2005 Pontiac G6

As long as I've written about cars and the auto industry (about a dozen years), GM has been on the verge of a comeback in the compact- to mid-size sedan segment. Quite a few different, highly heralded models have come out during this time, that I like to call “comeback kids” — the Oldsmobile Intrigue , Chevrolet Impala , Saturn L-Series , Pontiac G6 , and most recently, the Saturn... read more

You can hype the Woodward Dream Cruise into a million-man (and woman) froth, but you can't (*&#$ with Mother Nature. Drivers are rattled by the increase in gas prices and the tension in the Middle East. Not so rattled that they're actually listening to Arianna Huffington or anything crazy, mind you. Keeping kids buckled into the back seat makes them much safer. The corollary to this axiom... read more

Mercedes is trying to fill the top slot at the company from within. The unit must have a leader by the time the Frankfurt show rolls around in mid-September, one source says. Pontiac's G6 Convertible is hitting more engineering problems with its complex hardtop mechanism. The problems are severe enough that it could spell the end of the project. The Detroit Free Press is checking in with its... read more

Welcome back to work. Like millions of other Americans, you might have made the long drive home from the cabin or in-laws yesterday, followed by the mornings long commute. (It always seems worse the day after a holiday, doesn't it?) A recent federal study suggested what we all really deduced: commuting times continue to get longer and longer. I've had to learn all sorts of alternatives around the... read more