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- In 31 Weeks, Gm Recalls 29 Million Vehicles
Image from KSPR.comGM issued 5 more recalls today, covering another 269,000 vehicles. That makes a total of 29 million GM vehicles recalled in the first 31 weeks of the year, 219 days so far this year. That's roughly 132,420 GM vehicles recalled...
- Is Ford Killing Off The Mercury Marque?
Things have been rough at the Mercury brand. Since 2000 the sales of Mercury motor vehicles have plummeted 74%. Rumor has it that Ford has had enough of the failing brand. Automotive News reports that industry insiders are saying that top executives...
- Chrysler-fiat Iffy While Gm Gets Gloomy And Saturn Is Selling Out
Fiat has said that there's no better than a 50-50 chance they will work out a deal with Chrysler, which only has until the end of the month to get the deal done. Apparently Fiat has put some hard terms on the table that Chrysler may not be able to...
- Gm Death List Of Dieing Models
In its restructuring plan, GM says it will drop 8 vehicle nameplates within the next 3 years. Is your car one of them? In documents which Automotive News reported to be filed with the US Congress in early December, GM said that by 2012 it will reduce...
- Cadillac Investigation Launced
Federal safety investigators have launched a "preliminary evaluation" safety investigation of 2003 thru 2006 Cadillac CTS, CTS-V and STS models covering about 353,000 cars. Owners claim the rear differential fails often, causing loss of power and rear...
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Cadillac XLR Dies and Saturn Lives
GM has announced that the Cadillac XLR will halt in the second quarter of 2009, as part of its cost-cutting efforts to impress Congress and get more bail out funding. At the same time, GM's budget still includes funding for Saturn so apparently the brand will live on --- for now.
Bringing the XLR to an end was expected and the move will mean layoffs for 40 workers at the Bowling Green, KY, GM plant, which also makes the Chevrolet Corvette. XLR sales are reported to have recently fallen 28.6% to a mere 1,250 vehicles. While a unique luxury 2 seater, its place in the lineup just isn't supported in the marketplace.
Cadillac hopes to keep buyers interested with a smaller sporty 4 seat car, the CTS coupe, which promises more power.
Meanwhile Saturn dealers are exhaling a sigh of relief at GM's dealer announcement that it won't kill the brand yet, in spite of promises to Congress that Saturn's days were numbered. Some dealers had reported that showrooms quickly emptied out when work got out last month that GM was thinking of either selling or closing down the entire Saturn operation. One dealer reported, off the record, that he hadn't sold a single car in the first 3 weeks of January.
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Subscribe in a reader- In 31 Weeks, Gm Recalls 29 Million Vehicles
Image from KSPR.comGM issued 5 more recalls today, covering another 269,000 vehicles. That makes a total of 29 million GM vehicles recalled in the first 31 weeks of the year, 219 days so far this year. That's roughly 132,420 GM vehicles recalled...
- Is Ford Killing Off The Mercury Marque?
Things have been rough at the Mercury brand. Since 2000 the sales of Mercury motor vehicles have plummeted 74%. Rumor has it that Ford has had enough of the failing brand. Automotive News reports that industry insiders are saying that top executives...
- Chrysler-fiat Iffy While Gm Gets Gloomy And Saturn Is Selling Out
Fiat has said that there's no better than a 50-50 chance they will work out a deal with Chrysler, which only has until the end of the month to get the deal done. Apparently Fiat has put some hard terms on the table that Chrysler may not be able to...
- Gm Death List Of Dieing Models
In its restructuring plan, GM says it will drop 8 vehicle nameplates within the next 3 years. Is your car one of them? In documents which Automotive News reported to be filed with the US Congress in early December, GM said that by 2012 it will reduce...
- Cadillac Investigation Launced
Federal safety investigators have launched a "preliminary evaluation" safety investigation of 2003 thru 2006 Cadillac CTS, CTS-V and STS models covering about 353,000 cars. Owners claim the rear differential fails often, causing loss of power and rear...