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Thursday, Nov 19
Reuss Changes GM's Global Engineering Strategy, Hopes for RWD Chevys, Buicks
Going into GM's bankruptcy last July, rear-wheel-drive seemed all but dead, relegated to Cadillac (and not the whole lineup), body-on-frame trucks and the Corvette here in anticipation of new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. GM's ability to quickly add a Holden sedan with a C...
Monday, Nov 16
GM's $1.2-billion Loss: Cause for Optimism?
Henderson says GM's breakeven point now is slightly higher than the 10 million U.S. sales level presented in its reorganization plan, thanks largely to spending more money on marketing its four core brands, Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac.
Friday, Nov 13
2010 Car of the Year - The Year the Car Biz Changed
BMW 7 SERIES BMW Z4 BUICK LACROSSE CHEVROLET CAMARO FORD FUSION FORD MUSTANG FORD TAURUS HONDA INSIGHT HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE KIA FORTE KIA SOUL LEXUS HS 250H MAZDA3 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS COUPE MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS NISSAN 370Z NISSAN CUBE PORSCHE PANAMERA SUBARU LEGACY
2011 Buick Regal Makes Tinseltown Debut, Bob and Ed Drop By
To be sure, it'll take much more than a glitzy Hollywood premiere to push the Regal name -- a moniker that doesn't exactly elicit fond memories short of the 80s-era GNX and Grand National -- back on the radar screens of American buyers. But at least so far, it looks as though the Regal has the po...
Wednesday, Nov 4
Payoff for GM as it Posts its First Year-Over-Year Sales Increase Since January
Core brands" totaled 162,514, with Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Hummer totaling 15,089. Buick-GMC sales were up 33 percent combined. The new LaCrosse was up 103 percent versus October '08. Buick outsold Saturn and Cadillac outsold Pontiac.
Tuesday, Oct 27
American Car Quality Improves, but Asians Still Dominate
Paul used this last point to explain anomalies in some of the scores. For example, it scores the Chevrolet Traverse AWD "average" for reliability, and "newly recommended," based on the other criteria. CR also recommends the AWD Buick Enclave, with average reliability, but says the FWD En...
Thursday, Oct 1
September Sales -- Ford Strengthens, Hyundai is up 27 Percent
Of Old GM, Saturn was off 83.8 percent to 2,993 sold, Pontiac was off 52.5 percent to 11,079, Saab was off 72.6 percent, to 484 and Hummer was off 81.5 percent, to 426. Cadillac was off just 8.8 percent, to 11,339, outselling Buick, which was off 33.0 percent, to 9,455.
Friday, Sep 25
True to the Brand? Proliferating Chryslers and Competing with Cadillac
Chrysler division probably will need a crossover to compete with, in Fong's mind, the Lincoln MKT or Cadillac SRX, but in my mind, more like the Buick Enclave. The new unibody platform underpinning the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the upcoming Dodge Durango is obvious. Having all three cro...
Thursday, Sep 10
Everybody's Happy: GM Gets Magna and GAZ to Save Opel
For now, GM has enough control over Opel and Vauxhall to remain a viable global automaker. Losing its European unit would have essentially made it a two-region regional automaker (North America and China). While GM has unveiled an Opel concept version of its 2011 Chevrolet Volt, it plans t...
Tuesday, Sep 1
August Sales: Will Cash For Clunkers Help Autumn Numbers?
Chevy division outsold Ford division, 168,130 (-9.2 percent) to 161,369 (+21.2 percent). Toyota division remains the number-one U.S. brand/division, at 202,196 (+15.2 percent, and including 10,727 Scions).Pontiac was the only division with a year-over-year increase, up 23.3 percent, to...
Wednesday, Aug 19
The Vuick is Dead - How About a Plug-in Buick Insignia, Instead?
The prospect of a plug-in Cadillac XTS further off in the future is very intriguing. However, the Opel Insignia is pretty close in overall length and weight to the Saturn Vue. So I'm betting that Stephens will name the 2012 Insignia-based midsize Buick as the new model to get the plug-in powe...
Monday, Aug 17
Even This Year, the Anti-Pebble Beach Concours Thrives
While I like the wacky stuff that attracts Markus' camera, and I appreciate how it mixes in with the classic muscle and the rare prewar Packard or Cadillac, I'm drawn most to the original Detroit iron, whether it's mid-'50s Buicks and fin de sickle' DeSotos, Shelby Mustangs, or bench-sea...
