Tag Archive for ‘GM’
2011 Corvette Z06 “Carbon” Revealed
We took a trip to Detroit last week to tour the Pratt & Miller Corvette Racing facility and see the new C6.R being built for the GT2 class at this year’s Le Mans – but at the end of the tour, along with a sumptuous lunch, we got a special treat: the 2011 Corvette Z06 [...]
GM Invests in US-Based Ecotec Engine Manufacturing
General Motors has announced that they will invest more than $494 million and create nearly 550 jobs in three U.S. plants to produce their next generation fuel efficient Ecotec engine. The project consists of investments in the Tonawanda, New York plant totaling $425 million for site capacity for 370,000 engines per year. The plant will [...]
Buick Challenges Acura, Lexus with 2010 LaCrosse
This time last year, journalists, pundits and economists were taking bets on GM’s future, and whether a division like Buick could survive the economic meltdown of the American automobile industry. But here we are at the end of the year and GM has not only survived, but Buick has its new LaCrosse sport sedan on [...]
Extra! Volt Dancers, Detroit Preview, Gran Turismo
In this episode of Driving Sports TV’s Extra! you’ll see dancing girls, a plug-in Toyota Prius, Mitsubishi iMiEV, BMW Z4 sDrive35is and Gran Turismo.
Aftermarket 2010 Chevy Camaro Rally Stripes
If you’re a real Camaro fan, you need to be sporting rally stripes. They add a little extra awesome to every car. Around the Driving Sports office, near Microsoft, there seem to be a lot of new Camaros running around and I’ll be dashed if I’ve only seen one with rally stripes. It’s a shame. [...]
Big Three Bet on Muscle as GM Emerges from Bankruptcy
The New York Times reported last week that GM’s new hot rod Camaro is a big hit in its first month on the market. GM dealers have been selling out of the retro-musclemobile and the company has only a six day supply of Camaros in hand right now.
And then Chrysler announced today that the uber-muscle [...]
GM Sells Hummer to the Chinese
As part of GM’s bankruptcy restructuring, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd and General Motors Corp. today confirmed details of a proposed transaction in which Tengzhong, a major industrial machinery group, will acquire the rights to GM’s formerly hot, and now very not, HUMMER brand. As part of the deal, Tengzhong will acquire “a [...]
DSTV Live #3 – Auto News
Driving Sports TV hosts Ryan Douthit and Aaron Bartel bring you news from the auto world for January 21, 2009. In this excerpt they mull over Fiat buying 35% of Chrylser for $0, Chevrolet’s new Spark city car and Volvo’s pedestrian safety technology.
DSTV 2: Turbo Miata, News, Subiesport
Ryan and Aaron host Driving Sports TV Live! Episode #2. Special guest is Travis Geny from Subiesport Magazine, plus a look at Ryan’s turbo-charge 1990 Miata, news and more.
*Note: Episode has audio issues.
Survive and Grow
Each time the black death swept through Europe from the 14th to the 17th centuries, it left behind an unexpected dividend: rich people. That happened for the simple reason that when 1/3 of the people die, the other 2/3 inherit all their stuff. It’s likely to work the same way in the auto industry this [...]
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