(September 6, 2013) DETROIT — GMC owners can pull off their next trailering chore without a hitch — at least figuratively — thanks to a new trailering guide app available today at the iTunes store. The free app is designed to give GMC customers a better understanding of trailering techniques and capabilities. It, even helps identify the appropriate GMC model for specific trailering needs.

By Russ Heaps
Clanging Bell

(September 6, 2013) Several carmakers each year host a full-line event at which media get to drive everything they market in America. Once in a while, they will even sneak in a model available only in a foreign market; but for the most part, they stick to what they sell here. Every few years Nissan does something entirely different when it brings virtually every light vehicle it sells in the world to one location for media to experience.

(September 5, 2013) IRVINE, Calif. — At Nissan, it is not unusual for creative types to define and maintain design intention for a new vehicle with a collection of 3-D objects. Past inspiration has been found in things like a bulldog, a shark fin, and a motorcycle tank.

"Objects for us designers are very important. They allow us to communicate very well our design intention and to keep that intention all along the project," said Francois Farion, senior manager, Nissan color and design strategy.

(September 5, 2013) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford is on pace to set an all-time Certified Pre-Owned vehicle sales record this year. Through August, the company recorded 228,000 Ford, Lincoln, Mercury certified vehicle sales, representing 39 percent growth versus 2012.