2015 Corvette Recalled, Stop-Sale Order Issued
12 Sep 2014, 08:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just this week GM issued a handful of recalls involving models such as the Cadillac ATS, Buick Encore and Chevy Impala, but the bad news just got worse - the updated Chevy Corvette (2015 MY) is the ...
Cadillac ATS, Buick Encore Recalled Over Safety Belt Issue
11 Sep 2014, 14:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The newest General Motors-related safety recall covers certain model year 2013 Cadillac ATS and 2013 Buick Encore vehicles. According to documentation submitted by General Motors to the National Hig...
GM Received 152 Reports of Problematic Saturn VUE Vehicles Covered in a Previous Recall
5 Sep 2014, 16:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / About a month ago we reported that General Motors announced 5 recall campaigns, with the biggest of the lot involving 202,115 units of the 2002 - 2004 Saturn VUE crossover. Fast-forward a month sinc...
GM August Deliveries in the US Down 1 Percent Compared With Last Year's August
3 Sep 2014, 17:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / On a selling day adjusted basis, GM's total August sales were up 2 percent the former month. But if you calculate how many cars General Motors moved the old fashioned way, those 272,423 vehicle...
Eye-Tracking Technology to Be Adopted By General Motors
3 Sep 2014, 08:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / There's a general rule that says new technologies will be adopted by the public only if they're easier to use than to ignore. Near field communication (NFC), Wi-Fi connectivity and mobile ...
Next-Gen Cadillac SRX will be Made in America
27 Aug 2014, 16:55 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / General Motors just announced two major investments totaling $233 million for powertrain production facilities in Tennessee and Indiana, but along with this big news, it also managed to sneak in con...
NHTSA Launches VIN Search Engine to Help Drivers Identify Recalled Vehicles
20 Aug 2014, 12:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At the beginning of August, General Motors has received a slap on the wrist from safety regulators because its Recall Center search engine showed inaccurate search results. As an alternative to the ...
Paraplegic Woman Sues GM for Third-Degree Burns Caused by a Chevy Suburban
19 Aug 2014, 17:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Most of you have done it. It's a long drive and your significant other or your buddy sleeps soundly in the passenger seat. Just to spice things up a bit, you turn the seat heater on and gingerl...
Opel Teases Mystery Car Ahead of Moscow Show
15 Aug 2014, 02:23 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / With the Moscow International Motor Show getting ready to kick off later this month, Opel seems to have a trick up its sleeve. A mysterious car draped in a yellow sheet recently appeared on the soci...
2016 Chevrolet Camaro to Be Made at GM Lansing Grand River Assembly
13 Aug 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors has just announced that its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant will benefit from a $174 million investment for a new stamping facility, adding 145 new jobs. GM states that the new fac...
GM Ignition Compensation Fund Received 135 Applications, 65 Death Claims
12 Aug 2014, 11:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The notorious ignition switch fiasco that started at the beginning of the year forced General Motors to come up with a special victim fund for those that suffered injuries or lost their lives in cra...
2016 Chevrolet Camaro Spied Roaming in the United States
11 Aug 2014, 14:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This is one of those rare occasions when spy photographers snap something that doesn't happen very often. Putting aside the fact that the sixth-gen Chevy Camaro is a highly anticipated pony, ou...
8L90 Eight-Speed Auto Shifts Quicker Than Porsche's PDK Gearbox
10 Aug 2014, 16:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When General Motors introduced the seven-speed manual on the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, we had a hunch that engineers paid attention to what Porsche has fitted to the 991-generation 911 sport...
GM Announces 5 Recalls Covering 269,000 Vehicles
10 Aug 2014, 14:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's been awhile since General Motors has called in some cars, ain't it? Well not anymore. The carmaker informed recently that 269,000 older and newer nameplates are involved in separate c...
2016 Chevrolet Volt to Debut at 2015 Detroit Auto Show in January
7 Aug 2014, 14:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's official! Chevrolet has confirmed that the second-generation Chevrolet Volt will be unveiled at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which will open its doors Monday...
OnStar 4G LTE Trial Period Activated by 98 Percent of Users
7 Aug 2014, 12:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Having an Internet connection in your car is not a fancy thing, but a useful feature, especially in the year 2014. Imagine the benefits of having 24/7 in-car access to the World Wide Web - restauran...
GM Planning More Diesels in the U.S.
6 Aug 2014, 16:50 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Despite a recent report showing sales of the Chevy Cruze Diesel were lagging behind the competition, Chevrolet is not ready to throw in the towel for this engine technology for its cars and light tr...
GM Recall Center Website Found to Give Misleading Search Results
4 Aug 2014, 15:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This just in from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: the GM Recall Center is not working properly. One might be lead to think that there may be an unindented fault in the system, bu...
Senator Proposes Life Sentence for Execs that Delay Auto Recalls Resulting in Deaths
4 Aug 2014, 14:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Claire McCaskill. Automotive bigwigs should tremble with fear when they hear this Senator's name 'cause she's the lady that recently introduced the Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety En...
Next-Gen Buick Regal Might be Assembled at Opel's Russelsheim Plant in Germany
4 Aug 2014, 09:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although it's basically a rebadged version of the Opel Insignia, the current generation Buick Regal might be the last one to be assembled at the General Motors Oshawa, Ontario plant. This turn ...