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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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 …

Saturn Offers Renault A Way To The USA
August 3, 2009 – 12:05 am | One Comment
Saturn Offers Renault A Way To The USA

The Penske Group hasn’t acquired the Saturn brand from General Motors yet, but as soon as the proposed sale was confirmed in June, speculation on the direction that Saturn might go has been rampant.
Some viewed …

Saturn Sale Takes Burden Off Of Chevrolet
June 8, 2009 – 2:22 pm | 2 Comments
Saturn Sale Takes Burden Off Of Chevrolet

For the past twenty-five years, Chevrolet dealers have had to endure what some felt was an untenable position — one where General Motors created the Saturn brand to compete against Toyota and Honda for small …

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 …

No Easy Resolution For GM Brand Restructuring
February 3, 2009 – 3:45 am | 5 Comments
No Easy Resolution For GM Brand Restructuring

Just weeks from now, General Motors will have to present its recovery plan to the U.S. government as part of keeping its side of the deal when the feds went ahead and loaned the automaker …

Saturn, GM’s Niche Brand, Appears Doomed
December 17, 2008 – 3:00 am | 2 Comments
Saturn, GM’s Niche Brand, Appears Doomed

As far as automotive brands goes, Saturn is truly unique among them all.
Started in 1985 as an idea hatched by General Motors’ management, the first cars hit the market five years later to consumer applause. …

Will Opel’s Minivan Be Made Available For Saturn?
September 30, 2008 – 3:05 am | 4 Comments
Will Opel’s Minivan Be Made Available For Saturn?

Opel and Saturn: An Unlikely Pair
Automotive enthusiasts familiar with the Saturn brand of vehicles can get a strong hint where the nameplate is going by keeping their eyes on German automaker Opel. Opel is General …

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 …