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If GM Builds An Affordable RWD Chevrolet, How Should It Look?

Last week, General Motors' North American president, Mark Reuss mused about the possibility of adding a high-volume, rear-wheel drive car to the Chevrolet lineup. That made us wonder: if Reuss follows through, how will this hypothetical performance ride look? If you keep up with car news, you...

May 6, 2013 by Richard Read 9

GM's Partnership With AT&T Could Bring Ads To Your Dashboard

May 3, 2013

GM, Ford To Build Nine-, Ten-Speed Automatics Together

April 15, 2013 3

Ford Tops General Motors, Toyota In Loyalty; Hybrids Gain Traction

March 27, 2013

Why Aren't Women Buying Cars From Detroit?

Detroit, we have a problem -- in fact, we have two. Everyone knows that younger consumers are ambivalent about owning cars. That's an obstacle that automakers around the... March 6, 2013 by Richard Read 3

Lexus, Subaru, Mazda Earn High Marks On Consumer Reports' Report Card

Every year, Consumer Reports rolls out its "Brand Report Card", which ranks major auto brands based on reliability and road-test scores. CR's 2013 scoresheet has just come... February 27, 2013 by Richard Read 3

Most GM models will offer 4G LTE mobile broadband from 2014 onwards

Mobile Wi-Fi Coming To Millions Of GM Cars, Courtesy Of AT&T

If you work with Ray LaHood, you might want to stay out of his way this morning -- not because he lost any Oscar bets (though he might've, we don't know), but because General... February 25, 2013 by Richard Read 1

Baltimore Ravens Quarterback Joe Flacco receives a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Beyoncé, Super Bowl XLVII, And The Case Of The Missing 2014 Chevrolet Corvette

None of us expected to see an ad from General Motors during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast. In fact, the company announced months ago that it would bypass the costly... February 5, 2013 by Richard Read

Auto Incentives Dropped 12% In January, But Transaction Prices Fell, Too

Incentives continued their long, slow decline in January, but according to TrueCar, transaction prices fell, too, which could soften the blow for bargain-hunters. On average... February 4, 2013 by Richard Read

Saab Owners: Warranty Protection Is Just A Few Clicks Away

Own a recent Saab? Worried about your warranty now that the automaker has gone belly-up? Well, put those concerns to rest, because Saab Automobile Parts North America (SPNA)... January 11, 2013 by Richard Read

GM Is First U.S. Automaker To Sell 1 Million 30-MPG Cars In A Year

People in the health and fashion industries are fond of saying things like, "30 is the new 20". Now, automakers are saying it, too -- at least when it comes to fuel economy... January 3, 2013 by Richard Read 1

General Motors Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan

GM Buys Back $5.5 Billion In Stock From The U.S. Government

General Motors has announced plans to buy back some of its stock from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, reducing the federal government's stake in the automaker by 40%. In... December 19, 2012 by Richard Read 5

Hurricane Sandy Heightens Sales Divide Between Detroit & Foreign Automakers

Five weeks after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, life across much of the northeast has returned to normal (or a rough approximation thereof). But some automakers have followed... December 6, 2012 by Richard Read 3

Mayan motor mayhem: end of the world clearance event from the Humberview Group

Mayan Motor Mayhem: Canadian Dealer Offers Free Cars If The World Ends

We're just a few weeks away from the big event -- not Christmas, not Wright Brothers Day, but the end of Planet Earth. Well, at least if Mayans are correct. Most of us seem... December 3, 2012 by Richard Read

Former GM Marketing Guru Joel Ewanick Heads To Fisker

We don't usually report on personnel matters in the auto industry. Most of you come here looking for details about current and upcoming vehicles, so we typically leave... November 27, 2012 by Richard Read 2

GM Plans To Make 500,000 Electrified Cars A Year By 2017

Yesterday, General Motors made a provocative announcement: by 2017, the company plans to produce 500,000 electric and partially electric vehicles each year. To put that in... November 15, 2012 by Richard Read 4

Hurricane Sandy’s New And Used Car Toll: Up To 200,000 Vehicles Could Be Scrapped

The floodwaters may be receding and the massive cleanup in progress from the worst Atlantic storm ever recorded, but it’s just the beginning of getting back to normal... November 12, 2012 by Suzanne Kane

Renderings for the new Test Track at Walt Disney World

At Disney World's Epcot, GM Test Track Reopens December 6

Back in January, we broke some very bad news: the beloved GM Test Track ride at Walt Disney World's Epcot was being closed for renovations. But there was an upside: the... November 12, 2012 by Richard Read

Damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast

The Auto Industry's Response To Hurricane Sandy

One week ago, after Hurricane Sandy's violent landfall, residents along America's eastern seaboard awoke to starkly different landscapes than they ones they'd known a few... November 6, 2012 by Richard Read