GM announced Factory ZERO. Find out how the automaker is putting sustainability at the forefront of this revitalized assembly plant.
Report: Trump’s Tariffs Hurt Auto Manufacturers-Also Jobs Lost
Well, that didn’t go well. After President Trump made a bargain with the Detroit automakers in 2016 we now have a clear picture of what that accomplished. Nothing. Trump told Ford, Fiat Chrysler, and GM, that he would cut taxes and regulations. In turn, he wanted them to increase jobs and investment. But the Trump …
Stick A Fork In Cadillac: GMC Denali Outsells It
The GMC Denali and AT4 off-road models are now outselling Cadillac. What was once “the standard of the world,” Cadillac is now a brand nobody cares about. Sales across the board are in the tank as GMC overtakes it. Most Cadillac dealers are dualed with GMC, so GM should quietly drop Cadillac models until there …
Surprise Concert Attacks Lead to GM Infotainment System Lawsuit
Technology is one of the biggest deciding factors for today’s car shoppers, and today’s vehicles offer more technology and more advanced infotainment systems than ever before. However, one thing you never want to experience as a new vehicle owner is a surprise. But owners of many new General Motors vehicles are getting way more than …
Buick Electra Concept: Just Another Show Pony Or Production Based?
Any time that GM unveils a concept it is an event. And in most cases, stunning vehicle design is revealed. This is the Buick Electra concept and it portends Buick’s design language going forward. Impressive and involved body sculpting is intriguing and compelling. The gull-wing doors will never be seen in production, but concepts have …
Worst Car Wednesday: The Oldsmobile Diesel Disaster
“I can do it fast, good, or cheap; pick two.” That‘s known as the “iron triangle” in the project management world. General Motors had been in business for more than enough years to understand that mantra all too well. And yet, when it came to delving into diesel engine development, it all went out the …
What Is the Most American-Made Vehicle: Here Are the 2020 Rankings
There is a study released each year ranking American-made content in cars and trucks. The Kogod Made in America Auto Index is out for 2020 measuring US content in vehicles. Here are the rankings for the most American cars. The Ford Ranger tops the list, beating last year’s winner the Chevy Corvette and Volt The …
Report: Is GM Getting Its Electric Act Together?
A lot of what we hear out of GM lately is electric car-related. But when you look at the lineup of vehicles from GM there are few EVs. It has seemed like a bit of a puzzle. But now it looks like the EV picture for GM is becoming clearer. Its Ultium Drive system shows …
Report: GM Is Jumping Into Flying Taxi Development
One of the big problems with the 2024 Olympics being in Los Angeles is traffic. Congestion continues to increase even with freeway widening efforts across the Los Angeles basin. The word is that several companies are developing flying taxis to literally hop over the congestion. These would have the look of large drones and seat …
The NHTSA Once Missed a Massive GM Defect Because GM Promised There Was No Defect
In a perfect world, all companies tell the truth all the time. But, in reality, it merely isn’t true, and the NHTSA found that out the hard way when General Motors Company promised them there was no ignition defect. GM’s lie did one thing, though, and that was to bring an immense problem, with the NHTSA’s investigative process, …
General Motors Backs Nikola Electric Trucks With $2 Billon
General Motors feels confident about partnering with Nikola because they spent $2 billion to build a strategic partnership. With this deal, GM gets 11% of the ownership of this electric truck start-up business. General Motors partners with Nikola Nikola electric trucks just got pretty serious by merging with General Motors to secure lower battery and …
Report: Are GM and Honda Merging?
Today Honda and General Motors signed a memo of understanding forming an alliance for a number of goals. The memo states it is an understanding to develop a range of vehicles, share purchasing, research and development, and platforms. That sounds more like the cusp of a merger than an alliance. So, are GM and Honda …
Why Is GM Making a Big Deal About Chevy Sales in South Korea?
