GM still has a handful of domestic factories that focus on passenger cars General Motors recently announced that it would be shutting down five of its North American facilities within the next year. That list of locations includes the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant, the Lordstown Assembly factory, and the Oshawa plant out in Canada. Each of…
The Mountain Goats are a band obsessed with storytelling, and they seem particularly fond of using cars to evoke emotions in their listeners.… J.D. Power surveyed car owners in the 2020 Seat Quality and Satisfaction… Are you planning on carrying passengers in the second (or third) row… In February of 2020, Chevy produced its final…
Photo: Chevrolet The Chevrolet car lineup is shrinking again, and this time it’s the Sonic that’s on the chopping block. Small and Stylish: Upgrade to an SUV with the 2020 Chevrolet Trax General Motors announced last week that it will soon end production for the Chevrolet Sonic, a subcompact model available as either a sedan…
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…
The Chevrolet Onix Photo: Chevrolet China Here in the United States, Chevrolet is currently cutting much of its passenger car lineup. Meanwhile in China, drivers are still choosing sedans as their go-to vehicle class. In fact, Chevrolet is ready to introduce a new sedan to the Chinese market: the Chevrolet Onix. Which Do You Prefer?:…
Production of Chevy’s star electric car will be settling for a slowdown In the automotive industry, you never want to run out of vehicles. Then again, you never want to have too many vehicles either. The latter is the problem that General Motors is currently facing. Last month, GM had a 105 days supply, a…
2015 Silverado High Country HD ©GM Chevrolet had a huge 2014, logging more than 2,000,000 total sales in the United States for the first time since 2007. With the help of big sales from familiar favorites (and a new face or two), Chevrolet moved 2,033,442 vehicles in the US throughout 2014, good for a 4.4%…
The Sonic is safe… for now A little more than a month ago, rumors began circulating that stated production for the Chevrolet Sonic could come to an end as early as 2018. A few weeks later, documents acquired from the California Air Resources Board appeared to back up this claim. However, it appears that the…
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I am excited today, because thanks to the Union of Concerned Scientists, I can finally bring some knowledge to one of the enduring questions of electric vehicles: given that many states still use coal and natural gas to generate electricity, just how “green” can an electric vehicle be? Well, it turns out, that depends on…
The 1983 Monte Carlo SS “Pepsi Challenger” is one of the cars included in the National Corvette Museum’s new Chevrolet racing history exhibit Photo: Mike Traverse The rich history of Chevrolet racing is the focus of a new exhibition at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The exhibit features a variety of historic…
When it comes to testing its vehicles, it’s probably safe to say that, until lately, the European Union would not be classified as “tough.” Instead, the EU has long used a very lax emissions testing system, and has relied on its member nations to regulate the vehicles sold within their borders by themselves, which, as…
It seems that 2018 is the year of Jeep. Sales for the… Once again Toyota continued to follow the industry trend of rising truck… While cars suffered throughout the month, Honda’s July 2018 truck sales were… Fiat Chrysler’s decision to focus on trucks, crossovers, and SUVs has evidently… During the month of July, sales were…
The internet is a treasure trove of strange, delightful viral videos. I think some of them can be repurposed as car commercials.… As part of the rollout of the 2020 Outback, Subaru recently released a series of three heartfelt ads that highlight the Outback’s best features.… The goal of the campaign is to show the…
It’s important to stay hydrated this summer, to stay cool and to avoid heat exhaustion due to extreme temperatures. It’s equally important to drink the right water, however. As tempting as it might be to keep drinking the unfinished water bottles left in your car this season, there’s a risk that the water could be…
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