can explore
the abilities of this car.
[MUSIC PLAYING]

There's just so much power.
The performance of this
vehicle is just incredible.
But it's the tractability
that makes it so dominating.
It just feels so good,
feels so much fun.
This is a large, heavy car,
with pretty poor visibility.
But it just comes into its
own in this environment.
It's so much fun.
Modulating the power and
controlling the Camaro,
got to love that sound.
Get a little sideways.
So even though the
stability control is on,
it still gives you
a bit of freedom
with how much
sideways you get when
you dig into that throttle.
And there's so much
power on tap here.
We have 650 horsepower.
I'm getting a
little bit too close
to the limits of the
stability control system.
I'm feeling it grab
me a little bit more.
But what that's doing
is it's telling me
I'm applying too much throttle.
You can use this system
like a driver's tool.
You can lean on it and
use it the wrong way,
and have it try to fix
your sloppy mistakes.
But you can also
pay attention to it,
pay attention to when
it's cutting the power
and how much power
it's giving you,
and you can dial back
your choice accordingly.

Now what's working
in conjunction
there is the stability control
and electronically controlled
limited slip differential.
Which is biasing power
as it deems appropriate,
based on whatever the vehicle
sensors are telling it.
That's really nice.
And we haven't even talked
about the brakes yet.
These brakes provide
very good stopping power
and have a nice long travel.
So you can dig in to it
without using too much force,
and get the right amount
braking force that you want.

I like this car a lot.
Listen to that.
[ENGINE REVVING]

And that's the
amazing Camaro ZL1.
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Hyundai Kona Electric vs. Chevrolet Bolt EV: Which Is the Best Affordable Long-Range EV? | Edmunds

Edmunds:

[MUSIC PLAYING]

DAN EDMUNDS: Prevailing
wisdom suggests
that an electric vehicle needs
more than 200 miles of range
to stave off range anxiety
and make it useful for more
than just commuting.
But until now, there's only
been one affordable example.
The Chevrolet Bolt EV brings
238 miles of range to the table.
But now there's a new
Hyundai Kona Electric
with 258 miles of range.
KURT NIEBUHR: Which of
these vehicles is better?
Are these finally
the affordable EVs
that everybody's
been waiting for?
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DAN EDMUNDS: When I
first proposed this test
in the office, everybody said,
why are you putting a Bolt up
against a crossover SUV?
Well, the Kona electric isn't
really that much of an SUV.
I mean, it's only got
front-wheel drive.
There's no all-wheel
drive version.
KURT NIEBUHR: And the Chevy's
just kind of a tall hatchback
anyway, and it's
front-wheel drive too.
I mean, these things are
pretty close on paper,
when you look at the specs.
DAN EDMUNDS: Oh, yeah, the
wheelbase is identical.
And the Kona is only
about a half inch longer.
And both of them have 150
kilowatt electric motors.
Chevy says theirs is
good for 200 horsepower.
Hyundai's number
is 201 horsepower.
But I'll give it to them,
because their electric motor
makes more torque.
KURT NIEBUHR: These things
do not look the same at all.
DAN EDMUNDS: No, no,
the Kona Electric
is both lower and wider than
the Bolt, some SUV, right?
KURT NIEBUHR: People around
the office are asking,
why didn't you guys
include the Leaf?
Why didn't you
include the Model 3?
DAN EDMUNDS: Well, the Bolt
has 238 miles of range.
And the Kona Electric
has 258 miles of range.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah, the Leaf's
150 is just way too short.
DAN EDMUNDS: Right.
As for the Model 3,
the $35,000 version,
with 220 miles of range,
they're not making it.
I mean, we can't compare
these two vehicles
to something that doesn't exist.
KURT NIEBUHR: Nah,
that's just vaporware.
DAN EDMUNDS: Yeah, really.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

KURT NIEBUHR: So what
are we looking at?
DAN EDMUNDS: Well, at the
moment, a whole lot of plastic.
But up in here is
the electric motor
that drives the front wheels.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah, I
can just see it up there.
DAN EDMUNDS: Right.
We move back and there's this
big aluminum expanse, the width
of the car, really long.
This is the battery pack.
65 kilowatt hours
of storage, that's
like gallons to a gas tank.
And that's what gives this
car 258 miles of range.
KURT NIEBUHR: It's so flat.
DAN EDMUNDS: Yeah, the
smoothness of this battery pack
and the plastic ahead
of it contributes
to a 14% reduction in drag
compared to a regular Kona.
KURT NIEBUHR: That's a lot.
DAN EDMUNDS: Yeah,
it's not nothing.
And we move back
here, and we see
a really nice
multi-link suspension,
which gives this car really
good ride and handling.
And also makes room
for the battery pack
to be as big as it
possibly can be.
KURT NIEBUHR: So I imagine
that the Chevrolet looks
exactly the same underneath.
DAN EDMUNDS: Well, maybe.

KURT NIEBUHR: So
we're under the Chevy
and there's a lot of black
plastic underneath here too.
DAN EDMUNDS: Absolutely,
but trust me,
there's an electric
motor up in there
that drives the front
wheel, just like the Kona.
We move back, and we see,
this is the battery pack.
But it looks different.
It's narrower.
It's not as long.
But it's almost as big,
at 60 kilowatt hours,
238 miles of range.
So it's got to be taller,
which might be why the Bolt has
the roofline that it has.
KURT NIEBUHR: It's also
not very smooth under here.
DAN EDMUNDS: No, it's not.
It doesn't look like they
paid nearly as much attention
to smoothing the
airflow underneath here.
We move back and we see
something different here too.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah,
this suspension
does not look anything
like the suspension that's
in the Hyundai.
DAN EDMUNDS: No, this is
a basic twist beam rear
axle, which is really pretty
cheap and inexpensive.
It was popular in compact cars.
But it's not the most
sophisticated suspension
for ride and handling.
It'll be interesting to see how
the two compare when we start
driving them back to back.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah.
DAN EDMUNDS: They might
not be the same at all.
KURT NIEBUHR: I can't
wait to find out.
DAN EDMUNDS: Yeah.
[MUSIC PLAYING]

So both of these
have plenty of space
if you fold the seats down.
But they have a lot of range,
so you can go somewhere
with the family.
So you might have
four people in this.
Where are you going
to put the luggage?
Will it fit?

