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• GM launching zero-percent financing sale, raises prices by 3.5 percent

  Filed under: Car Buying , Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , GM , GMC , Pontiac , Saturn During a dealer teleconference today, General Motors announced it would be launching a zero-percent financing sale beginning tomorrow, while simultaneously raising the prices of its 2009 vehicles. The "72-hour sale" will run from June 24th through the 30th, and will offer customers 0-percent interest rates for 72 months on most Chevys, Buicks, Pontiacs and GMC vehicles. So far, there's no word on whether the offer will extend to Cadillac and Saturn. GM will also offer $500 in "bonus cash" to buyers who opt to purchase GM products outright rather than leasing them. At the same time, the General is going to be raising the prices of 2009 models by an average of 3.5-percent "across the board," something that was bound to happen, according to Mark LaNeve, GM's vice president of vehicles sales, service and marketing. On the production front, GM will be adding a third shift... Posted Jun 23 2008, 07:23 AM by Autoblog Filed under: GM, Buick, Chevrolet, Car Buying, Pontiac, Cadillac, general motors, GeneralMotors, Saturn, Hummer, GMC, 0 percent financing, PriceIncrease, 0PercentFinancing, fire sale, price increase, FireSale

• GM first to sell a million cars in China in one year

  Filed under: Car Buying , China , Buick , GM GM is in a market share dogfight here in the States, but in emerging markets like China, the General is quickly gaining a strong foothold. Rick Wagoner and company are progressing so splendidly in the world's fastest-growing market that the automaker became the first manufacturer to sell one million units within a calender year. That millionth vehicle was a Buick Park Avenue , which is fitting since Buick is hugely popular in the land of the Great Wall. The speed with which the General attained this level of success is impressive as well, as GM sold 100,000 units five years earlier. With a population of 1.6 billion and an insatiable appetite for automobiles, China seems like as good a place as any for GM to increase its global automotive presence. With more and more automakers turning their attention (and funding) to China, however, GM's exponential growth since 2002 will likely begin to stabilize. For now, however, China is to GM what... Posted Dec 22 2007, 08:59 AM by Autoblog Filed under: GM, Buick, Car Buying, China, general motors, GeneralMotors, VehicleSales, Shanghai, vehicle sales

• VIDEO: Maxiumum Bob Lutz answers questions about GM's reliability

  Filed under: Car Buying , Maintenance , Etc. , Buick , Cadillac , GM , GMC , Lexus , Pontiac , Saturn The General's chief product guru, Bob Lutz, responded to questions regarding GM's reliability in the company's FastLane Blog's most recent video Q&A... Posted Aug 28 2007, 09:33 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Etc., BobLutz, Bob Lutz, GM, Buick, Lexus, Car Buying, Maintenance, Pontiac, Cadillac, general motors, GeneralMotors, Saturn, GMC, j.d. power and associates, J.d.PowerAndAssociates, reliability, InitialQuality, initial quality