At the beginning of August, Chevy launched a new e-quotation consulting service for its South Korean customers. This timely, contactless shopping method is in large part GM’s response to high South Korean demand for three Chevy vehicles: the Chevrolet Colorado, the Trailblazer, and the Traverse. GM Authority reports on exactly what we can expect from …
Labor Day 2020: More Are Looking For Sedans Than SUVs
We’re coming up on Labor Day 2020 and even in this pandemic, it means lots of new cars will be sold. And SUVs. But according to a recent survey, it seems more consumers will be looking for sedans than for an SUV. Wait, what? We thought the demand for sedans was so bad that GM …
2023 Chevy Silverado ZR2 To Battle Ram TRX And Ford Raptor
Every enthusiast has been waiting for Chevy to get onto the Raptor bandwagon. Now the bell has been answered and it has revealed the 2023 Silverado ZR2. As Chevy has had success with the Colorado ZR2 it plans to apply that same recipe around its full-size Silverado. Though it may not be on the same …
Worst Car Wednesday: Chevy Citation-This Success Became A Mess
What started out as the American car revenge on Japanese economical, front-wheel-drive, four-cylinder sedans quickly turned into a mess. GM, Ford, and Chrysler had never attempted to do this type of car. A car with maximum space, small size, and a high degree of quality. We guess it could only do two as the quality …
GM Sending Salaried Employees To Pickup Plant As COVID-19 Increases
GM assembly line workers are staying away from the Wentzville, Missouri, pickup assembly plant as COVID-19 cases increase. Since the start of July cases have more than tripled in St. Charles County where the Wentzville Assembly Plant is located. Cases are near 4,000 per week while they were only 1,100 a month ago. To make …
Australia Is Really Mad At Chevy Over This
The Holden brand was GM’s Australian manufacturing arm forever. But GM has been retracting for years. First, it sold its Opel brand in Europe, and then it killed the Holden brand last February. But now it has done a partial reversal and started another company. It’s called GMSV (General Motors Specialty Vehicles). And the Aussies …
Chevy Will Offer A New 2021 Silverado Feature Nobody Needs
Let’s celebrate the lengths GM will go for a bit of hype. What we all want from the upcoming refreshed 2021 Chevy Silverado is a new fascia. Oh, and a better interior. What we’ll get is something that serves little purpose that no one wants. That would be a six-position tailgate with a secret seventh …
Ever Wonder How Much Profit GM Makes On Tahoe/Suburban? A Lot!
GM’s Chevy Tahoe and Suburban full-size SUVs are just now trickling into dealerships. The coronavirus pushed back GM’s schedules but it is full steam ahead right now. The GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade are soon to follow. These are the real moneymakers for GM. combined with the Silverado and Sierra they are funding all of …
What Is GM Doing? Racketeering Lawsuit Against FCA Denied 2nd Time
It’s a bit hard to understand why GM thinks it has such a compelling racketeering case against Fiat Chrysler. That’s because it has been denied a second time. The lawsuit was denied by a federal judge who called it “too speculative.” The case was dismissed with prejudice in July. Judge Paul Borman called it a …
Chevy Hates Ram: Will Pay You $750 Incentive To Switch
With Labor Day coming and summer almost over those yearly incentives, car manufacturers rely on to move the iron are upon us. But this year Chevy is taking a different approach. As Ram trucks beat out Chevy for the number two slot in sales last year the folks at Chevy are mad. The combination of …
Sedan Sales: Toyota Laughing At Ford and GM
When GM and Ford first announced they were abandoning sedans to double down on pickup trucks and SUVs, you knew it was a bad idea. All you needed to know was that the Japanese, Korean, and European car companies did not follow suit. That was two years ago. Now that it has happened only Chrysler …
Recall Alert: Buick, Chevy, and GMC SUVs Have Faulty Airbags
Do you have a Buick Enclave, Chevy Traverse, GMC Arcadia, Chevy Silverado, or other related GMC SUVs and trucks? If so, you may need to take your vehicle in for maintenance due to having airbag issues. Recall for GMC, Chevy, Cadillac, and Buick SUVs/trucks The vehicles affected by this recent recall include the 2020 GMC …
Report: GM Considering Splitting Up GM
It’s no secret that Tesla’s valuation and the ease at which it can gain investors have GM and Ford mad. GM went so far as to hold a dog and pony show preview of the next three year’s products to a select group of finance and Wall Street shakers. Now GM CEO Mary Barra is …
GM Is Cranking On Fiat Chrysler Calling Out Alleged Bribery Scheme
With a lawsuit that was dismissed back in June GM is doubling down on what it claims are ills committed by cross-town rivals Fiat Chrysler. This has been going on for decades but now it seems to have accelerated into the 2020s with more relevance. GM sued Fiat Chrysler back in 2019 alleging corrupt union …
Almost Official End Of Camaro, Cadillac CT4/CT5 Production Revealed
Every move and indication that GM has recently announced signals the end of production for the Camaro, and Cadillac CT4 and CT5. The latest is that the Grand River Lansing assembly plant is slated to be converted into producing new GM BEVs by 2024. Grand River is where the Camaro is exclusively manufactured. It’s also …
Is the Hummer All That GM Has Got For Its Electric Future?