KURT NIEBUHR: I don't like
how that kind of rides
on the plastic trim back there.
DAN EDMUNDS: It's
a little bit tight.
What about third one?
KURT NIEBUHR: The third one,
we're going to have to put it--
DAN EDMUNDS: No choice there.
KURT NIEBUHR: It's easy
enough, but will it shut.
DAN EDMUNDS: Oh,
actually pretty easily.
No problem.
KURT NIEBUHR: But we
can lower the floor.
DAN EDMUNDS: Oh,
yeah, that's right.
And it's a pretty
dramatic change.
Oh, look at that.
You can stand these things up.
Easy.
KURT NIEBUHR: There we go.
On the Kona--
DAN EDMUNDS: Well,
you can already
see that the
floor's longer here.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah,
there's more room.
DAN EDMUNDS: More width too.
KURT NIEBUHR: You can
probably shove that one in.
DAN EDMUNDS: I think so.
KURT NIEBUHR: And it shut.
DAN EDMUNDS: Not a problem.
You can also lower
the floor as well.
KURT NIEBUHR: Oh, yeah.
DAN EDMUNDS: It's not as deep.
But it might do the job
Yeah, this stands up.
There out the line of sight.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah.
DAN EDMUNDS: If you don't
want to drop the basement,
this has a little more space.
But if you do, there's
really not a big difference.

Wow, who was driving this thing.
KURT NIEBUHR: I was.
DAN EDMUNDS: Well, I
got to bring it back.
Are you OK?
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah, I'm OK.
DAN EDMUNDS: How's that.
KURT NIEBUHR: It's OK, you
can go back a little farther.
I'm actually happy back here.
I've got enough
room for my legs.
I got enough room for my feet.
I even have a heated seat.
Let's go check out the Hyundai.
DAN EDMUNDS: All right.
Oh, I'm going to have to
bring this one back big time.
KURT NIEBUHR: This
isn't so bad back here.
Oh, what are you doing.
DAN EDMUNDS: I got
to bring it back.
KURT NIEBUHR: Oh, I hate you.
Oh, my god.
OK.
DAN EDMUNDS: That's
a power seat, though.
The other one wasn't.
KURT NIEBUHR: There's less leg
room back here than in the Bolt
by quite a bit.
DAN EDMUNDS: You think?
KURT NIEBUHR: My feet
are starting to go numb.
Could you move this forward?
I can't get out.
[MUSIC PLAYING]

Now comes the fun part.
DAN EDMUNDS: We've left town,
and we're in the mountains,
and we're going to go
up to Crystal Lake.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah, and because
we have plenty of range,
we don't have to
worry about range
and we're not going
to talk about ranch.
DAN EDMUNDS: Right, we can
think about the normal things
that people think
about, ride, handling,
steering, braking, how fun
are these things to drive.
KURT NIEBUHR: Let's find out.
DAN EDMUNDS: Let's
take the Bolt.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Wow, these roads are
pretty incredible.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah,
they really are.
DAN EDMUNDS: What's not
incredible is this seat.
It feels like I'm
sitting on a seat frame.
It's really narrow.
I'm sitting on it,
rather than in it.
KURT NIEBUHR: I
think I'm overlapping
on the side of the seat.
And I'm with you.
My upper back, my shoulders
are not happy with the seat.
DAN EDMUNDS: The driving
position is good, but the seat
itself just feels too small.
The interior just
feels kind of cheap.
It just does not have
really attractive materials.
I wish they'd put a little
bit more money in the seats
and the interior panels.
KURT NIEBUHR: The
one thing that's
really prominent in my eyes,
and it's literally in my eyes,
is how bright and
light the interior is.
Because there's a lot of shiny
or light plastics, which now
we're in shade, and it's great.
But as soon as we come
back through the sun,
like reflections flicker
off the windscreen.
DAN EDMUNDS: Yeah, the
angle of the windshield
is just about perfectly wrong,
because it's reflects the--
every detail of the top of
the dash back into my eyes.
It's like I need
sunglasses just for that.
But that is an option.
I suggest that you get
the darkest one they sell.
KURT NIEBUHR: You'd have to.
DAN EDMUNDS: Yeah, absolutely.
You know what's really
cool about this car,
the driving position is great.
I mean, the telescopic steering
wheel's right where I need it.
I feel I can see out really
well, other than the glare.
And the re-gen on this thing,
using the motor's magnetism
to slow the car, is really easy.
You just flip the shifter
and it goes into L.
And now, when you lift off the
throttle, you're slowing down
and you're not touching
the brake pedal.
And it's really kind of fun.
It's not kind of fun, it is fun.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah.
DAN EDMUNDS: I got to get
on a little bit of breaks
for this tight hairpin, but--
yeah, the tires, they
make a little noise.
KURT NIEBUHR: We
might be having fun,
but the tires don't sound
like they're having fun.
DAN EDMUNDS: Low
rolling resistance.
But that doesn't mean low fun.
Because this thing really
changes direction really well.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah.
DAN EDMUNDS: And I have really
good control of the car's entry
speed because of the
lift throttle re-gen
It's really kind of neat.
Yeah, these seats
though, they're--
[TIRES SQUEALING]
Listen to that.
What was I saying?
All right, I guess it's
your turn to drive, right?
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah.

