GM to offer 2 years free maintance on most 2014 models
June 6, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Car Buying, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC A day after Ford announced it was scaling back the complimentary maintenance program for its Lincoln brand, General Motors has gone in the completely opposite direction, offering most of its 2014 lineup with free maintenance. Since 2011, Cadillac models have all come with a four-year/50,000-mile complimentary maintenance program, but Chevrolet, Buick and GMC vehicles will now come standard with free maintenance for two years or 24,000 miles for the 2014 model year.
OnStar RemoteLink mobile app coming standard on all new GM vehicles
June 6, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Technology, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC As an evolution and improvement of its OnStar technology, General Motors has announced that it will be expanding the RemoteLink Mobile App on most 2014 model year Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles. The new, aptly named RemoteLink Key Fob Services will allow users to remotely operate all of the same systems as the car’s key fob, including locking and unlocking the doors and remote starting (on vehicles equipped with a factory remote starter) using a smartphone.
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May 11, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Technology, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC, Infotainment As consumers find new ways to avoid commercials and advertisements, companies are constantly trying to find new ways of marketing to them. Other than radio commercials, it’s hard to think of a way for ads to show up in our cars, but Reuters is reporting that General Motors is considering selling ads show inside its in-car infotainment systems
GM nets $865M in Q1, down 14%
May 3, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC, Earnings/Financials As the last of the Detroit automakers to check in with its first-quarter earnings in 2013, General Motors has announced that it saw a net income of $0.9 billion, which, according to Automotive News, is rounded up from $865 million, to go with Q1 revenue of $36.9 billion and a pre-tax profit of $1.8 billion. These numbers are all slightly lower than Q1 2012 in which GM posted a $1 billion net income, $37.8 billion in revenue and a pre-tax profit of $2.2 billion.
GM recalling 2013 Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac SRX over transmission software
March 21, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Minivan/Van, Sedan, Government/Legal, Recalls, Crossover, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued recalls for the 2013 Buick LaCrosse and 2013 Cadillac SRX due to a problem with the software for the transmission controller. On about 27,000 SRX and LaCrosse models, the transmission could accidentally be shifted to Sport mode, which would reduce the amount of engine braking drivers experience
General Motors shaking up its marketing… again
March 13, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC One of the things that dogs the full comeback of General Motors is the instability of its marketing. That part of the automaker got yet another big shakeup today when GM confirmed what I have been tweeting for a few days – strong rumors that the Chevrolet and Cadillac ad accounts are walking to new ad agencies. Cadillac, GM’s luxury brand, is going into review from Fallon Worldwide, Minneapolis and the indications are that Campbell-Ewald, Chevy’s old ad shop, will end up with most or all of it.
GM to make most cars LTE hotspots for 2015
February 25, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Technology, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC, Infotainment General Motors isn’t the first automaker to deliver in-car Internet access, but a proposed plan announced today could make the technology more widespread than any of its competitors have offered. By the 2015 model year, most Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and GMC products in the US and Canada will offer 4G LTE mobile broadband access
Artist imagines eerie world where cars have no wheels
January 24, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Classics, Etc., Cadillac, Chevrolet, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz The wheel ranks right up there with the telescope and four-slice toaster in the pantheon of inventions that have moved humankind forward.
Cadillac ELR, Nissan Resonance and Ford Atlas win Eyes on Design awards
January 18, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford, Nissan, Design/Style This year’s annual Eyes on Design awards were presented at the end of press days for the Detroit Auto Show on Tuesday. Given out for the best production and concept car designs that debuted at the show, and voted on by an esteemed panel of actual car designers, this year’s award for best production vehicle design went to the 2014 Cadillac ELR. The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, which was the show favorite among Autoblog editors, apparently did not impress the Eyes on Design judges enough with its all-new vent-festooned design
GM recalls fullsize truck, SUVs and vans over faulty shifter mechanism
January 7, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Minivan/Van, SUV, Truck, Recalls, Safety, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC Twelve different General Motors vehicles from the 2013 model year, up to 54,686 units in total, are being recalled over two potential issues with their steering columns.
