This new episode of Jay Leno’s Garage is your ‘top secret’ clearance to visit General Motor’s Advanced Design Center somewhere deep in Detroit suburbs, probably! This is the place where GM’s concept cars and new technologies are developed. You get an exclusive tour of the facility by VP of Global Design Edward Welburn. Cadillac Ciel [...]

That is right. General Motors, Chevrolet to be more precise, has built its 100th million small-block engine in 56 years. Read More… It is a very nice coincident that the 100th million milestone is achieved in the same month that Chevy is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Introduced in 1955, the small-block engine has been used [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

General Motors officially confirmed  that Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. will step down as the company’s CEO on September 1, 2010. Whitacre who is the man responsible for the new efficient GM will remain chairman of the board until the end of the year. He will be replaced by 61-year old Dan Akerson [pictured above]. He [...]