Cadillac Experiences Sales Increase for the Month of March
As Cadillac begins shipping out more CT6 sedans and XT5 crossovers to dealerships around the world, the luxury automaker is hoping these new products translate into significant global sales increases. “Launching new products into our largest markets expands our portfolio, continues to build our product substance, and reinforces the rising stature of the brand,” said […]
Route 66 Sings Thanks to National Geographic
Route 66 is the quintessential American highway, and its legendary status means that there have been several books, movies, and a very famous song written about it. But the highway itself has never sung, unless you count road noise as a beautiful song. Well, we should say that is hasn’t sung before today. The television show Crowd Control airs […]
Cadillac Expects Global Sales to Rise with CT6, XT5 Launches
Cadillac’s global sales for February totaled 18,096 vehicles, a slight decline from the luxury brand’s global totals for February 2015. Cadillac, however, has very little reason to panic: not only does that level them at the same pace established through two months last year, but the upcoming release of two key models—the CT6 and XT5—would […]
BMW Group Achieves Record Sales In January
2015 was the BMW Group’s most successful sales year ever. It seems as if 2016 is on track to be just as good, because the automaker just announced that in January there were a record number of car deliveries. In total, the MINI, Rolls-Royce, and BMW brands gave 152,879 pairs of keys to happy new […]
Nissan Forms Partnership with Mexican National Soccer Team
The United States is starting to catch a bit of soccer fever, especially after Team USA brought home the FIFA Women’s World Cup last year. Our neighbor to the south, however, is fully committed to the sport and fields a national soccer, or football, team with an energetic fan base. This month, Nissan proudly announced […]
Hyundai Promotes 2016 WRC with Intricate Stop Motion Animated Video
With the overuse of computer-generated special effects saturating movies, television, and even commercials these days, it’s refreshing to see hand-crafted design work bringing in-camera effects to life. For instance, Hyundai’s recent video promoting the 2016 World Rally Championship series employs intricate stop motion animation technique. The 80-second video, which uses 30 still frames per second, […]
All Ford North American World Headquarter Facilities Now Zero-to-Landfill
Ford announced today that all of its North American World Headquarter facilities—including locations in Dearborn, Michigan; Oakville, Ontario; and Santa Fe, Mexico—are now completely landfill free. The effort by the automaker to make its three headquarter facilities zero-to-landfill effectively diverts more than 240,000 pounds of waste from landfills on an annual basis. “Our global waste […]
Nissan Wins Again for Energy Conservation
It seems as if Nissan is the company to beat when it comes to energy conservation. The latest recognition to add to the trophy case is from its home country of Japan, where Nissan has won the 2016 Energy Conservation Center, Japan Chairman’s Award. It’s Time to Celebrate: Take a look at the Nissan NISMO Festival Within […]
GM Enjoys Record Global Sales for Third Consecutive Year
Once can be luck, twice coincidence, but three times? You may be on to something. That’s what General Motors has to be thinking, as the company is now celebrating its third consecutive year of record global sales. The American automaker sold 9.8 million vehicles worldwide in 2015, accounting for a 0.2% increase in year-over-year sales. […]
Ford Rumored to Be Building New Plant in San Luis Potosi
According to three anonymous Mexican officials, Ford will soon be announcing the construction of a new manufacturing plant in San Luis Potosi. Two of these officials, who are said to be familiar with Ford’s plans in the country, claim that the plant will have an estimated annual output of 350,000 vehicles. The third states that […]
Ally Financial Nose You Want These Car Fragrances
Detroit is abuzz today with all of the news out of the North American International Auto Show. While much of it is from car manufacturers, there is one a booth from a bank receiving a fair amount of attention because of how it smells. You read that correctly, the booth actually smells. And it is […]
Chevrolet Nets Two Places on Ward’s 10 Best Engines
Lately, it seems like, if we are praising a Chevrolet car, it is most likely one of two models: either the long-running performance car, the Camaro, or the relatively new plug-in hybrid, the Volt. Well, now it seems that Ward’s Auto is seeing what we have already been talking about, and gave the engines from […]
Nissan and BMW Partner for EV Charging
Nissan and BMW are both powerhouses in the EV market. The Nissan LEAF is one of the first EVs to really be a force in the market, and the BMW i Series takes electric cars to the next level of luxury and design with the i3 and sporty i8. While the two companies might be […]
GM Arlington Assembly Adding 15 Wind Turbines
General Motors is adding 15 wind turbines to its Arlington Assembly plant that will be able to generate up to 30 megawatts of energy per year. That’s enough power to cover the manufacturing of 125,000 trucks over the course of a year, as well as enough to save $2.8 million in annual energy costs and […]
With Key 2015 Additions, GM Totals 131 Landfill-Free Global Facilities
General Motors is assessing its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint in 2015, a year in which it added six new landfill-free facilities in Mexico and England to bring its total number of landfill-free facilities around the world to 131. New Vehicles from GM: 2017 LaCrosse expected to borrow from Avenir Concept All told, GM operates […]
OnStar Customers Can Track Santa in Their Cars This Christmas Eve/Morning
OnStar announced this week that its millions of customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico will be able to track the location of Jolly Ol’ St. Nick this holiday by simply pressing their OnStar blue button. General Motors is teaming with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to bring the latter’s 60-year Santa-tracking […]
Cadillac’s Global Sales Climb 5.6% in November
Cadillac’s sales around the globe last month were up 16.9% year-over-year, totaling 23,241 units sold. The impressive November total was enough to push Cadillac’s total through 11 months to 245,572 vehicles sold, a 5.6% increase over the total through November 2014. “Approaching the year-end period, Cadillac’s increasing product substance and disciplined growth strategies are building […]