Auto Alliance Puts the Spotlight on Industry Jobs
February 3, 2012 – 9:55 am | No Comment

New JobsFromAutos.com website launches.
The auto industry’s leading trade association representing car manufacturers has launched an awareness campaign in cooperation with the Washington Auto Show. That campaign aims to demonstrate to Americans the importance automobile manufacturing …

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7 Hot Detroit Auto Trends, Part 2
January 11, 2012 – 12:05 am | One Comment
7 Hot Detroit Auto Trends, Part 2

More hot cars from Detroit!

Its takes two days of press events to show all the good stuff that is on display at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Yesterday, we featured 7 …

Buick Brand Outlook: 2012 and Beyond
September 7, 2011 – 12:09 am | One Comment
Buick Brand Outlook: 2012 and Beyond

GM’s Buick brand has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years and remain’s the automaker’s top selling brand in China. In North America, Buick sales are a fraction of Chevrolet’s, but that isn’t surprising given that …

GM Includes Auto Insurance With Car Purchases
July 8, 2011 – 7:42 am | No Comment
GM Includes Auto Insurance With Car Purchases

Pilot program covers buyers in Oregon and Washington.

DETROIT — If you buy a new GMC, Chevrolet, Buick or Cadillac vehicle in two northwestern states, you’ll receive an unexpected bonus in the form of a one-year …

Book Review — Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
June 24, 2011 – 7:12 am | No Comment
Book Review — Car Guys vs. Bean Counters

Former GM vice-chairman offers an insider’s look at a once proud industry.
Bob Lutz is one of the most colorful, if not controversial figures in the automotive industry today. Although he officially retired from General Motors …

GM Finding it Difficult to Win Back Spurned Customers
May 16, 2011 – 12:09 am | No Comment
GM Finding it Difficult to Win Back Spurned Customers

General Motors is now four brands strong with Cadillac, Buick, GMC and Chevrolet serving its customers in North America. Saturn, Hummer and Pontiac were shut down following the company’s historic bankruptcy filing and restructuring in …

2011 Toyota Avalon Specs & Overview
April 25, 2011 – 12:32 am | No Comment
2011 Toyota Avalon Specs & Overview

Toyota’s Avalon is the Japanese automaker’s response to Buick and other premium American car brands. This vehicle, slightly larger and heavier than a Toyota Camry, is rated as a full size model, and is a …

Big 3 Automakers Offered a Mixed Bag in Feb.
March 2, 2011 – 1:57 pm | No Comment
Big 3 Automakers Offered a Mixed Bag in Feb.

The General Motors Company, the Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Group, LLC were able to see much good come from respective February 2011 U.S. auto sales data, as each automaker reported double-digit gains for the …

GM Expands Light Electrification to 2012 Buick Regal
February 8, 2011 – 5:53 am | One Comment
GM Expands Light Electrification to 2012 Buick Regal

General Motors knows that its electrified Chevrolet Volt has limited reach both in terms of the number of vehicles its can produce annually and in customer demand. Even with an available $7,500 federal tax credit, …

Dated Chrysler Can Learn From Buick
January 31, 2011 – 3:52 pm | No Comment
Dated Chrysler Can Learn From Buick

Chrysler and Buick are competing brands, the former representing Chrysler’s top brand, the latter GM’s middle, but premium brand. Both brands sell four models, but Buick is the fastest growing make in America while Chrysler …

Buick Verano Makes Global Debut
January 11, 2011 – 4:10 am | One Comment
Buick Verano Makes Global Debut

General Motors is making sure all of the love its premium Buick brand received in 2010 bleeds over into 2011. Buick was the fastest growing brand last year, riding a crest of customer demand for …

GM Finishes 2010 Strong; 4 Core Brands Thrive
January 4, 2011 – 11:54 am | One Comment
GM Finishes 2010 Strong; 4 Core Brands Thrive

General Motors is once again the top retailer of passenger cars in America, seeing its sales rise by 6.3 percent over 2009. Sales for its four core brands rose by 21.3 percent with Buick …

2011 Buick Regal Specs and Overview
December 10, 2010 – 12:05 am | No Comment
2011 Buick Regal Specs and Overview

With the closure of Pontiac in 2009, the remaining Buick-GMC lineup lacked a sports sedan such as the G6 or G8 for customer consumption. That glaring omission was quickly resolved when GM decided to tap …

Year End Bargains Await Car Buying Consumers
December 6, 2010 – 10:53 am | No Comment
Year End Bargains Await Car Buying Consumers

One of the significant auto trends we’re seeing in December 2010 is the push by car manufacturers to finish the year strong. Lexus wants to hold off Mercedes and BMW as luxury segment leader, GM …

Planned: 37 MPG Buick LaCrosse
November 16, 2010 – 12:05 am | 2 Comments
Planned: 37 MPG Buick LaCrosse

The Buick Lucerne’s days as flagship for GM’s premium marque are numbered, leaving brand leadership to the Enclave crossover and LaCrosse sedan. The five-passenger LaCrosse, the larger of two medium size sedans sold as Buicks …

