April 26, 2024
Pontiac

Pontiac is dead, but customers keep it alive

Here’s the manufacturer story we didn’t think we’d hear about, it’s GM’s very own Pontiac. A brand that was killed off by the General Motors cutback that came to life after the automotive industry’s recent fallback still has a burning spirit.

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet Corvette sales get back on their feet

Even tho’ the Chevrolet Corvette is a pretty capable machine, the recent crisis of the automotive industry and the problem of rising fuel costs have really hit it hard. Therefore, the fastest American made production car has been steadily dropping sales for several months but it seems 2011 brought a change in trends.

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Opel

Opel enters the Australian market starting 2012

General Motors decided to introduce the German sub-brand Opel in Australia. Actually, Opel will release the first model in Australia starting 2012, and from the list we can enumerate the new Astra, Corsa or Insignia. Opel’s chief Nick Reilly made the big announcement at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, also claiming that few other countries

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General Motors

GM to offer in-car wireless recharge feature starting next year

The Americans from General Motors teamed up with the people from Powermat in order to build an in-car system able to wirelessly charge your mobile phone. GM already announced that the new Chevrolet Volt will be the first model within the range to benefit from the new system but don’t worry because the giant company

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General Motors

GM managed to sell 2,35 million vehicles in China last year

The Americans from General Motors got a good reason to celebrate as they managed to sell about 2,35 million units in China in 2010, setting a record and for the first time the U.S. market being defetead in the sales ranking by China. Thus, China became the biggest automotive market for GM in 2010 and

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Cadillac General Motors

Cadillac SRX Turbo’s low sales kill it off

Let’s be honest about this, even though we’ve just started a new year, the economic crisis is still shadowing us. With times like these on hand it’s inevitable that GM can’t afford to waste money. The Cadillac SRX Turbo never really sold enough cars to make it worth while so it’s now being killed off.

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Cadillac Chevrolet General Motors

General Motors forced to recall about 100,000 vehicles

The Americans from General Motors are forced by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall several models due to some problems that might affect the passangers in a way or another. The first model to suffer from this recall is the sedan Cadillac CTS, manufactured betwen 2005 and 2007. The problem is that

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Chevrolet General Motors

GM sets EV Sail for China

Leaving away some of the title opulence, General Motors isn’t going to sail off to China for EV considerations but they have revealed a new concept on the matter. Probably aimed at China, what we have here is the GM Sail EV Concept. It looks rather well, but then again, most concepts do so let’s

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Chevrolet

2011 Chevrolet Volt has left the building

Don’t take this the wrong way, what I actually meant to say is that GM’s eco-box has left the factory and is headed for dealers. In other words the 2011 Chevrolet Volt has almost begun customer delivery. Within a few days some happy owners will be driving their Volts.

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Chevrolet

Chevy Volt “Unplugged” Tour ended

GM’s Chevrolet Volt awareness and test driving tour has come to an end. After cruising 4.124 miles and visiting 12 cities the Chevrolet Volt’s “Unplugged” tour has crossed the finish line.

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Chevrolet Muscle Cars

2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Finally Revealed

Remember the up and coming star of Chevrolet’s fleet? The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible was in a preview phase just days ago. That phase has gone and we now have more pictures and more information on the future open top muscle car.

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Chevrolet

Could Chevrolet be returning to IndyCar in 2012?

Not sure. That’s what a few recent reports have been suggesting though. It would certainly be interesting if Chevrolet were to make a comeback and perhaps liven things up in IndyCar. The infamous open wheel series seems to have lost quite a lot of glamor and the organizers are struggling to bring it back.

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Chevrolet

General Motors breaks a record in China on sales

General Motors recently made a statement announcing that a new important record was set, more exactly, the Americans at GM managed to sell 2 million vehicles on the Chinese market since the beginning of this year. Since 2007 when the American manufacturer managed to sell about 1 million vehicles in China, General Motors saw a

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General Motors

General Motors could get a break from paying taxes

Perhaps this isn’t the best way to put it as it’s a bit rude and perhaps slightly uneducated but I have to admit to these being my first feelings towards a report on the situation at General Motors. After a few tight dodges of death, economy and so on GM managed to convince the U.S.

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General Motors

GM China stands to sell more than GM USA

After quite a bit of a shock to come from the automotive industry not that long ago here’s another. A subsidiary company of GM could achieve something different, they might sell more cars than the parent company in the states.

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General Motors

General Motors’ word on the IPO

The ever important word in recent months at General Motors, their Initial Public Offering has recently become an even more interesting to watch affair than it was not that long ago. A few days ago, GM’s CEO, Ed Whitacre had a bit of a chat with a reporter from Reuters who got it out of

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet could be making up to 60.000 units of the Volt in 2012

Despite some of the recent disappointments that came along with the Chevrolet Volt and GM’s advertising of the fully electric range it’s capable of the car doesn’t seem to have put anybody of. What I mean to say is that GM still reckons the Chevrolet Volt hasn’t put anybody off as they’ve just announced their

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General Motors Opel

GM decided to extend the Opel brand on other markets

According to a spokesman inside the company, Andreas Kroemer, Opel will debut on the new markets with a fresh breath in the automotive market coming as a European premium brand, mostly what the Chinese customers want. Whatever, Andreas Kroemer didn’t made any statements about what and how many Opel models will be sold in China

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General Motors Videos

General Motors to Be Listing It’s Used Cars on eBay

Not many people have not heard of the eBay website, the place where you can find all kinds of bargains for all tastes from all over the world. Ranging from video games, to clothing, DVDs, knives, books and even cars. This seemed like a good oportunity for General Motors to promote their own used car

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General Motors Opel

European Chevrolet Volt to be… different?

There is a rumor concerning the European version of the Chevrolet Volt running around, and I say this with a bit of a clench because i know that the newspaper behind hasn’t always proved to be the best of reliable sources. The newspaper quoted for this rumor is the British print from “The Telegraph” and

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