Category: General Motors
06/15/2021
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New Nissan Rogue to complicate Renegade, Trax sales paths
Last year, Nissan sold a stunning 350,447 Rogues. The small crossovers had gotten an early publicity boost from the 2016 movie Star Wars: Rogue One, which had nothing to do with the car other than the title, but seemed to dramatically lift sales. Their styling could best be described as “distinctive,” but their price and […]
03/15/2021
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Dealer satisfaction: GM at top, Stellantis at bottom
When Mary Barra took the helm of General Motors, she almost immediately started working on increasing the quality of the company’s dealer network. PR people have been tight-lipped on how this was done, but the results are clear in the latest J.D. Power study. Every General Motors brand (shown in bright green) ended up in […]
03/02/2021
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GM tops manufacturers for loyalty—again
General Motors was the top manufacturer for loyalty in the United States, for the sixth consecutive year, while the Ford brand took the top loyalty to a brand for the 11th year in a row. At the dealer level, Lincoln took the honors. There were 17 segment categories. Ford won three (plus a Lincoln), GM […]
02/18/2021
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GM does well in J.D. Power Dependability; Stellantis and Ford, not so much
The big winner in the J.D. Power dependability survey was, again, Toyota; they took the #1 spot with Lexus, and then the #4 spot with Toyota-the-brand. Both were well below average in problems (0.81 and 0.98, respectively). Hyundai/Kia also did quite well, coming in at #3 and #7, with Genesis at #8. But GM has […]
01/07/2021
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Who won and lost in 2020 sales? GM, Ford both win in trucks.
GM was the arguable winner of the 2020 sales contest, at least among the American contestants, with a mere 12% falloff in sales. That was below Ford’s 15% drop or FCA’s 18% fall, and also enough to beat Honda and Nissan. GM roughly matched Toyota’s 11% fall; the only major automakers to really beat GM’s […]
08/06/2020
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GMC Hummer EV to debut this fall
The pandemic has delayed many auto shows and has barred many manufacturers from debuting their new vehicles. One of the most highly anticipated cars of 2020 has to be the GMC Hummer truck. The fully electric Hummer is set to make 1,000 horsepower, over 10,000 lb-ft of torque, go 0-60 in about 3 seconds, and […]
07/10/2020
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Rendered: Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Redesign
Have you wondered how GM could take advantage of styling trends and revitalize the Colorado ZR2? AutoBison has just the design for you: Note the “half-hidden” look of the headlights, an increasingly popular trend, combined with the triple-opening appearance, exceedingly good front and rear angles (for serious off-roading), and not one but two subtle horizontal […]
07/06/2020
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Who’s winning the US sales races? (Did GM beat Ford in pickups?)
We know who gained and lost the most in second-quarter sales, but what about the smaller races to see who won in particular segments—like muscle cars and pickups? The Dodge Challenger may have dropped quite a bit in the first half of the year, but its final tally of 22,018 sales from January through June […]
07/02/2020
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Rendered: Subcompact GMC Crossover
GM has been on a bit of a crossover craze recently, and for good reason. The all-new Chevy Trailblazer has nothing to do with the previous model and shrunk from a midsize SUV to a subcompact crossover that slots between the Trax and Equinox. Buick has even joined in the subcompact crossover action with […]
07/01/2020
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Wow, sales have dropped! (Now includes Ford)
US car and truck sales plummeted over the last three months. At GM, sales dropped by 34% versus Q2 2019; the company did pretty well in the first quarter but got hammered in the second, albeit doing better than Fiat Chrysler. Chevrolet fell by 34%, Buick by 36%, Cadillac by 41%, and GMC by 33%. […]