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In the last few years we have seen the number of gears in transmissions get higher and higher. While a 5-speed gearbox was enough back then, it is now considered archaic. Now, vehicles comes standard with six speeds, and a number of cars are equipped with seven, eight or even …

If you own a 2014 Mazda6 built between October 25, 2012 and May 9, 2013, your car came out of the factory with a peculiar feature: you can put too much fuel in it! A manufacturing defect was found in the filling tube. The capacity of the fuel tank is …

After the loss of second spot in truck sales last month, Chevrolet is gearing up to wage war on RAM, and they want back the spot they held for more than a decade. One of GM’s District Managers sent an email to its dealerships, saying that they had to fight …

Things are going from bad to worse for GM. Right in the middle of their huge Ignition-Switch-May-Turn-Itself-Off-And-Prevent-Airbags-From-Deploying scandal, problems in other vehicles are forcing them to recall another batch of faulty cars and trucks. They started by asking dealerships to stop selling Cruzes while they checked some new reports. They …

Lingenfelter and Southern Comfort Automotive have teamed up to develop the Chevrolet Silverado Reaper. Since GM has not put forth an official product yet - much to the dismay of GMC and Chevrolet truck fans – this seems like a no-brainer for these companies who specialize in high performance customization.

Canadian Tire built a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck using 11,000 lbs of ice. The project was done to demonstrate the toughness of its Eliminator battery and also to try to set the Guinness World Record for distance driven in a vehicle made out of ice. They hired a company called …

GM boss Bob Lutz is backing a company that just started production at its assembly plant in Mexico. The plant builds range-extended electric trucks out of existing GM models. Called VIA Motors, it has the capacity to assemble up to 10,000 trucks per year. That may sound ambitious for a …

The Ford F-Series pickup will lead all automotive sales in Canada this year according sales reports compiled by automotive marketing firm Desrosiers. Selling close to 85,000 units so far in 2013, the F-Series outsells the RAM pickup by about 1.5 times and doubles the next closest competitor, the Honda Civic …

Like the RAM 1500, Nissan Titan & Toyota Tundra, all of which will receive a diesel engine, General-Motors has announced both the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks will also have diesel options. The engine is a 3.0-liter V6 that generates 240 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque. It’s …

GM has boasted that the eight-cylinder drivetrains found in its next-generation Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups will provide better fuel economy than cross-town rival Ford. In fact, General Motors claims that the V8 full-size trucks will deliver 10.2 l/100 km on the highway, which trumps even the turbocharged EcoBoost …