Mercedes-Benz Offers Affinity Card With AmEx
24 Aug 2011, 09:48 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The latest must-have for a shopping spree will be offered be premium card provider American Express. The company has closed an affinity deal with Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz products. The...
New Flame Treatment Tech for Paint Coming from GM
24 Aug 2011, 07:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American auto giant General Motors has just introduced a way to eliminate solvent from the paint process. Specifically, the flame treatment technology lets paint stick to plastic vehicle parts like ...
Chrysler Halts Ram Dakota Production at Warren Truck Facility
23 Aug 2011, 12:39 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Chrysler decided to pull the plug on the Ram Dakota today, but the car maker is still deciding whether cutting one of the Warren Truck Plants models will translate into the transfer of some facility...
Volkswagen Steers to U.S. Style to Boost Brand Sales
22 Aug 2011, 11:00 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The Volkswagen brand switches into another gear in order to boost its sales in the US. In order to do that the manufacturer aims at 800,000 annual US unit sales by 2018. Also, it plans to offer more...
Roush Brings in Mark Trostle as Head of Design Studio
19 Aug 2011, 16:01 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / As always, Roush is determined to keep a fast pace regarding design in order to be one step ahead with its creations. Thus, Roush announced that D. Mark Trostle will lead their automotive design tea...
Portland Prepares for Electric Cars by Testing Electric Avenue
19 Aug 2011, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / No, we are not talking about Eddy Grant’s Electric Avenue as some would be tempted to do so, but it’s close. The one that we are taking about is part of a two-year study which involves s...
General Motors Tries to Avoid Impala Lawsuit by Using Bankruptcy
18 Aug 2011, 13:21 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / GM is taking evasive actions in order to dismiss a class-action lawsuit seeking damages for a design flaw with the company’s 2007-08 model year Chevrolet Impala sedans. The manufacturer admits...
General Motors Adjusts Output at Indiana Facility
18 Aug 2011, 11:04 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors decided to trim the output at its full-size truck plant in Indiana and add shifts to a pickup factory in Michigan in order to improve the balance inventory on dealer lots. The targete...
They Ain't Tougher Than This: GMC Sierra 3500HD Wins Heavy Duty Showdown
16 Aug 2011, 13:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / An Ariel Atom can get to 60 mph faster than you can blink, while the Veyron tops out at the sorts of speeds reserved for aircraft. So what can a big, unwieldy, thirsty truck do to impress us? In ...
IHS Automotive Lowers Auto Sales Estimates for 2011 and 2012
12 Aug 2011, 14:14 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It looks like car sales in the US are taking a downward direction as IHS Automotive explains. The forecasts which were made preciously by the same company were reduced by 200,000 units in 2011 to 12...
GM Executives to Push the Company from Good to Great
11 Aug 2011, 15:52 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The annual conference with investors and financial analysts revealed that GM is on a steady course. General Motors has demonstrated improvement after emerging form Chapter 11 bankruptcy just 2 years...
Ford Feels 'Pricing Pressure' from Chinese Auto Market
11 Aug 2011, 10:04 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / As many other car manufacturers, Ford searches for new ways to grow its footprint in China, but lately the company is encountering pricing pressure due to the auto market slowing down."In the l...
GM Not Certain Anymore on Sale Forecasted for This Year
10 Aug 2011, 14:40 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Sometimes even top guns like General Motors’ executives can get a bit a head of themselves when making some forecasts. The problem now is that GM is wondering if the auto retail industry will ...
GM Launches Dealership Overhauling Program This Year
10 Aug 2011, 13:13 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors plans to change the appearance of its dealerships by carrying out renovations throughout its facilities. This might be a first in the automotive industry given the magnitude of the re...
GM Trims Engineering Infrastructure for Better Efficiency
10 Aug 2011, 12:22 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It looks that sometimes it is better to take a closer look inside closed doors in order find a solution for a problem, the best example for the the saying would be GM. The manufacturer recorded $1 b...
Baojun 360 Sedan Storming China
10 Aug 2011, 09:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Having had its world premiere in Shanghai back in April, the first sedan spawned by GM’s new Chinese brand has just started its national launch tour in Chengdu, the American auto giant announc...
General Motors to Roll Out Opel in Europe for Head On Competition With VW
10 Aug 2011, 08:27 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Opel, the General Motors struggling brand, has tough competition ahead, as GM plans to move the brand more up-market to compete directly with Volkswagen AG in Europe. Furthermore, the manufacturer ...
GM Becomes World's Number 1 Automaker, Even VW Surpasses Toyota
8 Aug 2011, 15:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s been a rough couple of years for Japanese auto giant Toyota. After continued recalls and lack of supply due to the massive Japanese problems caused by the March earthquake, the Big T has ...
General Motors Prepares Ontario Plant to Build Cadillac XTS
5 Aug 2011, 10:09 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors readies its assembly facility in Oshawa, Ontario for the build of the new Cadillac XTS luxury sedan by investing $117 million securing this way 400 jobs at the facility. When GM fille...
2011 Chevrolet Volt Is Virtually Sold Out
3 Aug 2011, 12:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / While automakers have started releasing their sales statements for the month of July, General Motors goes even further with the details. Aside from the usual units and figures, the American auto gi...