Compare Insurance Rates The Zebra 2005 Buick LeaCrosse CXS Review
May 13, 2005
THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS MODEL: Buick LaCrosse CXS ENGINE: 3.6-liter V6 HORSEPOWER/TORQUE: 240 hp @ 6,000 rpm/230 lb.-ft. @ 3,200 rpm TRANSMISSION: 4-speed automatic WHEELBASE: 110.5 in. LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT: 198.1 x 73.0 x 57.4 in. TIRES: P225/55R17 all-season CARGO: 16.0 cu. ft. ... Continue reading
Edmunds.com Announces Consumers' Most Wanted Vehicle Awards for 2005
May 10, 2005
Ford Mustang Named Consumers' Choice for Most Significant Vehicle of the Year; Domestic Cars Win, Place and Show SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 10 -- Edmunds.com, the Internet's premiere resource for consumer automotive information, today announced the winners of the fourth annual Consumers' Most Wanted vehicle awards. (Log ... Continue reading
GM Invests In Website Aimed at Women
May 6, 2005
DETROIT May 6, 2005; General Motors recently launched its “Women in the Driver’s Seat” website to educate, inform and empower women making major automotive buying and servicing decisions. “Women traditionally have not enjoyed the car buying and service experience,” said Cynthia Price, mana ... Continue reading
IntelliChoice Announces New Car Best Deals for May 2005
May 6, 2005
CAMPBELL, Calif.--May 6, 2005--PRIMEDIA's IntelliChoice, the leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced its "Best Deals of the Month" selections for May, identifying the vehicles with the best ownership cost value in 29 respective classes. IntelliChoice's "Best Deals of the Month" ... Continue reading
NHTSA Opens Investigation of Brakes on 1.2 Million GM Trucks
May 3, 2005
WASHINGTON May 2, 2005; Ken Thomas writing for the AP reported that The U.S. government has opened an investigation of more than 1.2 million General Motors Corp. pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in 21 states amid questions about the vehicles' antilock brakes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration s ... Continue reading
GM Statement Regarding Recalls
Apr 26, 2005
Attributable to Alan Adler, Manager, Product Safety Communications General Motors is voluntarily conducting a safety recall of nearly 1.5 million full-size sport utility vehicles and crew cab pickup trucks because the routing on the second-row center occupant seat belt may make it difficult to properly position the lap ... Continue reading
GM Family Showcases Record Lineup of Brands and Products at Auto Shanghai 2005
Apr 20, 2005
Shanghai, China April 19, 2005; General Motors is joining its joint ventures in China to showcase an unprecedented number of vehicles and brands at Auto Shanghai 2005. This year’s leading auto show in China runs from April 21 to 28. “We are proud to be displaying our broad lineup of domestically built and i ... Continue reading
2004 and 2005 Crash Ratings of Vehicles With Side Air Bags
Apr 15, 2005
2004 & 2005 Vehicles with Side Air Bags Side-impact air bags (SABs) SABs offer protection to two principal areas of the body -- the head and the chest -- during moderate to severe side-impact crashes. The chart below indicates which vehicles offer what type of protection (head and/or chest) and the type of SAB used to ... Continue reading
Apr 12, 2005
GM adds corporate badge to its recently-introduced and all-new 2006-model vehicles Detroit - In a move to link General Motors and its vehicle brands more closely, the company today announced that its corporate emblem will begin appearing on all recently-introduced and all-new 2006-model vehicles produced and sold in No ... Continue reading
GM Pulls Ads From Los Angeles Times, Citing 'Factual Errors and Misrepresentations' in Articles
Apr 8, 2005
April 8, 9:06 am ET Snidesw Remarks; And now you know why most reviews are good and only a few in the media are brave enough to bite the hand that feeds them...maybe this cancellation will mean that GM has some budget for us? Let me know what you think also, msnide@theautochannel.com<p> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- General Moto ... Continue reading
Amerigon Climate Control Seat System Selected to Be Offered as Option in All-New 2006 Buick Lucerne
Apr 5, 2005
New Entry-Luxury Sedan Introduced at Recent Chicago Auto Show DEARBORN, Mich., April 5 -- Amerigon Incorporated today announced that its proprietary Climate Control Seat(TM) (CCS(TM)) system has been selected as an option on the brand new 2006 Buick Lucerne, Buick's entry luxury sedan scheduled to be in showrooms this ... Continue reading
Edmunds.com Reports True Cost of Incentives: Japanese Incentives Reach Record High
Apr 4, 2005
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 4 -- Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, reported today that the average manufacturer automotive incentive in the United States was $2,556 per vehicle sold in March 2005, up $177, or 7.0%, from March 2004, and up $187, or 7.9%, from February 2005. (Logo: http ... Continue reading
U.S. Auto Sales Box Score March 2005
Apr 2, 2005
April 1,2005 The AP compliled the results of March 2005 car and light truck sales in the United States by the major automakers. Industry totals include 22 automakers. The table compares sales in March 2005 with sales in March 2004 and year-to-date totals for the two years. Light trucks include pickups, vans, minivans a ... Continue reading
GM Reports 426,114 Deliveries in March
Apr 1, 2005
FOR RELEASE: 2005-04-01 CONTACTS GM Reports 426,114 Deliveries in March Retail Sales Up 34 Percent from February, U.S. Share Improves Full-Size Pickup Sales Lead Industry, Best March Sales Since 1978 New Pontiac G6, Chevrolet Cobalt and Buick LaCrosse All Post Best-Ever Monthly Sales DETROIT - General Motors dealers so ... Continue reading
IIHS REPORT: The Risk of Death While Driving Different Vehicles
Mar 15, 2005
CLICK HERE FFor IIHS Tables The driver died in the crash. So did many other passenger vehicle drivers during 2000-03, but the risk of death isn’t the same in one vehicle compared with another. Car, minivan, SUV, and pickup truck models vary widely in the likelihood of dying in a crash. The average driver death ra ... Continue reading
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