Hyundai Gains Edge With Hybrid Battery Replacement Coverage
February 6, 2012 – 1:40 pm | No Comment

Korean automaker finds yet another way to trump its competitors.
What would keep you from buying a hybrid model? Besides price, one of the most significant concerns for potential buyers are each model’s battery packs. Those …

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Has Lincoln Canceled Its Compact Car Plans?
November 1, 2011 – 10:03 am | No Comment
Has Lincoln Canceled Its Compact Car Plans?

Ford shuffles the Lincoln deck again.

The Ford Motor Company appears hesitant about bringing its own compact luxury car to the market. The automaker is intent on remaking Lincoln, its luxury brand, by offering fresh products …

How Cadillac’s Contraction Will Strengthen the Brand
September 5, 2011 – 7:33 am | No Comment
How Cadillac’s Contraction Will Strengthen the Brand

Cadillac has discontinued production of not one, but two of its models this year. That isn’t big news in and of itself, but it is certainly newsworthy when those models are not being replaced. At …

Weekly Drive: 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV AWD Platinum
August 26, 2011 – 10:56 am | No Comment
Weekly Drive: 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV AWD Platinum

Top of the range SUV offers no compromise on room or with luxury.
What do you do when the vehicle that pulls into your driveway for your weekly drive is a stretch Escalade? You drive it, …

Midsummer Newsbreak Showcases GM Product Changes
August 5, 2011 – 6:01 am | No Comment
Midsummer Newsbreak Showcases GM Product Changes

Mark Reuss unveils the Cadillac ATS.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Meaty car news is hard to come by in the summer months, as June, July and August typically are the slowest periods in the automotive news …

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’s Akerson Rips Lincoln Comeback
June 9, 2011 – 7:52 am | One Comment
GM’s Akerson Rips Lincoln Comeback

GM CEO Dan Akerson is beginning to sound like Bob Lutz. Maybe not so much in bluster, but with every bit of Lutz’s candor.
Speaking to “The Detroit News” earlier this week, Akerson said this about …

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 …

Cadillac Names, Styles and the Competition
March 15, 2011 – 6:44 am | No Comment
Cadillac Names, Styles and the Competition

By Harrison Card

Cadillac continues its attempt to become more European-like with its upcoming compact sedan, the ATS. As with Lincoln, Cadillac gave up naming its cars a few years ago and instead decided to use …

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 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 Cadillac SRX Specs and Overview
December 20, 2010 – 12:05 am | No Comment
2011 Cadillac SRX Specs and Overview

The Cadillac SRX is a five passenger medium sized crossover sport utility vehicle now in its second generation of life.
That first generation model was underpinned by the chassis powering the CTS sedan, offered an optional …

Poached: Ford Snags Cadillac Star For Lincoln
December 2, 2010 – 5:15 am | One Comment
Poached: Ford Snags Cadillac Star For Lincoln

It has been said, “turnabout is fair play,” which means that if you cause someone to suffer then your comeuppance is fair. That is nowhere near the “turn the other cheek” commandment espoused by Jesus …

GM Announces Compact Cadillac Plans
October 28, 2010 – 12:58 pm | No Comment
GM Announces Compact Cadillac Plans

As expected, GM will be building a compact Cadillac sedan to slot below its midsize CTS line. Called the “ATS,” this model will be similar in size to the compact BLS that is sold in …

Cadillac Cavalcade: Mission Set
September 27, 2010 – 5:59 am | No Comment
Cadillac Cavalcade: Mission Set

Just after the midterm elections General Motors will be ramping up its communications machine in a bid to advance its Initial Public Offering (IPO), a move which will gradually remake the automaker into a private …

Ford Talks Lincoln, Slows Product Releases
September 10, 2010 – 3:18 pm | One Comment
Ford Talks Lincoln, Slows Product Releases

Blue Oval continues to refine its business model.
Of the three Detroit automakers, the Ford Motor Company is the healthiest, has the newest products, is showing the biggest increase in market share and is enjoying the …

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 …

Rear Drive Big Caddy? Bring It On!
June 14, 2010 – 3:02 pm | One Comment
Rear Drive Big Caddy? Bring It On!

Whenever you hear buzz about this model change or that new engine or transmission, it is easy to dismiss such talk out of hand as rumors. After all, so many concept models never head to …

The Second Generation Cadillac CTS: Impressive
September 4, 2009 – 12:05 am | 2 Comments
The Second Generation Cadillac CTS: Impressive

The following review of the 2008 Cadillac CTS sedan appeared elsewhere in early 2008. Since then, prices and some package offerings have changed in addition to the introduction of a wagon model.
American luxury cars have …

Full Sized Rear Wheel Drive Caddy Planned
July 21, 2009 – 3:51 am | 2 Comments
Full Sized Rear Wheel Drive Caddy Planned

If General Motors is to succeed for the long haul, it will have to make certain that it builds the kinds of cars that customers want as well as vehicles that meet stringent federal fuel …

GM Set To Whack Certain Models
May 11, 2009 – 6:19 am | 2 Comments
GM Set To Whack Certain Models

Never mind that Pontiac is a goner and that Saab, Saturn and Hummer will actually precede Pontiac as brands that have left the GM fold or are closed down.  GM will be getting rid of …

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 …

GM Whacks High Performance Division
February 19, 2009 – 12:56 pm | 14 Comments
GM Whacks High Performance Division

One of the best ways to sell cars, at least in the eyes of those who make them, is to offer select high performance models. Not many of these vehicles are sold, but they happen …

Cadillac Whacks XLR In Favor Of CTS Coupe
January 30, 2009 – 3:00 am | One Comment
Cadillac Whacks XLR In Favor Of CTS Coupe

Raising Cadillac’s Visibility One Roadster At A Time
It hasn’t been much of a seller for Cadillac, but the XLR roadster has done something few other Cadillac models have done in recent years: raised the brand’s …

The Latest In A Series Of Presidential Limos
January 19, 2009 – 9:32 am | 2 Comments
The Latest In A Series Of Presidential Limos

When Barack Obama and his family head off to his inauguration as the 44th president of these United States, they’ll ride in Cadillac style just as so many of the presidents did before them.
A …

Mercedes, BMW Tie The Knot
October 30, 2008 – 3:05 am | 6 Comments
Mercedes, BMW Tie The Knot

A Little Bit Of Autobahn Collaboration!

Okay, the title of this article is a bit of an exaggeration – Germany’s two biggest luxury automakers are not merging operations. Instead, Daimler AG and Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) …

Cadillac CTS-V Goes On Sale On November 1st
October 23, 2008 – 3:02 am | 8 Comments
Cadillac CTS-V Goes On Sale On November 1st

The Fastest Cadillac Ever

Arriving November 2009

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The long awaited second edition of the fastest Cadillac ever — the CTS-V — will be making its debut in less than ten days from now. This all-new …

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 …

GM Rolls Out The Cadillac CTS Wagon
August 18, 2008 – 3:01 am | 14 Comments
GM Rolls Out The Cadillac CTS Wagon

Cadillac’s popular CTS model line will be tripling in size next year with the introduction of two all-new models: a sport wagon and a coupe. The CTS wagon will roll out in the Spring; the …

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 …