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Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) – the official in-house tuner for Holden - has launched the new ClubSport R8 Tourer into the Australian market, packing the same performance and luxury appointments as the R8 sedan into the Sportwagon body. The new model is the company’s first wagon since...

On August 20, General Motors began a highly publicized campaign expanding its employee discount program to the public at large. Around the same time, GM also began filing lawsuits against workers that had previously been doing exactly that - expanding the discount to non-employees and people...

General Motors’ recent shakeup of its model range has led to cancellations of various vehicle programs designated for the North American market, mostly comprising of large cars, SUVs and trucks. This in turn has caused GM’s American design studios in Detroit to be less inundated with...

General Motors is investing hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of man hours to develop the E-Flex powertrain for the upcoming Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle, so to use the technology for just a single vehicle wouldn’t be the best business decision. Luckily, GM is planning to use the...

General Motors reported a staggering net loss of $38.7 billion last year, and followed it up with a $3.3 billion loss in the first quarter of this year and a $15.5 billion loss in the second. Despite the dire situation senior executives are hopeful that the company can return to profitability by...

Update: General Motors’ product chief Bob Lutz has a revealed that test fleets for the production Chevrolet Volt would start running as early as next year and that the first customer cars could start rolling of assembly lines earlier than the proposed November 2010 release date. However, Lutz...

Driving prowess is something many automotive enthusiasts take pride in, and off-road driving skills are an equally difficult subset, which few have the real opportunity to develop. Hummer hopes to help 14 teams build their skills with a school that includes a 1,300km trip that crosses a portion of...

Updated with new images. General Motors is scrambling to bring some of its small-car concepts to life as global preferences and oil price pressures drive interest in the segment to new highs. Near the top of the list is the Beat concept, currently in development by GM Daewoo in South Korea. These...

Just a yesterday we brought you General Motors' top 10 production car picks from its first 100 years of operation, and now we have the top 10 concept choices from the company as well. Like the production car selections, the list is not so much an exhaustive enumeration of stand-out designs, but...

General Motors has been granted a multi-million dollar tax break by the officials of the Flint city council in Michigan in order to build a new engine manufacturing facility for the upcoming Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. The new facility, slated to start production in early 2010, will build the...

The Internet, and America in particular, loves top 10 lists. Whether they're favorite cars or simply reasons to vote, top 10 lists fuel many a spirited watercooler discussion. General Motors' most recent addition to the cultural phenomenon is no different, with a few odd choices for its own...

Despite continual denials from General Motors that any official talks over the sale of Hummer have even taken place, a new report claims that investors in the Middle East are now interested in acquiring the ailing brand. Hummer’s Middle East chief has revealed that at least two separate...

Taking top honors in the IIHS safety regimen requires a good rating in each of the agency's front, side and rear impact tests plus the inclusion of stability control as a standard feature. GMC's Acadia crossover and its Lamda platform cousins have done just that and claimed the honor of the IIHS...

Pontiac has suffered in the past becuase of its ties with General Motors' other subsidiaries, giving the brand a mixed image. On one hand, it offers sporty, RWD vehicles such as the Pontiac G8 and the 2009 Solstice Coupe (pictured), and on the other hand it often borrows vehicles from its sister...

American automobile manufacturers may be playing catch-up to their Japanese rivals in terms of engine technology, but GM is now making significant headway thanks to a number of initiatives to improve fuel efficiency and lower emissions. Thanks to a new engine lab built in Detroit that operates 24...

General Motors’ sales in North America may have tanked but the carmaker’s performance in other regions, especially emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, South America, India and China, is booming. Of all the new markets, the one with the most potential is proving to be China...

The next several years will be crucial for Chevrolet as the brand tackles some of the biggest problems it’s faced in its entire history, namely, the radical shift away from trucks and SUVs due to high fuel prices and tightening fuel economy restrictions. In response, Chevrolet is planning a...

Tough CAFE standards, even tougher economic conditions and high oil prices have conspired to lay the ultra-luxury Cadillac XLS and its V12 engine to rest. Never officially confirmed for production, there had been rumors that it was being worked on internally. At the same time, Cadillac's on-again...

The automotive industry's current period of upheaval is perceived from within by many industry heads as merely the prologue to a bright future. Rick Wagoner is certainly a member of that camp, and this hour-long interview by Charlie Rose draws out that optimism, and the reasons Wagoner feels it's...

The new king of General Motors' lineup, the Corvette ZR-1, has barely begun making the official press rounds but already insiders are talking about the next-generation version of the car, expected to be based on the as-yet unrevealed C7 Corvette. Definite information is at a premium, but...