Chevy Beat: Nice looking microcar The Chevy Beat is one of those concepts that might have a shot at niche market. A 1.2 leter engine is hooked to an automatic transmission. If that sounds familiar, you’re right. The now defunct Chevy Metro had a 1.0 liter engine in the three cyclinder model, and a full [...]

Photo finish: GM still No. 1 Carmaker sold only about 3,000 more vehicles worldwide than Toyota in 2007. Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News General Motors Corp., after 76 years as the undisputed leader of global auto sales, finished 2007 with a razor-thin lead over Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp. The Detroit automaker said Wednesday [...]