If you’re one of the 80 percent of Americans who drive with a canine co-pilot, you probably care about your pet’s comfort and safety. That’s why we’ve put together this quick and easy guide to help you choose the perfect Buick model for your canine companions. Fuel-Efficient Fun: The 2020 Buick Encore GX 2020 Buick…
Buick this week made good on the promise of establishing a high-luxury Avenir sub-brand, announcing that the 2018 Buick Enclave would become the brand’s second global product (behind the GL8 Avenir MPV launched in China last year) to wear the badge. According to General Motors’ President of North America Alan Batey, there are more in…
Buick is in the midst of a sizeable lineup overhaul, from the recent introduction of the new Envision crossover and Cascada convertible to the upcoming release of the redesigned 2017 LaCrosse and Encore to the news that the Verano will soon be phased out. It appears that the next vehicle to be touched by change…
What design changes will Helen Emsley have in store for new Buick models? Photo: © General Motors The design boss at GMC, Helen Emsley, has taken over the same leadership role at Buick, according to a report by Automotive News (subscription required). Interior Design: Learn more about the advanced tech equipment that’s available with new…
Good luck with recognizing a Buick by looks alone Buick recently revealed the newly-designed look for its 2019 Buick Envision model. The Envision’s updated exterior design is defined by several aesthetic additions, such as winged taillights. However, look closely near the liftgate of the 2019 Envision, and you might notice a significant design deletion. Namely, Buick has removed its…
2016 Buick Encore Photo: © General Motors The Buick Encore posted its 23rd consecutive month of year-over-year growth with yet another double-digit gain in November. Encore’s sales increase and a solid month from the Enclave SUV were Buick’s brightest spots, but they were not strong enough to offset sales of the LaCrosse, Regal, and Verano…
2017 Buick Envision Buick sales increased 7.4% in October with sales totaling 20,046 units. Retail sales were up 6.6% at 17,366 units delivered, good for the brand’s best October at retail since 2003. The Buick brand’s gains were earned entirely on the merits of three vehicles: the Encore and all-new Cascada and Envision. Overall sales of the…
Buick Envision © Photo: General Motors Earlier this week, it was reported that Buick might ultimately import the Envision crossover to the United States from China, making it only the second vehicle in history to be manufactured in China and sold in the US. Now, according to a report from Reuters, it appears that the…
At first glance, the 2018 Buick Regal Sportback and LaCrosse might seem to be pretty identical. However, a closer look reveals their individual qualities. Discover which option would suit your preferences and price range. Concise Elegance: Discover the 2018 Buick Encore [wptab name=’Dimensions and Performance’] 2018 Buick Regal Sportback Dimensions The Regal Sportback extends 192.9…
2018 Buick Encore 2019 Buick Envision 2018 Buick Enclave Featuring three models whose names begin with “En-,” Buick’s lineup of SUVs and crossovers can be confusing at first. To give you more clarity about which one might be right for your needs, here’s a look at how the 2018 Encore, Envision, and Enclave differ from…
The Buick Encore received a big sales boost of 82.3% during March All of GM’s brands experienced some major sales gains during the month of March. Still, the GM brand with the largest sales gains last month was definitely Buick. By the end of the month, Buick sales were up by 28%. All That Buick…
Widespread panic not being capitalized upon? Not on Buick’s watch Photo: © General Motors Though severe winter weather can seldom ever be considered a situation that calls for feelings of joy, it usually shakes out that blizzard season is a happy one for the folks who handle press releases for the major automakers. Take Buick, for…
After possibly inadvertently revealing the output of its high-performance Regal variant, Buick wasted little time in revealing everything that there is to know about the 2018 Buick Regal RS, which was announced officially on Wednesday. Is it getting a 310-horsepower V6 engine? Does the Pope poop in the woods? No, that’s an actual question. People seem…
Photo: © General Motors Buick is offering up a special deal to bookworms who are also customers with active OnStar subscriptions and access to RemoteLink: two free audiobooks, courtesy of Audiobooks.com. The offer is part of a new platform called OnStar AtYourService, which delivers content and exclusive specials to OnStar customers on a daily basis….