Buick Hotness: 2012 Regal GS
November 5, 2010 – 12:05 am | No Comment
Buick Hotness: 2012 Regal GS

Move over, Granny! Buick is finally beginning to shake off its “old folks” perception by offering a car that is sporty, fast and perhaps a heck of a better drive than anything we’ve seen from …

Loaner Cars May Boost Buick, GMC Visibility
October 12, 2010 – 12:05 am | No Comment
Loaner Cars May Boost Buick, GMC Visibility

Buick appears to be making progress in revamping its product line, casting to the side its septuagenarian image and coming across as more youthful and interesting to potential buyers. Through September 2010 sales are up …

The Chevrolet Orlando You Will Never See…
August 27, 2010 – 12:05 am | No Comment
The Chevrolet Orlando You Will Never See…

…unless you go to Europe!

Chevrolet contributes at least 70 percent of U.S. sales for General Motors. That isn’t likely to change unless buyers suddenly get a hankering for Buick and GMC or if Cadillac sales …

GM IPO Underscores Company’s Resolve
August 19, 2010 – 6:48 am | One Comment
GM IPO Underscores Company’s Resolve

Quick! What unflattering label haunting General Motors is the company trying to lose? That would be Government Motors, a term coined by some following the Obama Administration-led bankruptcy filing on June 1, 2009.
Though GM quickly …

Is GM Committing Social Media Suicide?!
July 30, 2010 – 8:33 am | One Comment
Is GM Committing Social Media Suicide?!

General Motors and the Ford Motor Company are duking it out for top social media honors.
Earlier this week, Ford introduced its 2011 Ford Explorer to the world via Facebook, side-stepping the usual very public auto …

Baby Buick? Count On It!
July 27, 2010 – 10:25 am | 2 Comments
Baby Buick? Count On It!

This September, the all-new Chevrolet Cruze will begin to show up at Chevrolet dealerships across the United States and Canada. Since the car was first rolled out nearly two years ago in a number of …

Flex Fueled: The Current Crop
July 12, 2010 – 8:40 am | One Comment
Flex Fueled: The Current Crop

E85 capable vehicles available today.
There is a segment of American drivers who are interested in buying a car capable of running on a strong blend of ethanol and straight gasoline. For them, utilizing a home …

Opel Astra: Brother To The Chevy Cruze
May 13, 2009 – 4:38 pm | 6 Comments
Opel Astra: Brother To The Chevy Cruze

You almost need to have a scorecard handy in order to track all of the different variations of the Chevy Cruze on the market.
More Variations On The Cruze Theme
The Daewoo Lacetti Premiere was the first …

Is Pontiac Excitement Dead?
April 27, 2009 – 3:17 am | 3 Comments
Is Pontiac Excitement Dead?

Word that General Motors is about to announce the complete shut down of the Pontiac brand instead of paring it back is disappointing news to say the least.  Given that GM is in precarious financial …

Separating The Good GM From The Bad
April 15, 2009 – 3:15 am | 2 Comments
Separating The Good GM From The Bad

Inasmuch there are some people who would like to see General Motors survive as currently arranged, the likelihood that the company will be restructured through bankruptcy court has never been greater. Indeed, the Obama administration …

Buick Musings, And Then There Was The Excelle
October 7, 2008 – 3:00 am | 3 Comments
Buick Musings, And Then There Was The Excelle

My grandmother regularly purchased and drove new Buick automobiles even though she certainly could have afforded a Cadillac if she so chose. To her, a Buick had enough luxury in it without flaunting personal wealth, …

2009 Hyundai Azera – Where Luxury Meets Affordability
September 22, 2008 – 3:05 am | 4 Comments
2009 Hyundai Azera – Where Luxury Meets Affordability

Just for the record, the Hyundai Azera is not a luxury car. That’s okay with most buyers as the Azera offers many of the luxury appointments of a car in a class above Hyundai, while …

General Motors Celebrates Its Centennial Anniversary
September 19, 2008 – 3:03 am | 2 Comments
General Motors Celebrates Its Centennial Anniversary

General Motors, one of the largest and oldest automakers in the world, celebrated its centennial anniversary on September 16, 2008.
The company was founded by William Durant, the owner of the then five year old Buick …

Separating Fact From Fiction With GM
September 8, 2008 – 3:03 am | 6 Comments
Separating Fact From Fiction With GM

GM has been pushing a major publicity campaign this year in part to keep people informed about where the company is heading, what new products are being planned, and how the company is doing. GM’s …

Should General Motors Close Out Additional Brands?
July 8, 2008 – 3:01 am | One Comment
Should General Motors Close Out Additional Brands?

General Motors is hemorrhaging cash and losing market share in the face of a stiff economic downturn and because of a fleet top heavy with trucks, SUVs, and large cars. The company has several bright …

Tracking The Trends, One Trend At A Time
May 26, 2008 – 6:07 am | One Comment

The world of autodom is frequently changing, one only needs to lift a finger in the air to sense which direction the winds are blowing. When gas prices surge, the talk is switching to electric …