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GM Reportedly Setting Up Supply Chains for New Flagship Model
With less than a month until the launch of the slightly-underwhelming front-wheel drive Cadillac XTS, reports have surfaced that GM is actually working on a rear-wheel drive platform called ‘Omega’, which will be used to underpin a future flagship model - a luxury car, something Cadillac should be very go... Continue Reading →
BMW, GM and Ford Allegedly Promote Illegal Logging and Slavery in Brazil
We’ve honestly suspected stuff like this all along, and we still do. Manufacturers preach about how green they want to be and how efficient their cars are, but who really stops and asks where the raw materials for their products come from (very little comes from a manufacturer’s domestic market). Accor... Continue Reading →
GM Pulling Out of 2013 Super Bowl
It looks like General Motors is streamlining its marketing and advertising costs where it sees excess. However, the next piece of news is a bit unexpected! After last week we told you that The General was pulling out of its $10 million ad campaign on Facebook, the automotive conglomerate is now pulling out of yet ... Continue Reading →
Holden Commodore Expected to Come to the US as Chevrolet SS
Various media reports from Australia indicate that Holden is preparing to export the Commodore sedan, which uses the VF codename (we are talkign about the next generation of the car), to the US, with the vehicle set to become the Chevrolet SS. Holden is expected to introduce the new generation of the Commodore by ... Continue Reading →
▶ Facebook Fans Rewarded by Fiat with Giveaway Competition [Video]
Despite Facebook being considered useless by GM in its promotional campaigns, some manufacturers still think it’s a valuable tool for their marketing gurus to attract all the right sort of attention for their brand. With the occasion of getting 500,000 Facebook fans, Fiat are organizing a competition in whic... Continue Reading →
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Swedish Union Send Letter to President Obama to Save Saab
Saab may not be dead just yet. Despite filing for bankruptcy in December, due to GM’s refusal to allow permission for their sale to a new owner, fearing that GM tech may end up in competitors’ hands. Recently, a Swedish union called IF Metall have sent a letter to US president Barack Obama in which th... Continue Reading →
GM To Give Up Facebook Advertising Due to Poor Results
General Motors has withdrawn $10 (€7.8) million in ads from Facebook due to the fact they just don’t get the job done, according to The Wall Street Journal. GM officials discovered that paid ads on the social networking site had next-to-no impact on consumers’ automotive purchase decisions. This m... Continue Reading →
GM to Start Building Chevrolet Cruze in Europe
With Opel’s disastrous start to the year, counting losses of over€250 million in the first quarter, GM execs are pondering the idea of moving some of their Chevrolet production from South Korea to Opel factories in Europe. At the current rate of losses, Opel will be forced to close down factories and la... Continue Reading →
Opel and Vauxhall: 3 New Engine Families Coming, including 200 HP 1.6 Turbo
GM’s European arms, Opel and Vauxhall, are preparing to introduce three new engine families in the course of the following year, with these replacing most of their current petrol and diesel units. The comany has only released info about one of them, a 1.6-liter four-cylinder petrol unit that uses direct inje... Continue Reading →
Toyota Knocks GM off the Top Spot as The World's Largest Automaker
Back in 2011, Toyota was knocked off the top spot as the world’s largest automaker, by GM. This was due in part to the recession which had also hit Japan and its industry, coupled with the destructive tsunami which hit Japan last year in March and really took its toll. According to first-quarter sales figure... Continue Reading →
Citroen C5 Successor to be Built by Opel
Apparently, the replacement for the current Citroen C5 will not be built in France. It will be built with GM ‘expertise’ in one of Opel’s European-based plants. It is unclear whether the C5-successor will share the production line with the Opel Insignia in Opel’s Russelsheim factory, in German... Continue Reading →
Automakers Working to Attract Owners of Discontinued Brands
GM’s decision to close down many of its sub-brands in recent years has saddened us all. However, the news has really struck the brand-loyalists of the discontinued makes, who will eventually need a new car. Where will they go? What will they buy? An R.L. Polk Associates estimate suggests that there are aroun... Continue Reading →
Chevy Commodore Ute and Wagon in the US?
Americans know a thing or two about using trucks instead of cars, but not cars instead of truck. That’s where the australian Ute comes into play, famously designed to cary the pig to market on Wednesday and the wife to church on Sunday. But gearheads in America have been begging for the return of the El Cami... Continue Reading →
Chevrolet SuperSport Sedan Details
Rumors about a standalone Chevrolet SS go-fast sedan have been floating around the web for quite a while and now the fire has been fueled again, with new details having arrived. The Chevrolet SuperSport Sedan will use the Zeta platform found under the current Camaro and will also borrow the latter’s 6.2-lite... Continue Reading →
GM-Isuzu Partnership in the Works
Negotiations between GM and Japanese car maker Isuzu Motors Ltd. will soon commence. The American giant is planning on buying a 10% stake in the Japanese company, with plans to jointly sell commercial vehicles throughout Asia, South and Central America. If the deal goes through, GM will become Isuzu’s largest s... Continue Reading →
Diesel Myths Busted by Chevrolet
It is a well-known fact that Americans are not educated in the way of the diesel. They only associate it with trucks and agricultural equipment. It really is their loss, as diesel technology has improved considerably since the days of the blue smoke trail. Ever since the introduction of the common rail, diesels have ... Continue Reading →
❐ Roewe Unveils New Sedan Based on Buick LaCrosse in Beijing [Photo Gallery]
Despite having a rather large parts bin to rummage around in from the now defunct Rover brand, Roewe have opted to ask for GM’s help in the creation of their new sedan to sit at the top of their range. The Roewe 950 uses much of the running gear and chassis of the latest Buick LaCrosse and there are also simila... Continue Reading →
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Chevrolet Avalanche Cancelled, Final Black Diamond Edition Launched
General Motors introduced the Chevrolet Avalanche back in 2001 and refreshed the model in 2007, but has recently announced that it will end the vehicle’s production. Before GM kills the Avalanche, it offers us a final edition, with this using the Black Diamond designation and offering certain extra features.... Continue Reading →
GM Announces Record Sales of 30 mph or Better Cars
General Motors says during March 2012, combined sales of 12 of their models that get 30 mpg or better have risen to 100,000 units. Total sales for the month will likely point to a new record when they are released tomorrow, April 3rd. This list of 12 fuel sippers includes the Chevrolet Sonic, Cruze, Volt, Malibu, ... Continue Reading →
Seven Deadly Automotive Sins
Many lessons have been learned through the collapse of the US auto industry a couple of years back. Yet somehow, not everybody has taken them to heart. Just like European policymakers are taking their sweet time with the radical reform that’s needed, so too are automakers in the old world ignoring the lessons o... Continue Reading →
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