I'm absolutely with you
on the seating position.
I can get comfortable in
this car very quickly.
I like the range the steering
wheel moves towards you.
The seat is very adjustable.
DAN EDMUNDS: It just
isn't nice to sit on.
KURT NIEBUHR: It's not
a comfortable seat.
DAN EDMUNDS: No.
KURT NIEBUHR: This
could be the like worst
seat I think I've sat
in that's on sale today.
Now I get to make the
most of this car's torque.
DAN EDMUNDS: Oh.
KURT NIEBUHR: All
EVs make torque right
from zero miles an hour.
DAN EDMUNDS: Well,
it's not just that.
This thing's got 200 horsepower.
I mean, we can't forget that.
KURT NIEBUHR: No, and it's
actually fun to drive.
It's not sloppy.
DAN EDMUNDS: That's
a tight hairpin.
And that's a skinny tire.
KURT NIEBUHR: That's
a skinny tire.
But I have to tell you that
I'm not using the brake
pedal, I'm just using the
re-gen of the throttle pedal,
because it's so intuitive.
Back off a little bit to slow
down, twist it to speed up.
DAN EDMUNDS: And you know, the
body isn't rolling a whole lot.
I mean it's rolling some, but
any car would on this road.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah.
DAN EDMUNDS: But that's
probably because the battery's
under the floor, so the center
of gravity of this thing
is really low.
KURT NIEBUHR: I
will say that I feel
like I'm sitting more
on top of the car
than in the car, which creates
more of a sensation of speed.
Like I feel like I shouldn't be
driving the car this fast, even
though the car feels just fine.
DAN EDMUNDS: The
cal is really low.
The seating position's
a little high,
because you've got the
battery under your backside.
Just needs some
sticker tires I think.
KURT NIEBUHR: This
is way too much fun
for an electric vehicle.
So what's your
opinion of the Bolt?
DAN EDMUNDS: Well,
I like driving it.
I mean, the steering,
the handling.
It's got plenty of
power, they regenerate
braking is really fun,
actually even on a challenging
road like this.
I just don't like the
interior, the seats, the way
the dash is put together.
I'm not a fan of that.
But to drive it, it's great.
KURT NIEBUHR: I
completely agree with you.
And you must not buy the
light colored interior.
DAN EDMUNDS: Exactly.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh man, right away,
I love this seat.
It looks good, and it's
wide, and it's comfortable.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah, we are
definitely not in the Bolt
anymore.
DAN EDMUNDS: Exactly, and
we're a little further apart.
This cabin is wide
and spacious too.
And look at the materials.
This thing looks nice.
KURT NIEBUHR: I feel
more surrounded.
I feel like I'm
sitting in the car.
DAN EDMUNDS: Right.
KURT NIEBUHR:
Whereas, in the bolt,
I felt like I was kind of
higher up, kind of perched.
DAN EDMUNDS: And the controls
are really nicely laid out.
There's the touchscreen,
air conditioning, shifter,
and these are the heated and
ventilated seat controls.
KURT NIEBUHR: I've got vent--
I'm going to use mine.
DAN EDMUNDS: Yeah, right?
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah.
DAN EDMUNDS: This
also has a sunroof.
The Bolt didn't
have one of those.
KURT NIEBUHR: No.
DAN EDMUNDS: And the
Bolt is the premier.
It is the top of
the line offering.
This is the ultimate,
which is also
the top of the line offering.
Its more ultimate.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yep.
Something else that's
glaringly obvious
is the distinct lack of glare.
Now, this is still a
light colored interior,
but I'm not getting blinded
by shiny plastic bits.
DAN EDMUNDS: Right,
right, I agree.
And as the driver,
I appreciate it.
The other thing I'm noticing
is going into that last corner
and some of these other ones,
the regenerative braking just
isn't quite as powerful
as it is in the Bolt.
KURT NIEBUHR: That
was a squirrel.
DAN EDMUNDS: Squirrel.
I do have three settings.
I can adjust it
with a paddle here.
But I set it to the max and
wish I had one more step.
You know, this car really
feels more substantial.
It's wider and it
feels like it has
a wider footprint on the road.
It's a little bit more composed.
The tires don't feel like
they're working as hard.
It's not squealing as much.
It's really nicely balanced.
I mean, the Bolt wasn't
unbalanced, it wasn't bad.
But this just feels better.
And even there, on that
really tight corner,
a little hint of
squeal, but nothing
like the Bolt generated.
KURT NIEBUHR: The bolt
was a little vocal.
DAN EDMUNDS: Yeah, the
transitions feel real nice.
The multi-link rear
suspension over twist beam,
I think we're feeling a
little bit of a benefit here.
KURT NIEBUHR: I'd say so
far, I feel less movement.
DAN EDMUNDS: It's almost like
this road is a smoother road
than when it was in the Bolt.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah.
DAN EDMUNDS: Oh, wow.
KURT NIEBUHR: That
was way better.
No arguing that, the Kona
electric rides better.
DAN EDMUNDS: I just
wish I could get
a little bit more lift throttle
re-gen in these corners.
It's just not quite there.
The steering in this
car feels pretty good.
When I drove it in town, I
thought, it's a little light,
it doesn't feel as distinct
on center as the Bolt.
And that's true.
But when we get up
here in these corners,
it loads up a bit nicer
than it does on the street.
I still think the
Bolt's steering feel
is a little better, but this is
better than it was in the city.
KURT NIEBUHR: So when am
I going to get to drive?
DAN EDMUNDS: Right about now.
If you listen closely,
there's that--
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah,
I think it gets
louder when you start moving.
DAN EDMUNDS: Listen to
that, that's awesome.
KURT NIEBUHR: You're
right, right away
the car feels more solid.
It isn't that the Bolt
feels the least bit flimsy.
It's just I like the
way this car feels.
I agree with you on
the steering feel.
It is a little light,
but I like the way
this feels through the corner.
And I also like the fact that it
has wider tires on it as well.
It's very noticeable.
There's not the tires
squeal that the Bolt had.
DAN EDMUNDS: It has the power.
It's just the matter of
not having as much power?
KURT NIEBUHR: No.
DAN EDMUNDS: That's not it.
KURT NIEBUHR: The power
feels more robust.
And the Bolt does not feel
like it's lacking for power.
DAN EDMUNDS: No.
KURT NIEBUHR: But the Kona makes
that power available to you.
DAN EDMUNDS: This has
about the same horsepower,
201 versus 200.
Let's call it equal.
But it makes more torque,
about 30 more pound feet
than the Bolt. So I think that's
what you're feeling coming out
of these corners.
KURT NIEBUHR: I'll
second what you said
about the interior of this car.
I feel like I'm sitting
in a more regular car.
Because the Kona Electric
is also a regular Kona,
it's the same car.
And the Bolt was built
just to be an EV.
DAN EDMUNDS: Right.
Which usually would make the
Bolt a better EV, because it's
purpose built. But
this doesn't feel
like they've made any sacrifices
to make an electric car
version.
Just look at the way the
battery is mounted underneath,
as we saw yesterday.
It's just so well
integrated into the chassis.
KURT NIEBUHR: You're
right about the re-gen.
I wish it was a little
bit more aggressive.
We have it set at the maximum.
We both seem to prefer the
way that the Bolt handles it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]

DAN EDMUNDS: Well, that was fun.
KURT NIEBUHR: That
was really fun.
DAN EDMUNDS: I mean,
why wouldn't it be?
These are compact hatchbacks
with 200 horsepower.
KURT NIEBUHR: Yeah, and we said
we wouldn't talk about range.
We're still not going
to talk about range.
Because we both have
over half a charge left.
DAN EDMUNDS: And
we're at 5,000 feet.
It's downhill most
of the way home.
Things are only
going to get better.
So let's go.
KURT NIEBUHR: Let's go.
[MUSIC PLAYING]

