Pocket-lint (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
"We love it when a van comes together" A replica of the GMC Vandura van as used by the A-Team, complete with red stripe and rooftop spoiler, this battery-powered remote control vehicle is on sale on Firebox now for £25. ... Read A-Team R/C van launches on Pocket-lint now
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Most car-based hybrids (Prius, Accord and the like) get significantly better mileage in congested city driving than on the open road. I see that the Yukon is rated at 21-pg in the city and 22 on the highway. We’ll see how that shakes out in the next couple of days. My son-in-law, Mike, commutes from Andersonville (near the big lake) to his office near O’hare Airport – usually at least 45 minutes -...
SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The Red Sox All-Star contingent poses before the game - Reuters You’ll have to excuse the tardiness of this post this morning, it seems there was a baseball game last night that went until 1:37 AM and after J.D. Drew was presented with his All-Star Game MVP trophy and the keys to his new GMC Yukon. [...]
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Darryl Rogers had expensive taste in cars, buying himself three beauties in 2007 -- a Chevrolet Corvette, valued at $50,330; a GMC Yukon, valued at $51,888; and, an Acura RL, valued at $55,275, police said.
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and the GMC Yukon Hybrid were off to a slow start but with a $4,000 cash back incentive sales have been picking up. No idea if GM will offer the same incentives on the...
Driive (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Reader Question I am contacting you regarding my 2002 GMC ENVOY. I tootk it to a shop here in Atlanta for overheating problems where my car was overheating a cutting off last a week ago Saturday. The owner happened to be there and told me she would look at it over the weekend and call me [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The men and women in blue are going green. The hybrid version of the GMC Yukon 1500 gets 20 mpg, about 25 percent better than the all-gasoline model. Also being tested for the NYPD fleet are: * Four all-electric Vectrix scooters capable of...
Paramus Post (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
CHEVY TAHOE HYBRID While the joy ride may be over for the trendy truck, General Motors' hybrid sport utility vehicles and pickups let consumers have their truck and drive it, too. The Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid, today's test vehicle, and GMC Yukon Hybrid have fuel economy ratings of 20 mpg city and highway for four-wheel-drive models and 21/22 for two-wheel drive. This fall, their two-mode hybrid system...
Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
We’d heard earlier this month GM was considering the possibility of cutting a brand — and Pontiac and GMC were the two we were told had the greatest possibility of seeing their head hit the chopping block. While apparently that’s still being debated, the GM forum fan-boys over at GMInsideNews have come across news that [...]
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
It’s too early to say whether or not GMC, a brand based on SUVs and trucks, will soon see future like HUMMER, but according to the insiders of GM news, GM is cutting two product programs. On...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
We'd heard earlier this month GM was considering the possibility of cutting a brand — and Pontiac and GMC were the two we were told had the greatest possibility of seeing their head hit the chopping block. While apparently that's still being debated, the GM forum fan-boys over at GMInsideNews have come across news that two planned products in the GMC portfolio of platform prostitutes — the next GMC...
Leftlane (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
General Motors announced today that it will hire 450 temporary workers to build its SUVs that include the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy and Saab 9-7X. The Moraine, Ohio plant is scheduled to close for the 2010 model year, and the temps will take the place of some of the 770 full-time employees who accepted GM’s [...]
Motor Authority (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Revealed in February, the replacement for the long-lived TrailBlazer comes in the form of the 2009 Chevrolet Traverse crossover SUV. Today Chevrolet announced pricing for the new vehicle, with prices to start at $28,990. The Traverse will share its basic build with the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave. Available in [...]
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Wall Street Strategies submits: The state of the consumer is the hot button issue these days on the presidential campaign trail, as the so called "oil crisis" reaches mass hysteria. No, we haven't arrived at the point of gasoline rationing or siphoning petrol from a neighbor's GMC Yukon, but if prices stay at presently bubble-ish levels then the latter is certainly an option. While some individuals...
Detroit News (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
The 2009 Chevrolet Traverse will offer more power and better fuel efficiency than its 2008 brothers, the Saturn Outlook, Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia, Chevy officials said Tuesday.
