GM One Ups Ford with Buick Drive For Your Students
Rips off Ford’s idea for charity, so Ford can’t really be mad
General Motors today announced a new, totally original program called Buick Drive For Your Students, in which Buick dealerships partner with community high schools to host test drives and raise money for the school. If this sounds all too familiar, that’s because Ford already does this with Drive 4 UR School and Drive 4 UR […]
Best Road Trip Movies: It Happened One Night Review
There was a golden era in cinema history when our screens weren’t saturated with duplication after duplication of the same old road trip film. Back in 1934, a hard-working, up-and-coming Frank Capra produced his first major hit starring Clark Gable, before he didn’t give a damn, and Claudette Colbert, a screen legend of her time […]
GM Donates $100,000 for “Keeping it Green” Project
The General Motors Foundation is making a $100,000 donation to the “Keeping it Green” program, run by New York’s Central Park Conservancy. This marks the second consecutive year that the foundation has made this donation. The purpose of “Keeping it Green” is to instruct children, ranging from toddlers in pre-K to seniors in high school, […]
Chevy Cancer Survivors Celebrate National Teddy Bear Day
Will donate teddy bears to children suffering from cancer
Today is National Teddy Bear Day (yes, that’s a thing), and General Motors is marking the occasion via teamGM Cares (it’s also teamGM Cares Week), which has three Chevy cancer survivors of the GM Asset Management team delivering 48 small teddy bears and one not-so-small teddy bear to the Sunshine on Wheels program at Memorial […]
Mary Barra and Phil LeBeau Sit Down for a Chat
LeBeau is not baffled that Barra is both mother and CEO
Mary Barra and Phil LeBeau got a chance to sit down with one another at the Intelligent Transport Summit over the weekend and discuss a plethora of subjects. CNBC’s LeBeau, of course, discussed future technologies related to the Intelligent Transport Summit, which include vehicle-to-vehicle communication and Super Cruise. (You can read Barra’s full remarks to […]
Cadillac to Introduce Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Technologies in 2017
Yesterday, General Motors CEO, Mary Barra, addressed the 21st annual Congress of the Intelligent Transport Society at the Intelligent Transport System World Congress held in Detroit. Among her key statements, Barra promised that Cadillac would be offering intelligent and connected vehicle technologies on 2017 models. These “intelligent and connected” technologies will equate to a reduced […]
Read Mary Barra’s Remarks to the Intelligent Transport Society
Yesterday, GM CEO, Mary Barra, spoke at the 21st annual Congress of the Intelligent Transport Society, highlighting a bright future for driving, and emphasizing General Motors’ place in it. You can read Mary Barra’s remarks to the Intelligent Transport Society below: Thank you for that warm welcome. It’s a great pleasure to join you tonight. […]
Ford F-150 Outsold by Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra in August
It’s no secret that the Ford F-150 is the best-selling truck in the United States—heck, the best-selling vehicle in the United States. GM, however, managed to give the Blue Oval a run for its money in August, with the Ford F-150 outsold by GM’s combined truck lineup (the Silverado and the Sierra). True, the Silverado […]
GM Plans for Third Annual teamGM Cares Week
Next week marks the third annual teamGM Cares Week, in which General Motors employees volunteer within their communities here in the United States. The official dates of the third annual teamGM Cares Week are September 8 – 12. Some states in which volunteers will be active include Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan (obviously), New York, […]
Dealership Orders for the Chevy Colorado Surge
When Chevrolet and GMC unveiled the 2015 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-sized pickups in January, we all knew that we could expect big things from the trucks—and anticipated a high amount of buzz around the models. But neither General Motors nor we at The News Wheel expected to see so much interest generated over […]
All-New Honda XR-V Debuts in China
Honda has started launching new cars in China to compete with General Motors, which currently sells 40 models in the country. Honda’s latest offering is the Honda XR-V compact SUV crossover, which was unveiled at the Chengdu Motor Show. It’s really just a Chinese version of the Japanese Honda Vezel, which will be coming to […]
GM Files “Hydralogic” Trademark, Indicates Fuel Cell Vehicle
GM Authority is reporting that General Motors filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office last month for the term “Hydralogic.” Officially filed on August 19, 2014, the application carries the serial number 86370531. And the best part? The “Hydralogic” application is filed under “fuel cells for land vehicles,” which means […]
C7 Corvette Sales Triple from Last Year’s
Saying that the C7 Corvette is awesome is an understatement. Saying that it is the most fantastic thing to have ever been invented in the known universe—well, that’s a little more accurate, but probably still an understatement. This year’s C7 Corvette sales speak for themselves. Reportedly, despite an overall dip in sales last month for […]
August Was Buick’s Best Sales Month of 2014
While General Motors actually saw a 1 percent decrease in sales year-over-year for August, last month marked Buick’s best sales month of 2014. Even so, sales were down 3 percent for retail and 10 percent total compared to August 2013, which was a record-setting month last year for Buick. To date, however, Buick’s sales are […]
Pickups Led GM’s August 2014 Sales Charge
GM’s August 2014 sales were technically down 1 percent compared to last August, but on a selling day adjusted basis, total sales were actually up 2 percent, led by an 18 percent increase in pickup sales over last year. In total, General Motors moved 272,423 vehicles last month. Related: Valet Mode Helps You Keep Tabs […]
2015 GMC Canyon, 2015 Chevy Colorado Fuel Economy Announced
Today, General Motors released figures for both the 2015 GMC Canyon and the 2015 Chevy Colorado fuel economy. Both models will boast segment-leading efficiency numbers, confirmed by the EPA. To be exact, the pickups will carry highway fuel economies that range from 3 to 5 mpg better than direct competitors. The V6 engine, which generates […]
Cadillac SRX Production Moves to Tennessee
Chevy Equinox production heads for Mexico
General Motors announced at the end of last month that Cadillac SRX production would be shifting from Ramos, Arizpe Mexico, to Spring Hill, Tennessee, a town of 31,000. Spring Hill used to be responsible for the production of Saturn vehicles, until GM nixed the brand in the financial crisis of the late 2000s. GM will […]
GM Women’s Retail Network Doles Out More Scholarships
General Motors today announced that the GM Women’s Retail Network has expanded this year to include Canada. This year, the network awarded a total of nine scholarships totaling $24,000, to women pursuing careers in automotive retailing. This is a record number of scholarships from the GM Women’s Retail Network. In fact, the number went up […]