DAN EDMUNDS: So which of these
two EVs is the right one?
First, we have to talk pricing.
We don't know exactly what the
Kona Electric costs just yet.
But sources say the
base model's price will
come in close to that
of the base Bolt.
And we know with
certainty that the Kona
will be better equipped.
But here's another
point to consider.
Chevrolet is about
to cross the phase
out threshold for federal
tax credit eligibility.
The Bolt's $7,500 tax credit
will shrink by half to $3,750
early next year.
Then shrink again to $1,875
six months after that.
In just over a year,
it'll be down to zero.
Hyundai, on the
other hand, is just
getting started with EV sales.
The Kona electric will
qualify for the full $7,500
tax credit for years to come.
There's a lot to like
about these cars.
Both are more fun to drive
than you might expect.
They're practically
hot hatchbacks.
And you can go places
and be spontaneous,
because each offers enough range
to make them useful for more
than just commuting.
We like the Bolt for its
superior regenerative
braking and more
generous rear leg room.
But the clear winner here
is the Hyundai Kona Electric
on the strength of its
more sophisticated ride
and handling, nicer
interior, and longer list
of standard and
optional features.
The extra 20 miles of range
it offers is merely a bonus.

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2018 Chevrolet Equinox Model Review | Edmunds

Edmunds:

[MUSIC PLAYING]

SPEAKER 1: Right here we have
the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox.
It's completely
redesigned this year
and it's a huge improvement.
The big question is,
is it good enough?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
So with this 2018 redesign
for the Chevrolet Equinox,
it's kind of pushed the
dial, but not really too far.
The overall shape and some of
the style, it carries over.
But we've got nicer
headlights and this grill
that kind of echoes the Camaro.
So, a little sporty,
and a little edgy.
Now it is kind of
a big SUV shape.
Let me explain that.
Almost all SUVs have this--
this gray bar on the bottom
and it takes a lot
of the weight off
because if it was
body-colored, it'd
kind of look like a minivan
with really big wheels.
That's not really
that attractive.
Another way they shave off
some of the visual weight
is with this nice cove here
that runs all the way down
here in a curve and kind
of scoops it out there,
as well as some more
surfacing up here.
There's also a nice
chrome surround
around the windows and this
roof rack on this top trim.
In the back, the taillights
echo the headlight shapes up
front, as well as these bevels
and these run through lines,
so even though it really didn't
move the dial very far, as far
as style, it's
kind of a safe bet.
So the base engine for all
Chevy Equinoxes is a 1.5-liter
turbocharged four-cylinder.
It makes a 170 horsepower.
Not really that great.
This is the 2-liter
turbocharged four-cylinder.
It makes 252 horsepower,
and that's actually
really good in here.
Plus, it's made it to
a nine-speed automatic
transmission so you get
really good punch acceleration
off the line, but
then up top, the gears
get really tall so that
you get better fuel economy
on the highway.
Speaking of fuel economy, this
gets about 25 miles per gallon.
That's three MPG less
than the base engine,
but the real kicker is it's 5
MPG less than the Honda CR-V.
It's got a good balance
of fuel economy and power.
[MUSIC PLAYING]

So right off the
bat, there's really
nothing that's standing
out with this new Equinox.
That's not entirely a bad
thing because if there
was an issue, well, I would
definitely know about it.
The power with this
optional 2-liter engine--
it's plenty.
I've got all the
power I need to pass.
Ride quality is
smooth, but I'm still
feeling all of
the imperfections,
so it's pretty much like the
rest of the SUVs in this class.
What I am noticing though, is
a little bit more road noise
than I'm used to
hearing in the class.
Wind noise-- not so bad.
The engine doesn't sound half
bad either when you get on it.

It's got some grunt.
As far as power is concerned,
if I wanted to pass,
just lay into the throttle.
It's fairly quick to downshift.
It's got nine speeds
in the transmission,
so it kicks down fairly
quickly a few gears.
This time around, there are
a lot more advanced safety
features.
Pretty much what we expect.
One thing we have is the
frontal collision warning
in mitigation.
There's a button right
here, amongst all the cruise
control buttons, and it allows
you to adjust the sensitivity.
You don't have to go
searching through menus,
you don't have to hit five
different buttons to get there.
You have one, two,
three different levels
so that if, say you're
getting a lot of false alarms,
or you think it's
too sensitive, you
could have it fire off
a little bit later.
If you're getting a warning
from the frontal collision
or the lane departure, you
start feeling this buzzing
from the seat.
It's significantly
stronger than, let's say,
the vibrate mode on your phone.
But also, I get--
it's kind of a head up
display but not really-- it's
just some flashing lights
that shine back to alert you
that traffic is slowing down.
It's bright enough, it
gets your attention,
and if I didn't hit
the brakes, well, it
would hit the brakes for
me, fairly aggressively.
Outward visibility is OK.
I feel like nowadays,
the rear window
is getting smaller and smaller.
This one seems to
be pretty generous.
It gives you a very
good indication
of what's back there.
With this trim and
this option level,
you also get the 360-degree
surround-view camera.
Pretty much all the guess-work
is taken out for you.
As far as climate
control goes, well, it's
dual-zone automatic
climate control.
Once I set it, I
really don't have
to mess with it after that.
But I do have one gripe.
It's these vertical vents
next to the infotainment.
Visually, it frames
it up nicely,
but in practice, it's a little
prone to some cold spots.
It's chilling my arm
and my knuckles--
not ideal.
I point it away, but now
I'm not getting on me,
so I'd prefer if these were
horizontal vents that give
a little wider dispersed flow.
So yeah, that's one of those
form over function things.
It's a little bit of a
sacrifice, not a deal-breaker.
All right, so we're inside
the Equinox and design-wise,
again, it's an improvement.
It's got some nice, graceful
shapes framing everything.
Materials quality,
however, it's a little bit
below what we're used to
seeing from some of the latest
crossovers.
This, in particular,
is kind of hard plastic
and the graining almost
reminds me of a dinosaur toy
or something, like
the the dinosaur skin.
There are some soft
touch materials.
I mean, they really do
feel like vinyl or plastic,
but they are a well-shaped.
They don't bother my
elbows after a long drive.
The steering-wheel controls
are pretty much just
the regular Chevrolet
steering wheel,
which you'll see in
almost all of their cars.
And that's not such
a bad thing, either.
These covered rubber buttons,
they're easy to clean.
They're actually
fairly easy to use too.
The latest Chevy MyLink
system, it's quick to respond.
One of the best
things though, it
comes with Apple CarPlay
and Android Auto, standard.
The seats-- they're pretty good.
I'm missing a little bit of
thigh-support at the end, here.
But I can see why they did
that too, for shorter drivers,
you certainly don't want a
seat cushions that's too long.
With the Equinox,
there's plenty of room
for all your personal effects.
You have some decent-sized
cup holders, here.
You have a wireless
charging pad, as well.
And this center-bin
is really deep.
You can get a lot
of stuff down there.
And there's even a
nice little pocket
here for your cell phone.
Right here you
have two USB ports,
and an auxiliary jack,
another two in the center
bin, and yet another
two for the backseats--
USB ports for everyone.
So here I am in the backseat
of a 2018 Chevy Equinox
and it's pretty
spacious, actually.
I'm actually getting
a decent amount
of thigh-support, which is a
little rare in compact SUVs.
I have plenty of legroom.
I'm just kind of average
in height, so yeah,
that's pretty nice.
Even with this
panoramic sunroof,
my hair's just barely
brushing the headliner.
Same materials
quality back here.
Other SUVs, they'll actually
use these kind of materials
back here, but nicer materials
up front because you generally
have kids back here who are
kind of messing stuff up.
There's two more
USB ports back here
and there's also a 120-volt
household outlet down below.
You know, if you have a
laptop that you need charged
or even if you have a
game console hooked up
to an in-car entertainment
system-- that
would be pretty cool.
Another power point
here, another 12-volt,
and we have two-stage
seat heaters, here.
You can either choose both
the seat cushion the seat back
to heat, or just the seat back.
And that's only for
the outboard seats.
Right here, nice cup
holders, nice armrest,
it's the right height.

