Watch How GM Works To Eliminate Brake Noise
3 Jul 2014, 18:45 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / There is nothing worse than hearing the brakes squeal on your brand new car, but as much testing that automakers do to limit such noises, sometimes there just isn’t a way to test all scenarios...
General Motors Marion Plant Explosion Kills Worker, Injures Eight Other
2 Jul 2014, 12:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / GM's stamping plant from Marion, Indiana was the scene of an unfortunate accident on Tuesday, when a chemical explosion fatally wounded a contractor and injured eight other people. Out of the l...
General Motors Moved 267,461 Vehicles In June
1 Jul 2014, 17:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Compared to the same month a year ago, General Motors' total U.S. sales were up by just 1 percent, with retail sales up 1 percent and fleet sales by a mere 2 percentage points. Despite analysts...
Chevrolet SS Gets Thumbs Up From Consumer Reports
1 Jul 2014, 11:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's easy to diss the 2014 Chevrolet SS as being just a rebadged Holden Commodore from the Land Down Under. And you're mostly right, but the V8-powered four-door sleeper recipe is still a ...
8.4 Million GM Vehicles Recalled, 7.6 Million Over Unintended Ignition Key Rotation
1 Jul 2014, 08:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / With this latest set of 6 call back operations, General Motors has broken the 25 million vehicles mark and is steadily heading even higher than that. If you're still keeping count, the carmaker...
Each GM Ignition Switch Death to Be Compensated With At Least $1 Million
30 Jun 2014, 15:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The compensation expert hired by General Motors to come up with the compensation plan for the 13 people that died in crashes linked to the infamous defective ignition switch fiasco declared that the...
GM Announces Four New Recall Operations Covering 506k Vehicles
28 Jun 2014, 11:44 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Was there a single week in 2014 without General Motors to announce a new recall operation? With the tally now well over 20 million glitchy vehicles, a further 506,873 cars have been recently called ...
Matt Lauer Plays the Gender Card with GM CEO Mary Barra
26 Jun 2014, 18:22 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Between its new CEO and the massive safety issues, General Motors has been in the headlines a lot lately, so Matt Lauer and The Today Show headed to Detroit for an exclusive interview with CEO Mary ...
Stolen Corvette Reunited With Owner After 33-Year Abscence
26 Jun 2014, 14:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As unbelievable as it might sound, this story finalized with an unforeseen happy ending. George Talley last saw his '79 Vette on an unfaithful day in July 1981. After he parked his beloved C3 o...
33k Chevrolet Cruze Sedans Involved In GM Stop-Sale Order
26 Jun 2014, 12:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The bigwigs over at General Motors announced an immediate stop-sale order on some 2013 and 2014 model year Chevrolet Cruze sedans currently in dealership inventory. As for the potentially hazardous ...
Chinese Supplier Blamed by GM Over Ignition Switch Fiasco
25 Jun 2014, 19:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Well, well, well. What do we have here then? Moments ago we’ve found out that General Motors accused one of its suppliers as the prime cause for the millions of vehicles fitted with sub-standa...
Is the 2015 Chevrolet Suburban the Unsung Hero of Family Road Trips?
24 Jun 2014, 17:49 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As the coveted summer vacation draws ever nearer, the typical American household is making last minute preparations for the most perfect family experience yet. And that made us beg the question &ldq...
Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Walkaround
24 Jun 2014, 16:14 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It is the most expensive fifth-generation Camaro money can buy you could’ve bought before it has sold out. Only 500 examples of the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 were made and each one starts fro...
Opel Astra GTC Now Available With New Turbo Diesel
24 Jun 2014, 12:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Set to replace the 1.7-liter oil burner produced at GM Powertrain Poland since the dinosaurs were still around, the 1.6-liter CDTI turbo diesel will provide the Opel/Vauxhall Astra GTC with better g...
GM Design VP to Make Cameo Appearance in Transformers 4
24 Jun 2014, 11:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It’s not surprising that the next movie from the Transformers franchise gathered a bucketload of attention from both the media and hardcore fans of Autobot leader Optimus Prime. However, it ma...
Chevrolet Volt Battery Coolant Issue Identified
24 Jun 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to the ignition switch recall-laden General Motors, owners of the 2012 and 2013 model year Chevrolet Volt long range electric vehicle are 'encouraged' by the manufacturer to sche...
GM Speeds Up Ignition Repairs With Dealer Incentives
22 Jun 2014, 17:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Now here's a little bit of good news coming from General Motors – dealerships nationwide will be offered $250 in order to hurry up the replacement of faulty ignition switches. But this is...
Holden to Weed Out Commodore By 2017
20 Jun 2014, 20:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Dear Australian motorists, it saddens us to inform you that Holden will phase out the Commodore nameplate by 2017, when General Motors intends to move vehicle production away from the Land Down Unde...
Fiat Gets Shameful 'F' In 2014 J.D. Power Study, Porsche Leads
20 Jun 2014, 09:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2014 J.D. Power Initial Quality study polled 86,000 car buyers about any kind of issue experienced with their all-new vehicles in the first 90 days of ownership. Surprisingly enough, Fiat was th...
Chrysler Investigated Over Ignition Switch Problem
18 Jun 2014, 20:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just as General Motors' recall tally surpassed the 20 million vehicle mark, another heavyweight manufacturer from Detroit is facing an investigation over potential ignition switch glitches. Chr...