Hints and tips:
...GM sold nearly 692,000 cars, trucks and vans in the second quarter, 2 per cent of which were electric....
...The mainstream Chevrolet brand logged a 5.3 per cent year-on-year decline to 178,820 vehicles. However, inversely, the more upscale, but smaller, Buick and Cadillac units both logged gains....
...The latest recalls involve 1.18m sports utility vehicles – mainly Buick Enclaves and GMC Acadias – 303,000 GMC Savana and Chevrolet Express vans and 63,900 Cadillac XTS sedans....
...GM’s range, from the mass-market Chevrolet to the exclusive Cadillac, was meant to offer consumers options that would ensure they stuck with GM as their tastes and priorities changed over a lifetime....
...GM sells a lot of cars in the US but, of the four brands it is keeping, only Chevrolet and Cadillac are clearly worth it....
...Honda and Cadillac recently announced they were dropping their S2000 and XLR roadsters after the current model year....
...The company is also trying to make its upmarket Cadillac, offroad Hummer and cheap Chevrolet marques into global brands, although both Cadillac and Chevy will sell vehicles specific to certain regions....
...Sales were also robust of some new models, such as the Chevrolet Cobalt sports car and Chevrolet Equinox sport utility vehicle....
...“It was very successful,” said Jeff Rigg, general sales manager at Van Chevrolet-Cadillac, which gave away 26 Aveos in September....
International Edition