Now the center seat, it's,
as you can see, pretty flat.
And when you're sitting
in that position,
it actually feels like it's
got a little bit of a crown,
so probably more suitable
for a child's seat or very
small person.
Otherwise, yeah, I would
be totally fine back here
for a road trip.
So when it comes to
cargo with the Equinox,
it's kind of a mixed bag.
I do like that it has the
hands-free power lift gate.
Now, you noticed I kicked
it on the left side.
I had to look it
up in the manual
because I was trying
to do the swipe thing--
that wasn't working.
It has to be there, it
has to be an upward kick.
Now, cargo space.
30 cubic feet behind the second
row, 63 with them folded.
It is a decent amount, but
it's significantly less
than the Honda
CR-V. So, it really
is going to depend on how
much stuff you really have.
I do like that you have a lot
of underfloor storage here
and these seats,
like the CR-V, fold
flat without having to reach
forward or open the back doors.
So depending on what
your priorities are
and how much storage
you really need,
the Equinox might actually
hold all your stuff.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
So the bottom line for the 2018
Chevrolet Equinox is price.
It's expensive for
what you're getting.
As tested, it's $40,000.
Honestly, I mean,
that's the territory
for the starting price for
the BMW X3 and Audi Q5.
So it's practical, it's got all
the flexibility you need out
of an SUV this size, but
you do have to pay attention
to the options you're adding.
It's going to get
expensive real quick.
For more information
on the Equinox
as well as its competition, head
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2019 Chevy Blazer Walk Around Review | Jim Trenary Chevrolet

Jim Trenary Chevrolet:

What's up, everybody? We are at Jim Trenary
Chevrolet in O'Fallon, Missouri checking
out the all-new 2019 Chevy Blazer. The
five passenger Blazer's aggressive
exterior styling and design is
definitely an eye-catching trendsetter
and is the perfect addition to the Chevy
SUV family nicely filling the gap
between the Traverse and the Equinox. The
Blazer does come in three trim levels.
The base model will simply be known as
the Blazer, the sportier RS will
occupy the middle of the lineup and the
Premier shown here will be the most
luxurious, top of the line package. The
2019 Chevy Blazer will not be an
old-school body-on-frame SUV. Instead
it's built on a unibody platform that's
also used on the GMC Acadia. You get
pretty good gas mileage with the Blazer
as well with 18 mpg in the city and about 25 mpg
on the highway. You can tell the Camaro
had a huge influence on the 2019 Chevy
Blazer with the big front grille, tall
hood, skinny headlights, and automatic LED
daytime running lights. The Premier
edition shown here does have 21-inch
aluminum wheels. Let's take a look under
the hood. Now you do have two engine
options available on the Blazer. You have
the 2.5 liter 4 cylinder with 193
horsepower and you also have the ability
to upgrade to the 3.6 liter V6 with 305
horsepower. The nice thing is the 4
cylinder and the V6 both come with 9
speed automatic transmissions. The key
fob is very versatile, including remote
start, keyless entry and automatic
push-button liftgate. The 2019 blazer
also has a ton of room with 64 cubic
feet of cargo space when the second-row
seats are folded flat. Now we all know
when we have luggage and bags of
groceries and other things in the back
they tend to roll around and spill all
over the place. The Blazer comes with an
innovative cargo management rail system
and a cargo fence allowing you to keep
personal items securely in place and you
can actually use it to create blocked
off areas that will prevent shopping
bags and other things from tipping and
spilling. Once you're done unloading all
you need is one finger to simply push
the button to close the liftgate.
The ease of accessibility and convenience
make the 2019 Chevy Blazer a very
user-friendly SUV. The 2019 Blazer's
interior echoes the bold exterior and
sporty good looks and all power
everything. Including power doors, power
windows, power locks, power seats and the
tailgate assist option allows you to
open the tailgate all the way or just
three-quarters of the way to prevent the
tailgate from dinging into a garage door
or anything else when you're in a small
space. The leather-wrapped, heated
steering wheel houses all of your voice
controls, command buttons and display
controls. You do have an electronic
parking brake, front and rear camera, as
well as heated and ventilated driver and
passenger seats. I really like the
electronic locking glove box which is a
first for Chevy. It offers added storage
and security and it's big enough to fit
a small handbag. Another Camaro inspired
design is the round heating and air
conditioning vents. They provide great
air flow and directionality and they
lend a nice retro feel to the interior
of the Blazer. The 2019 is designed for
seamless connectivity and a host of
convenience features that help make the
drive much more comfortable and
convenient including the Chevy MyLink
Infotainment System. It does include an 8
inch LCD touchscreen with premium Bose
surround sound stereo, 4G LTE Wi-Fi
hotspot and a wireless charging pad. It
also comes with apple carplay and
android auto and the 2019 does come
equipped with six USB ports, a large
center console that gives you plenty of
storage and also another 12-volt power
point. The available dual pane panoramic
power sunroof is great when you're
driving on a country road with a sky
full of stars. I mean how romantic and
memorable is that? Pretty sweet, huh? The
sunglass case is a necessity in any
vehicle in my opinion and right next to
that you have your OnStar and your
memory controls for your sunroof.
There's over
three feet of headroom and legroom in
the Blazer, which is bigger than the
Equinox, but not as big as the Traverse.
Second-row heating and air conditioning
vents and heated rear seats are standard
on the Premier and the 12-volt power
jack is great whenever I have my laptop
with me and my son always makes sure his
iPad is charged. There's a handy fold
down compartment in the middle with two
cupholders as well.
The rear seats on the Blazer do slide
back and forth. One of the big benefits
of that is with the child safety latches
that you have here if you have a secure
car seat you can actually slide the seat
back and forth to get your baby closer
to you. So, a real nice feature on that as
well plus whenever you slide the seats
up it does obviously give you
additional cargo room in the back. The
back seats also recline. Let me try these
out real quick.
Oh yeah! You can recline in the back seat so if
you're going on a long road trip and
need to take yourself nap, this is the
place to do it. To
test drive the all-new Blazer or any
other vehicles we have in stock you can
visit us in O'Fallon, Union or Troy,
Missouri or go to our website JimTrenary.com.

