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Start the new year with a new career! Phillips Chevrolet is interviewing and hiring in multiple departments and multiple locations to add to our award-winning team. Available permanent positions include Sales Associate at our Bradley location, Service Advisor and Quick Lube Technician in the Service Department at our Frankfort location, and Payroll Specialist in our Frankfort Office. And there are plenty of opportunities for advancement as several members of our management team started out in the lowest entry level positions and rose in the ranks to head entire departments....

Used car comparison shopping site iSeeCars.com recently published their top-selling pre-owned cars for 2023, and we are pleased to report that the Chevy Silverado and Chevy Equinox landed in the top three! Sales of used Silverados accounted for 2.6% of all 2023 used vehicle sales, while the Equinox captured 2.1% of overall sales. When it comes to crossovers and SUVs, the Equinox easily led with 4.8% of all used crossover and SUV sales, a whole percentage point over the next best-selling model. The Equinox was an especially popular choice here in Illinois where it led all…

After a hugely successful relaunch for the 2023 model year, the Chevy Colorado will get even better in 2024! A Sport Bar package (shown above) will be introduced as an option for Trail Boss, Z71, and ZR2 trim levels, providing a sportier look and extra illumination for twilight off-road treks. This package includes a bed-mounted sport bar, 40-inch off road roof light bar, Power distribution box, and accessory switch kit. A larger driver information center screen, currently available only in the ZR2 trim level will become standard on all trim levels. An off-road ZR2 Bison Edition is ........

The all-new redesigned 2024 Chevy Trax keeps turning compact crossover skeptics into believers, with automotive blog The Car Connection as the latest convert. In fact, they were so impressed by the new Trax they named it their Best Economy Car To Buy for 2024. Their team was impressed by the sporty new exterior of the Trax, as well as the comfortable well-appointed cabin. The Trax also earned praise for offering a well-appointed cabin full of useful tech and advanced safety features, all available at the starting price of $21,495. “Resetting standards and recalibrating expectations....

2024 is here and it looks like it will be another great year for Chevrolet! There are a lot of amazing new vehicles headed to our showroom this year, starting with the all-new redesigned 2024 Chevy Traverse which should be arriving in the next few months. We are also expecting the arrival of the Equinox EV and Silverado EV in the first quarter of 2024. We can look forward to a high-performance Spring as the top of the line 2025 Corvette ZR1 is expected to debut, along with the range topping Blazer EV SS trim level.....

Gear Junkie, a blog dedicated to camping, fishing, and other outdoor adventures, has just announced the winners of their 2023 Adventure Vehicle of the Year awards, and we are pleased to report that the Chevy Colorado was the winner in the truck category. Specifically, the ZR2 trim level on the Colorado won their team over with great performance on and off road. “I’m a big fan of this truck and think it’s quite the value at around $50,000. While not inexpensive, this truck is playful on and off road. It also provides all the creature comforts you…

2023 was filled with ups and downs, none more so than for the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV. Chevrolet’s EV siblings had been slated to be discontinued after the 2023 model year, but outcry from fans convinced GM to uncancel the Bolt which will return better than ever for 2025. Impressive sales numbers also helped make the case for the Bolt’s popularity with nearly 50,000 Bolts sold by the end of Q3 this year. That makes the Bolt nameplate the top selling non-Tesla EV in the US, a title it reclaimed from the previous leader, the Mustang…

After an award-winning redesign for the 2024 model year, it’s tough to think of ways that the all-new redesigned 2024 Chevy Trax could improve even more for 2025. But the engineers at GM have done it with the introduction of a flex fuel capable engine standard on all trim levels of the 2025 Trax. Flex fuel, also known as E85, combines a higher amount of ethanol with gasoline than regular gas for a cleaner burning fuel with less dependence on foreign oil since ethanol is derived from the corn we grow right here in the Midwest.......

As 2023 comes to a close, we can look back and see that it was another great year for Phillips Chevrolet! This year we earned General Motors’ Dealer of the Year Award the 18th consecutive year, recognizing our achievements in sales......

(Left to right: Leslie Horne , Phillips Chevrolet Executive Assistant; Steven Muransky, Frankfort Township Food Pantry Director; Amy Riley, Phillips Chevrolet Digital Marketing Manager)

We’ve got the holiday spirit of giving here at Phillips Chevrolet  where today we presented checks for $2,500 to local food pantries in the communities we serve. Checks were presented to representatives from the Frankfort Township Food Pantry, Lansing Community Food Pantry, and Kankakee County Community Services. These funds will be used to advance their missions of helping local families....