Five minivan models have earned the 2011 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The winners are the safest vehicles around, with better rollover crash protection than other models. Other qualifying factors include the highest ratings for side, frontal, and rear crash protection, along with electronic stability control. On the top [...]
General Motors Australian Holden brand has gone back to the future and has restored its first concept car ever – the 1969 Holden Hurricane. Still looking good 42 years, the Holden Hurricane was restored to its former glory days by a dedicated group of Holden designers and engineers. Known internally as the RD 001, the [...]
During the press days of the 2011 Australian International Motor Show, Holden unveiled its version of the Chevrolet Colorado Concept. The concept hints at the 2012 Holden Colorado due in production form sometime next year. The Holden Colorado Concept features an extended-cab body built on an all-wheel-drive chassis – power comes from a fuel-efficeint 2.8L [...]
GM has asked its Australian Holden engineering team to help fine-tune the new mid-sized 2013 Holden Malibu that will go on sale in Australia and 100 other countries late next year. “Engineers from Holden’s Powertrain Engineering team are currently calibrating the Malibu for GM’s global markets, where it will play an important role in the [...]
Yesteryear is filled with tons of tragic fads that we thank God came before our time. The most notable one for me, is the Chevrolet El Camino. The hideous love child of a Chevy pickup and a Chevy Caprice, the El Camino was an aesthetic nightmare. Visually unfortunate for us though, is the fact that [...]
The Zeta platform could be seen as one of the most popular platforms ever to come out of General Motors. Ever since the return of the Chevrolet Camaro, there have been rumors that the platform was eventually going to see North American production and will host an entire lineup of rear-wheel-drive vehicles. However, all that [...]
We recently heard that General Motors vice president of global design, Ed Welburn, and his team are pitching a performance version of the Chevrolet Cruze sedan inspired by the WTCC racing version of the model. According to a new report Holden, GM’s brand in the land down under, is developing a Cruze SS that will [...]
For the folks living in the land down under, Holden today unveiled the new 2012 Holden Series II Captiva 5 and Captiva 7. The 2012 Holden Series II Captiva gets more performance, better fuel-economy and pricing is kept the same as the outgoing model. First time at egmCarTech? Visit our home page for the latest [...]
The Holden VE Commodore was previously exported to the United States as a Pontiac G8 with a V6 and V8 engine. However, that program ceased when General Motors went through bankruptcy and Pontiac was killed off as a result. Ever since, many G8 fans have asked the Detroit automaker to bring back the rear-wheel-drive sedan [...]
Rumors are floating on the internet that General Motors will show a Cruze hatchback at the 2010 Paris Motor Show – don’t get excited just yet because it doesn’t look like the 5-door Cruze will make it to the United States. Click here for more news on the Chevrolet Cruze. Reports from Australia suggest that [...]
