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GM alerts 778,956 owners to more frequent oil changes

The 2010-2012 Chevrolet Equinox with a four-cylinder engine will get its oil-life monitor recalibrated to shorten the interval between oil changes.

General Motors is warning owners of almost 800,000 2010-12 vehicles that they may need oil changes more frequently than the onboard oil monitoring systems are telling them.

GM to revive sporty, muscular Camaro Z28


Chevrolet announced it is bringing back one of its most hallowed names — the sporty, fast, brutish Camaro Z28.

Vauxhall Adam begins production in Germany

GM has invested 190m in its Eisenach factory in anticipation of the Adam’s additional sales – and it looks  to introduce this second production line, but it’s paying off – more than 16,000 orders have been before the Adam’s official on-sale date of 19 January.

Volkswagen says it will be the global sales leader by 2018


The battle among the world’s biggest carmakers comes as the industry is headed for a record year. Global 2012 sales will top 80 million cars and trucks for the first time, as robust U.S. and Japanese purchases offset a European downturn, according to estimates from LMC Automotive.

GM working on WiFi Direct to save pedestrians

We have all seen it, some of us have done it, and a few have crashed as a result: a pedestrian is so engrossed in telling their friend which pub they are going to, that they walk straight out in front of a car.

It happened to one of our writers on a motorbike a couple of years ago: the dopey pedestrian was only shaken, but the bike was wrecked as the rider took evasive action. Only the presence of witnesses persuaded the police that the biker was actually the real victim.