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Two General Motors engineers will once again race a Buick Regal GS in a 90-mile Nevada road rally this month, after coming first in class last year. Whereas last year the Buick Regal GS competed in the 120-mph class, this year it will try the much more difficult 135-mph grouping. In ...    Read more

At the Paris Motor Show in September, Chevrolet will unveil the Trax compact crossover. The Trax will go on sale in 140 different countries, but Chevrolet says it's not coming to the U.S. The Chevrolet Trax isn't a huge surprise, given that in March we saw patent drawings previewing 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 for your convenience. Carroll Shelby: Cobra Creator and American Racing Legend Dead at 89 Automotive icon and racing legend Carroll Shelby died Thursday at age 89. ...    Read more

Pontiac GTO. Dodge Charger. Buick Regal. What do those three cars have in common? They're all new models with next to nothing in common with the old nameplates they wear. The 2004-2006 GTO has a rebadged Holden; the new Dodge Charger is a sedan instead of a coupe, while the ...    Read more

General Motors reported sales of 213,387 cars in April, which was a drop of 8.2 percent compared to a year prior. The company, however, says the percentage drop-off is no cause for alarm because it merely represents a fall in fleet sales. According to GM, the company's retail vehicle sales ...    Read more

General Motor’s CEO Dan Akerson made roughly $0.85 for each vehicle the company sold in 2011, The Associated Press reports. His compensation package totals $7.7 million, which the automaker says is too low compared to what CEOs of other companies make. GM made the claim in its annual proxy statement ...    Read more

General Motors established its Shanghai GM joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) in 1998, but in 2010 the U.S. automaker sold one percent of its stake to the Chinese company. Now, according to Detroit Free Press, GM has bought back that share. One percent may not sound like much, ...    Read more

Damage to the GM Warren Tech Center from last week’s battery explosion could reach $5 million, automaker representatives told the Warren Police Department, according to The Detroit News. The estimate includes property and content losses. Warren Fire Commissioner Skip McAdams estimates the total loss at closer to $3 million, ...    Read more

A late March explosion at a chemical manufacturer's plant in Germany could have an adverse effect on automotive production across the globe, a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report suggests. Evonik Industries produces a key ingredient to make automotive resin – a product used in both brake and fuel lines – and up ...    Read more

General Motors is recalling some 2011-2012 Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, and Buick Enclave crossovers for a potential failure of the windshield wiper arm in snow belt states. The Problem: Due to snow and ice buildup that can occur on the windshield of the GM crossovers during winter months that can restrict ...    Read more

Reports suggest that employees were injured in an explosion that occurred earlier today at General Motors' technical center in Warren, Michigan. The explosion may have been caused by a lithium-ion battery within General Motors' Alternative Energy Center. In an emailed statement, GM confirmed that an explosion occurred at 8:45 a.m. in ...    Read more

The U.S. Treasury will enforce a pay freeze for several General Motors executives, including CEO Dan Akerson. The government can enact limits for executive compensation as part of the terms of the bailout funds given to GM and other automakers under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. GM CEO Akerson's 2012 salary ...    Read more

New York auto show debuts were bigger than ever this year, with automakers choosing the Big Apple to unveil more than 20 new models and concepts. Covering everything from volume sellers like the Chevrolet Traverse and Nissan Altima, to heavy-hitting halo sports cars like the SRT Viper, the ...    Read more

General Motors sold 231,052 cars, trucks, and utilities last month, a healthy 11.8 percent jump from March 2011, thanks to strong sales of models like the Chevrolet Malibu and GMC Terrain. The sales increases came from two General Motors brands, Chevrolet and GMC. Chevrolet sales jumped 16.8 percent to 173,073 units, ...    Read more

It seems General Motors will once again engage in badge engineering, the process of selling one vehicle under several different brands. European patent filings uncovered by L'Automobile Magazine (no relation) reveal a small Chevrolet crossover that appears to be based on the 2013 Buick Encore. Of course, the Buick Encore ...    Read more

General Motors is celebrating a milestone at its Spring Hill powertrain plant; the former Saturn plant recently produced the 3-millionth Ecotec engine. Two-and-a-half years ago, Spring Hill produced the 2-millionth Ecotec engine. As an increasing number of consumers choose four-cylinder engines over larger engine choices, GM says a $55 ...    Read more

General Motors CEO Dan Akerson has just purchased 30,000 shares of GM worth around $940,000, reports Reuters. Akerson was named chief of GM in 2010. While his peers at Ford and ...    Read more

Owners of the current-generation 2009-2012 Subaru Forester may not be held in place by their seatbelts in a crash; the parking lights in the 2012 Buick Regal fail to illuminate, and drivers of the 2003-2004 Infiniti M45 may think they have more gas than they really ...    Read more

China continues to be an important market for General Motors and its joint ventures, as sales of GM’s Chinese-market cars and trucks totaled 240,554 units in February. GM says that number not only marks a 30.4-percent gain over February 2011, but also the third highest sales of any ...    Read more

General Motors' sales last month rose just 1.1 percent compared to February 2011, to 209,306 units, buoyed mostly by Chevrolet's sales increasing 5.8 percent. GM's overall  volumes were hurt by heavy losses from the Cadillac and Buick divisions. Chevrolet - 151,195 sales, up 5.8 percent The biggest sales leap for Chevrolet is ...    Read more

We knew it was just a matter of time before Buick’s version of the Lambda fullsize crossover got a mid-cycle nip and tuck. Why so sure? The wraps were just taken off its flannel-wearing sibling, the GMC Acadia. Already considered ...    Read more

General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroën have confirmed that they will enter a manufacturing alliance. The French automaker had already confirmed it was in talks to establish a strategic partnership, and reports had hinted that GM was the likely candidate. The long-term alliance has two basic goals. First, General Motors ...    Read more

General Motors announced today it posted a $7.6 billion net income in 2011. That figure represents a record for the company, but still fell short of analysts' predictions thanks to an underwhelming performance from its European (Opel/Vauxhall) operations. GM isn't alone in this regard. Car sales in the European Union ...    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. 2012 Chicago Auto Show Check out our coverage of this week's Chicago auto show, with news and photos from all the new product ...    Read more

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