An electronic invitation to the press conference that Opel and sister company Vauxhall will hold at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show on September 13 gives us our first sneak peek at the firm's upcoming concept model. Read more »
Showing posts with label GM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GM. Show all posts
Opel Teases Frankfurt-Bound Concept Model through Invitation
An electronic invitation to the press conference that Opel and sister company Vauxhall will hold at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show on September 13 gives us our first sneak peek at the firm's upcoming concept model. Read more »
Guess Who’s Back Again? Bob Lutz Returns to GM as Advisor
No matter the age, a petrol head like Bob Lutz can't stay away too long from the car industry. In fact, even though GM's former vice president and product czar had retired in the May 2010, the 79-year-old has been providing advice to the firm's executives without pay ever since.
Now, GM decided to formally hire Lutz as an advisor to provide counsel to the senior leadership team of the company.
Read more »
Chevy Brings Breast Cancer Fight to NASCAR with Pink-Themed Camaro Pace Car
A specially themed Camaro SS pace car dressed in a pink outfit will run in the forthcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at the Atlanta Motor Speedway and Richmond International Raceway next weekend (September 10) to raise awareness on the fight against breast cancer. Read more »
Buick Launces eAssist Version of LaCrosse in China
The LaCrosse, Buick’s mid-size sedan offering, is doing quite well in China with 215,000 deliveries in the first seven months of the year alone. Now General Motors is adding the eAssist mild-hybrid version to the LaCrosse's Chinese line-up and is taking orders in 25 pilot cities, with the first cars scheduled for delivery in September. Read more »
It Came from a…Detroit Junkyard: 1968 Iso Fidia S4
Ask any classic car nut what’s on his or her list of must-have Italian exotics, and chances are there’ll be at least one Iso. The boutique automaker made several notable contributions to the world of motoring, among them the legendary Grifo and svelte Rivolta.
The company was also responsible for the Isetta bubble car and, sadly, the Fidia S4 sedan pictured here. Let’s just say it wasn’t one of the company’s finer moments.
Built from 1967 to 1975, only 192 Fidia S4’s were produced. Iso, which had not built a four-door before and would never build one again, describes the Fidia as, “the four fastest seats in the world”.
Read more »
GM's New App Lets you Call your Car and Set a Destination
OnStar has announced a new mobile application for GM vehicles fitted with its RemoteLink system. The app allows drivers to search for a destination on their smartphone and send it directly to their cars via text message or voice mail. The system can store up to five endpoints.
Once the driver starts up his or her car, the route will be readily available and navigation will be activated.
Read more »
New Chevy Camaro Rulz the Streets and…Facebook
Chevrolet’s Camaro was the best-selling sports car in the US in 2010 stealing the crown from the Ford Mustang despite the fact that, unlike its longtime nemesis, General Motors' pony car was available only as a coupe.
The launch of the convertible version in early 2011 extended its lead: in the first eight months of the year, the Camaro looks set to outperform the Mustang by more than 10,000 units according to General Motors' data.
Read more »
Subtle Revisions for 2012MY Chevrolet Silverado
The Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck is entering the new model year with some modest changes.
On the outside, there's a new chrome mesh grille matched with either a chrome surround on LS and LT models or a body-color surround on the LTZ, while LS and LT models now sport a silver-painted lower bumper fascia and a new 20-inch alloy wheel design.
Read more »
2013 Chevrolet Colorado Pickup Truck Caught Without Camo at Parking Lot
The next generation of the Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck concept has been doing the motorshow rounds this year having made appearances (in chronological order) at the Bangkok International Auto Show in Thailand, at the Buenos Aires Motorshow in Argentina and more recently, at the Australian auto show in Sydney.
While each model was presented in a different trim and body style, all three Colorado trucks were concept studies, with GM stating that it will reveal the final production version by the end of the year.
For those of you wondering if the road-going model will actually look like the concept, send your greetings to Carscoop reader Palit W. who dropped these photos of the production 2013 Chevrolet Colorado scooped undisguised (bar Chevy's logos) at a parking lot in Thailand.
Read more »
GM and LG to Jointly Design New Electric Vehicles
Not long after the announcement on the collaboration between Ford and Toyota on the development of a new RWD hybrid drivetrain, rivaling General Motors came out with details on its own deal with South Korea's LG Group for the design and engineering of future electric vehicles.
The deal builds on GM's expanding relationship with LG, which is the battery cell supplier for the American firm's Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera extended-range EVs.
Read more »
GM Canada Puts a Price on 2012 Buick Regal eAssist and Regal GS
Following a similar announcement in the USA earlier this month, General Motors has now released pricing for the 2012 Buick Regal eAssist and Regal GS in Canada.
The new Regal with GM's eAssist micro-hybrid technology that's good for 8.3 lt/100km in the city and 5.4 lt/100km on the highway, will start at CA$34,190, while the sporty Regal GS fitted with a 270-horsepower 2.0-liter turbocharged engine will start at $42,345.
