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Business Pundit (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
From the San Francisco Chronicle: (Note: Image above is not the actual truck) A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected. Island Chevrolet general sales manager James Severtson arranged for a Chevrolet Suburban SUV outfitted with massive tires costing $5,000 apiece to drive [...]
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Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
The driver a Chevrolet Suburban caused damage to five cars, including the SUV, during an incident in which an empty Cadillac collided head-on with another car.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected. Island Chevrolet general sales manager James Severtson arranged for a Chevrolet Suburban SUV outfitted with massive tires costing $...
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Obscure Store and Reading Room (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
The first attempt was a flop, though; the heavily modified Chevrolet Suburban SUV blew a hydraulic hose and leaked vital fluid, while the Honda Accord that was supposed to be crushed remained intact. (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)
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WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected. Island Chevrolet general sales manager James Severtson arranged for a Chevrolet Suburban SUV outfitted with massive tires costing $5,000 apiece to drive over a Honda Accord.
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cbs4denver.com: Water Cooler (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected. Island Chevrolet general sales manager James Severtson arranged for a Chevrolet Suburban SUV outfitted with massive tires costing $5,000 apiece to drive over a Honda Accord.
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
A Hilo Chevrolet dealer who tried to crush his Asian auto competition found the stunt a little harder to pull off than expected. Island Chevrolet general sales manager James Severtson arranged for a Chevrolet Suburban SUV outfitted with massive tires costing $5,000 apiece to drive over a Honda Accord.
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The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
Island Chevrolet’s general sales manager doesn’t like transplanted products. (Yes, I know: any car on The Big Island is an import. But you know what I mean.) So James Severtson commissioned a Chevrolet Suburban-bodied monster truck to kill, crush and destroy a Honda Accord. On the first attempt, the Hawaiian Rebel blew a hydraulic [...]
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
An SUV hit and killed a bicyclist trying to cross a highway Thursday evening in southwest Missouri. Todd G. Evans, 41, of Joplin was attempting to cross Missouri 66 about 5 miles west of Joplin when he was struck by a Chevrolet Suburban, according to a preliminary report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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Hybrid Car Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Four children in Utah were hospitalized last week after inhaling natural gas inside a Chevrolet Suburban, police reported. The incident occurred in Orem on Nov. 11 while the children's father refueled the Suburban, a gasoline-powered vehicle that he converted to run on compressed natural gas. The father had done much of the conversion work himself and the CNG fuel tank, which was improperly installed...
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Truckblog News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
GM Inside News are reporting that a source from within the General Motors Global Product board has stated the next generation Chevrolet Suburban and Cadillac Escalade sport utility vehicles will move to their updated Lambda platform' Speculation between the decision is believed to be linked to CAFE standards and to move production to "lighter unibody vehicles"' The current Lambda structure utilizes...
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eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
As announced earlier this week, GM has cancelled its CXX program which was designed to develop the next-generation models of the Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban, GMC Yukon and the Cadillac Escalade SUVs....
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poponthepop.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
The body was discovered "in the rear seat" of a white Chevrolet Suburban on Chicago's West Side Monday morning, according to the Chicago Police Department. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, according to reports. Police have identified the body of a young boy discovered in an SUV in Chicago as Jennifer Hudson's missing nephew Julian King, police Supt. Jody Weis said Monday. Immediately following...
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On The record Magazine (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Chicago police have confirmed that the body of a young boy found Monday morning in an SUV was the missing nephew of Jennifer Hudson, police Supt. Jody Weis said Monday afternoon. Authorities found 7-year-old Julian King inside of a white Chevrolet Suburban on Chicago’s West Side Monday morning. His body was on the floor in front [...]
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ExpoSay (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Jennifer Hudson's nephew was found dead in "the rear seat" of a car Monday. Julian King - the seven-year-old son of Jennifer's sister Julia - was discovered in the back of a white Chevrolet Suburban SUV (sports utility vehicle) in Chicago's West Side District early Monday morning, Superintendent Jody Weis of the Chicago Police Department confirmed.
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The smashing of cars by Mr. Severtson demonstrates more than clearly the misguided judgment of many of the U.S. car companies. Cars referred to as foreign,...
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