We’ve heard GM execs wax on and on about GM’s electric future but we’re not seeing it much. We know the Hummer is coming back as an all-electric GMC SUV but there has got to be more than that. Chevy has the Bolt, and there will soon be a variant of it. We hope it …
Worst Car Wednesday: 1982-88 Cimarron Kicked Off Cadillac’s Death March
The beginning of the end of General Motors has been pinned on many things. Badge engineering; the use of a single car trimmed in various ways to fool the public into thinking they’re different was GM’s Achilles heel. In a zeal to glomb as much from a single platform as possible, it took everything it …
Worst Car Wednesday: Chevy Corsica/Beretta, Two Names For One Dud
Pundits sometimes try to pin down exactly when GM began its downhill slide into sub-mediocracy. Really, it was cumulative, one mistake stacked on another. In 2010 it all caught up and bankruptcy was the only solution if you can call that a solution? Mistakes are like shooting fish in a barrel, but we’ll point to …
GM In Trouble: Two US Truck Plants See Big Rise In COVID-19 Cases
Two of GM’s US truck plants have seen a big rise in COVID-19 cases, leading to tension inside the plants and with the union. The plants are Arlington Assembly in Texas, and Wentzville Assembly in Missouri. GM builds its midsize pickups and full-size vans at Wentzville. Its redesigned full-size SUVs at assembled at Arlington. The …
GM Recall: Truck Hoods Are Still Flying Up 3 Months Later
It would be really scary to have the hood of your truck open up while you’re driving. You wouldn’t be able to see in front of you at all, and it would increase the risk of crashing. That’s exactly what some General Motors truck owners have been dealing with recently. Two recalls issued by the …
Chevy Caves: Silverado Front Ends and Interiors Will Change Soon
Quick, name the two things Chevy needs to fix on its Silverado pickups? It’s an easy question; the blandtastic interiors and that ridiculous fascia. We think Chevy has been bluffing about how popular its new trucks are. All trucks are popular, but Chevy lost ground last year to Ram when it slipped to third place. …
GM’s Newest Truck Engine Can Be Found in a Cadillac Sedan
GM’s newest engine is being marketed as the perfect engine for trucks. So why is that this engine can be found in a Cadillac?
Worst Car Wednesday: Disasterous Buick, Oldsmobile 1970s GM Aerobacks
Worst Car Wednesday will delve into how and why some truly horrible mass-produced cars were ever created. We set the stage and report on how consumers reacted and what the manufacturers did to “fix” their mistakes. Look, we know there are fans for some of these creations. We are some of those fans. But the …
GM’s Botched Attempt at Starting a Korean Car Company Never Stood a Chance
GM is one of the largest automakers in the world; however, that doesn’t mean everything it does is successful.
Ford and GM Waste a Lot of Money on Vehicles That Aren’t Trucks and SUVs
It’s no secret that trucks and SUVs are the biggest money makers for Ford and GM. So how much money are these companies losing on other cars?
