General Motors Sales Increase 13.4% in China
8 Sep 2011, 13:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite its recent slowdown, the Chinese market is still crucial to most automakers that have global ambitions, and GM is no exception. The General has just announced that its sales in the largest s...
General Motors Not Concerned with Ford's EcoBoost Sales Success
8 Sep 2011, 09:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has stumbled upon something good with the introduction of turbocharged V6 engines on their large pickups, as the F-150 has managed to score a 40 percent slice of the market so far. The move ...
OnStar Saw 37% Jump in Navigation Requests on Labor Day Weekend
7 Sep 2011, 11:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Over the past Labor Day weekend, General Motors’ OnStar system saw a 37 percent increase in navigation requests, which added up to a record 330,000 individual presses of that little blue butto...
Chevy Volt Bounces Back in August, Stocks Hit 1,361 Units
5 Sep 2011, 15:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In July, Chevrolet’s vision of a greener future looked like it was in deep trouble, with just 125 being delivered, way below the carmaker’s expectations. Yet company execs have stated th...
General Motors and UAW Could Reach Agreement Earlier Than Projected
28 Aug 2011, 12:13 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It looks like the UAW and General Motors are heading in the same direction with contractual talks. Despite the general belief, a setlement could be reached before September 14th. Discussions between...
GM to Develop Electric Vehicles Together With LG
26 Aug 2011, 07:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American auto giant General Motors and LG Group have just signed a partnership that will see the two companies jointly design and engineer future electric vehicles. LG already was the battery cell s...
GM Global Media Account Totals Around $3 Billion
25 Aug 2011, 15:07 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors amazed the audience when it announced its global media review, which by the way it is a huge one. In March 2011, the manufacturer reported global advertising costs of $4.26 billion fo...
GM Fighting to Reduce Cadillac Escalade's Rate of Theft
25 Aug 2011, 09:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Earlier today, we brought to your attention a new study from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLD) which stated that the Cadillac Escalade is a high-theft vehicle, topping the list of thieves’...
Mercedes-Benz Offers Affinity Card With AmEx
24 Aug 2011, 09:48 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The latest must-have for a shopping spree will be offered be premium card provider American Express. The company has closed an affinity deal with Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz products. The...
New Flame Treatment Tech for Paint Coming from GM
24 Aug 2011, 07:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American auto giant General Motors has just introduced a way to eliminate solvent from the paint process. Specifically, the flame treatment technology lets paint stick to plastic vehicle parts like ...
Chrysler Halts Ram Dakota Production at Warren Truck Facility
23 Aug 2011, 12:39 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Chrysler decided to pull the plug on the Ram Dakota today, but the car maker is still deciding whether cutting one of the Warren Truck Plants models will translate into the transfer of some facility...
Volkswagen Steers to U.S. Style to Boost Brand Sales
22 Aug 2011, 11:00 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The Volkswagen brand switches into another gear in order to boost its sales in the US. In order to do that the manufacturer aims at 800,000 annual US unit sales by 2018. Also, it plans to offer more...
Roush Brings in Mark Trostle as Head of Design Studio
19 Aug 2011, 16:01 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / As always, Roush is determined to keep a fast pace regarding design in order to be one step ahead with its creations. Thus, Roush announced that D. Mark Trostle will lead their automotive design tea...
Portland Prepares for Electric Cars by Testing Electric Avenue
19 Aug 2011, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / No, we are not talking about Eddy Grant’s Electric Avenue as some would be tempted to do so, but it’s close. The one that we are taking about is part of a two-year study which involves s...
General Motors Tries to Avoid Impala Lawsuit by Using Bankruptcy
18 Aug 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / GM is taking evasive actions in order to dismiss a class-action lawsuit seeking damages for a design flaw with the company’s 2007-08 model year Chevrolet Impala sedans. The manufacturer admits...
General Motors Adjusts Output at Indiana Facility
18 Aug 2011, 11:04 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors decided to trim the output at its full-size truck plant in Indiana and add shifts to a pickup factory in Michigan in order to improve the balance inventory on dealer lots. The targete...
They Ain't Tougher Than This: GMC Sierra 3500HD Wins Heavy Duty Showdown
16 Aug 2011, 13:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / An Ariel Atom can get to 60 mph faster than you can blink, while the Veyron tops out at the sorts of speeds reserved for aircraft. So what can a big, unwieldy, thirsty truck do to impress us? In ...
IHS Automotive Lowers Auto Sales Estimates for 2011 and 2012
12 Aug 2011, 14:14 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It looks like car sales in the US are taking a downward direction as IHS Automotive explains. The forecasts which were made preciously by the same company were reduced by 200,000 units in 2011 to 12...
GM Executives to Push the Company from Good to Great
11 Aug 2011, 15:52 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The annual conference with investors and financial analysts revealed that GM is on a steady course. General Motors has demonstrated improvement after emerging form Chapter 11 bankruptcy just 2 years...
Ford Feels 'Pricing Pressure' from Chinese Auto Market
11 Aug 2011, 10:04 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / As many other car manufacturers, Ford searches for new ways to grow its footprint in China, but lately the company is encountering pricing pressure due to the auto market slowing down."In the l...