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General Motors has announced a recall of 1,262 2011 model year light duty trucks from Cadillac, GMC and Chevrolet due to a concern over the reliability of an improperly manufactured cross pin in the rear axle assembly.

GM has managed to make something good from the ecological disaster that was the massive BP gulf oil spill. It is recycling oil-soaked plastic booms from the Gulf disaster into parts for the Chevrolet Volt.

General Motors has taken the wraps off a new electric concept vehicle called the Sail. It debuted in China at the 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show, which began today.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a voluntary recall of almost 98,000 General Motors crossovers from the 2011 model year, including the Chevrolet Equinox, the GMC Terrain and the popular Cadillac SRX over concerns of safety belt failure in the event of an accident.

The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro convertible that debuts in February will have a completely new antenna. It’s the result of consumer outcry about the AM/FM whip antenna positioned on the rear deck lid in the pre-production model.

Yesterday morning, we brought you the news of the charity auction for the first public-issued 2011 Chevy Volt closing for an impressive $225,000 and today, GM announced that NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick was the man willing to shell out almost a quarter million dollars for the first electric-powered GM production sedan.

Earlier this week, General Motors announced that they had begun shipping 2011 Chevy Volt sedans to dealerships and yesterday the very first Volt was delivered to a customer in Parsippany, New Jersey.

The compact B-segment is heating up in the North American market with a variety of new models being introduced in the past year and in an effort to improve their chances, General Motors has decided to change the name of their Chevrolet B segment car from Aveo to Sonic.

Late last month we brought you the news of Chevrolet’s plans to auction off the first public-issued 2011 Chevy Volt and yesterday, that auction closed with the rights to the first GM electric car bringing an awesome $225,000.

Major automotive announcements usually aren’t made on the weekend, which is why it’s unusual that the Chevrolet Silverado HD was named Motor Trend Truck of the Year on a Saturday.

As the railroads like to advertise, the most fuel-efficient vehicles are probably trains – especially when you factor in the amount of goods they carry. That’s why it is fitting the Chevrolet Volt was honored with the Golden Spike award.

Thanks to the folks at Dodge, the modern horsepower war is about to heat up even more with the 470hp Challenger SRT8 392 but for now, the Chevy Camaro claims to the top spot in the muscle car class.

General Motors had a strong showing in November 2010, with all four of their existing brands showing year over year growth along with the company selling more vehicles than any other automaker in the US market.

Motor Trend has selected the Chevy Volt as its 2011 Car of the Year. Keeping with a trend common in automotive awards, the magazine has selected a car not yet available to the public for purchase. And, it has managed to select a car that has limited availability, too. When it rolls out in December, Chevrolet will only launch Volt in seven markets, in limited quantities: California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan and Washington D.C.