Wow! Check Out All the New Car Launches Between Now and 2024
You would think we were in the boom times for vehicle manufacturers instead of in the middle of a pandemic. And you wouldn’t imagine that as analysts are predicting 2020 sales will be down by over 25% of manufacturers are planning on launching 250 new models between 2021 and 2024. That’s over 60 new car …
GM Won’t Shut Down Plant With 5 COVID-19 Cases and Growing
It’s more than a little disappointing to find that GM’s Wentzville, Missouri, assembly plant has seen 20 cases of COVID-19 since mid-May. It is worse to find that GM is not going to shut down the plant located just outside of St. Louis. “If we see a large outbreak in one area then we need …
GM Head Tells When Autonomous Cars and EVs Take Over the World
If anyone can predict the future of vehicles it is Mary Barra. She’s the head of GM. If you’re GM you have to be ready for when it happens, whatever “it” happens to be. But you also can’t jump the gun because if you do there is little return on your massive investment in development …
2 New Buicks Have GM’s Latest Design Trend: It Really Sucks!
Why, oh why must GM adopt something so stupid as this “emerging design trend?” That’s what it is being called and it appears on both Buick’s 2020 Encore GX and 2021 Envision. Some pundits say it is sure to be adopted by even more GM models in the near future. These two new Buicks feature …
Developing: Chevy Forbids C8 Corvette Repairs Outside Of Network
Even Ferraris can be repaired wherever the owner wants it to be. But the new C8 Corvette? According to the GM TechLink site, Chevy won’t sell any structural components for the C8. If you want your Corvette repaired it must be through the GM certified repair network. Structural parts are put on a restriction list …
Will Ford Truck Sales Continue to Dominate RAM?
Ford has long been the industry leader in truck sales. The F-Series trucks are still the most sold trucks of all time. But, in 2019, the competition starting heating up big time. It was huge when RAM sales overtook Chevrolet, hot on Ford’s heels. Truck sales were already set to be exciting for 2020. Now, …
Brand New Pontiac Solstice Coupe For Sale: Have You Ever Seen One?
As soon as the Pontiac brand was killed you knew the Solstice coupe would someday be highly collectible. That’s because Pontiac had just started producing them. When Pontiac’s run was over only 1,200 Solstice coupes had been made. Have you ever seen one in the wild? It seems like few of them became transportation. Instead, …
GM Wants Dealers To Follow EPA Clean Guidelines: Dealers Assn. Says No!
GM wants its dealers to follow what it is calling the “Clean Dealer Participation Agreement” program. The program follows US guidelines for cleaning vehicles to combat COVID-19 and by using EPA-approved cleaners. But the California New Car Dealers Association says No! That’s because it is afraid of liability if one of the dealers is identified …
Chevy Admits 2020 Corvettes Secretly Produced During Shutdown
If you, like the rest of us, thought all auto manufacturing throughout the world had shut down because of the Coronavirus crisis, think again. Chevy had big profit plans from the new mid-engine Corvette. With the shutdown of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, factory those plans were dashed. But now Chevy admits that 2020 Corvette chassis …
The First GM Ventilators Are Being Delivered
Automakers have started responding to the COVID-19 outbreak in earnest. Mazda is offering free auto service to healthcare workers, regardless of what car they drive. Daytona International Speedway has been repurposed as a drive-up testing facility. And instead of factory production lines sitting idle, several automakers have been repurposing them to make medical equipment instead. …
Looks Like Chevy Is Pushing Back All Of Its 2021 Launches to 2022
First, it was the refreshed 2021 Chevy Traverse being bumped up to 2022. Then we heard there probably won’t be any 2020 Chevy Corvette convertibles. The updates listed for the 2021 Silverado and Camaro have also been moved to 2022. Now, it is the refreshed Chevy Equinox getting kicked down the road to 2022. The …
You Probably Won’t Be Able to Buy These Popular GM Vehicles Anytime Soon
GM and other automakers are struggle to survive the current global crisis. How long will consumers have to wait for the new cars they want?
General Motors and Ford Scramble to Build Life-Saving Ventilators
Detroit based carmakers Ford and General Motors have ramped up production to help answer the demand for life-saving ventilators and other healthcare devices as COVID-19 cases rise above 300,000. GM is working to generate 10,000 ventilators each month starting mid-April while Ford is working to manufacture 50,000 within the next 100 days. The shift in …
