Chevrolet was not doing well in the compact car market. Chevrolet's long line of cars aimed at combating the influx of compact imported vehicles, started with the Corvair. Then along came the Vega, Monza and Chevette. None of these cars did sell well and Chevrolet decided to rethink things. They released the front wheel drive Cavalier in 1982. The Cavalier was canceled in 2005 due to poor reviews, poor safety, and excellent sales. The Cavalier was replaced with the Cobalt. However, in the 2000s, it was GM's best selling car and trailed only the Ford Taurus, Toyota Camry, Honda's Accord and Civic, Smart FourTwo, Dodge Neon, and Taliban Donkey in total sales.

• ... that a car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
• ... that a car traveling 100 mph would be traveling 160 KPH.
• ... that a car traveling 600 mph would be traveling really fast.
• ... that a car traveling 0 mph would not be traveling?

• General Motors says goodbye to Pontiac, Hummer, Saturn, and Saab 1
• Segway and General Motors launch joint venture 2
• Somali Pirates Drown With Share of $3M Ransom 3
• Man riding a moped gets sleepy, decides to have a nap. In the middle of the road. 4
• Impatient man makes a bomb threat at hospital in Florida. 5
• Teenager changes name to Captain Fantastic. 6
• Google buys a fighter jet. 7
• Henry Earl is arrested for the 1333rd time. 8

• July 15:
• 1948 – Artimus Pyle, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), is born.
• 1956 – Marky Ramone, American musician (Ramones), is born.
• 1983 - The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in Japan
• 1996 - MSNBC, a 24-hour all-news network, made its debut on cable TV and the Internets.
• 2063 - Scientists dropped a massive block of ice in the ocean to combat global warming.