General Motors today said, No, I’ve got this to European governments when it withdrew its applications for loan guarantees it had previously requested for the restructuring of its Opel division. So, did GM CEO Ed Whitacre have a good day at the track? Actually, the decision had more to do with both GM's recent succ...Read more

Hyundai, soccer, and the Catholic Church:  Not exactly three things you would put together.  However these three intersected during a World Cup television broadcast when Hyundai aired a commercial titled "Wedding." The advertisement was intended to be a twist on a Catholic mass where a soccer ball was being worshipe...Read more

Buick recently invited automotive writers to sample the 2011 Buick Regal on the roads surrounding San Diego, California. It was rather fitting that I traveled to the 2011 Buick Regal media event in San Diego on the day of the Lost finale. I have found a number of similarities between the two events. Like those on Ocea...Read more

I recently had the opportunity to speak with  folks from General Motors about the forthcoming 2011 Chevrolet Volt. The GM team is in town for its announcement of Google functionality in the OnStar Volt mobile application. Chevrolet brought a pre-production Volt to demonstrate the new functionality of the mobile app...Read more

Cadillac's big news yesterday at the Detroit Auto Show was the introduction of the Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept.  To view live photos of the XTS concept taken from the auto show floor you can check out this slideshow. The XTS foreshadows the STS / DTS replacement model that will unify Cadillac's large sedan portfoli...Read more