Last month, GM announced that it would use a parts plant in Kokomo to make ventilators, adapting a Ventec design; the idea was to help severely affected COVID-19 patients. The Ventec people only make one ventilator per hour at their own plant, so GM had to bring in their own people to speed things up—and […]
Before we start on the pickups, let’s talk web sites. Chevrolet gives you all the information you could possibly want, straight up, without fuss; and the numbers stay the same as you go through. It’s a pleasure to deal with Chevrolet’s fast-loading, gimmick-free web site. Then there’s Toyota, where the numbers keep changing, almost randomly. […]
Sales figures for the first quarter of 2020 are out, and it’s not pretty, largely due to the coronavirus—as well as the air being let out of America’s economic bubble. Between closed dealerships and a stock market suddenly plunging to more realistic levels, wiping out a couple of years of fast gains, car sales plummeted […]
With the COVID-19 outbreak, many facilities have been converted to hospitals. The decision to make the TCF Center into a hospital was made last week. On Tuesday, construction began to build a hospital to house patients who have tested positive for the coronavirus. In the coming days, the TCF Center will be transformed to hold […]
The 2020 C8 Corvette is slowly starting to arrive at dealerships across the United States. Many are being priced well above MSRP but that is not stopping some from purchasing a C8. The 2020 Corvette starts at just under $60,000. GM shocked the automotive world last July when this number came out. However, a source […]
Let’s say you need a new full-sized truck, but the economy has you worried. Where do you go? We looked at the Ram, Ford, and Chevy offerings so you won’t have to! You may wonder why Nissan and Toyota were not included, and the reasons are that Nissan starts at a higher level, while Toyota’s […]
GM, having no desire to be short of cash, announced today that it would take $16 billion in revolving credit and turn it into cash to stay flexible. The company expects to have over $15 billion at the end of March, even before the draw-down. GM is currently not producing vehicles in North America; it […]
The “Blackwing V8” engine designed from the ground up was supposed to be Cadillac’s new flagship engine. Debuting on the 2019 CT6, the 550 horsepower powerplant now has a questionable future. Cadillac recently announced plans to introduce a significant amount of electric vehicles. The big V8, however, seems to not be a part of that […]
We’ve known for quite some time that GM is planning to go all-in on electric vehicles. When they discontinued the Volt, they indicated that they were tired of simply dipping their toes in the water with hybrid vehicles, instead wanting to focus on fully electric vehicles. The Chevy Bolt, their first mainstream all-electric car, has […]
With the upcoming Ford Bronco and the Ford “Maverick” (the likely name for the baby Bronco), it seems Ford is taking an interesting path for its more rugged CUVs/SUVs. Current Ford CUVs like Escape, EcoSport, and Edge are likely to remain on-road based offerings, which is the segment with the most buyers. But Bronco and […]