The auto industry is booming in United States. Nearly every manufacturer is report growth and most are reporting record setting sales. Luxurious pickup trucks are not the only vehicles enjoying huge sales success recently. Their large body-on-frame SUV relatives are trying to keep up. You might think that large crossovers are sure to take over [...]
Between the car shows, motor-sports events, new car reveals and car club events, enthusiasts have a multitude of destinations to choose from for summer activities. Here’s a novel idea: consider a tour of a production facility. After all, every car at the show has to come from somewhere. Why not check out where they came [...]
The US Treasury Department has announced that they are planning to sell another batch of the GM stock it originally acquired during the 2009 government bailout. Currently the Treasury has 241.7 million shares of GM stock which amounts to about 18% of the total common stock issued for the company. This is good news for [...]
In an announcement that surprised very few, Ford and General Motors vowed to develop 9 and 10 speed transmissions for their vehicles. By collaborating, Ford and GM save millions on developing, engineering, testing and producing these new transmissions. This is not the first time Ford and GM have collaborated on building/developing transmissions together. A few years back, Ford [...]
How long has it been since General Motors built a bad-ass off-road truck? It’s hard to examine the convictions of a public relations ‘suit,’ which was my dilemma when I saw the GMC Sierra All Terrain HD Concept a few years back. Me: “You’re gonna build it – right? I mean, it’s too cool not to [...]
The Opel Combo Outdoor Van is a concept vehicle, it was never meant for production or our shores… but, why not? Small working vans like the Ford Transit Connect, Ram ProMaster and Nissan’s NVs represent the newest volley of sensibly sized, economic working vans on our shores. Rumor has it that Toyota and Volkswagen may bring [...]
The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 comes out swinging. General Motors is lacing up the gloves for another match-up with archenemy Ford trucks and their mighty F150. Chevrolet’s 5.3-liter “EcoTec3″ V8 gets 23 mpg highway (2WD) and 22 mpg highway (4X4). This engine can deactivate four cylinders when V8 power is not needed for maximum efficiency. Combined [...]
The 2013 GMC Sierra Denali is the top of the line GMC pickup truck. It comes with almost every creature comfort found on high end luxury sedans including heated seats and a heated steering wheel and all-wheel-drive. So naturally we were curios how the Denali would do with AWD off-road. In another fun and informative [...]
The 2013 GMC Sierra Denali is one of the most plush pick-ups that you can buy today. Not only will it tow your horse but it will keep your hands warm with a heated steering wheel at the same time. In this fun and informative TFLcar video we take the plush pick-up from 0-60 [...]
The 2013 GMC Acadia represents one of the most competitive vehicles in the GM fleet as it competes in a extremely competitive class. Facing vehicles like the new Nissan Pathfinder, Mazda CX-9, Ford Explorer, Dodge Durango and Hyundai Santa Fe, the GMC Acadia is among many worth challengers. What sets the GMC Acadia apart from [...]
Your Opinion: If You Could Run A Car Company For The Year… The year 2012 is behind us. As we look down the 2013 road, the automotive industry is full of great technology which makes cars smarter and more efficient. As a journalist, I’ve been to countless new model launch events around the country this [...]
The brand new 2014 GMC Sierra is a giant Tonka toy of a pickup truck. But the new Sierra’s design is more than just skin deep. In another exclusive TFLcar video we not only show you the truck interior design but, with the help of the truck’s lead interior designer, we also show you the [...]
The brand new 2014 GMC Sierra broke cover today in Detroit. This is a new, updated and fully reworked pickup truck. The new GMC pickup features three engine choices just like it’s Chevy brother the Silverado. But while the both pickup offer more manly helping of boxy and square-jawed testosterone, the 2014 GMC Sierra seems [...]
The all new 2014 GMC Sierra is taking a different route, one that sticks to a similar recipe of the old model rather than changing into something unrecognizable. Unlike Ford and Ram, GMC is keeping a majority of the 2014 GMC Sierra simple. One place where the change is most notable is under the hood.
