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2009 – The Year In Car News
It was a helluva ride. The auto industry rolled into 2009 with the Detroit automakers dominating national headlines. Chrysler and General Motors were teetering on the brink of disaster , and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
2010 North American Car & Truck of the Year Finalists
A jury of 49 veteran automotive journalists has selected three cars and three trucks/utility vehicles as finalists for 2010 North American Car and Truck of the Year Car Finalists 2010 Buick LaCrosse... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
autoMedia CARnival 12-25-09: This week in Auto Blogs
It's the week ending December 25, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. It's Christmas day, and news has been light this week,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
Spyker Extends a Lifeline to Saab – Offer Back on the Table
The automotive world was rocked by the announcement on Friday that General Motors would begin processes to shut down Saab . Over the weekend, apparently, GM continued to receive inquiries from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f...
Game Over: GM To Shut Down Saab
General Motors announced Friday with regret that it was unable to sell Saab and that the division would be closed. Without citing specifics, GM officials explained that during due diligence on the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
autoMedia CARnival 12-18-09: This week in Auto Blogs
It's the week ending December 18, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. In this week's CARnival, we've assembled a great... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
New Car Deals: A Guide to Year-End Car Rebates and Incentives
As the days wind down towards the end of the month -- and the end of the year -- automobile salespeople and dealerships across the country are monitoring their inventory, hoping to make it disappear.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
autoMedia CARnival 12-11-09: This week in Auto Blogs
It's the week ending December 11, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each....(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
GM CEO Fritz Resigns, Saab On The Ropes
It was a tumultuous day at General Motors. The news that if a buyer could not be secured in short order for Saab then the Swedish division would be dismantled was later overshadowed by CEO/President... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
autoMedia CARnival 11-27-09: This week in Auto Blogs
It's the week ending November 27, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. So, while you sit down with a plate of Thanksgiving... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo...
Koenigsegg Hits Brakes On Deal to Buy Saab
Koenigsegg Group has walked away from a proposed purchase of Saab from General Motors. The conglomerate lead by supercar-maker Koenigsegg had previously reached an agreement to purchase the Swedish... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
Less Than 200 Customers Want Money Back From GM
When General Motors first introduced its 60-day Money Back Guarantee, it seemed a bold attempt to assure buyers that its products will satisfy. It also raise the question of how many buyers would... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit...
Charge! Cadillac Converj Plug-In Racing to Production
Word has spilled from the Motor City via The Detroit News that General Motors will produce the Cadillac Converj extended-range electric car. For industry pundits, it seemed predestined that GM would... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
autoMedia CARnival 11-06-09: This week in Auto Blogs
It's the week ending November 6, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. ...(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...
No Sale! GM To Keep Opel
Ending months of negotiation and speculation, General Motors has halted the sale of its European Opel division. GM has cited improving business and the importance of Opel/Vauxhall to its global... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
Jay Leno Reveals Custom Camaro at SEMA
When Global Vice President of General Motors Design Ed Welburn pulled the silk off the final vehicle in a special event with a small amount of journalists on the first night of Sema, the guests were... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
autoMedia CARnival 10-30-09: This week in Auto Blogs
It's the week ending October 30, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each. First, it's too obvious to forget, but this weekend is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...
Name its Color, Be the First to Drive a Chevy Volt!
Don't miss your chance to be involved in the development of Chevy's highly anticipated Volt! ...(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
Fisker Buys GM Factory to Build Plug-In Hybrids
As the auto industry emerges from crisis , new hope is given to a General Motors factory town with today’s announcement that Fisker Automotive will purchase the Wilmington Assembly plant in Delaware.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...
autoMedia CARnival 10-16-09: This week in Auto Blogs
It is the week ending October 16, and we have browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather the highlights from each....(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...
GM Reports Only One Return Against 60-Day Promise
General Motors happily reports that since launching their 60-day love-it-or-return-it guarantee, only one buyer from 150,000 new-vehicle purchases has returned their new GM car, and actually he... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
autoMedia CARnival 10-09-09: This week in auto blogs
It's the week ending October 10, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather a collection of what we feel is the highlight from each....(read more) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full link...
Official: GM Contracted to Sell Hummer to Tengzhong
This deal is looking like it will actually happen thanks to a definitive agreement signed today by General Motors and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd (Tengzhong), that will... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
2011 Chevrolet Caprice - Pontiac G8 Lives On, Sorta
Automotive enthusiasts openly wept when it became clear that the Holden-sourced G8 sedan would be a casualty in the shuttering of the Pontiac brand. General Motors had teased with world that it would... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
GM To Close Saturn In Four Months
General Motors declared that it would swiftly wind down the Saturn brand and dealer network by the end of January 2010, in reponse to Penske Automotive Group walking away from a purchase arrangement.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
autoMedia CARnival 10-2-09: This week in the auto blogs
It's the week ending October 2, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather a collection of what we feel is the highlight from each. Toyota is recalling 3.8... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f...
Penske Ends Bid to Buy Saturn, GM to Discontinue Brand
General Motors broke the news today that Penske Automotive Group would not purchase Saturn. The large dealer organization announced a proposed deal this past June to purchase the “different kind of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
GM Joins Ford with Fall Truck Sale Campaign
Maybe it was a marketing ploy, or maybe GM's marketing chief Bob Lutz had a change of heart. After announcing that GM would not be holding the fall season truck sale in order to focus on their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
Automakers Support Texting Ban
The days for lawful texting while driving are numbered, with several government and academic studies exposing the extreme dangers of this popular distraction. Ahead of a Department of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full l...
autoMedia CARnival 9-18-09: This week in the auto blogs
It's the week ending September 18, and we've browsed our favorite automotive blogs all week long to gather a collection of what we feel is the highlight from each. The Frankfurt Motor Show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
