Chevrolet Volt Rated At 93 MPGe In Battery Mode

Chevrolet Volt Rated At 93 MPGe In Battery Mode

The Chevrolet Volt gets the equivalent of 93 miles per gallon when run in electric-vehicle mode, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared, and 37 miles gallon when it switches to its onboard gasoline engine. Coming up with a rating for the Volt was a...
Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

All of us TheDetroitBureau.com want to wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving, wherever you might be! We’re letting our team take the day off to celebrate with their family and friends and hope you’ll do the same. Thanks for joining us and look for our...
Government Recoups Nearly $12 Bil On GM IPO

Government Recoups Nearly $12 Bil On GM IPO

U.S. taxpayers have gotten a nearly $12 billion check from General Motors, the proceeds from the sale of 40% of the government’s holdings in the automaker during GM’s IPO, last week. The maker’s return to public trading proved an unanticipated success, with GM and its...
First Drive: 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

First Drive: 2011 Chevrolet Malibu

A little inside the NFL, if you’ll indulge: Automakers typically send out well-optioned versions of the cars auto scribes test. There’s a simple reason for that. Carmarkers want us to write about all the bells and whistles so you, the car buyer, to fall in love with...
Volvo Aiming To Double Sales by 2020

Volvo Aiming To Double Sales by 2020

According to Aesop, it took the slow but steady tortoise to beat the hare.  Don’t count on it, says Volvo Cars’ news CEO, Stefan Jacoby.  In today’s ever more competitive auto market, “the fast ones are eating the slow ones.” Never known for setting a benchmark pace,...
GM’s Newest 4-Door To Debut At $7,000

GM’s Newest 4-Door To Debut At $7,000

General Motors and its affiliate SAIC have pulled the wraps off their newest model.  The 630 sedan will go on sale, early next year, as part of the two partners’ new venture, the Baojun brand. At $7,000, the 630 model is being aimed at the next wave of new Chinese car...
Saudi Prince Now 2nd-Largest GM Investor

Saudi Prince Now 2nd-Largest GM Investor

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is now one of the largest shareholders in General Motors. The royal billionaire, one of the world’s wealthiest men, announced through a spokesman that he has invested $500 million in the U.S. automaker which, last week, staged a...
Feds Launch Probe Into Rental Car Recall Delays

Feds Launch Probe Into Rental Car Recall Delays

Federal regulators want to know whether daily rent-a-car companies may be risking the lives of their customers by delaying repairs for known safety problems in order to keep potentially defective vehicles in circulation. The investigation comes as several rental car...