GM to Hire 1,000 High Tech Employees in Phoenix
Mar 6, 2013
General Motors is hiring 1,000 high-tech employees to staff an Information Technology Innovation Center in this Phoenix suburb, joining Austin, Texas; Roswell, Ga., and Warren, Mich., as the centerpieces of GM's strategy to bring high-value IT work in house in support of the business transformation underway. GM expects ... Continue reading
GM's U.S. Sales Increase 7 Percent in February
Mar 1, 2013
DETROIT General Motors Co. announced today that it sold 224,314 vehicles in the United States in February, up 7 percent compared with a year ago. Retail sales and fleet sales were both up 7 percent. The fleet mix was 25 percent of total sales, equal to a year ago. 'The housing sector has now joined auto sales in pro ... Continue reading
Hey Mac What's Up? - New Car Distribution Looms as NADA Meeting Issue
Feb 5, 2013
By Mac Gordon Senior Editor at large Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Is the growing dependency of the domestic Big Three on Europe a hurdle or a mudhole for North American dealers. This issue is likely to be raised as a critical problem at the NADA convention meetings in mid-February. U.S. dealers are voicing concerns ... Continue reading
2013 Buick Regal GS Review By Steve Purdy
Feb 1, 2013
2013 BUICK REGAL GS By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Michigan Bureau First impressions are both telling and often amazingly accurate. We picked up this striking red Regal GS on a dark and cold winter night at the airport parking lot. As I climbed in and pushed the start button with my foot on the brake there was no re ... Continue reading
GM Relocating Performance Build Center to Bowling Green, Kentucky
Feb 1, 2013
$3.5 million investment will enhance growth of Corvette assembly plant BOWLING GREEN, Ky. January 31, 2013; General Motors will relocate its Performance Build Center, which allows engine aficionados to build their own specialty engines, from Michigan to the Bowling Green Assembly Plant, home of the Chevrolet Corvette. ... Continue reading
2013 Philadelphia Auto Show Preview
Jan 20, 2013
By John Heilig Mid-Atlantic Bureau The Auto Channel With more than 630,000 square feet of exhibit space, the 111th edition of the Philadelphia Auto Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center features more than 700 cars from "nearly every manufacture," according to Chairman Michael Chapman. The show features four outdoo ... Continue reading
2013 Buick Verano Turbo, Enclave AWD - Buick's Entry In the Race By Michael Bernstein
Jan 11, 2013
By Michael Bernstein Detroit Bureau The Auto Channel The rolling hills outside of Lou-a-vul, that's Louisville, KY for those of us that havenât been to this surprisingly cosmopolitan city, is the beginning of horse country and the pastures and farms that are sowed into the fabric of the countryside, served as the ... Continue reading
Fireball Tim Drives the 2013 Buick Verano Turbo
Jan 8, 2013
HOLLYWOOD, USA - January 8, 2013: Gone are the days where European cars are the Grand Tourers of the day. And gone are the old stuffy Buicks that your Dad or Grandad drove. American car companies like Buick and Cadillac are coming on strong with vehicles that are solid, tech-friendly, greenish and fun to drive. The 201 ... Continue reading
Buick Achievers Scholarship Applications Open Jan. 7
Jan 5, 2013
The Buick Achievers Scholarship Program, funded by the General Motors Foundation, will accept applications for 2013 scholarships beginning Monday, Jan. 7 through 5 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 28 This is the third year the 1,100 Buick Achiever Scholarships will be awarded to students who excel in both the classroom and i ... Continue reading
GM's U.S. Sales up 5 percent in December 2012
Jan 3, 2013
DETROIT â General Motors Co.âs U.S. dealers delivered the companyâs highest December sales in five years, with deliveries up 5 percent year over year to 245,733 vehicles. December was also GMâs best retail sales month of 2012. Retail volume was up 38 percent from November â about double the ind ... Continue reading
Dec 13, 2012
MI dealers know that most customers may look to do their big purchases at times that offer more sales and promotions than buyers may know what to do with. This month, Buick GMC is bringing a first-time-ever promotion to its many employees and their families. 'We are more than excited to be able to offer this promotion ... Continue reading
Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary Review
Dec 12, 2012
BLACK AIR: THE BUICK GRAND NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY Review By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel Auto Central, December 11, 2012; Twenty-five years ago today the last Buick Grand National was built. It signaled the end of GM G-Body production and the only year for the limited-production 547-car run ... Continue reading
Henny Hemmes The Auto Channel's Senior European Editor Appointed World Car of the Year Jurist
Dec 10, 2012
Henny Hemmes, the Auto Channelâs senior European editor, has been installed as a juror for the World Car Awards. The WCA is a program initiated by, organized by, and conducted by automotive journalists from all over the world for the election of the World Car of the Year (WCOTY). Henny is part of the 7-member inte ... Continue reading
Watching My New Buick Verano Being Born
Dec 6, 2012
MY GREAT VERANO ADVENTURE GM gives me a royal welcome By Dar Davis Photos by Tom Burch There is nothing like a visit from Santa to lift oneâs spiritsâ¦and boy, did I have a Christmas morning experience on November 1. My âlittle-boyâ eyes opened wide and they stayed that way all day when at 10:10 a.m. ... Continue reading
Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey +VIDEO
Oct 29, 2012
ONSUMER REPORTS AUTO RELIABILITY SURVEY: FORD CONTINUES FALL WHILE SEVEN JAPANESE BRANDS TOP LIST Audi and Cadillac make major jumps in rankings YONKERS, NYâA perfect storm of reliability problems has dropped Ford to next to last among the 28 car brands ranked in Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Surve ... Continue reading
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