2019 Chevrolet Traverse Review: A Roomy 3-Row Family SUV

Edmunds:

SPEAKER 1: We've
been talking a lot
about vehicles that are good for
families with young children.
The Honda Pilot comes
to mind is one that's
particularly baby friendly.
But kids grow up, and
families with teens
have different car needs.
The 2019 Chevy Traverse
promises cargo space and a more
grown up approach
to the midsize SUV.
Will it do its chores without
being reminded seven times?
Let's find out.
First, a very
important question.
Does it do a burnout?

No.
A little bit.
All right.
The Traverse does a burnout
if you start on gravel.
Today's midsize SUV as are like
minivans in flannel shirts--
they're trying to
look more macho.
The Traverse was
redesigned in 2018,
and I think Chevy
did a good job.
It's boxy, kind of
aggressive, but not boring.
I recently reviewed
the Kia Sorento,
and in the comments
on that video,
I got scolded by Kia
Sorento for saying
that the Kia wasn't sporty.
That made me realize, OK,
sportiness is subjective.
I mean, it all depends on
what you were driving before.
So OK, mid-sized SUVs are
sporty in the same way
that bowling is sporty.
And now, you can all be mad
at me for dissing bowling.
But what I mean is it's not the
same as a Miata or a Corvette.
It's specifically designed
to be a softer ride,
and to be more gentle and quiet.
To me, that's not sporty.

That said, the Traverse has
a pretty zippy 3.6 liter
V8, making 310
horsepower, and backed
by a nine speed
automatic transmission.
It has noticeably
more passing power
than most of the
crossovers I've been in.
It's good the V6 is
such a solid engine,
because there really
aren't any others
that you can choose from.
Well, that's not true.
There is the RS trim, which
comes with a turbo charged
four cylinder, and it gets a
little bit better gas mileage.
But honestly, the V6
gets 20 miles per gallon,
and that's right on par with the
rest of the SUVs in this class.

On the highway around town, the
Traverse has an excellent ride.
It's very comfortable,
it's very predictable.
And it's very quiet.
For more spirit and driving like
on this curvy mountain road,
well, it's not the car
I would choose for fun,
but I feel perfectly safe.
Like I said, this
isn't what it's for.

Safety is obviously
a major consideration
when you're buying a vehicle to
haul your whole family around
in.
This Traverse, the High Country,
has everything you'd need.
Lane change assist,
and lane keep assist,
and pedestrian warning,
emergency braking,
adaptive cruise control.
All the things, but you
can't even option them up
on the lower trim models.
And I think when a lot of
the competitors like Honda
and Toyota and Kia are
offering that stuff as standard
all the way up and
down the trim levels,
Chevy ought to get
with the program.
Stop being so stingy.

The Traverse isn't
intended to be primarily
an off road or tow vehicle,
but it's capable of both
if you option for the all
wheel drive and tow package.
The controls for that
are in this mode dial
down here by the shifter.
And you can go two wheel drive,
all wheel drive, the off road
setting, and a
tow setting, which
I think changes shift points.
The dial is a different
approach to all wheel drive
than some of the competitors in
this sort of front wheel drive
midsize segment,
because usually, they
do it as a sort of
automatic all wheel drive.
Like, it just senses
if there's wheel slip,
and moves from front wheel
drive to all wheel drive
for as long as you need it.
But Chevy has sort of giving
you more control as the driver.

We tend to talk about
the infotainment systems
in these reviews while we're
parked, which is fine if you
think ahead, and are ready.
But a lot of times,
you're on the road,
and then you're like, oh
crap, did I plug my phone in.
And I don't want to
listen to this anymore.
And it's always
interesting to see
how hard it is to
figure out these systems
while you're driving, which
I guess you're not really
supposed to be doing, but
you know that you are.
Anyhow, it's easy
to plug a phone in.
It doesn't matter which
USB you plug into.
Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
will work from either one.
And everything in the screen
is reachable and visible
while you're driving
without having to look away
from the road for very long.
The steering wheel controls
aren't quite as easy.
I don't like the adaptive
cruise control at all.
I can barely figure
out how to turn it on
and I have a hard time
knowing when it's on.
It just doesn't show
very much in the dash.
It's great that the Traverse is
so big and roomy on the inside,
but it's also very
big on the outside.
And with some pretty
substantial blind spots,
that can make
parking intimidating.
Luckily, there's some
tech that makes it easier.
There's a rear view camera,
and a 360 degree camera
so you can see everything
that surrounds you.
There's also a pretty
nifty little camera here
in the rear view.
Mirror and rear sensor
to tell you when
you're getting close to stuff.
Let's see how it works.
Going backwards in
a straight line,
not going to hit anything today.

Parked.
Success.
OK, so Traverse is great
at backing into spots.
But what about
pulling into a spot?
You know, it's got
a pretty long hood,
and I can't really
see the end of it.
I can still use the
camera, that's great.

