Results tagged “chevrolet”

One of the "exclusives" at this weekend's Chicago Auto Show was Chevy's unveiling of the new set of cars that will be featured in the upcoming summer blockbuster Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. Included are the new models of Bumblebee, Volt, and Sideswipe.

In one of the more mind-bending announcements to come out of City Hall as of late (which is saying something), the City of Chicago has signed a $59.2 million deal with Advantage Chevrolet to provide the Chicago Police Department with 2,000 SUVs over the next three years. All this could possibly mean that by 2011, squad cars would be replaced by Chevy Tahoes, which is a car that CPD Superintendent Jody Weis likes. What gets us is this Sun-Times article, which focuses on the fact that the City went to a suburban dealership instead of a city dealership. Hugh Clark, vice president of special accounts for Advantage Chevrolet "acknowledged the city would have preferred to award the lucrative contract to a Chicago dealership at a time when dealerships across the city are struggling to stay in business."