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DETROIT - General Motors is knocking 13 percent off the U.S. sticker price of the Chevrolet Volt electric car as it tries to keep pace with rivals in the market for plug-in vehicles. The automaker said Tuesday that the 2014 Volt will start at $34,995 in the United States, including …

(The data is not adjusted to compensate for the gap between the number of selling days. July 2013 had 25 selling days and in July 2012 there were 24.) Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac delivered 19,164 vehicles in July 2013. GM Canada sales rose more than 3% since the beginning …

For the first time ever, a North American vehicle scored the highest rating in Consumer Reports’ sedan category. That vehicle is the 2014 Chevrolet Impala. The news is significant because since the magazine began using numerical scores over 20 years ago, the winners have always been foreign brands such as …

According to a newsletter published by the Canadian Auto Workers Union and obtained by Reuters, GM plans to delay the next generation of its popular Cruze model by a full year. Originally scheduled for a 2014 debut, the new model will be released only at the end of 2015 as …

General Motors has finally released the official horsepower figures for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, and the news good for fans of the next-generation sports car. The 6.2-liter LT1 V8 engine that motivates the base model C7 Corvette will produce 455 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. The numbers get just …

On the verge of being frozen out of the Euro-sourced commercial van craze currently sweeping across North America, General Motors has made a surprising deal with Japanese rival Nissan. Under the terms of a new agreement, Chevrolet will be re-badging Nissan NV200 compact vans and selling them as their own.

When the Chevrolet Code 130R concept appeared at the Detroit International Auto Show in 2012, enthusiasts the world over where engaged by its baby muscle car styling and its rear-wheel drive chassis. A compact, rear-wheel drive sports car was something that General Motors hadn't built in ages - outside of …

When does a more expensive car outsell a more affordable model? When it has been specifically targeted at the well-heeled buyers most likely to buy it in the first place. This is the case in the plug-in hybrid / electric car segment, where Bloomberg is reporting that sales of the …

The world of ultra-efficient automobiles was rocked on its foundations today with the revelation that the upcoming 2014 Chevrolet Cruze turbodiesel model will boast highway fuel mileage numbers not seen outside of the hybrid segment. The diesel Cruze will put up a gas consumption figure of 5.11 l/100 kilometres while …

Do you own a vehicle built by General Motors that hails from the 2010, 2011, or 2012 model years? If so, you might be soon contacted by the company to inform you that you will need to change your oil more often than was originally planned. The issue has to …