GM’s Chevy Brand Sweeps North America Car, Truck Awards

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg

By Tim Higgins - Jan 13, 2014

General Motors Co. (GM)’s Chevrolet brand swept the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards at the Detroit auto show today with its Corvette Stingray sports car and Silverado pickup.

The win, which marks the first time Detroit-based GM has taken both awards since 2007, underscores the automaker’s product resurgence following its 2009 U.S. government-backed bankruptcy reorganization. Ford Motor Co. in 2010 was the last to sweep the awards with the Transit Connect van and the hybrid version of its Fusion sedan.

GM, helped by lower debt, reduced labor costs and a focus on only its strongest brands, is emblematic of a revitalized U.S. auto industry that had its best sales last year since 2007. The largest U.S automaker aims to capitalize on the wins with sales, said Mary Barra, the company’s top product development officer and next chief executive officer.

“I hope that people look, and if they haven’t considered General Motors or Chevrolet they’ll get into the showroom because I’m confident if they get into the showroom they’re going to see a lot of vehicles they like,” Barra told reporters at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-13/gm-s-chevy-brand-sweeps-north-america-car-truck-awards.html

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Thank you President Obama for saving our General Motors...

[onehandle]

1. Chevy Rocks. My 2012 45th Anniversary Camaro is still going strong.

My next car will be the new 7th Generation Corvette.

[itsrobert]

2. My 2007 prior rental Impala is still going strong

and gets 32 MPG on the Highway when I drive the speed limit, which I have a hard time doing.

[LeftyMom]

4. "Still"? It can't be more than three years old.

That's an awfully low bar.

[onehandle]

5. The Honda I was leasing before it had an engine failure after 18 months.

A friend of mine's 2014 Toyota caught on fire a month after she bought it.

Hyundai is about to recall up to a million cars for catastrophic air bag failures.


American cars are becoming the standard again, so no problems after three years is a win.

[LeftyMom]

8. "Briefly reliable!" "Slightly better than terrible Korean cars!"

No wonder Detroit is becoming a ghost town.

[Throd]

6. My '59 Olds still runs like a top.

You can really see the build quality go downhill around 1974. It stayed that way for 20+ years.

[LeftyMom]

7. My '66 El Camino too.

It still amazes me that it took decades to figure out how to make a reasonably reliable car that ran on unleaded gas.

[12ZTR]

3. As Paul Mooney says:

"Keep it real,don't get it twisted."

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2014/0113/General-Motors-recalls-370-000-GM-Chevy-pickups-with-engine-fire-risk