GMC concept fades into oblivion.
At the 2012 Detroit auto show, a compact multi-purpose vehicle was rolled out, a 5-passenger crossover that went by the name of GMC Granite. That model wowed the press corps and …

New 3-Series fighter screams: game on!

The General Motors Company is aiming to make Cadillac a world-class luxury marque, by offering to consumers alternatives to cars produced by its European and Asian rivals. Currently, its best …

12.78 million sales & 10.3 percent increase.
Updated: 11:17 a.m.; January 5, 2012
December 2011 auto sales figures are in, enabling us to gauge the month and year just ended. As expected, the news is generally good …

Is it a truck or is it an SUV? That is the question many people asked when the Chevrolet Avalanche made its debut nearly a decade ago, a vehicle that blends the best of both …

By Harrison Card
Premium model is Buick’ smallest sedan.
Buick, like every other classic American brand, used to pride itself on the luxury of hugeness. Times have changed and Buick sees the need to offer more small …

Car buyers no longer need to fear being under water with their car loans.

Ally Financial, formerly GMAC and the sole financing arm for General Motors, has launched a new car loan program that is sure …

Compact sedan goes on sale by year end.

General Motors is gambling that entry-level luxury car buyers will consider its Buick Verano sedan when it goes on sale toward the end of 2011. This vehicle, underpinned …

The sky is the limit for this genteel motorcar.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – General Motors describes it as an “elegant, open-air grand-touring car inspired by the natural beauty of the California coast.” That’s what the marketing …

Voltec technology comes to GM’s luxury brand.

DETROIT – From concept car to reality describes what the General Motors Company has done with its Cadillac Converj coupe. This vehicle, a concept car at recent auto shows, …

Chinese brands aims to reach first time car buyers.
SHANGHAI – General Motors, the company that cast off four brands in 2009, has added a new brand to it stable, a horse of a different stature. …

Automotive stocks hammered in broad sell off.
The debt crisis is over. Then again it has only just begun. Following Congress’ agreement last week to forge a solution to the debt problems besetting America and President …

“Auto Trends Magazine” has started a new “brand outlook” feature, to give our readers an overview of what some of the top automotive makes have planned for the coming years. We’ll always look at the …

Our time at Plug-In 2011 Conference and Exposition was much too short, although spending 10 hours on Monday at the Raleigh Convention Center and another 14 hours on Tuesday meant that we got to meet …

Chevy Volt program seeks to enhance energy efficiency.
RALEIGH, N.C. – General Motors and OnStar will launch the first real-world pilot of smart grid solutions for electric vehicles this year, paving the way for utilities to …

LinkedIn responders weigh in.
Last week, we reported about an unusual General Motors promotion that offers free car insurance for one-year for buyers of new GM vehicles (see GM Includes Auto Insurance With Car Purchases). This …

Hot Holden model dons a Chevrolet dress.

At first glance, the Chevrolet Caprice PPV looks a lot like the Impala, particularly from the rear. When dressed in its unadorned detective verson, the Caprice resembles the Pontiac …

Nissan faces stiff head winds as it seeks more customers.

Nissan USA has ambitious growth plans for the American market, as it seeks to increase its market share from 8 to 10 percent as reported by …

GM reports June 2001 sales; Chevy Cruze paces its car portfolio.
DETROIT — General Motors reported an 11 percent sales increase last month over June 2011, below the 17 percent year over year increase for the …

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 …

Press releases from the auto manufacturers always paint a positive spin on whatever news is being conveyed. That’s a given – your internal media organ has to advance the brand by raising awareness with customers …

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 …

A desire for broader market availability prompts plant overhaul.
DETROIT — The General Motors Company is shutting down the factory that produces the Chevrolet Volt, but the Detroit-Hamtramck facility will be offline for only four weeks …

When it comes to auto trends, monthly sales are a huge determinant in just how well any car manufacturer is performing. In recent years, Subaru, Hyundai and Kia have consistently seen its sales rise even …

By Harrison Card
Every May, for the past 100 years, 33 cars compete in the world’s most prestigious race, the Indianapolis 500. In 2012, Chevrolet will once again compete, as founder Louis Chevrolet did several …

Electric Motor Plant
General Motors, in cooperation with Constellation Energy, broke ground on Tuesday for a new electric motor plant at GM Baltimore Operations located in White Marsh, Md. On hand at the ceremony were officials …

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 …

Save money on your new car purchase thanks to fresh incentives.

If you’ve been shopping for a new car over the past month or so, you may have been disappointed to find that some of the …

As part of its historic summer 2009 bankruptcy filing and restructuring, General Motors’ shareholders found that their shares were worthless, hundreds of GM car dealerships were forced to close shop, and the automaker shut down …

GM will be holding a press conference at its Toledo Transmission Facility at 1:30 p.m. today, with Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announcing changes slated for Toledo only. A UAW official, Ohio’s governor John Kasich …

Officials in Bowling Green, Ky., are breathing a sigh of relief following General Motors’ announcement to invest $131 million as part of an upgrade of the factory where it builds its iconic Chevrolet Corvette sports …

The cut off date for recording April 2011 auto sales was May 2, 2011, and the news coming in today from most car manufacturers has been positive. As expected, sales rose for the month despite …

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has its eyes on 15-passenger vans, particularly those models built by General Motors and the Ford Motor Company. A pair of fatal crashes in New York and in Georgia …

Exotic car maker Spyker may be regretting its purchase of Saab, the Swedish automaker and one time wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors. The Dutch automaker has been seeing its stock drop after Saab reported …

General Motors has been updating most of its product line on time, but when it comes to its full size models, not so much. You can partly credit decreased customer demand for larger vehicles as …

By Jason Lancaster
In 2010, Ford Motor Company managed to trim away or consolidate 3.6 percent or 163 of its Lincoln and Ford dealers. Yet despite these closures, Ford and Lincoln enjoyed a 19 percent annual …

On Monday evening, eastern time, General Motors unveiled the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu at an auto show in Shanghai, China. This model will go on sale in early 2012, replacing the current generation Malibu and will …