Thanks once again to the Chinese Government, we have pictures of a new General Motors product before its formal debut. The victim this time is the facelifted Cadillac XTS. Confirmed over a year ago, Cadillac as been working hard on a facelift for its large-FWD sedan. Probably launching in China before North America, the facelift adds some CT6 elements in… Read More...
Around a decade after the first generation replaced the Bravada, Buick has finally graced us with an all new Enclave. Buick is hoping to match the current full-size CUV's sales with the brand's newest styling and technology. The Enclave will be the first Buick in North America to offer the Avenir sub-brand, much like Denali at GMC. The Enclave Avenir… Read More...
Soon, local Australian automobile manufacturing will be but a memory. Ford closed its local production down this year and Toyota and General Motors' Holden follows next year. Unlike Ford's Falcon though, Holden is not interested in killing off the Commodore nameplate. Its solution: rebadge the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia and ship it in from Europe. This might be slightly confusing for Australians… Read More...
Well, this is confusing. In September, if you remember, SAIC-GM registered a Buick Velite with the Chinese government showing off all angles of the car. That was merely a rebadge of the Chevy Volt. However, this does not seem to be the end of the story. Today, Buick released a teaser for the Velite Concept...and it looks nothing like the… Read More...
The sub-compact MPV is dead! Long live the sub-compact crossover! Sub-compact MPVs are on the way out in Europe. The Renault Modus was replaced by the Captur. The Nissan Note is being killed off. The Peugeot 3008 was replaced by a crossover. The Ford B-Max is going to be replaced by an unnamed crossover. The list goes on... Now its… Read More...
“We make news every year with Corvette,” asserted Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter. Well, this year the news is the launch of the coveted Grand Sport variant of Chevrolet’s flagship. Combine elements of the top-dog Z06 with the base Stingray’s naturally-aspirated engine, throw in some unique visuals, and you have the track-ready 2017 Grand Sport. The Grand Sport’s heritage is… Read More...
General Motors Co announced on Friday that it will be adding 700 engineering positions to its operations in the province of Ontario as it increases spending on research and development. The Ontario government and GM Canada president Stephen Carlisle have been actively promoting the province as a technology center for the development of self-driving and connected cars. Ontario is the… Read More...
As part of a new sales and marketing campaign which intensifies the pickup truck battle between GM and Ford, Chevrolet has introduced a series of new videos that claim that the roll-formed steel beds in the Silverado are more durable than the aluminum beds in the F-150. Chevrolet is debuting the ads today as part of an advertising offensive that… Read More...
Automotive News reports that General Motors issued a message to dealers on Wednesday, outlining June promotions for its Chevrolet brand. GM has seen its market share erode in the first five months of the year, falling to 15.7 percent in May to narrowly eclipse Ford at 15.3 percent. Its Chevrolet brand dropped 1.7 points to 11 percent for the month,… Read More...
Sales of cars and light duty trucks slipped in May as a result of decreased retail demand and a selling period that was two days shorter than the same period a year ago. The results reflect concerns expressed by analysts and dealers that market growth is cooling despite low interest rates, inexpensive gasoline, sales incentives and increased deliveries to fleet… Read More...
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