Toyota has announced a voluntary recall of 1.13 million 2005-2008 Corolla and Matrix vehicles to address an issue with their 1.8L four-cylinder engines. According to Toyota, some of the engine control modules have been improperly manufactured. This could lead to the engine stalling as a result of cracks that could develop on the ECM’s circuit [Read More]

Sure Pontiac is dead, but that hasn’t stopped people from dreaming about what a Camaro-based Pontiac Trans AM might look like. One such dreamer is the Gearhead Performance Group, which has set out to render its own Trans AM. All we’ve seen so far are conceptual photos. Aside from the obvious aesthetic changes, which includes [Read More]

In the upheaval that swallowed up GM, there were bound to be some casualties. Unfortunately, Pontiac was one of those casualties. With a notification in April that the brand would be terminated, GM built its last Pontiac, a G6 sedan, at around 12:45pm yesterday. As you can imagine, there were no celebrations. In fact, the [Read More]

Not too long ago, Bob Lutz made everyone’s day by saying that the the Pontiac G8 would live on as Chevrolet Caprice. Now he seems to be eating some of his words, reminding us that he’s not the boss and that he reported to GM CEO Fritz Henderson. We hate to see you in situations [Read More]

It’s all good new coming from GM lately. Firstly, Bob Lutz, the man behind many of GM’s exciting cars these past few years, has decided to stay on with the new GM instead of retire as it was earlier speculated. Better yet, instead of being just the vice chairman, he’ll become the head of product [Read More]