GM has recently confirmed that from 2013 the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan will be sold with a turbodiesel engine option, allowing an auto-equipped diesel Cruze to hit low to mid 40s miles per gallon on average. Even the regular gasoline version is fairly efficient by the standards of many cars...
In a market where only about 10 million cars are expected to be sold annually - down from 16 million last year - every tenth of a percent of market share counts. That's why... August 5, 2009 by Ralph Hanson 4
General Motors is still more than a year away from launching the Chevrolet Cruze sedan in North America but instead of speeding up its arrival the automaker is working on a... June 24, 2009 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 10
From the onset Chevrolet’s new Cruze compact sedan was designed as a global model. Today it’s already on sale in Asia, Europe and Australia and eventually it will... June 3, 2009 by Jeremy Weber 9
In an atypically cryptic press release, General Motors today announced that it will be building a new small car at an unnamed idled UAW-staffed assembly plant here in the... May 29, 2009 by Nelson Ireson 2
Earlier this month General Motors announced that it was putting plans for the construction of a new engine plant in Flint, Michigan, on hold. The plant was to build a new... February 24, 2009 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 3
General Motors has confirmed that the first batch of its upcoming Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids will feature an internal combustion ‘back-up’ engine sourced from... February 4, 2009 by Ralph Hanson 12
Despite General Motors’ financial troubles both here and abroad, the carmaker today announced future expansion plans for its Australian subsidiary Holden. Holden builds... December 21, 2008 by Jeremy Weber
While General Motors’ financial strife may be putting many of its development plans on the back burner for now, a statement from Chevrolet's European Executive Director... December 8, 2008 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 4
Rising development costs are creating serious liquidity problems at General Motors, forcing the Detroit manufacturer to delay a number of its upcoming models. Last month we... November 10, 2008 by Ralph Hanson 1
General Motors may be delaying the introduction of the recently revealed Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan in North America, possibly by more than two years, but the car has... October 30, 2008 by Jeremy Weber 1
General Motors will reportedly postpone spending on product development in all of 2009 and 2010 in an effort to cut costs. The spending cuts will affect engineering, research... October 29, 2008 by James Martinez
Despite the economic reality that smaller cars may end up costing their owners as much as larger cars, the small and mid-size segment is an incredibly important volume... October 27, 2008 by Nelson Ireson 1
General Motors is drastically cutting costs as it tries to ride out the current auto market slump, which is expected to ease by around 2010. The ailing carmaker is burning... October 26, 2008 by James Martinez 2
The all-new Chevrolet Cruze is an important model for General Motors globally, so from the start of its development there have been plans to eventually enter it into the... October 13, 2008 by Kenneth Hall
General Motors today announced that it will invest $370m for a new small engine manufacturing plant located in Flint, Michigan. The plant is an important step towards... September 25, 2008 by Alex Kaufmann 2
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