Nissan and General Motors have signed an agreement to build a small cargo van based on the Nissan NV200. The small van, which will be called the Chevrolet City Express, will be available in the fall of 2014. “Our fleet customers have asked us for an entry in the commercial small van segment, so this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In my estimation, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolf represent about 10% of Santa Claus’ transportation needs year round. Sure, they can fly and they’re fuzzy, but how about handling the daily commute on California’s 405 freeway? These animals, indeed all animals, have an exhaust-pipe – if you know what I mean. Have you ever seen what caribou [...]
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.
General Motors isn’t screwing around when it comes to their bread and butter cars. The 2014 Chevrolet Impala is one of their more contemporary updates when it comes to completely rethinking what a large sedan is. While Chrysler is set on rear drive architecture and Ford’s Taurus is still a hefty proposition based on an older platform, [...]
The 2013 Buick Enclave is a luxurious people mover that’s been updated for a more modern and sleek design. LED daytime running lights make for the bold first statement with lots of additional front end updates to boot. Add to that the optional 20 inch wheels body-colored everything and a new upscale interior separate the [...]
The 2013 Chevrolet Traverse has been restyled and, according to General Motors, has been given a more athletic and stylish makeover. Nothing has changed mechanically, but, given the high marks the Chevrolet Traverse gets for its power and efficiency, that may not be such a bad thing. The 2013 Chevrolet Traverse competes directly with the [...]
The 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS turbo is a small car with a big turbo-charged personality. General Motors brought The Fast Lane Car to Northern California to test and evaluate many of their new 2013 models. The 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS benefits from a unique (from the regular Chevrolet Sonic turbo) interior, suspension and wheels. These [...]
Rising prices at the pump and sales triple this period last year weren’t enough to keep the plant that makes the Chevy Volt humming. GM plans to idle their Detroit-Hamtramck plant for four weeks starting in mid-September. It’s the second time they’ve idled the plant this year in an effort to get supply in line [...]
The 2012 Camaro ZL1 is the fastest and most powerful production Camaro ever built by Chevrolet. But you probably already knew that. What you might not know is that this almost 600 horsepower car is really a pussy cat to drive. In fact if it got better gas mileage you could easily use it as [...]
