January may be the middle of winter but GM was able to rebuke the cold weather with red-hot sales. The company delivered nearly 195,000 units in the U.S., a 16 percent increase compared to the same month last year. That’s good news for Detroit and the automotive industry in general, as it...
Top 10 Large Sedans With the Greatest Range There’s something magical about going on a road trip. Whether it’s the allure of visiting a far-flung destination or just the call of the highway, piling into a car and eating up miles satiates mankind’s wanderlust. Of course some vehicles are...
Top 10 Large Sedans With The Biggest Trunks America is the land of the free and the home of large sedans. With miles and miles of miles and miles, drivers don’t have to contend with congested urban parking or dreadful highway traffic like their European counterparts. We’re free to relax and...
General Motors will be taking Ford’s AppLink platform head-on with a new app framework which was announced today at 2013 CES. App developers will be able to create apps that add features or value to a vehicle after its initial purchase. Also, in contrast to many in-car apps, that are just...
Back in September, General Motors announced plans to release nine new models over the course of 12 months, and it appears as though the Buick LaCrosse will be one of them. Sources in China have spied the updated LaCrosse, sporting a redesigned exterior and interior without any camouflage, which...
Buick will replace the 2.4-liter naturally aspirated Ecotec engien currently found in the Buick Verano with a turbocharged 1.6-liter unit for the 2014 model year. The new engine will sit directly underneath the current 2.0-liter turbo model and will offer weight savings, more power and improved ...
As General Motors continues to work through its high inventories, the American automaker has idled its Michigan plant where the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano are produced. Last week, GM halted production at its Lake Orion assembly plant in order to adjust inventory, and around 1,800 workers...
Ponderous in appearance, the Buick Grand National was more than a black sheep and a sleeper. It was, and likely still is, one of the most under-appreciated performance cars ever built. As the antithesis of shallow-minded car buying, that’s a reality unlikely ever to change — at least to...
The 2013 Buick Verano has received a five-star overall vehicle score for safety from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to go along with its 2012 Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Verano achieved the five-star rating under...
General Motors is deploying a team of 25 young and tech-savvy customer specialists to dealerships nationwide in order to help owners get the most out of the automaker’s new Cugeneration of infotainment systems. The team of hired specialists will train and educate GM dealerships on the use...
The Buick brand is about to get a lot more exciting, with the return of rear-drive turbocharged coupes, with legendary names like Grand National and GNX. First reported by forum community this summer, a source inside the company has now reportedly confirmed that a three model lineup of...
Buick has been working at re-defining its brand image to attract a more youthful age group, and now the brand may be considering a redesign for its logo. Mark Reuss, GM’s North American president told a group of journalists that they are considering giving the Buick badge a new look,...
General Motors is focusing on plug-in technology for the next five years, aiming to have 500,000 vehicles on the road with some form of electrification by 2017. The Chevrolet Volt, which was introduced in 2010, has become essential in the automaker’s product development process as it...
Manual transmissions have always been idolized and are generally reserved for the ultimate sporty-cars, but how does a stick shift compare to its automated counterpart? All the traditional advantages of a manual transmission are no longer applicable. With continuously variable transmissions...
Top 10 Cars Every Guy Needs to Know So, you call yourself a car guy. Fair enough, you’ve browsed on over to AutoGuide so you must have at least a little petroleum in your veins. But are you a true automobile enthusiast? Do you know your accelerator pump from your synchronizer? Here are 10...