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General Motors

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is a linchpin of the U.S. automotive industry, selling millions of vehicles every year - 8.3 million in 2018, to be precise – and employing more than 170,000 workers. More familiarly known as GM, the auto company counts iconic brands Buick and Cadillac under its corporate umbrella, as well the more utilitarian GMC brand and the budget-conscious Chevrolet badge.

Formed in 1908 in Flint, Michigan, General Motors has a long history with the Great Lakes State. Alongside the Ford Motor Company, GM’s presence in the region and its creation of popular cars under various brands are some of the main reasons that Detroit is so widely known as Motor City. GM is a Fortune 500 company and frequently appears in the top 25 of that list as one of the largest U.S. corporations by revenue.

Here at Torque News, we cover a wide variety of stories involving General Motors, from new models and announcements to the company’s latest technology developments and electric vehicle initiatives. GM plans to release more than 20 new electric models across its major brands by 2023 and you’ll hear about all of them on this site, as well as the latest and greatest from GM’s existing models.

By Patrick Rall on September 26, 2013 - 12:41PM
The very, very slow tease of the 2015 Cadillac Escalade continues today with five new videos showing the high level of detail that goes into the new super luxury sport utility vehicle – although we don’t get a real look at any aspects of the next generation Escalade that we didn’t see in the first teaser images.
By Patrick Rall on September 25, 2013 - 1:53PM
General Motors looks to introduced the theory of "rugged luxury" with the new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 High Country – a loaded up luxury version of the new Silverado 1500 that can still do all of the hard work of the rest of the lineup with a price starting at $45,100.
By Patrick Rall on September 24, 2013 - 12:50PM
General Motors will introduce the 2015 Cadillac Escalade on October 7th and to prepare us all for the debut of the next generation in American opulence, the company has offered up the very minimal teaser images above and the minimally informational video below.
By David Herron on September 23, 2013 - 7:24PM
GM's luxury brand, Cadillac, is seen by CEO Dan Akerson as the correct weapon with which to fight Tesla Motors.
By Patrick Rall on September 23, 2013 - 12:21PM
The United States Treasury has announced that another big chunk of General Motors stock has been sold over the past few months – reducing the government’s stake in the automaker to just 7.3% and keeping the plan to remove all government control by March 2014 well on track.
By Patrick Rall on September 20, 2013 - 12:09PM
After building over 40,000 high performance engines, the General Motors will close the Wixom Performance Build Center – forcing them to temporarily suspend the popular Corvette Build Your Own Engine program until the Bowling Green Kentucky Corvette plant has been adapted to house the program.
By Patrick Rall on September 18, 2013 - 5:58PM
General Motors announced that the first truckload of 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupes left the Bowling Green Kentucky production facility en route to dealerships and happy new owners around the country - marking the official dealership launch of the C7 Corvette some 8 months after the car debuted in Detroit.
By Patrick Rall on September 18, 2013 - 3:18PM
General Motors announced that on Monday, their Lansing Grand River plant in Michigan built its 1,000,000th Cadillac – most of which have been from the CTS lineup with the vast majority being the uber popular Cadillac CTS sedan.
By Patrick Rall on September 17, 2013 - 3:52PM
The folks from the Global RallyCross association have announced that General Motors has thrown its hat into the ring for the upcoming event in Charlotte this weekend with a new Chevrolet Sonic RallyCross car driven by former Subaru driver Patrick Moro - meaning that all three of the American automakers is now involved in the booming motorsport.
By David Herron on September 17, 2013 - 1:19PM
General Motors is again promising to develop a 200 mile range electric car, and this time they're aiming to take on Tesla Motors whose own plan is to develop an affordable 200 mile range electric car.
By Patrick Rall on September 12, 2013 - 5:41PM
General Motors has offered up the first images and information on the 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and GMC Yukon XL, providing pretty much everything that you could want to know about the next generation full size GM sport utility vehicles – shy of official pricing or fuel economy figures.
By Patrick Rall on September 12, 2013 - 5:32PM
By Patrick Rall on September 11, 2013 - 1:07PM
General Motors has opted to use the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show to officially introduce the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible – marking the second time that the American automaker has chosen a non-American auto show as the debut venue for one of their drop top performance cars after introducing the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible in Geneva.
