Archive for 'Cadillac'
Cadillac Distancing Itself From GM
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by admin.
Cadillac is the shining star in General Motors’ North American portfolio and one of the few brands in the world where it’s safe to say that all its products are generally pretty good. Not surprisingly Cadillac doesn’t want to tarnish its image by being banded together with GM, which suffers from the stigma of bankruptcy...
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Ford Beats GM on Strength of SUVs, Trucks
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by admin.
Yes, Ford overtook GM in February as the country’s best-selling auto company for the first time since 1998, but it didn’t do it by selling a fleet of Fusion Hybrids ( Cars.com’s Best of 2010 award winner ). No, it beat GM by a mere 334 units with strong sales of its F-Series pickup and the Edge crossover and Escape compact SUV. Toyota’s sales decline in February gave the two domestic brands a chance to grab the sales spotlight, but those vehicle sales are still dominated by trucks and now crossovers
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J.D. Power Finds Lexus and Hummer Tops in Customer Service
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by admin.
For 2010, J.D. Power and Associates split its Customer Service Index Study into luxury and mass market categories, with Lexus winning the luxury brand and Hummer at the top in the mass market column.
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GM Says Hummer Sale to Chinese Is Off. Brand To Be Shuttered.
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by admin.
By Dave Thomas GM’s planned sale of the Hummer brand to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. has fallen through. GM says it will wind down all operations for the brand
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Why You’re Going to Need a Pickup Truck to Save the Whales
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by admin.
Bridgestone is gearing up to advertise its tires during the Super Bowl. A sneak preview of one of its TV spots shows why you'll never save the whales driving a hybrid car. You'll need a pickup truck for that job.
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Pause-and-Play Radio Included in More GM Vehicles
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by admin.
First introduced in 2008, pause-and-play radio will be available in even more upcoming GM vehicles, including the Buick Regal and Chevrolet Cruze.
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Cadillac CTS Wagon Gets Price Drop
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by admin.
The automotive market is competitive enough without a company pitting its own products against each other. This is what led Cadillac to slash the price of the new 2010 CTS sport wagon earlier this month. It turned out the CTS was butting heads with the redesigned Cadillac SRX crossover
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2011 BMW 3 Series Coupe, Convertible: First Look
Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by admin.
Competes with: Audi A5/S5, Infiniti G37, Cadillac CTS Coupe Looks like: The outgoing 3 Series mixed with a bit of Z4 Drivetrain: 230-hp, 3.0-liter six-cylinder or 300-hp, turbocharged 3.0-liter six-cylinder with six-speed manual or six-speed automatic; rear- or all-wheel drive. Hits dealerships: Spring 2010 On Sunday BMW released information about its nominally updated 3 Series coupe and convertible.
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2010 Detroit Auto Show Winners and Losers: Concept Cars
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by admin.
While there may have been fewer production-ready new models at this year’s Detroit auto show, a fair number of concept cars appeared under the lights at the Cobo Center.
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2010 Detroit Auto Show Winners and Losers: Production Cars
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by admin.
It's been a busy media preview at the Detroit auto show with the launch of a number of new production cars, and now it's time to assess the hits and the flops. All the models below will hit showrooms sometime in the next year — although we have to wait longer on the new Focus — and some are vitally important to their respective automakers
