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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 …

GM will officially unveil its large SUV family at the Los Angeles Auto Show, namely the 2015 versions of the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban and GMC Yukon. But in the meantime, the U.S. giant also announced its interest in having diesel and hybrid engine options for its large …

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 …

(The data is not adjusted to compensate for the gap between the number of selling days. July 2013 had 25 selling days and in July 2012 there were 24.) Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac delivered 19,164 vehicles in July 2013. GM Canada sales rose more than 3% since the beginning …

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 …

Do you own a vehicle built by General Motors that hails from the 2010, 2011, or 2012 model years? If so, you might be soon contacted by the company to inform you that you will need to change your oil more often than was originally planned. The issue has to …

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 …

DETROIT - General Motors is recalling more than 145,000 pickup trucks, including some 15,000 in Canada, because the hoods can fly open unexpectedly and block the driver's vision. The recall affects Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize trucks from the 2010 through 2012 model years. Most of the trucks were …