No parking sensors in the front?
What the what?

Earlier, I said
that the Traverse
was a really good choice for
parents with teenage children.
One of the reasons I said that
is the Traverse has something
called Teen Driver,
a monitoring system
for when your kid takes the car.
It's not like valet mode,
where it limits them
to first gear or 30 miles an
hour or something like that.
I mean, you can drive normally.
But it gives a report card at
the end that you can go over
with your kid, and talk about,
Oh, what was their top speed,
and did any of the
traction aides come on.
Was there any emergency braking.
And so it can kind
of help you help
them to improve their
driving without you
having to be in the car.
Oh, it also prevents them
from turning on the radio
until their seatbelts are on.

The Traverse has a
tough guy exterior,
but inside, it's
surprisingly soft.
The steering wheel
is pretty squishy,
it has a lot of leather
trim on most of the spots
that you're going to touch.
And overall, it's
pretty luxurious.
Now bear in mind, we're
in the High Country
trim, which is the top
of the line Traverse.
So as you go down
in the trim levels,
you won't have all
of this luxury.
Traverse come standard with
a seven inch touchscreen,
and we have the optional
eight inch here.
There are plenty of storage
cubbies and a nice big console.
And so many options
for charging a phone.
From front to back, I
counted 10 different ways
that you could plug-in and
charge a phone, or a tablet,
or something similar.
And that's including USB
ports 12 volts AC adapter.
There's even a hidden charging
spot behind the screen in case
you're a spy, and you have
like, a secret burner phone
or something.
I don't know.
The point is, there
are enough spots
for everyone in the car to
charge their phones and then
some.
Noticing all the
places to charge
your phone was sort of
what made me think, man,
this would be a
really good vehicle
for somebody with teenagers.
Because you know, little kids
might use the dropdown screen
or whatever, but big kids tend
to bring their entertainment
with them.
And I just feel like Chevy
is thinking about that.
You know, they have
a lot of leg room,
and there's a lot
of charging spots.
And there's sort of
a lot of privacy.
Like, they could sit all the
way in the back and sort of feel
like they weren't stuck
right up with mom and dad.
There's plenty of room in
the front of the Traverse.
There's a lot of space between
the driver and the passenger,
and between the
driver and the door.
The seats however, are
a little bit narrow.
And there's actually
a big gap here.
And if you are broader,
you might feel a little bit
cramped.
They're also very firm.
Which is fine.
Some people like a firm seat.
Me, if I'm driving in
a big SUV, I kind of
want to feel like I'm
in a barcalounger.
So I wouldn't mind if
they were a little softer.
They are heated though,
and that makes up for it.
One thing Chevy did really
well in the Traverses
give it this bright
airy feeling.
It's really nice and light
all the way from the front
to the back of the car.
I hate it when you
get into these SUV
and it's just all
black plastic and you
feel like you're in sort of
a terrible cave of misery.
The Traverse doesn't
feel like that.
It's really bright.
Some of that might be
from the twin sunroof
on this car, which is
standard on the High Country,
but you can option it on
some of the lower levels.
Hurray for second rows
with plenty of space.
There's foot room, there's knee
room, there's plenty of room
all around you.
It's nice back here.
Especially when you option
up to the captain's chairs.
Feel pretty important.
My same complaints
about the front seats
apply to the back seats
in that they aren't plush,
they're a little bit firm.
But they're totally comfortable.
I'd be happy to sit back here.
The best thing about the second
and third rows in the Traverse
is how easy it is to get
from one to the other.
I mean, you can just walk there,
like it's a freaking airplane.
Or if you're getting
in from outside,
the passenger seat
tilts forward.
You can even do it with
a child seat in there
and it's not a problem
there's plenty of space
to get into the back row.
Take the baby out first.
I've been in second rows
that don't have as much room
as the third row
in the Traverse.
I mean, it's pretty
great back here.
Plus, it has all of the
creature comforts-- cup holders,
USB ports, a vent
for climate control.
I mean, I wouldn't want to
be the kid in the middle
here on a long road trip, but
for around town, totally fine.
With 23 cubic feet
behind the third row,
and 98 cubic feet with
it down, plus the ability
to have just part of it
down the Traverse winds
the cargo space awards
offering more room
than the Honda Pilot, Toyota
Highlander, or Ford Explorer.
Bonus points for how easy it is
to put the seats down and bring
them up again.
Bonus, bonus points for bonus
storage under the floor.

Obviously, I don't play the
cello, but maybe your kid does.
Or maybe you find and refinish
antiques on the weekend.
Whether it's for your growing
family or your outsize hobbies,
the Chevy Traverse is
big on interior space.
It's not just big, it's useful.
And isn't that the whole
point of a midsize SUV?

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How To Use Text To Talk With Siri In 2019 Chevrolet Models | Jim Trenary Chevrolet

Jim Trenary Chevrolet:

What's going on everybody? We are at Jim Trenary Chevrolet in O'Fallon, Missouri,
and we are going to show you how to
connect your Text to Talk through Siri,
so you can actually listen to your text
messages through the speakers of the
2019 models. Go ahead and check out my
other video that we did make of how to
connect your phone to Apple Carplay, and
that'll kind of let you know how to get
to this point. So, let's go ahead and
check it out. Once you do have the USB
port connected to your phone and
connected with Apple Carplay, you'll hit
your 'Messages' tab. It'll let you know the
option of 'do you want to compose a new
message' or 'listen to your message'.
Siri: 'Want to hear unheard messages, or create
a new one?'
New message.
Siri: 'Who do you want to send it to?'
Kyle Trenary.
Siri: 'What do you want to say'?
Doing a test on Apple Carplay, boss.
your message to Kyle trinary says doing
Siri: 'Your message to Kyle Trenary says 'Doing a test on Apple Carplay, boss.' Ready to send it?
Yes, please send.
Siri: 'Okay. It's sent.'
To check out this feature, or any
others at the 2019's come with, you
can visit us in Union, Troy, or O'Fallon,
Missouri, or go to our website,
JimTrenary.com.

