2011 BMW 3-series / M3 2011 Cadillac CTS-V 2011 Chevrolet Volt 2011 Ford Mustang GT 2011 Honda Accord 2011 Honda Fit 2011 Hyundai Sonata...
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The 2011 Cadillac SRX lineup gain more trim levels following its 2010 redesign. Cadillac’s smallest SUV seats 5. 3.0 and high-performance Turbo versions are offered. Previously offered only as the Base, Luxury, and Turbo Performance, the 2011 SRX comes as the 3.0, 3.0 Luxury, 3.0 Performance, 3.0 Premium, Turbo Performance, and Turbo Premium. Incoming...
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The 2011 Cadillac Escalade is largely unchanged. This premium-large SUV is basically an upscale version of the Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon. Like its Chevrolet and GMC cousins, this Cadillac comes as a conventional model as well as a gas/electric hybrid. It’s available as a wagon with a standard wheelbase or the long-wheelbase ESV.
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The 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe is the latest addition to the lineup of Cadillac’s best-selling cars. The 2-door coupe joins 4-door sedan and wagon body styles, which see no major changes for 2011. The coupe seats 4 while other versions seat 5. The sedan and wagon reprise 3.0 and 3.6 trim levels. Depending on...
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The 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe lineup offers fewer engines but otherwise sees no major changes. This large SUV lends its basic design to the GMC Yukon and premium-large Cadillac Escalade. Tahoe seats up to 9 passengers and comes in LS, LT, LTZ, and gas/electric Hybrid trim levels. Most are available with rear-wheel drive or GM’s...
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The 2011 Buick Lucerne is largely unchanged. Buick’s largest sedan shares some of its basic front-wheel-drive design with the Cadillac DTS. CX, CXL, CXL Premium, and sport-themed Super models are offered.
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General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday as part of a plan under which the government will pump another $30 billion into the company with the aim of re-creating the troubled automaker. GM’s bankruptcy filing is the fourth-largest in U.S. history and the largest for an industrial company. The company said it...
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The Chevrolet Avalanche is a four-door, five or six passenger sport utility truck sharing GM’s long-wheelbase chassis used on the Chevrolet Suburban and Cadillac Escalade EXT. Unlike the typical pickup truck, the open bed of the Avalanche opens to the back seat area via a folding panel (marketed as a ‘midgate’) and removable rear...
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Cars.com’s Kelsey Mays gets a first look at the 2009 Audi A4. It competes with the BMW 3 Series, Cadillac CTS and Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
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A crossover — variously called CUV or crossover utility vehicle — is a marketing term for a vehicle that derives from a car platform while borrowing features from an SUV or Minivan. The crossover combines, in highly variable degrees, the design features such as tall interior packaging, high H-point seating, high ground-clearance, or all-wheel-drive...
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Here’s a scary thought: GM and Chrysler might merge and the effect would be … minimal. Unless you’re one of the tens of thousands of employees who might be rightsized in the merger, or work in a business that depends on the automakers, or live in Michigan. Up close and personal, it gets ugly....
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