GMCBig trucks, small cars lift GM's sales 11% 2:34 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013 General Motors' U.S. sales grew 11 percent in April on a surge in demand for vehicles at both ends of GM's lineup: big trucks and small cars.... Read More »
MIKE COLIAS Why GM might rename its new mid-sized pickups 1:08 pm U.S. ET | April 18, 2013  Mark 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.... Read More »
GM says fuel economy of new big pickups will top Ford F-150's 11:19 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013  General Motors today said its upcoming redesigned full-sized pickups will have the most fuel-efficient V-8 engines in the segment, even promising better highway fuel economy than the turbocharged V-6 engine that has become popular in the Ford F-150 pickup.... Read More »
GMC tops volume brands in dealer service satisfaction, Power says 1:15 pm U.S. ET | March 13, 2013  Three General Motors brands, led by GMC, ranked among the top five volume makes for customer satisfaction with the dealership service department, based on an annual J.D. Power and Associates survey released today. Overall, customer satisfaction with dealership service departments is rising as automakers and stores spend more to improve the customer service experience, according to J.D. Power's 2013 U.S. Customer Service Index.... Read More »
Chevy offers free maintenance on aging Silverado 1:17 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013  General Motors is including scheduled maintenance in the price of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup for sales in March and April, matching a promotion it began last month on the GMC Sierra.... Read More »
GM rises 7%; trucks shine, cars slip 2:58 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013 GM customers shrugged off higher fuel prices and snapped up pickups, SUVs and large crossovers in February, propelling GM to a 7 percent sales gain. GM sold 224,314 units last month, the company said today. Its gain outpaced the industry's modest 4 percent growth. It's the second straight month that GM has gained market share after slipping last year to 17.9 percent, from 19.6 percent in 2011.... Read More »
MAKE MEETINGS -- BUICK-GMC Buick, GMC seek 10% sales gains 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013  Buick wants to continue driving its lease penetration higher with a zero-down-payment promotion this month, General Motors executives told dealers at the Buick-GMC make meeting.... Read More »
Buick-GMC looks ahead 5:46 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 10, 2013  Lynn Thompson, left, co-owner of Thompson Buick-GMC-Cadillac in Raleigh, N.C., chats with Brian Sweeney, Buick-GMC's vice president of U.S. sales and service, after the Buick-GMC make meeting. Sweeney told dealers the brand will run a zero-down-payment lease promotion Feb. 11-28.... Read More »
Q&A: BRIAN SWEENEY Buick-GMC dealers are looking for more leases 7:01 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 9, 2013  General Motors wants to help Buick-GMC dealers raise their lease rates and customer retention, says Brian Sweeney, Buick-GMC's vice president of U.S. sales and service. Last March, GM began a 24-month lease program called Experience Buick, which also includes regular maintenance, OnStar and SiriusXM radio. This month it launched Pro Grade Protection, which includes maintenance in the price of the Sierra pickup.... Read More »
Q&A: MIKE BOWSHER -- BUICK-GMC NATIONAL DEALER COUNCIL Buick, GMC: 'This conquest train just keeps rolling' 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013  Last year, sales of both Buick and GMC lagged the industry's 13 percent industry growth, ending a streak of two years in which both brands picked up market share. Buick rose just 2 percent in 2012 to 180,408, and GMC rose 4 percent to 413,881. That didn't faze Buick-GMC dealers, says Mike Bowsher, co-chairman of the Buick-GMC National Dealer Council. That's because dealers are pleased with the new vehicles that General Motors is shipping to their stores.... Read More »
Janie O’Dell, GMC dealer in Missouri, dies 6:27 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 6, 2013 Janie O’Dell, president of Westfall GMC Truck in Kansas City, Mo., died Jan. 15. She was 89.... Read More »
Buy a GMC Sierra, get 2 years of maintenance 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 4, 2013  General Motors is including scheduled maintenance in the GMC Sierra's price this month in an effort to burnish the brand's premium image and stand out in the full-sized pickup market.... Read More »
GM plans 10 weeks of downtime at pickup plants 12:34 am U.S. ET | Feb. 2, 2013  GM, which saw pickup inventories rise 24 percent last month, will take out 10 weeks of truck production as it prepares to introduce a redesigned Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra in the second quarter.... Read More »
GM offers two years' free maintenance to GMC Sierra buyers 9:00 am U.S. ET | Feb. 1, 2013  GMC is launching a free-maintenance promotion for Sierra pickup buyers with an advertising campaign that kicks off this weekend. The 24-month scheduled-maintenance coverage, called Pro Grade Protection, is an effort by General Motors to enhance GMC’s premium image and stoke demand for outgoing 2013 Sierra models, which will be replaced by a redesigned truck in the second quarter.... Read More »
GM offers maintenance plan to fleet buyers 3:40 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013  GM is offering a two-year, 30,000-mile maintenance plan through its Business Choice program for business fleet buyers.... Read More »
For some, trucks are about panache, not power 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013  As the economy improves, marketers of full-sized pickups are devising strategies to snag first-time buyers and lifestyle buyers who are returning to the vehicles.... Read More »
Behind in mpg, GM says its trucks cost least to own 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013  General Motors can't claim best-in-class fuel economy for its current Chevrolet Silverado pickup. But it's making a more expansive boast in recent advertising: lowest total cost of ownership.... Read More »
GM recalls more than 69,000 trucks, vans that could roll away 10:02 am U.S. ET | Jan. 4, 2013  GM is recalling more than 69,000 full-sized trucks and vans globally that could roll away after being parked due to a potential steering column defect, the automaker said on Friday.... Read More »
2012: THE YEAR IN PHOTOS Cars & Concepts 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 24, 2012 A look at some of the cars that turned heads at auto shows in 2012.... Read More »
GM recalls 145,628 mid-sized pickups for hood latch issue 9:26 am U.S. ET | Dec. 20, 2012  GM is recalling 145,628 mid-sized pickup trucks globally as the hood could open unexpectedly due to a possible missing latch. Of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups affected by the recall, 118,800 are in the United States, 15,264 are in Canada, 7,492 are in Mexico and the rest are exports, GM said today.... Read More »
GM offers employee pricing in Canada 2:06 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 20, 2012  GM, which began offering higher incentives in United States in an effort to clear out its bloated supply of pickups, now is also offering incentives on its pickups in Canada despite a much lower supply there.... Read More »
Silverado ad work being switched by GM to Leo Burnett agency 5:22 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 19, 2012  GM is switching creative advertising agencies for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado ahead of the highly anticipated launch of the next-generation pickup next year. GM has assigned Silverado creative duties to Leo Burnett, which now handles advertising for Buick and GMC, including the Sierra pickup, a GM spokesman confirmed.... Read More »
JAMES B. TREECE GM pickups raise the 'wow' bar 4:02 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 17, 2012  General Motors' new pickups have plenty of cool extra features. I'm not talking about the big stuff. I give the Chevrolet and GMC pickup truck specialists the benefit of the doubt on the big stuff.... Read More »
GM pickup strategy: Zig as rivals zag 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 17, 2012  Last week's premiere of General Motors' redesigned full-sized pickups spotlighted the divergent truck strategies of GM and its Detroit 3 rivals.... Read More »
Diesels? 8-speed? Stay tuned 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 17, 2012  A diesel engine for the light-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra? How about an eight-speed transmission? Will General Motors bring back a hybrid for its pickups and SUVs?... Read More »
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