Record Chevrolet sales propel GM to the top of the heap.

Even without Toyota being affected by a devasting earthquake and tsunami that hammered the automaker in 2011, GM was on track to retake its position …

Auto industry receives a pleasant 8 percent sales bump.
Chrysler, General Motors and Ford enjoyed double-digit sales increases in August 2011, rising 28, 18 and 11 percent, respectively. The three traditional U.S. automakers were behind a …

Popular Chevrolet compact sedan may get a two-door sibling.

Chevrolet’s Cruze is a proven hit, one of the best-selling compact cars of our time. Introduced last fall, the Cruze has shown us that, “all is forgiven” …

Compact cars provide excellent fuel economy at an affordable price.

The hybrid vehicle market remains weak, far weaker than what some people would like to admit. You can’t blame car shoppers for bypassing hybrids in favor …

American car-buying consumers are turning to more fuel efficient cars as gas prices surge toward $4 per gallon. That’s good news for car manufacturers who are better positioned to respond to changing consumer tastes unlike …

2012 Honda Civic
Honda has a pair of battles on its hands, one involving a natural catastrophe, the other is a marketing tussle. Recovering from a devastating series of earthquakes and a tsunami are challenging enough. …

Chevrolet is celebrating its centennial anniversary this year, thus it is fitting that this all-American brand is enjoying record sales. But, it isn’t only in the American market where Chevrolet is enjoying a growing appeal: …

Consumers Union publishes Consumer Reports, the leading publication offering independent product reviews. CR tests everything from dishwasher detergent to video gadgets; almost everything you can buy is reviewed by its labs.
One of the more significant …

The Toyota Corolla is the best selling car of all time, with over 37 million units sold since this model was introduced in 1966. Along with the midsize Toyota Camry, the compact Corolla has been …

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 …

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 …

The Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado and Ram 1500 continue to pace sales for Ford, GM and Chrysler respectively, as sales of traditional full size pickup trucks have returned closer to their normal levels. Unlike the …

Buick sales have recently topped Cadillac, moving the brand into third place behind GMC and well behind Chevrolet which sells 70 percent of all GM cars in America. Buick is in the midst of an …

GM’s long-awaited compact sedan, the Chevrolet Cruze, is now in production. The automaker announced on Wednesday that assembly of the Cruze has begun, with the first models completed and on their way to dealerships across …

What is the most important Chevrolet product released over the past few years or soon to be introduced?
Some people may say the Camaro, as that vehicle put Chevrolet squarely back in the pony car game, …

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 …

General Motors has announced pricing for its all new compact model, the Chevrolet Cruze. First launched in South Korea as the Daewoo Lacetti Premiere in October 2008, the Cruze and its siblings have been gradually …

The automotive industry continues to adjust to fluctuating market conditions and changing consumer demand.  Whereas in times past fickle consumers scotched the best laid plans of the automakers, namely building quality small cars, it appears …

Like clockwork, Honda models are routinely overhauled every five years, sometimes sooner. Other manufacturers follow a similar arrangement, but Honda is one of the few who does so across its entire model line.
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The Honda …

The Holden Cruze received some very good news when the results of the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) were tallied recently. The Holden model scored 35.04 out of possible 37 points thanks to the …

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 …

Last August, when General Motors first began to really push the Chevrolet Cruze by having media specialists show up at a gathering in Lordstown, Ohio, the plant where the car will be assembled, GM indicated …

New Market For The Chevrolet Cruze
As far as good news goes, GM hasn’t been getting a lot of it lately. However, when reports of April 2009 auto sales came in for the Chinese market, that …

Credit Holden with coming up with the Cruze name, but the original Cruze wasn’t anything like the vehicle the world will be getting to know over the coming years. That first vehicle was a compact …

General Motors is in the process of a historic reorganization, one that could help the one-time global automotive leader pare excess brands while rolling out a number of new models. You probably have heard of …

Well, sort of.
General Motors announced on Tuesday that the replacement vehicle for the Chevy Cobalt will be called the Cruze, pronounced cruise. The car is expected to make its worldwide debut at this October’s Paris …