Cadillac Considering Cutting Down Time New Vehicles Get Camo Treatment

Cadillac President Johan De Nysschen Photo: © General Motors You know that little period between a vehicle being rumored and revealed where folks’ll see it testing on roadways with camouflage and spy photogs will snap photos of those camo-wrapped vehicles for big-buck-making purposes? Well, Cadillac might be looking to cut down on that period by showing…

Top 5 Car Scenes in “One Tree Hill”

It’s official: One Tree Hill is being removed from Netflix in October. Many fans are binge-watching the series before it is taken away (myself included), so I decided to highlight some of my favorite car-related scenes from the show, in order of appearance. Model Overview: 2018 Buick Enclave Top 5 Car Scenes in One Tree Hill [wptab name=”The…

Toyota Camry Tops American-Made Index*

Don’t let the badge fool you Last week, I talked about how the “Made in America Auto Index” released by the Kogod School of Business was misleading. I claimed this because the study implies the cars at the top of its index are more American-made, even though the study is (arguably) unfairly skewed toward domestic…

Cadillac Posts Second-Best Sales Result Ever in 2017 as China Becomes Brand's Volume Leader

2017 marked the second-best year in Cadillac’s 115-year history with global deliveries totaling 356,467 vehicles, up 15.5% year-over-year. Despite an overall down year for sales in the United States, Cadillac persevered largely on the back of China, which became the brand’s largest volume market overall with deliveries nearly 20,000 vehicles greater than that in its…

Bentley Releases a Special Edition Bentayga Falconry Vehicle

Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon can ride with the falconer Special edition trims of vehicles that match the lifestyles of certain segments of drivers are nothing new, especially in the luxury realm. Automakers release plenty of off-road editions for drivers who like to trail off  of the beaten path, while hybrid models…

Lansing Delta Township Assembly Builds 3-Millionth Vehicle

This 2020 Chevrolet Traverse Premier Redline Edition was the 3-millionth vehicle built at Lansing Delta Township Assembly Photo: General Motors History was made in February when a Silver Ice Metallic 2020 Chevrolet Traverse Premier Redline Edition rolled off the line at General Motors’ Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant. That very sporty SUV was the 3…

GM Announces Marketplace for Folks Who Want to Order Chicken Wings from Their Car (and Also Do Other Things)

General Motors on Tuesday announced the launch of Marketplace, the auto industry’s first-ever on-demand commerce platform. What this means, in practical terms, is that drivers of select Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac vehicles will be able to use Marketplace to order coffee or food, make reservations for dinner and at hotels, locate the nearest gas…

General Motors Maintains Retail Sales Momentum in February

2016 Chevy Malibu General Motors boasted yet another month of retail sales and market share increases in February, growing the former by 6.6% and the latter by 0.4 percentage points. GM’s four brands combined to deliver 179,958 vehicles at retail, extending the streak of year-over-year retail sales improvements in every month since April 2015. Overall,…