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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?

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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?

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 …

Every four years, United States presidential candidates try to get the attention of the media as much as possible to pontificate. Their speaking engagements, television interviews, town halls, and bus tours are all arranged so that the voters for the next election can get a better sense of who the candidates are and the direction …

There are many reasons why there are so many front-wheel-drive cars. We’ll try to knock out what most of those reasons are. First some background. Front-wheel-drive has been around forever. It came into prominence in the US for racing with Harry Miller’s Indy 500 efforts in the early-1920s. In Europe, there were a number of …

In 2018, companies in the United States increased the amount of money they spent on ads. The 2019 Ad Age Leading National Advertisers Report found that the top 200 advertisers spent a total of $163 billion combined on their ads in 2018. That’s up 3.6 percent compared to 2017. There are 45 companies that spent …

Safety features are one of the most important features consumers consider when looking for a new car. Consumers want a vehicle that will hold up in a crash, get them from point A to Z safely, brake well in an emergency, and provide the convenience and comfort of knowing that the car is equipped with …

Buyers hope to trust the auto manufacturer that sells them a vehicle. Recalls and fraud undermine this faith. With two recalls right in a row for General Motors’ light-duty trucks, owners should check to make sure their 2019 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks are safe. Since both issues involve the braking systems, these are …

As we’ve seen with Tesla’s buggy Smart Summon feature, autonomous cars aren’t quite ready yet. Although, with the recent rise of features like lane-keeping assist, collision warning, and emergency braking, it may seem like we’re only a short time away from self-driving vehicles. But is that really the case? Self-driving vs. advanced driver-assistance It’s vital …