General Motors Canada reported total deliveries of 16,528 vehicles in February between its Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac brands, good for a 5.1% year-over-year increase from sales of 15,729 units in February of last year. Retail sales fell 0.8% with 11,892 units sold, but a 24.1% increase in fleet sales more than made up for…
Hollywood seems to love Buicks, as evidenced by vehicles from the luxury car brand showing up in films of almost every genre imaginable. From horror flicks to animated Disney movies, Buicks definitely make a name for themselves on screen. Here are just a few of the more memorable on-screen appearances made by Buicks over the…
Our dashing young Buick driver will now impress grandma with all his car’s features In 2014, valets and old ladies everywhere found themselves astounded and confused by the newly redesigned Buick line-up during the “That’s a Buick?” advertising campaign. The campaign highlighted Buick’s departure from previous designs with five of its models: the Regal, Encore,…
Photo: © General Motors In the midst of Winter Storm Juno, Buick put forth a press release extolling the virtues of its AWD-equipped vehicles and promising that they make driving around in the winter “more bearable.” Ostensibly, Buick took advantage of a buzzworthy storm to tout StabiliTrak, AWD, IntelliLink with OnStar 4G LTE, and heated steering…
Photo: pure veneno As appealing as the contemporary 2019 Buick Encore is, we can’t help but look forward to the refreshed 2020 version. Recent spy shots have captured a fleet of camouflaged 2020 Buick Encore models, undergoing test drives. Here are some preliminary revelations about the model as we await the brand’s official reveal of this model….
The 2015 Buick Enclave was named the most American car on the market AutoBlog has put together a list of the 10 Most American Cars on the market, determined by what percentages of the vehicles’ parts are actually “born in the USA.” The results may surprise some, as many foreign companies have factories located in…
General Motors has purchased a 303,000-square-foot building in North Austin, Texas, likely planning to use the location to expand its IT Innovation Center, which is located just down the street. According to BizJournals, the 302,604-sq-ft building located at 13201 McCallen Pass was sold to GM by Karlin Real Estate for an undisclosed sum. GM also…
Dhivya Suryadevara Photo: © General Motors General Motors has announced that, effective July 1st, Dhivya Suryadevara will succeed Niharika Taskar Ramdev as GM Vice President, Finance and Treasurer. Taskar Ramdev is leaving the position to accept her new role as Chief Financial Officer of GM International. In the role of GM VP, Finance and Treasurer,…
From left to right: General Motors President North America Alan Batey, GM CEO Mary Barra, and GM President Dan Ammann Photo: © General Motors Last week, General Motors honored the cream of its dealership network crop at the 2014 Dealer of the Year awards. The annual ceremony recognizes the company’s top dealerships in the United…
2015 GMC Canyon Photo: © General Motors For the second year in a row, GMC has been named the Most Satisfying Popular Brand in the AutoPacific Vehicle Satisfaction Awards. The award-winners are determined based on AutoPacific’s Vehicle Satisfaction Survey, which this year asked more than 66,000 new vehicle owners to rank their satisfaction. The brand-new…
Lexus and Toyota were comfortably in the lead as the most reliable car brands, followed by… The full report contains lots of other interesting information about the way fans perceive the sport.… Americans cited increased interest in the outdoors, expanded flexibility through work and school, and the desire to travel with family as their top…
Get ready for a summer of high temperatures and high gas prices Following the economic recession that affected the country in the late 2000s, gas prices hit an all-time high. In 2008, the national average price for a gallon of gas was $4.11. Fortunately, the days of American motorists paying more than $4 a gallon…
General Motors delivered a total of 237,364 vehicles in May, down 1.3% from 2016. Retail sales were up 0.4% at 191,388 units delivered with Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac all posting year-over-year increases. The biggest source of retail source for GM during the month was crossovers, which saw a 19% gain year-over-year. This growth was made…
A number of GM recalls and stop-sales materialized over the weekend, to no one’s surprise. I’ll save you the time of having to endure my now trite cynicism of The General, and just go ahead and tell you why your cars might kill you this time around: General Motors recalled 117,000 various vehicles in North…
General Motors enjoyed strong U.S. sales in the second quarter, reporting 696,086… GMC is expanding its global reach in a big way. The popular… If off-road capability is a non-negotiable characteristic of your new SUV, you… GM may be able to topple Tesla in the EV market by doing what it’s already doing.… There’s plenty…
Getting in and out of an SUV is easier than ever Many automotive sleuths have tried to determine the reason why SUVs and crossovers have grown so popular in the past few years. Explanations offered range anywhere between a desire for more cargo space to consumers choosing a vehicle that makes them feel safer. However,…
The Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant General Motors on Monday announced that it will lay off approximately 1,100 hourly and salaried workers at its Lansing Delta Township assembly plant on May 12th in preparation of shifting production of the GMC Acadia to its Spring Hill, Tennessee plant. According to Automotive News, General Motors spokesman Tom…
The Kogod School of Business at American University in Northwest Washington, DC,… Toyota has announced that its new North American headquarters in Plano, TX,… It seems so recent that word broke about Toyota’s move from Torrance,… If there’s one thing office workers across the world know, it’s the… It’s been nine months since Toyota officially…
Electric vehicles like the Buick Enspire concept could soon be coming to China The electrification of the automotive industry is currently in full swing. Each year, automakers introduce new EVs and hybrids to the American automotive market. Still, there is one market where electrification has caught on more than anywhere else in the world: China….
