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Main > Car Makers News > Other > VW to review marketing, advertising | detnews.com | The Detroit News Volkswagen of America is reviewing its choice of lead agency handling its U.S. marketing and advertising. Volkswagen AG's U.S. subsidiary announced the review today as part of its strategy to increase its presence in the United States by setting up local production facilities and rolling out models designed for American car buyers. "Our goal of rapidly increasing our volume in a mature market requires the Volkswagen brand to evolve into a more relevant mainstream choice," said Tim Ellis, vice president... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-18 10:50:18 Article Views Rating: 112 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM Offers Zero-Percent Financing Cash for Clunkers has great popularity and its funds are thinning out very quickly. President Obama was delighted to hear this news and signed a document which allows extending the program with additional $2 billion in funding. General Motors has found a good way to attract the customers with old vehicles to trade them in with GM fuel-efficient autos: the manufacturer offers zero-percent financing for up to 72 months if the purchased vehicle goes under the Cash for Clunkers program. The offer has a... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:59 Article Views Rating: 78 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Does Volt Really Use 230 mpg? This Tuesday General Motors has announced that the new hybrid Chevrolet Volt is going to do 230 mpg in the city driving. The manufacturer said that “a draft EPA federal fuel economy methodology for labeling plug-in electric vehicles” was used in the development testing of the car. Earlier it has become known that the Volt design team is moving faster than it was planned and the hybrid should come out even earlier than it was projected. GM Vice President Bob Lutz is alarmed about all the events... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:58 Article Views Rating: 71 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM Is Building a Battery Plant The American automaker, General Motors, does not plan buying lithium-ion batteries for electric cars from other manufacturers, the company has announced that there will be a plant built by them specifically for this purpose. GM has announced that $43 million will be invested on a plant in Brownstown Township, Michigan which will build battery packs for Chevrolet Volt and “other extended-range electric vehicles”. This will be the first facility of this kind in the U.S. The work on the plant has... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:57 Article Views Rating: 74 Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM to revive plant with battery pack production | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- A former drag strip for muscle cars will become the home of General Motors Co.'s battery pack plant for electric vehicles -- fitting for a company reinventing itself. The whir of electric motors represents the future for GM and a more fuel-conscious auto industry in general. The $43 million plant on the former Detroit Dragway -- now an industrial park -- will package battery cells for the Chevrolet Volt and other electric vehicles that showcase GM's new direction. "This facility represents the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:55 Article Views Rating: 66 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Japanese sales climb in 'clunkers' program | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Japanese automakers have gained significant ground on domestic automakers in the U.S. government's $3 billion "cash for clunkers" program. General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC saw a dropoff in sales while those of foreign rivals rose in the latest tally of "cash for clunkers" sales, as Toyota Motor Corp. dethroned GM as the top seller. Toyota has sold 18.9 percent of vehicles purchased through the clunkers program, surpassing GM's 17.6 percent. Through the first two weeks of the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:53 Article Views Rating: 39 Main > Car Makers News > Buick > Buick's stellar LaCrosse is fit for a king | detnews.com | The Detroit News The 2010 Buick LaCrosse is the best car no one will buy. It's a shame really. The redesigned large sedan is top notch, a car fit for a king, or at least an emperor. People should line up at Buick dealerships in droves to order the new LaCrosse, which arrives this month. It's well-priced, sharp-looking and comes with a stellar interior, perhaps the best inside makeover General Motors Co. has ever completed. But they won't. When Buick tested the new LaCrosse against the competition, vehicles such as the... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:49 Article Views Rating: 44 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Custom $4,000 grille sets a Camaro apart | detnews.com | The Detroit News When we first saw the $4,000 price tag on the Camaro Marquise Collection grille for Chevrolet's 21st century muscle car, we wondered if people really would invest that much to customize the look of a car with a base price sticker of less than $23,000. Turns out, they will, and they are. "We used the same thinking we did when we developed the Bentley-look grille for the Chrysler 300," said Tommy Gaut, general manager of Strut, which produces automotive jewelry, especially for very high-end vehicles such... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:45 Article Views Rating: 28 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Picking the best among the classic Mustang, Camaro and Challenger | detnews.com | The Detroit News Lots of cars used to come strapped with muscle, they've been on display along Woodward Avenue all week. With big V-8s crammed under their hoods, they bubbled with power at every stop light. But times have changed. Direct injection has replaced scoops, and computers have replaced cables. Wrenching just about any new car today requires a lab coat and degree from MIT. But for the first time in nearly 10 years, the modern interpretations of three classic pony cars are available as new models: the Mustang... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-17 04:19:41 Article Views Rating: 28 Main > Car Makers News > Other > U.S. House OKs $2B for clunkers | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- The U.S. House beefed up the wildly popular "Cash for Clunkers" initiative on Friday, adding $2 billion to the program. But in the Senate, grumbling over the growing cost, clouded its chances of a speedy approval for the president's signature. The car-rebate program, which started Monday as a way to stimulate new auto sales and get gas guzzlers off the road, proved to be so popular that dealers and Washington policymakers feared the initial $1 billion set aside was nearly exhausted. Without enough... Full article... Article added: 2009-08-03 06:15:06 Article Views Rating: 118 |
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