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Study: GM doing fine at retaining Pontiac owners

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Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , GM , Pontiac This isn’t the first time we’ve reported positive news about General Motors retaining former Pontiac owners . Get a few more stories like this latest report from Edmund’s Auto Observer , and it will mark an ongoing positive trend for GM. Edmunds.com crunched the numbers to see how well the General is hanging on to customers after shutting out the lights at Pontiac , and it found that nearly 40 percent of Pontiac owners stayed with a vehicle from a General Motors brand

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Video: Is Chevy readying a mid-size SUV on its new Colorado pickup?

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Filed under: Spy Photos , SUV , Videos , Chevrolet , GM Mystery Chevy SUV prototypes – Click above to watch the video after the jump Crossovers have gained the lion’s share of America’s utility attention over the past few years, but the SUV is anything but dead and gone. Until gas prices began to spike, those surviving body-on-frame (br)utes were actually selling fairly well. So is General Motors kicking itself for ending Trailblazer production instead of refreshing it? New spy video from Inside Line suggests that The General may have another off-road- and tow-ready utility vehicle on the way.

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Report: GM sales boosted by incentives, analysts fear return of ‘push’ model

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Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , GM , Earnings/Financials According to Automotive News , some analysts are accusing General Motors of sliding back into bad habits by boosting sales with heavy incentives. The report says that GM’s 22-percent sales jump in January was largely fueled by laying piles of cash on the hood. On average, GM handed out $3,762 per vehicle last month – the highest incentive figure of any of the six largest automakers.

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2012 Mustang 5.0 comes with lower price, new features

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Filed under: Car Buying , Coupe , Performance , Ford 2011 Ford Mustang GT – Click above for high-res image gallery For those of you desperate to get your hands on Ford’s new 5.0-liter Mustang GT, it just got a little easier. Pricing has dropped for the base model of the 412-horsepower pony car by $500 for the 2012 model year, edging back under the 30k mark to $29,995. In contrast, the Premium GT model sees a price increase of $200 while the Premium GT Convertible is $700 more than last year.

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Senate unanimously rules in favor of noisy hybrids, electric cars

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Filed under: Hybrid , Government/Legal , Safety , Electric Regardless of whether or not there’s an actual need for pedestrian warning systems for hybrid and electric vehicles, the U.S. Senate has voted unanimously to approve a measure that would make the noise-adding setup standard on all vehicles that can operate – even if just momentarily – without the burble of an engine. The measure, called the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 and backed by Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, aims to establish standards for alerting pedestrians of the possible danger of an approaching vehicle that moves in near silence

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Report: EPA sued by food and farm groups over E15 fuel approval

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Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of E15 , a 15-percent ethanol and 85-percent gasoline blend, in vehicles from model year 2007 and newer. Now, nine food and farm groups, along with the American Petroleum Institute, are suing the EPA over this decision. According to the two lawsuits filed, the use of E15 in cars, SUVs and light trucks violates the Clean Air Act. API’s Bob Greco says testing on the safety of E15 being conducted by Department of Energy and automakers is not yet complete, therefore the ruling “puts consumers at risk.” EPA Deputy Press Secretary Betsaida Alcantara tells Green Car Advisor: [The] decision was based on strict adherence to the Clean Air Act and was grounded firmly in science.

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