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. …

“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 …

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 …

Southern California show announces early list of debuts.
LOS ANGELES – It may be called the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, but this annual event looks forward by months and years and has the advantage of …

Korean models set the pace again.
Automakers doing business in the United States have tabulated sales for July 2011, with reporting data through August 1 included.
U.S. auto sales for July 2011 returned mostly flat although Hyundai, …

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 …

Study bodes poorly for America’s automakers.

Automakers love loyal buyers, people who stay with its brand as they trade in or trade up. These customers ensure that a steady stream of buyers return to dealer showrooms …

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 …

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 …

June sales recover, but still fall short of expectations.
Auto sales rose by 7 percent for June 2011, recovering from May’s decline, but still fell short of predictions. As expected, Toyota and Honda continued to feel …

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 …

Policy group rebuts Cars.com survey.

WASHINGTON — The Toyota Camry doesn’t represent the “most American” car on the market as claimed by Cars.com. That’s the contention of the American Automotive Policy Council, a group representing Chrysler, …

What constitutes an American made vehicle?
The definition of “made in USA” has changed in recent years, particularly when it pertains to the U.S. auto industry. The Cadillac SRX is made in Mexico, the Chrysler Town …

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 …

Sonic replaces the Aveo as the entry level Chevrolet.

General Motors has announced pricing for the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, a subcompact car that will go into production this fall. Priced from $14,495, the Sonic replaces the …

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 …

First deliveries expected late summer.
DETROIT — Initially limited to seven markets, the plug-in hybrid electric Chevrolet Volt will soon be offered in all 50 states, from the North Slope of Alaska to the teeming barrio …

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 …

Chrysler Outsells Toyota and Honda.

RALEIGH, N.C. — As expected, May 2011 auto sales decreased for the month, reflecting ongoing supply problems in Japan following a devasting March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Toyota sales fell by …

Detroit — The Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company have been enjoying increased sales this year, but that isn’t stopping both automakers from suggesting that additional U.S. manufacturing plants may soon be closed. Both …

By Harrison Card
Engine swap book for performance enthusiasts.
The essential American performance engine title has changed hands a very few amount of times over the last 80 years. Without question, the Ford V-8 engine, also known …

Chrysler’s decision to produce a small pickup truck will force Ford, GM and others to follow suit.
Slumping Sales
Sales of small pickup trucks have been falling steadily over the past decade despite higher fuel prices and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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: …

Chevrolet is celebrating its centennial this year and with it we’ll be following a number of events marking this auspicious occasion. The company founded by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant in 1911 was acquired …

The Chevrolet Impala is an aged five passenger front-wheel-drive sedan, reintroduced in late 1999 as a 2000 model. Based on the same W-platform that underpinned the previous generation Buick LaCrosse, the Impala is nonetheless a …

Chevrolet’s subcompact car offering is the Chevy Aveo, produced by GM Daewoo, the automaker’s Korean subsidiary. But, there are some name updates in the works including changing the company’s name to GM Korea and the …