Friday, Aug 7
New Astra to Become a Buick? Managing Brand Isn't Getting Any Easier
DETROIT - Our European correspondent, Paul Horrell calls the 2010 Opel Astra "one of the best compact hatches the world has to offer." His story asks; will it come here? The answer is "yes," in a way. Buick's 2012...
Monday, Jul 13
Chatting with Bob: CTS-v Wagon for Lutz, Zeta Caprice for Cops
DETROIT - General Motors' successes (Chevy Malibu, '10 Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac CTS and '10 SRX) under soon-to-be-ex-vice chairman of global product development Bob Lutz outweigh his failures (Pontiac GTO and...
Monday, Jun 1
The Product GM Needs If it Survives Bankruptcy
Buick was the mid-priced brand to keep, because of its success in China. Maybe the fact that Henderson's first car was a '69 Buick Skylark helped, and I'd bet that at least one old timer still shuffling around the Renaissance Center argued that William C. Durant founded GM on the back of Buick...
Monday, Apr 27
Pontiac Gone, Buick to Grow, Government Offered 50-percent of GM
DETROIT - General Motors CEO and President Fritz Henderson confirmed the automaker will scrub the Pontiac division by the end of 2010, with the G8 going out of production by the end of this year, and the Vibe possibly running through next year. GM will end Saturn, Saab and Hummer production...
Monday, Apr 20
GM Needs Fresh Leadership
DETROIT - My wife, Donna, and I, and our three collies ran into Detroit Free Press critic Mark Phelan walking his two dogs in the park last weekend. We talked about General Motors CEO/President Fritz Henderson's Friday phone press conference, and his answers regarding the Buick and GMC br...
Friday, Apr 17
According to Fritz: Hummer Sale Likely Soon; Buick, GMC Profitable
DETROIT - General Motors has three potential buyers for its Hummer division, and hopes to make a decision on its sale next week, CEO and President Fritz Henderson told reporters in a conference call Friday morning. And if GM can't get enough for that division, it may decided to hold on to it,...
Monday, Mar 30
End of the Road for GM's Rick Wagoner
The Cadillac CTS, giving way to the much-improved second-generation CTS.The latest Chevy Malibu, the 2011 Cruze, the Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Chevy Traverse.The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox, Cadillac SRX, Buick LaCrosse. The Opel Insignia and GM's general success in China and Russia. Th...
Wednesday, Mar 11
Another V-8 Dies: GM's 4.5L Diesel Made Sense For Cadillac, Too
DETROIT - When General Motors announced last year it was canceling its "Ultra V-8" project, the high-tech engine designed to replace the aged Cadillac Northstar engine, an insider assured me Cadillac would have a V-8 going forth. There's the supercharged 6.2-liter supercharged small b...
Monday, Feb 9
Maximum Bob is Retiring, What Will His GM Legacy Be?
So what has Lutz done for GM? You'll find both supporters and detractors throughout Detroit. He's had his share of ups and downs, rushing cars like the Pontiac GTO and Solstice into production, and bringing the Pontiac G8 and nearly launching a rear-drive renaissance outside the Cadilla...
Friday, Jan 16
GM's Downgraded Sales Expectations: What it Means for You
What does this mean for you? Fewer new models, less segmentation. I stood looking at the Audi Sportback concept at the Detroit show the other day, thinking that the upcoming A7 would become the third, and probably penultimate "four-door coupe." The Volvo S60, if its roofline looks like the...
Tuesday, Jan 13
Lutz on Pontiac, Saab and Saturn
Lutz said that Pontiac will focus on a narrow product lineup, albeit one larger in number than Buick, with which it will continue to share a sales channel (and GMC, too). Surviving models will be the G8, Vibe, G5, and Solstice/Solstice coupe, he said. (Surely that's the short-term plan. It el...
Tuesday, Dec 2
The Hour Approaches: Detroit Returns to Capitol Hill; Buick and Opel To Converge
Buick, which was once a slight step below Cadillac in prestige, has countered Cadillac's edgy Art & Science styling with more rounded, voluptuous sheetmetal...like on the new Opel Insignia. In both styling and interior quality, the Insignia would have made a perfectly decent 2010 LaC...
