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BuzzSuper Bowl LVI: 6 Car Commercials You Need to See
Super Bowl LVI is this Sunday, and while the matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams is not what most NFL fans were anticipating at the start of the playoffs, we still expect to see some fireworks on the field with these two potent offenses. Off the …
ElectricFirst Production GMC Hummer EVs Meet Their Owners
General Motors on Friday celebrated the production and deliveries of the first 2022 GMC Hummer EV pickups, a few weeks after the Rivian R1T became the first electric truck to officially hit the road. The Edition 1 units pictured here are of course headed to U.S. customers. They’re the ones …
ElectricGMC Sierra EV Officially Teased, Reveal Coming in 2022
The Hummer EV is GMC’s new flagship and a powerful statement. Alas, few Canadian drivers will be able to afford one. We’ve known for several months now that the brand will add a second, cheaper electric pickup at some point. On Wednesday, GMC released a first official teaser, confirming that …
NewsGM Plants Back to Normal Capacity With Better Flow of Chips
As a result of a better flow of semiconductors in the supply chain, nearly all General Motors plants in North America are currently operating at regular capacity. A handful of plants are also running weekend overtime shifts to help clear the backlog. That’s what GM spokesman Dan Flores told The …
NewsChevy Silverado, GMC Sierra to Bring “Shorty” Back for 2022
Can’t wait for the significantly refreshed and updated 2022 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra to arrive? Remember, production is scheduled to start this winter, with the first deliveries to follow in the spring. We’ve now learned that General Motors has decided to bring back the “Shorty” configuration with a two-door …
NewsNew Electric Hummer Lights Up Car Enthusiast Biden
New vehicle: GM's all-electric Hummer . Test driver: President Joe Biden. "These suckers are something else!" Biden said after burning rubber at the General Motors factory in Detroit, where he was promoting a huge new national infrastructure investment package. In a speech to several hundred factory workers, Biden recounted his …
NewsChip Shortage Prompts GM to Delete Heated Seats and Steering Wheels
UPDATED 11/222021--GM has changed course and now says that dealers will be able to retrofit heated and ventilated seats in mid-2022, at GM's expense. It will discount vehicles missing heated or ventilated seats by $50. However, heated steering wheels cannot be retrofitted, so vehicles missing that feature will still be …
NewsCompact SUVs Struggle Mightily in IIHS’ New Side Crash Test
The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has completed new, tougher side crash tests to address higher-speed crashes that continue to cause fatalities and found out that 19 out of 20 compact SUVs failed to earn a “Good” overall rating. The lone exception? The 2021 Mazda CX-5 . Nine …
NewsGM Moving Fast to Clear Backlog of Pickups Amid Chip Shortage
The ongoing chip shortage continues to drastically limit vehicle production. North American assembly plants cut an estimated 26,000 more vehicles from their production plans last week, down from 84,000 the week before but over six times more than the 4,000 units that weren’t built in the first full week of …
News2022 GMC Sierra Adds Two New Models and Plenty of Tech
Following the lead of the Chevrolet Silverado , the GMC Sierra receives a number of enhancements for 2022 including two unique models and lots of new features. Fans and potential customers got a chance to see it for the first time in a TV commercial that aired during Thursday Night …
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