Filed under: Car Buying, GM
General Motors is celebrating GMAC’s decision to loosen credit restrictions by increasing incentives on many remaining 2008 models. Effective immediately, the General is offering 0% APR for 60 months on the 2008 Chevy TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy, and the entire Saab lineup. All GMT900 full-size SUVs and every member of the 2008 […]
Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety
We all know we shouldn’t mess with Texas. And Houston, Texans shouldn’t mess around with statistics, because the folks running the show are going to come to any conclusions they want no matter what the statistics say. This is the easy part: a study of red light cameras in the city shows […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Government/Legal, GM
GMAC is officially opening up lending to buyers with credit scores of 621 or higher after a $5 billion investment from the federal government. A credit score of 621 is considered by some lenders to be the Mendoza line that separates good borrowers from the subprime. The financing arm of […]
Filed under: Etc.
A lot has changed for automakers in the last year, not the least of which would be General Motors. Just last year, GM CEO Rick Wagoner managed to grab the top spot on Motor Trend’s list of most powerful people in the automotive world. As you might imagine, it’s tough at the top […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet
Click above for a high-res image gallery of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro
Back in October, General Motors reported that it had already received some 6,000 advance orders for its new fifth-gen Camaro. Despite the fact that the first car has yet to be delivered to a paying customer (that’s […]
Filed under: Spy Photos, Tech, Porsche
There’s no hiding these days from Big Brother. The nutcases in the tin-foil hats would tell you there never was, but now even automakers have to watch out. Development teams out testing prototypes on public roads used to have to watch out for professional spy photographers, but with the advent […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Detroit Auto Show
In addition to the debut of the production version of the Karma luxury plug-in hybrid, Fisker Automotive will also be unveiling a new concept at the Detroit Auto Show next month: the Fisker Sunset. We don’t have much beyond the teaser shot above, but we do know that Fisker […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Economy, Crossovers/CUVs, Kia
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Kia Soul
A little birdie sent us a memo addressed to Kia dealers outlining the prices and specifications for the 2010 Kia Soul, due to hit dealers this April. The base model, equipped with the 122 hp, 1.6-liter inline-four and mated […]
Filed under: Supercars, Nissan
Last summer, Motor Trend estimated that the Nissan GT-R made at least 507-horsepower at the crank, which is quite a bit more than the manufacturer’s official 480-horse rating. Now, MT decided to put to rest the firestorm it created by strapping yet another GT-R to a new type of dynamometer that’s reportedly […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Wagons/Estates, Crossovers/CUVs, Hatchbacks, Subaru
We’ve seen a few “buy one, get one” deals over the last year or so, but it generally involves two cars that the average enthusiast wouldn’t have much interest in. Now, David Thomas, owner of Subaru of Plano (that’s a suburb of Dallas, TX), has instituted just such […]