The General apparently enjoyed a very strong 2011 moving more than 9 million vehicles on a global scale, a gain of 7.6 percent when compared with 2010. Of course, Chevrolet was GM’s pride and joy with the brand moving 4.76 million units around the world in 2011. The jump in sales helped the Detroit automaker [...]
General Motors has been known to be one of the many leaders in automobile innovation and technology. Such examples include the brand’s hybrid technology, a wide range of advanced engine technologies and vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt. But such things wouldn’t have happened without GM’s Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Tom Stephens. And to [...]
Buick has been teasing us with the idea of a new compact crossover for quite some time. But thanks to the 2012 North American International Auto Show, the new 2013 Buick Encore was fully unveiled earlier today. “Buick Encore is a great-looking, smart choice for those who want luxury crossover amenities in a more maneuverable [...]
Buick definitely stepped in it when they named a North American car the “LaCrosse”, a French Canadian Freudian slip for masturbation, but now it seems that the innocuous offering may be in further trouble as the next Lexus ES is set to offer many things that the Buick doesn’t. The expanding new ES, may just [...]
Prior to its debut next week at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Buick has released the third teaser to its upcoming 2013 Encore crossover. The model, which will be based on the upcoming Opel Astra based SUV, will go on sale in the United States later this year. Click here for more news on the [...]
Buick has just revealed a little bit more of its Encore SUV that will make its world debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month. Word has it that the Encore will be based on the same platform as an upcoming Opel Corsa SUV for the European market. Like the Buick Regal, the Buick [...]
Following a teaser of the front headlamp this past week, Buick has released another teaser of the Encore crossover prior to its debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Obviously, this teaser is a bit weak but we’ll take what we can get. Buick says every week before the press days at the Detroit Auto [...]
A recent survey of the 65 and over crowd and their preferences in cars shows that seniors are the lifeline of some of their common picks. The top ten list is mostly models that wear Cadillac, Buick, and Lincoln badges. Sales to seniors make up to 90 percent of some of the models on the [...]
Buick today confirmed that it will be introducing the new 2013 Encore at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month. The new 5-passenger crossover will be shown at the Cobo Center in Detroit next month. “Encore joins a rapidly expanding family of Buick vehicles that has recently seen the additions of the Verano compact luxury [...]
Last week week, General Motors’ Senior Vice President of Global Product Development Mary Barra told the Automotive Press Association that the automaker plans on showing four concept or production vehicles at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show next month. Barra confirmed that one of the models to debut would be the production Cadillac ATS, which will [...]
