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Following the announcement that classic car insurer Hagerty placed the 2012 Buick Regal GS  on its "2012 Hot List," General Motors decided to see how the Regal GS would stack up against other past collectibles from the Buick bloodline if it were ...    Read more

Buick today announced a minor reshuffling of powertrain options for the Regal sedan. For the 2013 model year, the company will make a mild-hybrid system standard on all base Regal models, and will add an automatic transmission to the high-performance Regal GS. The 2013 Regal will be equipped as standard with ...    Read more

A new episode of The Downshift appears on Motor Trend’s new YouTube channel every Tuesday. This program recognizes the different subcultures of the vast automotive landscape. It will be showcasing various automotive hobbies from off-road trucks to hot rods and from lowriders to muscle cars. This week in our first episode ...    Read more

General Motors is having a bit of a head-scratching moment: not only was the automaker down 6.1 percent last month, its sales leaders were the Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, and Chevrolet Volt. In any case, the General sold 167,962 units last month. Buick: Down 23.1 Percent to 10,208 Buick sales were down ...    Read more

The U.S. Treasury revealed in a new report to Congress that it will lose even more money than expected on the 2009 bailout loans given to domestic automakers. The Detroit News reports that the Treasury now expects to lose $23.77 billion on the $85 billion auto bailouts, up from the ...    Read more

Classic car insurance company Hagerty released its annual “Hot List,” a top-ten list assembled by the company’s valuations experts that predicts which current vehicles will the collector cars of the future. To qualify for the list, vehicles must be mass-produced, sold currently, and have an MSRP under $100,000. Hagerty ...    Read more

Buick has pulled a complete 180 in the past five years, revitalizing its lineup with well-crafted models and attracting younger buyers. These younger buyers apparently want smaller, more efficient premium vehicles and Buick plans to keep chasing the trend with its compact 2013 Encore crossover. This thing is tiny -- with ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week for your convenience. GM Promises Minor Upgrades to Chevrolet Volt after NHTSA Investigation After an investigation into the risk of fire from the batteries in the ...    Read more

Buick is hard at work readying the Encore for its debut at the Detroit Auto Show next week, or at least that’s what its Facebook says: the carmaker released a new piece of a full photo of ...    Read more

Although sales gains last month were a moderate 4.5 percent, with 234,351 vehicles sold, General Motors enjoyed a solid 13 percent year-over-year sales gain for 2010, ending the year with 2,503,820 total sales. In addition to GM’s perennially popular trucks, the company saw big sales gains from crossovers and the ...    Read more

As was promised, Buick has continued to reveal portions of a photo of the 2013 Encore crossover on Facebook. The company has now revealed two of four photo segments, allowing us a look at the top half of the new Encore. The teaser photo reveals a compact crossover ...    Read more

Anyone driving a General Motors vehicle (or one equipped with the add-on OnStar mirror) over the holiday weekend can keep tabs on Santa Claus by pushing the OnStar button. From 7 a.m. Christmas Eve through 5 a.m. Christmas Day, OnStar operators will work with the North American Aerospace Defense ...    Read more

No new car debut would be complete with teaser photos shared on social-media platforms, so Buick is using Facebook to provide an early look at the 2013 Encore crossover. Today Buick’s Facebook page revealed one quarter of an image of the Encore; another portion will be revealed each ...    Read more

A new report on the top ten cars purchased by senior citizens in the United States has found one unusual thing: many senior-purchased car models have been discontinued since the study period ended. The report comes from TrueCar.com, which found the ten cars that were predominantly purchased by senior citizens over ...    Read more

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety today announced 18 more model-year 2012 vehicles that have received the group’s coveted Top Safety Pick designation. The vehicles recognized include seven Hondas, three Acuras, one Buick, three Toyotas, one Scion, one Subaru, one BMW, and one Mercedes-Benz. To qualify for the Top Safety Pick ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week for your convenience. 2013 Dodge Dart: A New Small Car With An Old Name Dodge is bringing back the Dart -- well, the name at least. ...    Read more

It’s a good year for gas direct injection and forced induction: both technologies took a sizable share of the wins on the 10 Best Engines list put out by Ward’s Auto. The 10 Best Engines list entered its 18th year this year, and unlike years past, featured only gasoline engines. Previous years had ...    Read more

General Motors previously hinted it was bringing four world debuts to the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, but only confirmed one -- Cadillac ATS compact sedan. That said, details surrounding the General's Detroit gameplan are slowly leaking out ahead of schedule. The Detroit Free Press reports one of the four will ...    Read more

General Motors’ sales increase last month may not be quite as meteoric as Chrysler’s, but the Detroit automaker is celebrating a solid sales increase: deliveries increased 6.9 percent to 180,402 vehicles last month. All in all, the General has sold 2,269,469 cars in the U.S. so far this year, a ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week along with the weekend racing schedule for your convenience. 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show Press days may be over, but you can still check out our ...    Read more

A GMC Acadia Denali this week marked the one millionth example of General Motors’ Lambda crossover line. The Crystal Red Tincoat crossover was built at GM’s plant in Lansing, Michigan, on Wednesday. The Lambda crossover family comprises the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia, and the erstwhile Saturn Outlook. The first ...    Read more

Although Buick may be using the term concept fairly loosely here, the LaCrosse GL Concept – which is slated to make its full unveiling next week at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show – gives a glimpse into the brains of Buick’s designers and the future palette of the tri-shield ...    Read more

General Motors posted yet another quarter of profits, with third-quarter net income of $1.7 billion. That figured, however, was down 15 percent compared to the third quarter of 2010, when GM reported $2.0 billion in profits. GM’s net revenue last quarter was $36.7 billion, up $2.6 billion over the same ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week along with the weekend racing schedule for your convenience. First Look: 2012 Mini Roadster Mini has added a sixth model to its range in the form ...    Read more