2020 chevrolet traverse redline edition review - chevy traverse redline edition review - 5387

Chevy Dave:

- Hey, what's up everybody,
Chevy Dave here from Deien
Chevrolet, I'm gonna do a
quick walk-around on this brand
new 2020 Chevy Traverse,
Redline edition that we just got
in.
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So, let's take a look at this
2020 Chevy Traverse Redline
Edition.
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All right, so here's a look
at this 2020 Chevy Traverse,
Redline edition.
We just got this vehicle in,
2020's are starting to ship now
to the dealerships, not much
really changed on the vehicles
from the 2019 to the 2020,
they just kinda changed some of
the packages and stuff, within
the vehicle itself. Most of
the same features are still all
available on the 2020's that
were available on the 2020's.
This one is a silver ice
metallic color, so the redline
edition is basically a
premiere model with the special
redline package, where you get
the blacked out, aluminum, 20
- Inch rims, with the red
accents, the badging as you can
kinda see, is blacked out, with
the red outline as well, and
then all of the bumpers and
stuff is all blacked out as well
black bow ties, and then the
front grill is blacked out with
the black bow tie as well, so,
the Redline edition is avail-
able in silver, black, white,
and also in the iridescent
pearl white as well.
This does have a 3.6 liter V6
motor in it, gets you about 27
on the highway and around 18 in the city.
We do price our vehicles to
sell here, this is just going to
be a quick walk-around on
this vehicle, so if you're
interested, or want to learn
more, feel free to hit me up,
all my contact information is
a link in the description in
this video, so shoot me a
email or shoot me a text, and I
can either schedule a time for
you to come in and check it
out, or I can schedule a time
for you to send you some more
information, and a little
more in-depth look at this
vehicle.
This vehicle does come with
a three year, 36, bumper to
bumper warranty, along with
a five year 60,000 powertrain
warranty, and then Deien's
own lifetime powertrain
warranty, as well.
So, let's take a look at
the interior of the vehicle.
All right, so also on the
Redline edition, you do get the
blacked painted mirrors, and
then also the handles and stuff
are all painted black as
well, it does have the keyless
entry with remote start, and
then also your keyless rear
hatch release as well, it
does have a proximity lock and
unlock so you just walk, hit
this button right here, and you
can lock and unlock the vehicle,
then here's a look on the
interior, this is the jet-black
interior, and then you do
have the power windows, power
locks, you can program the
seat adjustments there, you
got your power mirrors there,
you do have a selectable height
as far as the rear lift gate
,it does have the Bose stereo
system in it, this one, we did
put the all-weather floor
mats in it, both driver and
passenger seats are power, and
heated and vented, and then
you do have the heated steering
wheel, and then here's just
kind of a quick look at the
interior of the vehicle.
All right, here's a look in
the back, you still get the
power windows back here, like
I said you do get the all-
weather floor mats, does have
the captain's chairs there,
the second row is heated and
you do have two USB ports plus
the 120 volt power outlet, and
you have the rear AC controls
, and here's a look in the third row.
Then with the Redline package
you do get the power sun roof,
and then also the second
row skylight is part of that
package as well.
All right, so something I like
to point out whenever I do a
review on a third row vehicle,
is how easy it is to get into
the third row, so, the Traverse
on the passengers side, they
make this seat move furthest
up so that they know that
whenever you pick up kids you
always pick them up on the
passenger's side, so they don't
walk out in traffic, so you
grab this handle right here,
and it slides up, and basically
you still have enough room in
there if you do need to have a
front facing car seat, but
gives you quite a bit of room to
get into that third row, and
the seats do move forward and
back as well, as far as for
positioning, so you can have
quite a bit of room in that
third row as well, even for
adults.
All right, like I said, it does
have the keyless rear hatch
release, as well, but with
the premiere models you do get
that hands-free lift gate,
so as you can see there's a
little bow tie right here,
that kinda lights up on the
floor, it projects down, so
let's you know exactly where you
need to kick, and basically if
you have your hands full you
can basically unlock it, so
you just walk up, put your foot
underneath there, it trips that
sensor, and then it opens up
the rear lift gate.
Then here's a look in the back,
it does have the all-weather
floor mats back here to protect
the back as well, then the
seats of course do fold down,
and then you do have the
compartment underneath here,
and then your spare tire is up
underneath there, and then
you do have the 12 volt outlet
over there, some tie-down
slots, as well, and then also in
the third row there is USB
ports on both sides, so you have
the option of charging, which
you know kids love to charge
their stuff, and even adults,
it's a good way to charge your
phone or something if you're on a trip.
Then, it does have the power,
just hit that button right
here, and then it'll close on its own!
All right and here's a quick
look at the interior of the
vehicle, it does have the
heated steering wheel, cruise
control, and then also your
collision alert, there.
It does also have the auto
high beams feature, so you can
set that and basically it'll
automatically turn your high
beams on and off when you're
driving, which is definitely
kinda nice.
You've got the gauges, you
got your driver's information
controls, and then your
Bluetooth controls there, it does
have the push button start
there, has the Chevy Mylink radio
system, AM/FM, and silent
radio, it does have phone and
Bluetooth capabilities, it does
have the built in navigation
so you can have navigation
actually built into it, or you
can actually use Andriod auto
or Apple CarPlay, and use
your Google maps, or whatever
mapping service you use on
your phone.
It does have the wifi hotspot
as well, it does have this
little compartment back here,
too, and then, they did get
rid of the USB port back here,
so that is gone on the 2020
models, and it does have a backup camera.
So you've got a 360 degree,
birds-eye view, plus your rear
backup camera, and then some
different camera, your camera
angles, and it also has a
front facing camera as well, so
if you need to pull up to
something close in the garage,
then you have that ability.
It also has the rear camera
mirror, rear view mirror, also
this is actually using the
camera in the back, so it's
unobstructed view as far as
behind you, if it's too much you
can always flip it down and do
the regular rear view mirror
there, but it does have the
rear view camera mirror option
as well.
Then down here you do have your
heat elemented seats, duals
on, and then you can also control
your rear climate controls
through the touch screen.
It does have the wireless
charging pad down here, you got
two USB ports, and AUX in, and
an SD card slot there, plus
you got your 12 volt outlet
there, and then over here you do
have your drive modes, and
then inside here there's no USB
ports in the center console
or anything like that.
All right, once again this
is Chevy Dave here from Deien
Chevrolet, this was just a
quick walk around on this brand
new, 2020 Chevy Traverse
Redline edition, this vehicle is
located at our dealership, we're
located about 40 miles east
of St Lewis in the Metro Easy
area, we are a small town
dealership with big deals.
If you're interested in this
vehicle, or want to know a
little bit more about it,
feel free to hit me up, all my
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