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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's retail consolidation will form "luxury superstores"

  Filed under: Car Buying , Marketing/Advertising , Cadillac , GM , HUMMER , Saab Among the many ills plaguing automakers, and General Motors in particular, is an excessive amount of dealers selling their wares through competing outlets. GM has decided to rectify the matter by combining its top three "luxury" marques - Cadillac, HUMMER and Saab - into megastores that aim to provide consumers with a variety of choice without watering down each brand's distinct niche. The plan involves consolidating the 1,400 Cadillac dealerships with the 238 Saab and 170 HUMMER outlets to form a one-stop shop for all things at the high-end of the General's spectrum. There have already been a few cases where GM has helped larger dealers buyout Mom and Pop operations that weren't willing to expand or were looking to get out of the retail game entirely. While the move has the potential to make it easier for consumers to get everything they want under one roof, the amount of capital GM might... Posted Mar 24 2008, 09:57 AM by Autoblog Filed under: GM, Car Buying, Marketing/Advertising, Cadillac, general motors, GeneralMotors, Hummer, Saab, dealers, Dealership, consolidation

• 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