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A good GM diesel car ... has hell frozen over?
Posted 12:01 am U.S. ET, May 25
HELL, Mich. -- General Motors' passenger-car diesel program has, quite literally, been to Hell and back.
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Silverado hand-wringers should relax -- for now
Posted 12:15 pm U.S. ET, May 9SAN ANTONIO -- There was hand-wringing, even some flat out panic, when General Motors unwrapped its next-generation Chevrolet Silverado in December.
Many dealers, enthusiasts and writers questioned whether the pickup's design went far enough. There was also disappointment at the lack of a sexy technology to hit back at the Fo ...
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Why the Stingray's $52K sticker should come with an asterisk
Posted 1:55 pm U.S. ET, April 26DETROIT -- General Motors resisted the urge to jack up the price on the 2014 Corvette Stingray, despite major enhancements on the seventh-generation sports car.
The $51,995* sticker for the coupe, which is expected to hit showrooms by September, is just 1,400 bucks more than the current model, even with its more powerful engi ...
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Why GM might rename its new mid-sized pickups
Posted 1:08 pm U.S. ET, April 18Mark Reuss says the next-generation Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-sized pickups will be so much better than the bland outgoing models, General Motors might come up with new names.
"We're targeting a new generation of buyer with a new truck," the GM North America president told reporters this week.
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Cadillac tries to overcome walk-on status
Posted 10:01 am U.S. ET, April 2When I was in college, I walked onto the football team. It didn't take long for me to grasp a cold reality: I couldn't just be as good as the scholarship players, who already had the reputation and name recognition. To get the coaches' attention, I had to be better.
That's where Cadillac is today in its quest to play on the s ...
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Why the LaCrosse facelift is sorely needed
Posted 2:00 pm U.S. ET, March 25Buick is showing a refreshed LaCrosse sedan this week at the New York auto show. And it's not a moment too soon.
The LaCrosse has been the workhorse of Buick's recovery. The sedan, launched just weeks after General Motors' mid-2009 bankruptcy, was deemed by many as the most important debut in decades for Buick, which was figh ...
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Why sales of the new Impala must come the hard way
Posted 10:59 am U.S. ET, March 12SAN DIEGO -- Here's a prediction for a headline you're likely to see this fall: "Impala sales slide."
Not because the 2014 Chevrolet Impala, redesigned for the first time in eight years, is a bad car. It's a leap over its predecessor and should be plenty competitive with the Toyota Avalon, Ford Taurus and other big sedan riva ...
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Why Corvette in Europe faces a tough road
Posted 2:00 am U.S. ET, March 5GENEVA -- By unveiling the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible in Europe, General Motors is signaling that it believes this generation of the 'Vette can stretch its halo beyond American shores.
Much has been made of the hints of Euro-flavored styling found on the coupe, interpreted as Chevy's bid to appeal to younger ...
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Is Buick next in line for Opel's new convertible?
Posted 7:22 am U.S. ET, March 5GENEVA -- Could the Opel Cascada convertible unveiled at the show here today be headed to Buick showrooms in North America?
General Motors Vice Chairman Steve Girsky wouldn't say for sure, but offered this grist for the rumor mill:
"The Cascada is dynamite -- it looks great. That's what [GM ...
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Why Corvette in Europe faces a tough road
Posted 2:00 am U.S. ET, March 5GENEVA -- By unveiling the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible in Europe, General Motors is signaling that it believes this generation of the 'Vette can stretch its halo beyond American shores.
Much has been made of the hints of Euro-flavored styling found on the coupe, interpreted as Chevy's bid to appeal to younger ...
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Here's the deal behind Shaq's Buick commercials
Posted 10:54 am U.S. ET, March 4You might have seen the new commercial over the weekend that has Shaquille O'Neal's 7-foot-frame folded into a Buick LaCrosse.
The 15-time NBA All Star appeared last year in another LaCrosse spot. But no, he's not Buick's first official celebrity endorser since parting ways with Tiger Woods in 2010.
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