April 19, 2024
General Motors

2016 GMC Sierra HD breaks cover

GMC released photos and details for the 2016 Sierra HD, a pick-up truck that comes with some styling tweaks but nothing more. To begin with, GMC offers now new exterior finishes like Cardinal Red, Deep Garnet Metallic and Mahogany Metallic and Crimson Red Tintcoat. The new colors are certainly a welcome addition and increases the

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Holden

Holden Captiva Active edition breaks cover

Holden have taken wraps of the new Captiva Active special edition. As you know, General Motors sells their models under different names in different parts of the world. If Europe gets Opel and Vauxhall (UK), in Australia they offer their cars under the Holden moniker. This time, the Captiva crossover has received an interesting edition

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Holden Opel

First Holden Insignia VXR exits Russelsheim plant

Opel took the decision to build the Holden Insignia VXR at their German plant in Rüsselsheim, even though the Holden-badged model will be sold only in Australia and New Zealand. Production costs might forced Opel to take this decision. Moreover, in the future, the German carmaker plans to build more and more Holden and even

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General Motors

GM plans to use only 4 platform by 2025

While this comes a little late, GM has finally stated they plan to reduce the number of platforms for their cars. If everything goes as they have planned, by the year 2025, all brands under the GM umbrella will only be using 4 platforms. Like many European car makers have done for a few years

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Chevrolet Announces Throttle for the 2015 Corvette Z06

The Chevrolet North American based automaker has just announced new details for the 2015 Corvette ZO6, the model being considered the most powerful unit ever made by General Motors. The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 was first unveiled in January, at the 2014 North American International Show, and now it`s making its way out in more

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General Motors Videos

GMC unveils their 2015 Canyon model

With time to spare until the live presentation at the 2014 NAIAS, GMC came forth and revealed to the general public the 2015 Canyon pickup truck. Following a very obscure teaser, they stepped it up and released several photos and videos on the internet. For the knowing eye, several similarities will be obvious. The general

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General Motors Tesla

Gm might make a grab at Tesla

Tesla is a very rare sight on the automotive market, and when I say that I am referring to the fact that they are only making a single type of vehicle, and yet are successful and most importantly, independent. But that is soon to change if we are to believe what financial analyst Yra Harris

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General Motors

Presidential limo specs

As most know, the US presidential limousine is one of the best protected vehicles on the road today, with only some military units surpassing it. Built by a distinct R&D branch of GM with the base in Detroit, only 12 units have been assembled. Weighing in at 6.800 kg, the limo has a lot of

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Chevrolet

2015 Chevrolet Spark

The news that General Motors is planning to bring the next generation of Chevrolet Spark into production in 2015 are official as a source from GM’s South Korea syndicate stated for Reuters. While both Chevrolet Spark and Aveo are on the list of upgrades, it turns out that the first unit should benefit from more

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General Motors

GM pulls the strings planning to go greener by 2017

Going green is one of the newest, hottest and also most expensive trend in the auto history. Some car makers are just looking to go ahead of competition while others implement some measures forced by laws. If we were to take the controversial CAFÉ regulations as an example, we would see that US auto makers

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General Motors and PSA discuss a potential extension of their collaboration

In case you have been following the evolution of General Motors, you must be familiarized with the news that GM is currently maintaining a partnership with PSA Peugeot Citroen group for the production of small segment units’ successors of their portfolios. It turns out that the two brands may be looking into an extension of

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General Motors Honda

GM to shake hands with Honda

A new partnership will be struck between two car makers. This time the western GM decided to team up with the eastern Honda. The purpose of this collaboration is to develop better fuel cell technologies, in an effort to push on the market better alternative fuel vehicles. It is common knowledge that in order to

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet Corvette C6RS up for auction

Amidst all the odds and ends that the E-bay usually offers, once in a while you can find a jewel that seems out of place. Once such jewel is a special Chevrolet Corvette C6RS built by Pratt and Miller. They did a total number of seven of the C6RS, originally crated for Jay Leno. Costing

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General Motors

Double feature from GM

We have received additional information about two of GM’s pick-up trucks. Based on the same platform, the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and the 2014 GMC Sierra now have a price tag and fuel consumption values. Sharing not just the platform they are built on, these two vehicles from GM will also use the 5.3 liter EcoTec3

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Buick

GM had Riviera name trademarked by Buick

Could General Motors be readying a surprise? According to some very loose mouthed trademark patent operator, Buick’s Riviera is once again on the books. It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything to do with the Riviera. Last we saw of it was 2007, but even then it was a concept that seemed like the

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GM gives Chevrolet Volt “a free upgrade”

General Motors have a bit of an announcement to make regarding their range extended electric vehicle protege, the Chevrolet Volt. At this point it’s very important to remember that this is not a recall, there’s no NHTSA order and that GM are very careful with the press release. For what it’s worth, the company isn’t

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General Motors

2012 Holden Colorado announced

The Australians from Holden revealed the 2012 Colorado pickup truck, a model better-known as Chevrolet Colorado in the States. The company also unveiled a concept version of the car at the Melbourne Auto Show in 2011. Under the bonnet of the new Colorado sits a base 2.5-liter DOHC turbo diesel unit developing 148 horses. A

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General Motors

Holden Volt gets unexpected big price tag

Even Holden released no official pricing or availability details, some Australian dealers claim that the upcoming Holden Volt will get a starting price of over AU$60,000. There is a major difference between the price of the U.S.-spec Chevrolet Volt which starts from $39,645 and its Australian brother which might be even AU$30,000 more expensive. There

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Cadillac

GM presents new features for 2012 Cadillac Escalade

The 2012 Cadillac Escalade will benefit from new security systems which will surely cheer up the customers who had problems in this regard. General Motors plans to equip the new model year Escalade with a new steering column lock system along the PASS Key 3+ encryption system for the key. All these new features should

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2014 Chevrolet Impala confirmed, some details available

GM is getting busy just before the Christmas holidays and they’ve recently announced what their plans for the 2014 Chevrolet Impala. Long gone is the time when the Impala nameplate used to mean something for Chevrolet and General Motors. All that’s left is a fleet market average car. It seems like both companies plan to

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