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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 …

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 …

Twelve “Best New” category winners were announced today by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, better known as AJAC. The twelve “Best New” categories cover the full new-model spectrum, including “Best New Small Car,” “Best New Luxury Car,” and “Best New SUV/CUV.” Most mainstream categories are further divided by price, …

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 …

GMC has released the details on the upcoming Denali edition of the 2014 GMC Sierra. The luxury version of the full-size pickup will feature some changes to its drivetrain mix as well as deliver high end features not available in any other version of the vehicle. The biggest news is …

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 …

General Motors revealed the all-new redesigns of its flagship Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks this morning. The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 GMC Sierra have been re-tooled from the ground up in order to make up for lost technological ground between the pair and vehicles like the …

If you were hoping to get your hands on a next-generation edition of the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid or the GMC Yukon Hybrid, then you are in for a disappointment. GMInsideNews.com is reporting that neither GMC nor Chevrolet will be offering full-size gasoline / electric SUVs when their common platform is …