Read more »
GM Refuses to Repair 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas, Says it's “Old GM's" Responsibility
On June 29, a woman named Donna Trusky filled a class-action lawsuit against General Motors in Detroit. The subject was a defect in the suspension rods of the 2007-2008MY Chevrolet Impala, which caused the tires to wear prematurely – in Trusky’s case, after only 6,000 miles. As it turns out, GM had warned police departments about the issue and fixed the defective rods, but it did not do the same on the civilian cars.
General Motors seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, which could cost it millions of dollars as it potentially affects more than 400,000 cars. The company's argument is that the warranty claim was honored by its predecessor, General Motors Corp, which is now called Motors Liquidation Co – or “Old GM”, after its 2009 bankruptcy and the subsequent bailout by the US government.
Read more »
Opel Working on Several New Models Including Calibra Coupe and Small SUV
General Motors Europe president Nick Reilly has confirmed several new models for the group's joint Opel and Vauxhall division, including a new small city car. Reilly recently told Autonews that the so-called "Junior" Opel will be positioned as a premium model targeting “people who care about the status of their car, what it can do, what features and telematics it has”.
Reilly says his previous experience as the CEO of GM Daewoo in Korea has been helpful in developing the small Opel: “We learned quite a lot in Korea, where they actually make money in small cars”. His intention is to make the “Junior” a profitable project for Opel.
Read more »
GM Reduces Truck Production Due to Unusually High Inventories
General Motors is cutting back on production at its Ford Wayne, Indiana plant that builds the GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks, due to reduced demand and high inventories.
According to the UAQ Local 2209 site, the Detroit automaker has cancelled Saturday shifts at its plant. A person familiar with the plan told Autonews that Saturday shifts had been cut in half since the beginning of 2011
Read more »
Chevrolet Cruze Tops US Compact Car Sales Chart in July
The Chevrolet Cruze was the best-selling compact car in the US in July, with 24,648 deliveries, while in June, Chevy’s compact sedan beat not only its segment rivals like the Toyota Corolla and the Hyundai Elantra, but also all cars irrespective of size. Read more »
GM’s EN-V to Replace Cars in Tianjin, China’s Futuristic Eco-City
At the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, General Motors (GM) unveiled a trio of two-wheeled neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) collectively named EN-V to the world.
Unlike the brand’s mainstream models, these concepts were lightweight and compact EVs for an as-of-yet unrealised city of the future. With a host of telematics and cameras to avoid other EN-Vs, pedestrians and other obstacles on the road coupled with a highly accurate GPS system, these concepts were theoretically accident-proof and self-driving.
Now a consortium from China and Singapore are drawing up plans for Tianjin Eco-City: a large-scale prototype for the sort of sustainable, high-density communities we’re expected to see in the coming decades.
Read more »
Made in the USA: Weak Dollar Boosts Local Production
The US dollar has been dropping relative to other currencies including the Euro and the Yen, hitting a historically low level compared to the last 30 years. This means that imported goods of all kinds, including automobiles, are now more expensive in the States. However, on the other hand, the weak dollar has made US exports cheaper and therefore more competitive in the rest of the world.
This is especially good news for US car manufactures notes Edmunds.com analyst Michelle Krebs: “The weak dollar is good for manufacturers in the US, whether they're the Big Three of German or whatever, because they can export at an advantage”.
Read more »
Report: GM Seriously Considering but has Not Yet Decided on Production of Cadillac Converj Coupe
When Cadillac unveiled its Converj concept at the Detroit Motor Show in 2009, it drew a lot of attention thanks to its cutting-edge styling and equally impressive hardware as it was powered by the firm's Voltec hybrid system that comprises of a 16 Kw, T-shaped battery pack and a four-cylinder gasoline engine range extender.
A production version would be a perfect “halo” car for the brand: stylish and at the same time eco-friendly.
Recently, word got out that Cadillac gave the green light for the production version of the Converj and that the company had awarded a production contract to A123 Systems for the development of the Nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries to be used in future electric vehicles.
Read more »
GM Wants to Become the “Apple” of the Automotive Industry
Now here's an ambitious claim: at General Motor's second annual Global Business Conference, the Detroit firm's Global Chief Marketing Officer Joel Ewanick said he wants to transform the company into the “the next Apple”.
And by that, Ewanick means to emulate Steve Job’s ingenious transformation of Apple into an innovative company with “must-have” products that are set apart from their competition by their novel features and sleek design.
Read more »
2012 Chevrolet Orlando to go on Sale in Canada this October, Priced from $19,995
General Motor's newest proposal in the minivan segment, the 2012 Chevrolet Orlando, is so close but yet so far away for U.S. consumers. You see, the Detroit-based automaker today announced Canadian pricing for the Orlando before it arrives in dealers across the country in October 2011.
The South Korean-built people carrier hit European dealerships in the beginning of the year and even though the bigwigs over at GM had initially made plans to bring it over to the States, they reconsidered and decided to offer the 7-seater model only in Canada.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
