Month: January 2015

Demand for new vehicles in the U.S. got a boost in the second half of last year as plummeting oil prices sent gas below $2 a gallon in many states. Sales of trucks and sport-utility vehicles, two segments that accounted for much of the industry’s gains the last two years, have particularly benefited from cheaper prices at the pump.

General Motors makes hundreds of kinds of cars and trucks. Some sell hundreds of thousands of units a year, which makes Chevrolet’s Corvette a complete enigma.

GM to announce new connected-car features at CES General Motors is announcing three new services that leverage its growing fleet of wifi-connected 4G LTE models Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1BnuA9J General Motors will announce at CES a new OnStar feature called AtYourService, which further connects drivers with marketers and services while driving. A significantly expanded OnStar in-vehicle concierge service will be unveiled by General Motors at this week’s 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the automaker announced Sunday.

Cars already have ways of detecting when something isn’t quite right with their mechanics. The “check your engine” light, for example, lets drivers know something is up.

When trawling the classifieds either on a buying mission or merely a time-wasting mission, we spend a lot of time poring over photographs comparing the seller’s idea of “Like New!” with our idea of it. It’s hard to argue with seven original miles on the odometer, though, which is what this 1990 Chevrolet 1500 454 SS has.