Social media – Twitter (follow @CarThrottle), Facebook (become a fan) is the future and the automakers have recognized it. Perhaps one of the companies that has embraced it the most is the New General Motors. They have demonstrated a lot of changes going on at the company by opening up to the public on Facebook [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Right now, the golden children in the media are Hyundai and Ford. That isn’t without reason either – both Ford and Hyundai have released a slew of competitive new products, and both manufacturers have the sales numbers to match. Some peg the Hyundai Sonata and Ford Fusion as being the new leaders of the mid-size [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Over the past few months at CarThrottle, we have been posting about the sales race that has taken place between the Chevrolet Camaro and the Ford Mustang. As is expected with the resurgence of the pony cars, there has been a rivalry between the two (sorry Challenger, you’re left in the sales dust). Since the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Ford has been on a string of good news lately – the Fusion winning Car of the Year (COTY) and even profitability for the last quarter reached. The Mustang, on the other hand, has been slipping a bit with recent news about the Camaro outselling it for the past few months. Ford aims to change [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
Lately, one of the things you’ve all undoubtedly heard enough about is the Camaro. For god’s sake, Chevrolet brought an entire tanker load of modified Camaros to SEMA in virtually every imaginable form. Yenko Camaros, Camaros that look like Trans-Am’s, evil Camaros, Red Camaros, there was probably a Camaro with wings. And the new Camaro [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 28, 2009
The Chevrolet Camaro has been quite a big sales hit for General Motors. Ever since its introduction it has outsold the Mustang, a no doubt impressive feat, given the enduring popularity of the Mustang and anti-GM headwinds in the market. A Camaro Convertible Concept was shown at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, but one of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 6, 2009
You know you’re a big name in the car industry when you have a car concept by a big manufacturer named after you. That is exactly the case with one of General Motors’ Camaro concepts at SEMA, dubbed simply the Jay Leno Camaro. As expected, the Jay Leno Camaro is far more than just an [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 4, 2009
With the Camaro setting an excellent sales pace it’s no wonder that the musclecar is being featured heavily for General Motors’ SEMA offerings. There are five official Camaro concepts brought to the show by GM. One of those is the Camaro Dusk. Bob Lutz has mentioned an executive edition Camaro in the past, and the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The introduction of the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger at similar times have ensured a battle between them for supremacy. Much like Chrysler’s overall fortunes in the sales race, the Challenger has been left in the dust. The real question has been the competition between the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro. Historically, the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
When the Chevrolet Camaro debuted, fans of the Pontiac Firebird immediately started wondering about a Pontiac-badged model. That never came, and recently the Pontiac brand was closed, a victim of the economic crisis and GM’s financial difficulties. As can be expected, there are many very loyal devotees of the Firebird (and indeed the Pontiac brand) [...]
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