(May 4, 2017) WEST POINT, Ga. —  On Monday, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) celebrated production of the plant’s one millionth Sorento CUV at its West Point facility. Representing an investment of more than $1.1 billion, KMMG launched production of the Sorento on Nov. 16, 2009.

It was joined by the Kia Optima mid-size sedan in 2011. Together with on-site and local suppliers, KMMG is responsible for the creation of more than 15,000 jobs in West Point and the surrounding region. To date, KMMG has produced almost 2.4 million vehicles.

By Casey Williams
MyCarData

(May 4, 2017) A wave of performance wagons from Germany and Sweden is focusing attention on the once-forgotten segment. Buick is even getting in on the act, and the Subaru Outback is a pillar, but could they stand up to these past wagons?

(May 2, 2017) FLINT, Mich. — General Motors on Monday opened the restored Durant-Dort Factory One, considered to be the company’s birthplace and epicenter of the global auto industry. Once home to the Flint Road Cart Co., established in 1886 by William Crapo “Billy” Durant and business partner Josiah Dallas Dort, it includes event space and a modern archive where future generations can learn about the innovators and risk takers who reinvented personal transportation.

(May 3, 2017) Sales declines at the so-called big three — General Motors, Ford and Fiat-Chrysler — contributed to a 4.7 percent drop last month in year-over-year comparisons. The declines came despite ever-rising incentives.

April marked the fourth consecutive monthly setback for U.S. sales and extended the longest losing streak since the market bottomed out in 2009. Car deliveries were down again, off 11 percent, while truck volume dipped 0.1 percent. It was the first time monthly light-truck deliveries dropped year over year since September 2013.