Archive for the ‘GM’ Category
Video: Jay Leno’s 1991 GMC Syclone Pickup
Friday, November 4, 2011 7:55 by Arman Barari No Comments
On the surface this GMC pickup truck looks like all the other old American pickups, all of them rubbish in every way! But, back in 1991 this Syclone was the fastest accelerating production car in America with a 5-second 0 to 60 time. That was even faster than Ferrari 348 back then. The key to [...]
GMC Terrain Gets New Navigation System
Thursday, October 20, 2011 18:10 by Arman Barari 1 Comment
GMC announced a new $795 Color Touch Navigation System for the 2012 Terrain SUV. Read More… The new system offers a wide range of features, including maps, directions, music, hands-free phone, and three months of SiriusXM NavTraffic and local forecast, as well as GMC’s new Color Touch Radio System, plus onboard navigation capabilities, including an [...]
Holden’s First Concept Car Restored
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 14:06 by Arman Barari No Comments
The 1969 Holden Hurricane, the very concept car by the Australian brand, restored in five-year project. Read More… This amazing concept car known as the tomorrow’s Holden, is a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-seat sports car, featuring technologies that were way ahead of it time. The RD 001 was the first product of the GMH Research [...]
Buick Verano – The First Ponytail-Friendly Car
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 13:50 by Arman Barari No Comments
GM is getting very specific about the details of their cars. For instance they had their engineers study lots of bottoms to make comfortable seats, and now they made a car with headrests designs to accommodate ponytails! Read More… It might sound silly at first, thinking about a passenger’s hairdo, but it shows they are [...]
GM Promises Autonomous Vehicles by End of Decade
Monday, October 17, 2011 8:06 by Arman Barari No Comments
General Motors is utilizing its latest active safety features to create cars that can partially drive themselves. Read More… General Motors Vice President of Global Research and Development Alan Taub says autonomous cars with sophisticated self-driving systems can be ready by the end of the decade. Cars these days have sensors, radars, portable communication devices, [...]
GM’s Front Center Airbag
Thursday, September 29, 2011 16:34 by Arman Barari No Comments
General Motors will equip a number of its cars with the industry-first Front Center Air Bag from 2013. Read More… This innovative safety features is designed to help protect drivers and front passengers in far-side impact crashes where the affected occupant is on the opposite, non-struck side of the vehicle. The airbag deploys from the [...]
GM Upgrades Bowling Green Plant For The Next Corvette
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 17:49 by Arman Barari No Comments
General Motors announced today they will be investing $131 million in the Bowling Green Assembly Plant to make it ready for the production of the next generation Chevrolet Corvette. Read More… The Bowling Green plant continues production of the current Corvette as well as the 2012 model year which due in the summer. During this [...]
GM China Baojun 630 Debuts In Shanghai
Monday, April 18, 2011 6:49 by Arman Barari 1 Comment
Just in time for Auto Shanghai 2011, GM China (SAIC-GM-Wuling: SGMW) released details of the new Baojun 630 mid-size sedan which is an affordable personal transportation mean! Read More… Going on sale in China shortly after the Shanghai show, the Baojun comes with a kind of design and features which according to GM is “user-friendly” [...]
Chevrolet Replaces Daewoo Nameplate In Korea
Friday, January 21, 2011 9:23 by Arman Barari No Comments
General Motors has been selling Daewoo cars as Chevrolet for a long time, under the GM Daewoo nameplate, but now they have decided to let go of the Daewoo name in favor of Chevrolet. So even in South Korea Daewoo cars will be called Chevrolet from now on. GM Daweoo will also be called GM [...]
First LSX454R Crate Engine To Be Auctioned For Charity
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 16:40 by Arman Barari No Comments
The all-new LSX454R crate engine rated at 750 plus horsepower and 680 lb.-ft. of torque is developed for drag racing. But before it goes racing it’s going to help raise money for American Heart Association. GM Performance Parts (GMPP) will auction the first production LSX454R crate engine at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event this month. Read [...]
GM To Use Powermat Wireless Chargers
Thursday, January 6, 2011 12:59 by Arman Barari 1 Comment
General Motors announced a strategic partner ship with start-up company Powermat, a pioneer in wireless charging technology. GM will invest $5 million in Powermat boosting development of wireless chargers to be used for personal electronic devices in many future Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac products beginning mid-2012. Read More… The technology is expected to revolutionize [...]
OnStar Adds New Features, Expands Availability
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 14:49 by Arman Barari No Comments
Ford SYNC might be so cool and the new Toyota Entune may be like an in-dash laptop, but General Motor’s OnStar is the oldest in-car connectivity system. At 2011 CES event in Las Vegas GM reveals a new generation of the OnStar system which leverages Verizon 4G LTE Wireless network to offer great new features [...]
Chevrolet Camaro Gets New LFX V6
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 15:49 by Arman Barari No Comments
Even though the current Camaro V6 is doing pretty good, rumors are flying around that GM will soon introduce a new version, called the LFX V6 to make sure it’s fully prepared to take on the Mustang V6. The LFX V6 apparently has 330 hp, which is not significant given the 312 hp of the [...]
GMC Sierra All Terrain HD Concept
Friday, December 17, 2010 15:19 by Arman Barari No Comments
We are not that into GMC’s production cars to be honest, but we love their concept cars because they always look cartoonishly good! Check out this new one they’ve made for the 2011 NAIAS. It’s called the GMC Sierra All Terrain HD Concept and it’s a mixture between a heavy duty truck and a versatile [...]
2011 Vauxhall VXR8
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 15:17 by Arman Barari No Comments
As if the previous VXR8 models were too discrete and conservative, Vauxhall launched a new version with heavily revised styling which make it look like a vicious Australian animal! Well, it is a vicious Australian animal, but these changes have ruined the looks of the car, specially that front-end. It’s ghastly. Read More… Apart from [...]