By Patrick Rall on September 10, 2013 - 12:51PM
General Motors has announced the official power ratings for the 6.2L V8 engine that powers the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and the 2014 GMC Sierra – numbers that make the new top of the line GM half ton pickups the most powerful available on the market today.
By Patrick Rall on September 10, 2013 - 11:24AM
General Motors and the EPA have announced the fuel economy ratings for the 2014 Chevrolet Malibu lineup and in a surprising move, the new base model Malibu with a conventional 2.5L 4-cylinder engine offers identical fuel economy numbers to the higher priced Malibu Eco hybrid – leaving many to question why someone would pay the extra money for the hybrid package.
By Patrick Rall on September 9, 2013 - 1:39PM
General Motors announced the pricing for the 2014 Buick Regal this morning including the numbers for the new “base” turbo models, the eAssist drivetrain, the “high performance” Regal GS and the new optional all wheel drive setup – with the least expensive 2014 Regal starting at $30,615 with destination.
By Patrick Rall on September 9, 2013 - 11:49AM
On Thursday September 12th, General Motors will unveil the all new 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban in New York City and while the only “information” provided thus far is the logo artwork for each truck - we can make some guesses as to what to expect from the next generation large SUVs.
By Patrick Rall on September 5, 2013 - 10:37AM
The folks from Microsoft have announced a new sponsorship program with a team in the Australian V8 Supercar series for Xbox One and Forza Motorsport 5 that will put the colors of the upcoming gaming console and driving simulator in front of racing fans – while jointly announcing that the famous Australian race course Bathurst will appear in Forza 5.
By Patrick Rall on September 4, 2013 - 4:40PM
The Nissan Leaf posted its best sales month ever in August 2013 but due to the fact that the Chevrolet Volt also posted its best sales month ever – the extended range electric Chevy handed a sound beating to the all electric Nissan.
By Patrick Rall on September 4, 2013 - 2:04PM
Rumors have surfaced that General Motors is working on a new higher performance of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that will be powered by a smaller displacement twin turbocharged V8 and because it will follow the basic engineering direction of the C6 Z06 but with a new smaller engine – this new super Corvette could be called the Z07.
By Patrick Rall on September 2, 2013 - 9:11PM
Earlier this week, a General Motors executive stated that there will likely be new Cadillac VSport models coming in the near future and while no details were offered on which current Caddys could get a VSport model – we can make some guesses as to what we could see in the next year or so.
By Patrick Rall on August 30, 2013 - 3:35PM
According to insider sources speaking with the folks from Automotive News, the next generation GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado midsized pickups are likely to feature small, efficient diesel engines in the not-so-distant future.
By Patrick Rall on August 30, 2013 - 11:15AM
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded its investigation of the 2005-2007 Chevrolet Corvette to an engineering analysis after the number of complaints has increased dramatically since the preliminary investigation was launched back in May – a move that could lead to a recall of over 100,000 Corvettes.
By Patrick Rall on August 29, 2013 - 2:41PM
General Motors issued a video last night offering some clips of the new Cadillac CTS VSport in action at the famed Nürburgring with a best lap time of 8 minutes and 14.1 seconds – putting the twin turbocharged midsize sedan amongst some impressive company.
By Patrick Rall on August 29, 2013 - 11:00AM
The first issue of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray build page has arrived on Chevrolet.com and while the new configurator obviously isn’t fully finished – it is complete enough to give us a detailed look at the packages, options and prices for the C7 Corvette.
By Patrick Rall on August 26, 2013 - 5:20PM
General Motors (NYSE: GM) announced this morning a new multi-year marketing partnership with the University of Texas to make the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado the official truck of the Longhorns – a move that will provide the school with vehicles while providing the new Silverado with exposure to one of the most critical truck markets in the US.
By Patrick Rall on August 26, 2013 - 10:23AM
After sitting out of the big money advertising race for this year’s Super Bowl, General Motors (NYSE: GM) has announced a purchase of advertising time during Super Bowl XLVIII that will be played on February 2nd 2014.
By Aaron Turpen on August 22, 2013 - 2:08PM
If you are ready to go completely wireless in 2014, then General Motors has you covered.