Nissan, GM Lead in Total Quality Study

From Initial to Total Quality--GM and Nissan each led five five segments in the 2005 Total Quality Index (TQI).

Report: Technical Hurdles to Fuel-Cell Vehicles “Daunting”

Hydrogen's "wide-scale use is laden with potential technical, economic and societal impasses." Optimistic prediction is that by 2020 fuel-cell vehicles will enter the marketplace and by 2050 everybody will be driving them.

GM Recalls 2 Million Vehicles

Among the vehicles recalled were 1.48 million SUVs and pickups from the 2003-2005 model years because second-row safety belts may be difficult to properly position across passengers' hips.

Trivia Answer: What was Charles Kettering's invention?

It appeared on Cadillacs in 1912. Cars equipped with his invention sold like crazy. His company was Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co.

GM Allows Consumer Lessees to Return Cars Early

Customers who lease a Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G6 or Buick LaCrosse can return the car with no further obligation if they do so before they've driven 12,000 miles.

Hybrid Diesels Are on the Way

Diesel hybrid technology already used in buses and locomotives; added price may dampen wide proliferation.

GM to Offer Diesel Option in Full-size Vans

The Duramax 6600 turbodiesel engine will be an option in the 2006 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana G2500 and G3500 series commercial models.

Recalls This Week: GM, Toyota

GM is recalling 155,465 pickups and SUVs for possible brake malfunctions. Toyota has recalled 22,228 because the parking brake might not work.

GM Ending Production of Pontiac Bonneville

All GM Vehicles Will Get OnStar by 07

StabiliTrak will become standard on all GM cars and trucks in 2010.