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The GMC Denali and AT4 off-road models are now outselling Cadillac. What was once “the standard of the world,” Cadillac is now a brand nobody cares about. Sales across the board are in the tank as GMC overtakes it. Most Cadillac dealers are dualed with GMC, so GM should quietly drop Cadillac models until there …

Technology is one of the biggest deciding factors for today’s car shoppers, and today’s vehicles offer more technology and more advanced infotainment systems than ever before. However, one thing you never want to experience as a new vehicle owner is a surprise. But owners of many new General Motors vehicles are getting way more than …

Any time that GM unveils a concept it is an event. And in most cases, stunning vehicle design is revealed. This is the Buick Electra concept and it portends Buick’s design language going forward. Impressive and involved body sculpting is intriguing and compelling. The gull-wing doors will never be seen in production, but concepts have …

The Oldsmobile LF9 diesel engine was another GM engine architecture with horrendous results. Here's the amazing story of its diesel engine disasters you won't believe.

There is a study released each year ranking American-made content in cars and trucks. The Kogod Made in America Auto Index is out for 2020 measuring US content in vehicles. Here are the rankings for the most American cars. The Ford Ranger tops the list, beating last year’s winner the Chevy Corvette and Volt The …

A lot of what we hear out of GM lately is electric car-related. But when you look at the lineup of vehicles from GM there are few EVs. It has seemed like a bit of a puzzle. But now it looks like the EV picture for GM is becoming clearer. Its Ultium Drive system shows …

One of the big problems with the 2024 Olympics being in Los Angeles is traffic. Congestion continues to increase even with freeway widening efforts across the Los Angeles basin. The word is that several companies are developing flying taxis to literally hop over the congestion. These would have the look of large drones and seat …

In a perfect world, all companies tell the truth all the time. But, in reality, it merely isn’t true, and the NHTSA found that out the hard way when General Motors Company promised them there was no ignition defect. GM’s lie did one thing, though, and that was to bring an immense problem, with the NHTSA’s investigative process, …

General Motors feels confident about partnering with Nikola because they spent $2 billion to build a strategic partnership. With this deal, GM gets 11% of the ownership of this electric truck start-up business.  General Motors partners with Nikola  Nikola electric trucks just got pretty serious by merging with General Motors to secure lower battery and …

Today Honda and General Motors signed a memo of understanding forming an alliance for a number of goals. The memo states it is an understanding to develop a range of vehicles, share purchasing, research and development, and platforms. That sounds more like the cusp of a merger than an alliance. So, are GM and Honda …

At the beginning of August, Chevy launched a new e-quotation consulting service for its South Korean customers. This timely, contactless shopping method is in large part GM’s response to high South Korean demand for three Chevy vehicles: the Chevrolet Colorado, the Trailblazer, and the Traverse. GM Authority reports on exactly what we can expect from …

We’re coming up on Labor Day 2020 and even in this pandemic, it means lots of new cars will be sold. And SUVs. But according to a recent survey, it seems more consumers will be looking for sedans than for an SUV. Wait, what? We thought the demand for sedans was so bad that GM …

Every enthusiast has been waiting for Chevy to get onto the Raptor bandwagon. Now the bell has been answered and it has revealed the 2023 Silverado ZR2. As Chevy has had success with the Colorado ZR2 it plans to apply that same recipe around its full-size Silverado. Though it may not be on the same …

What started out as the American car revenge on Japanese economical, front-wheel-drive, four-cylinder sedans quickly turned into a mess. GM, Ford, and Chrysler had never attempted to do this type of car. A car with maximum space, small size, and a high degree of quality. We guess it could only do two as the quality …

GM assembly line workers are staying away from the Wentzville, Missouri, pickup assembly plant as COVID-19 cases increase. Since the start of July cases have more than tripled in St. Charles County where the Wentzville Assembly Plant is located. Cases are near 4,000 per week while they were only 1,100 a month ago. To make …

The Holden brand was GM’s Australian manufacturing arm forever. But GM has been retracting for years. First, it sold its Opel brand in Europe, and then it killed the Holden brand last February. But now it has done a partial reversal and started another company. It’s called GMSV (General Motors Specialty Vehicles). And the Aussies …

Let’s celebrate the lengths GM will go for a bit of hype. What we all want from the upcoming refreshed 2021 Chevy Silverado is a new fascia. Oh, and a better interior. What we’ll get is something that serves little purpose that no one wants. That would be a six-position tailgate with a secret seventh …

GM’s Chevy Tahoe and Suburban full-size SUVs are just now trickling into dealerships. The coronavirus pushed back GM’s schedules but it is full steam ahead right now. The GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade are soon to follow. These are the real moneymakers for GM. combined with the Silverado and Sierra they are funding all of …

It’s a bit hard to understand why GM thinks it has such a compelling racketeering case against Fiat Chrysler. That’s because it has been denied a second time. The lawsuit was denied by a federal judge who called it “too speculative.” The case was dismissed with prejudice in July. Judge Paul Borman called it a …

With Labor Day coming and summer almost over those yearly incentives, car manufacturers rely on to move the iron are upon us. But this year Chevy is taking a different approach. As Ram trucks beat out Chevy for the number two slot in sales last year the folks at Chevy are mad. The combination of …