Posts Tagged ‘north american international auto show’
Click above for gallery of production pics of Chevy VoltWhen the Chevy Volt goes on sale in late 2010, it may be joined shortly thereafter by other GM-branded series hybrids using the eFlex architecture. But after the General's bread-and-butter bow-tie division, which brands make the most sense to g......
Lambdas get IIHS Top Pick rating
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety took some GMC Acadias and smashed them up to see how the big crossovers hold up against immovable objects, and unlike recent tests conducted for the Chevy Equinox and Pontiac Torrent, the news is positive. An AWD Acadia SLE acted as a stand-in for all of th......
Plans for an all-RWD Pontiac shelved?
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Pontiac G8 GTA quick glance at Pontiac's (rumored) future product plans reveals just how much fuel prices have affected plans for an all rear-wheel drive lineup. Let's see, we've got the Solstice and the G8, and, um... that's it. Sure, we're expecting the......
Deal of the Day: Employee Pricing means $10,000 off on 2008 Corvette Z06
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Wow, there are some great deals to be had at the moment from General Motors. Not the least of which is on the Corvette, specifically the Z06 model, which we've had nothing but good things to say about, even at its $72K asking price. Now that GM is offering all of its models at employee prices, that ......
2010 Pontiac G8 ST may get direct-inject V6
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Pontiac G8 STThe Pontiac G8 Sport Truck was originally supposed to be powered only by General Motors' 361-horsepower 6.0L V8, but tough fuel economy standards and customer demand for fuel efficient products have conspired to change the General's plans. Ed......
Craiglist Find of the Day: Collection of Cadillac Cimarrons… oh, yeah
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
The Cadillac Cimarron from the '80s is perhaps the very best (or worst) example of rebranding gone awry. Based on the never-meant-for-a-Caddy J Platform, which underpinned the Pontiac Sunfire through 2005, the Cimarron marked the lowest point in Cadillac's illustrious history. The Caddy-that-wasn't ......
Woodward 2008: Flexing the American muscle
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Click above for more high-res images of muscle cars on WoodwardIt's with fond memories that we look back on the age of the muscle car, their big-inch V8 engines belching power and burning tires long before it was politically incorrect to do so. Starting with humble mid-size coupe origins, the Pontia......
Woodward 2008: General Motors Booth Tour Athens Coney Island
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
For the past several years General Motors has been using the Athens Coney Island Restaurant on Woodward Ave as a base of operations for the Dream Cruise. The parking lot this year is again filled with classic, wannabe classic, and future classic GM machinery, much of it brought out from the GM Herit......
Officially Official: Pontiac G8 ST it is
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Click above for hi-res gallery of the 2010 Pontiac G8 STWe often go poking around General Motors' media resources, so imagine our surprise when we were searching for something totally unrelated and found fresh images of Pontiac's iteration of the Holden Ute. Still warm like just-baked cookies, the i......
Pre-pro Pontiac G8 GXP spotted in Australia
Monday, August 4th, 2008
Click above for more spy shots of the G8 GXP from G8 NationAlthough we thoroughly enjoyed the fleeting time we spent with the Pontiac G8 GT, what whith its 361 horsepower and 385 pound-feet of torque and all, it's the upcoming GXP model that truly looks to catapult the Australian-bred sedan back int......