Mike ColiasMIKE COLIAS Get ready for the Cadillac ZTS? 4:24 pm U.S. ET | July 25, 2012  Cadillac rolls out its ATS compact sedan next month. A redesigned CTS is due by late next year. The new XTS large sedan bowed in June. Now, what if Cadillac one day decides to slot a long-awaited flagship sedan atop the XTS, as Automotive News reports in this week’s issue? I can’t help but wonder: What might that vehicle be named?... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS When is a good time to call out a rival? For Cadillac, it's now 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2012  There are two schools of thought on calling out a dominant rival in an advertisement. One theory: Doing so simply reinforces who's the top dog.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Why manual gearboxes are making a comeback 3:17 pm U.S. ET | June 29, 2012  At Major League Baseball's All-Star game next month, Chevrolet will set up four fans with tickets to the game, the home run derby and driving lessons with “celebrity” instructors. All that, simply for expressing some love for the stickshift.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Amid sniping, silliness, a real idea emerges 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 18, 2012  Annual shareholders' meeting are worth attending for one reason: the shareholder comment and question session. It's fun to watch the CEO squirm at sharp criticism or try to keep a straight face at an off-the-wall suggestion. General Motors' annual meeting last week offered a bit of both Mike Colias covers General Motors for Automotive News.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Dealership gift cards? GM CEO likes the idea 3:09 pm U.S. ET | June 12, 2012  Reporters rarely venture to a company's annual shareholders' meeting expecting big news to break out. But they are worth attending for one reason: the shareholder comment and question session. Today's compelling shareholder suggestion at GM's annual meeting? A gift card program for dealerships, similar to the cards you can get at Lowe's or Target.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS 5 reasons GM's Super Bowl pass is baffling 12:01 am U.S. ET | May 28, 2012  Since GM's decision not to suit up for the Super Bowl next year, I've chatted with folks inside and outside GM. I've read what others think. I've mulled. And I still don't get it. Here are five reasons why Mike Colias covers General Motors for Automotive News. This is one of several staff blogs that appeared on our Web site last week.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS L.A. offers sobering reality check for Cadillac 2:06 pm U.S. ET | May 25, 2012  When I arrived here for a work trip this week -- my first visit to L.A. in about seven years -- I expected to see a lot of Hondas and Toyotas clogging this city's infamously congested freeways. And I did. But I was more struck by the hordes of luxury imports prowling the roads of west L.A. The streets were thick with BMWs. Audis. Jaguars. Mercedes.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Five reasons why GM's Super Bowl pass is baffling 12:33 pm U.S. ET | May 24, 2012  Since GM's decision last week not to suit up for the Super Bowl next year, I've chatted with folks inside and outside GM. I've read what others think. I've mulled. And I still don't get GM's decision not to advertise during the Big Game.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Cadillac's 'avalanche of new product' should reverse sales slide 11:09 am U.S. ET | May 22, 2012  The sense of excitement (or is it relief?) is evident among Cadillac executives. Since putting the DTS and STS sedans out to pasture last year, General Motors’ luxury brand has been limping along with just three nameplates: the CTS line, SRX crossover and Escalade SUV.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS GM's Peper brings competitive fire to fleet biz 12:53 pm U.S. ET | April 30, 2012  Zero to 60 in just under 16 seconds normally is nothing to brag about. Unless you're Ed Peper. GM recently floated a press release touting a 15.58-second acceleration time for its Chevrolet Express 4500 van. The chest-thumping part: That was nearly two seconds faster than Ford's rival fleet van, the E-450, in a recent head-to-head test.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Trail of clues leading to Chevrolet SS nameplate 3:27 pm U.S. ET | April 25, 2012  Connecting the dots that lead to Chevrolet's as-yet-unnamed new model seems to lead back to one storied name: SS.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Beijing show offers respite for weary GM execs 4:05 pm U.S. ET | April 19, 2012  Next week's Beijing auto show probably can't come soon enough for General Motors' top brass. For at least a week, GM execs should be able to sidestep the chorus of questions from the media and investors about GM's game plan to stem the tide of red ink flowing from Europe.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Why GM's Ewanick is excited by new Chevy campaign 10:11 am U.S. ET | April 5, 2012  General Motors marketing boss Joel Ewanick really likes a new Chevrolet advertising campaign that features the antics of a fictional staff at a Chevrolet dealership. How much?... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Finally, Chevy Volt gets some love 2:51 pm U.S. ET | April 3, 2012  The Chevrolet Volt finally got some good news this week. General Motors said today that March was the best sales month yet for the Volt, which has been plagued by sluggish sales and flogged by conservatives as symbolic of President Obama’s meddling in the free market.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Death knell for the navi? 3:06 pm U.S. ET | March 29, 2012  When I bought a new vehicle last year, I politely passed on the navigation system. I figured it wasn't worth an extra two grand or so when I could buy a GPS system for one-tenth as much.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Why PSA link-up is just the start of GM's European fix 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 1, 2012  General Motors' alliance with PSA raises a lot of questions that we won't be able to answer for years. But there's one thing we know with certainty now: The pact is only the first big move by GM to fix its money-losing European operations.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Why Peugeot link-up is just the start of GM’s European fix 4:13 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 29, 2012  General Motors’ freshly inked alliance with PSA/Peugeot-Citroen raises a lot of questions that we won’t be able to answer for years.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS It's Chrysler vs. Chevy in the battle for post-Super Bowl buzz 1:13 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2012  Chrysler Group once again grabbed a disproportionate share of the post-Super Bowl buzz this year with its national pep-talk commercial delivered by Clint Eastwood. But was it the buzziest?... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Cadillac to shine early spotlight on ATS in Super Bowl return 4:13 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 26, 2012  GM execs have been telling just about anyone who will listen how importantly they view the upcoming launch of the Cadillac ATS sport sedan. Now, they plan to tell a few hundred million more.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Why GM means business with the Cadillac ATS 9:37 am U.S. ET | Jan. 9, 2012  In the past, General Motors has tried and failed to transform Cadillac into a global luxury player on par with the German stalwarts. So what's different this time?... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS In some showrooms, 'It feels like the old days' 1:00 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 30, 2011  If you're looking to take the temperature of the Average Joe car buyer right now, Mike Bowsher offers pretty good perspective.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS GM’s stock: Cheap, or a sucker’s bet? 1:47 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 23, 2011  Investors in General Motors probably feel like it’s time for a Santa Claus rally. GM’s stock sat at $20.70 at Thursday’s close, about 39 percent below the price of its November 2010 initial public offering.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS GM to miss Volt sales goal. Should we care? 3:55 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 1, 2011  General Motors today raised the white flag on its goal of selling 10,000 Chevy Volts this year. GM said it tallied 1,139 Volt sales in November. That brings the year-to-date total to 6,142.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Buick: It's the interior, stupid 3:44 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 10, 2011  General Motors is betting on interiors to set Buick apart and get consumers to take it seriously as a premium brand, even with a price tag 30 percent below those of Lexus and other rivals.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Chevy 100 film transcends mere marketing pap 3:50 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 4, 2011  Here at Automotive News, we've been in Chevy 100 mode for about six months. So it was with some degree of Chevy fatigue that I attended the world premiere of the “Chevy 100: An American Story” documentary.... Read More »
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