The Kogod School of Business at American University in Northwest Washington, DC,… Earlier today, we reported that Toyota’s largest North American plant recently cranked… When you think of American-made vehicles, you think of muscle cars, burly…
2015 Chevy Colorado Photo: © General Motors General Motors’ sales in Canada were up 4% in May with 27,462 vehicles delivered. As has been the trend for much of 2015, sales of GM’s four pickups—the GMC Canyon and Sierra and Chevrolet Colorado and Silverado—carried a great deal of the load. In fact, at 10,907 deliveries,…
General Motors was happy to report today that, officially, 2014 GM June sales were the best June sales that the company has seen since back in 2007. Reportedly, total sales were up 1 percent compared to last June, with retail sales up 1 percent and fleet sales up 2 percent. The auto giant delivered 267,461…
Photo: GM Buick started this holiday season by collaborating with The Harris Poll to ask 1,000 parents how they could use their vehicles during the holidays. The results suggest the best hiding spot for presents is inside your vehicle. Finding an effective gift-hiding place is difficult, as kids have a keen nose for sniffing out…
Here at The News Wheel, we do not recommend eating breakfast in the car on your way to work. In fact, we highly discourage it. It’s a safety hazard, a distraction, and probably pretty messy. But some people go above and beyond the normal, “Hey, maybe you shouldn’t be doing that.” Here are a few ridiculous breakfast…
J.D. Power just released its 2018 Vehicle Dependability Study. Four Chevrolet models achieved top rank status for their segments, a notable feat for an evaluation with such a thorough criterion. As J.D. Power articulated on its website, the study “measures the number of problems experienced per 100 vehicles […] during the past 12 months by…
The imposing and powerful 2022 Yukon is GMC’s largest SUV. Boasting tough capabilities and large amounts of space for passengers and cargo, the full-size Yukon also presents an array of modern technologies to go with bold styling elements both inside and out. It’s available in four trim levels for 2022: SLE, SLT, AT4, and Denali….
The 2016 Buick Enclave, supposedly the most American-made automobile. The Kogod School of Business at American University in Northwest Washington, DC, has published a new index of the most American-made automobiles in the United States. Unfortunately, the “Made in America Auto Index” has a misleading title because its rankings are heavily skewed in favor of…
2016 Chevy Equinox General Motors’ four US brands combined to sell 251,310 vehicles throughout the United States in September, resulting in a 12.5% year-over-year increase and bolstering the company’s sales gains through the third quarter even more. GMC Tops ‘Em All: Earning two awards in the 2015 J.D. Power APEAL Study GM had an up-month…
General Motors Canada announced that sales in November were up 13.2%, allowing the automaker to once again lead all industry sales. The Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac brands contributed a total of 21,812 vehicles delivered last month, helping improve GM Canada’s to-date sales to 6% better than last year through 11 months. GMC’s Precision in…
The 2015 GMC Canyon was yet again a major contributor to a big month for GM Canada Photo: © General Motors General Motors’ four core brands combined for sales of 24,226 vehicles in Canada during the month of June, good for a 15% year-over-year increase. As has been the case throughout the bulk of the…
A Volt by any other name would smell, err… drive, as sweet Across all GM brands, model names vary widely and sometimes follow specific themes. Chevy has the longest running nameplate, the Suburban, while Buick has its collection of ‘E’ names with the Encore, Envision, and Enclave. GMC takes a more natural approach with names…
General Motors on Friday revealed that it has filed a Safety Petition with the Department of Transportation for the fourth-gen Cruise AV, which will become the world’s first production vehicle to be manufactured from the ground up with no steering wheel, pedals, or manual controls. If permission is granted by the DoT, the self-driving Cruise…
If you want a premier SUV trim from GM in 2019, you may not have to spend as much money SUVs have become increasingly popular with the average driver. Unfortunately, the price of some SUV models may be a little too high for many consumers, leading them to purchase less expensive options. GM wants to…
2015 Chevrolet Cruze led General Motors Commercial Fleet Sales in 2014 © GM General Motors vehicles are tops among fleet and commercial customers, who bought 703,582 Chevy, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac vehicles in 2014. “Each facet of our fleet and commercial business was up in 2014,” said Ed Peper, U.S. vice president, GM Fleet &…
It would seem the sun is setting on traditional sedans Earlier this summer, analysts predicted that passenger car sales would hit their lowest point in 60 years by the end of 2018. Yet, that moment might have arrived even earlier than expected. According to reports, passenger car sales reached a record-low market share in August….
2015 Buick Encore Photo: © General Motors Duncan Aldred is all-systems-go on the Buick Encore. The vice president of Buick-GMC went on the record with Automotive News, saying that the brand is considering adding a stronger engine option for the Encore in the future. “I’d be lying if I said we’re not evaluating that,” Aldred…
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