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GM-built Baojun 730 Is a Chinese Minivan with Lotus-tuned Suspension
GM-built Baojun 730 Is a Chinese Minivan with Lotus-tuned Suspension

1 Aug 2014, 15:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It may sound like a fisherman's tale, but it is for real - this box-shaped thing had its front McPherson struts and torsion beam rear suspension tuned by Lotus, the same company that makes the ...

 
GM Targeted Yet Again By Collective Lawsuit
GM Targeted Yet Again By Collective Lawsuit

1 Aug 2014, 11:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After 60 recalls and almost 30 million faulty vehicles, General Motors finds itself at the firing end of a barrel of a gun, with numerous victims intending lawsuits for accidents linked to sub-stan...

 
Toyota Should Recall 177,500 Camry Models According to Consumer Reports
Toyota Should Recall 177,500 Camry Models According to Consumer Reports

29 Jul 2014, 11:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Not too long ago, Toyota issued a recall covering 2007 to 2011 model year Camrys for two different problems. Still, the automaker should start a new investigation as more and more owners are complai...

 
Recalled GM Vehicles Affected by Major Price Drops, Study Finds
Recalled GM Vehicles Affected by Major Price Drops, Study Finds

24 Jul 2014, 15:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since the beginning of 2014, America's automotive industry was hit hard by the NHTSA over various safety and non-compliance defects. Out of the total recall population, GM is king of the hill w...

 
GM Recall Costs Totaled $1.5 Billion In the Second Quarter, Profit Falls 85 Percent
GM Recall Costs Totaled $1.5 Billion In the Second Quarter, Profit Falls 85 Percent

24 Jul 2014, 13:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although the American company announced $0.2 billion second quarter net income attributable to common stockholders, the actual net profit is $190 million, translating to an 85 percent drop compared ...

 
Holden Commodore Recalled Over Sub-Standard Seat Weld
Holden Commodore Recalled Over Sub-Standard Seat Weld

24 Jul 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Considering that the Aussie nameplate has been recalled four times in three months' time and this fifth campaign hikes the tally to a whopping 100,000 affected vehicles, it makes you wonder if ...

 
GM Pool of Potential Victims Expands with 505 New Death and Injury Claims
GM Pool of Potential Victims Expands with 505 New Death and Injury Claims

24 Jul 2014, 08:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After GM announced yesterday its 60th safety recall so far this year, more dirt has been uncovered about the manufacturer's lousy practices - through the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis...

 
General Motors Recall Saga Continues With 6 New Campaigns
General Motors Recall Saga Continues With 6 New Campaigns

23 Jul 2014, 18:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We're in the 30th week of the year and General Motors' recall tally approaches the 30 million mark. As if that wasn't enough of a handful, the manufacturer recently announced that it&...

 
GM to Invest $800M in Michigan Facilities, Adding 1,750 Jobs
GM to Invest $800M in Michigan Facilities, Adding 1,750 Jobs

23 Jul 2014, 09:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's a widely known fact that the two-peninsula state is the melting pot of General Motors operations. Although the auto giant has a lot of facilities in this region, GM plans to invest $800 mi...

 
1.3 Million GM Vehicles Recalled Over Electric Power Steering Issues
1.3 Million GM Vehicles Recalled Over Electric Power Steering Issues

21 Jul 2014, 15:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While the entire automotive industry has recalled almost 28 million automobiles last year, General Motors is getting perilously close to the 30 million mark. If you take into consideration this lous...

 
2015 Chevrolet & GMC Models to Get 8-Speed Automatic Transmission
2015 Chevrolet & GMC Models to Get 8-Speed Automatic Transmission

18 Jul 2014, 20:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At this year's Detroit Auto Show, Chevrolet debuted the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. A new eight-speed automatic transmission has been announced as an optional extra that offers full-throttle u...

 
GM Legal Staff Takes the Heat at Recall Hearing
GM Legal Staff Takes the Heat at Recall Hearing

17 Jul 2014, 17:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Delphi's CEO blamed GM for the sub-standard ignition switches, the automaker's Mary Barra stepped up and testified before the Committee's Chairman McCaskill and Ranking Member H...

 
Delphi Blames GM for Faulty Ignition Switches
Delphi Blames GM for Faulty Ignition Switches

17 Jul 2014, 16:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A little while back, we reported that the U.S. Senate Commerce Comitee's panel of investigators has summoned Rodney O'Neal, the chief executive officer of Delphi, on Capitol Hill's ho...

 
GM Lied to Federal Authorities About Ignition-Related Fatal Accidents
GM Lied to Federal Authorities About Ignition-Related Fatal Accidents

17 Jul 2014, 12:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Another day, another ignition switch headline to make you get cold feet about driving a vehicle designed and assembled by GM. That's seems to be the norm these days and a new analysis further d...

 
Hiding Safety Defects May Get Auto Execs Prison Time
Hiding Safety Defects May Get Auto Execs Prison Time

16 Jul 2014, 20:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Bob Casey are cooking quite the recipe for misbehaving higher-ups in the auto industry. These two are reportedly working on a bill that would punish bigwigs with...

 
GM Could be Charged with Fraud Over Ignition Switch Recall Delay
GM Could be Charged with Fraud Over Ignition Switch Recall Delay

14 Jul 2014, 18:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Several federal prosecuters have joined forces and are currently doing their homework in order to charge General Motors with fraud over the notorious defective ignition switch recall. Evidence of mi...

 
Johan de Nysschen Named Cadillac President
Johan de Nysschen Named Cadillac President

11 Jul 2014, 17:06 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Yesterday, we reported Infiniti president Johan de Nysschen had resigned from the company after just two years on the job, and now we know why. General Motors has officially announced today that de ...

 
GM Replacement Ignition Switches Recalled Over Faulty Tab
GM Replacement Ignition Switches Recalled Over Faulty Tab

10 Jul 2014, 09:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / What the hell is going on over at General Motors? First the manufacturer announced on February 7th that a defect relating to 619,122 cars was identified, but that figure hiked to 25.7 million vehicl...

 
2014 U.S. Recall Tally Up to 37.5 Million Vehicles After Six Months
2014 U.S. Recall Tally Up to 37.5 Million Vehicles After Six Months

9 Jul 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Data available on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website shows that the population of recalled vehicles in the United States has reached 37.5 million. That's almost 7...

 
Delphi CEO to Join Mary Barra on Capitol Hill's Hot Seat
Delphi CEO to Join Mary Barra on Capitol Hill's Hot Seat

9 Jul 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You might have heard of Delphi Automotive PLC before on the news. It's the automotive parts manufacturing company headquartered in the United Kingdom that became involved in an ongoing lawsuit ...