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Fuel economy… who needs it? Luggage capacity, rear-seat legroom, creature comforts, they’re more overrated than all the bacon memes on Facebook put together and raised to the power of Justin Bieber. That’s one hell of a confusing math problem, but it’s true. Needless add-ons and frou-frou features waste more time and energy than a month-long filibuster in the U.S. Senate. Anyone up for reading the phonebook?

General Motors announced today that OnStar’s First Assist service is accredited for emergency medical dispatching (EMD).

Lincoln might almost be out of the weeds with its bungled attempt to launch the MKZ.

There’s probably a number on many minds these days: what it’ll cost to buy a 2014 Corvette Stingray.

Change is in the works for Chevrolet’s pony car – something tipped two weeks ago in the New York Auto Show’s newsletter.

Chevrolet made a big deal about the 6.2-liter LT1 V8 powering its new 2014 Corvette Stingray, but there will also be a smaller V8 option in 2015 if a new report is correct.

General Motors president Mark Reuss will drive the Chevrolet SS pace car this weekend to begin the Daytona 500.

Jeep will bring the new version of its Liberty utility vehicle to the 2013 New York Auto Show only a short time before it is scheduled to reach dealers.

Recently emancipated and breaking new ground, Chrysler’s Ram pickup truck brand just announced that the RAM 1500 pickup truck will be available this year with a diesel V6. 

Pontiac is defunct but General Motors might soon be facing ghosts of a brand past because an estimate 550,000 G6 cars are under a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigation.

Ford’s COO Mark Fields says the brand is following EPA rules in certifying its vehicles fuel mileage.

The National Biodiesel Board is commending Chevrolet for offering the its new diesel-powered Cruze compact sedan with an engine capable of burning B20 blended biodiesel fuel.

Given its current product range, Lincoln probably isn’t the first brand you think of when the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance comes up in casual conversation.

GM is adding roughly 400 jobs to its suburban campus in Pontiac, a suburb of Detroit, in an effort to speed development in the next phase of its propulsion development. 

Some were awe-struck and others aghast when Chevrolet unveiled the newest Corvette earlier this month because, among other things, it dropped the signature round rear lights.