On November 7, General Motors announced its decision to permanently discontinue the Cadillac XT4 compact crossover in January 2025 when it idles its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas to retool for the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV. GM is investing USD 391 million in the plant to prepare for Bolt, which will move t

General Motors announced that it would temporarily lay off employees at its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kansas, as the plant ends production of the Chevrolet Malibu. GM will lay off 680 employees at the plant on November 18. The temporary layoffs will facilitate the installation of new tooling and equipmen

On May 8, General Motors confirmed that it will halt production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan this fall at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas to prep for production of the new Chevrolet Bolt EV.
Production of the Cadillac XT4 small SUV will continue until the plant is shut down in 2025 to retool for production of t

On November 10, SAIC-GM filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), deciding to recall the following passenger vehicles (PVs) in batches from May 31, 2024.
1.       A total of 611,260 Buick vehicles manufactured between September 5, 2019 and July 12, 2023: partial 2021, 2022, and 2

On September 20, General Motors announced it is idling its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas where 2,000 hourly employees work, citing the impact of a strike by the UAW at nearby Wentzville, Missouri. 
The layoff is tied to a shortage of stamped parts supplied by Wentzville’s stamping operations to Fairfax, where the

On September 15, General Motors and Ford said the UAW strike that began on Friday morning against targeted plants will affect other plants.
GM said it expects to idle its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas because of a shortage of stampings made at the Wentzville Assembly plant, which went on strike Friday.
The Fairfax

On June 22, J.D. Power released its influential 2023 U.S. Initial Quality Study in which owners of 93,380 2023 model year vehicles were asked about problems in various areas.
The study noted a rise in problems 12 PP100 greater than in 2022, especially with driver assistance features and aerodynamically-designed exter

Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. (Hankook Tire) announced that it received a “2022 Supplier of the Year” award from General Motors Company (GM) for the seventh consecutive year. Hankook Tire has been supplying original equipment (OE) tires to the US automaker since 2002. In 2021, it signed a new contract to supply

On February 28, UzAuto presented the updated Chevrolet Malibu XL. Equipped with a 2.0-liter turbo engine with 237 horsepower, it generates 350 NM torque. The engine is mated to 9-speed automatic transmission (AUQ). Malibu XL uses a four-wheel independent suspension.
The 10-way front and rear parking sensors with an

On January 26, Audi introduced the Audi activesphere four-door crossover coupé as the fourth model in a series of concepts, which also includes the Audi skysphere roadster in 2021, Audi grandsphere sedan and Audi urbansphere in April 2022.
As a coupé, it features classic proportions and lines, but the rear of the car

On December 19, it was reported that Chevrolet is recalling approximately 2,100 units of the Chevrolet Malibu from the 2022 and 2023 model years due to a defective front impact bar.
The impact beam, supplied by Dieomatic, can be 10 mm too small, and as a result, can separate or fail in case of frontal collision.
The

On November 15, the Genesis X Convertible concept was unveiled in Malibu, California ahead of LA Auto Show.
The four-passenger Genesis X Convertible concept shares its architecture and electric powertrain with the X Concept in 2021 and X Speedium Coupe concept in 2022.
Combined with its folding hardtop roof—that inte

On February 3, General Motors confirmed it will discontinue the Chevrolet Spark — its smallest and lowest-priced nameplate — after this summer.
The Spark is being produced for the U.S. in Korea through August 2022, and will then be phased out of Chevrolet's product lineup, leaving the Trax subcompact crossover as the

On November 12, General Motors told its dealer group that it will temporarily stop offering heated seats and steering wheels in many of its crossovers and full-size pickups starting because of the ongoing semiconductor shortage, though it will reinstate other features previously halted.
Starting November 15, vehicles

On October 22, GM announced that no plants will be totally idle due to the semiconductor shortage as of November 1, though some will be restarting with a single shift.
   • Silao Assembly in Mexico, which builds the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500, will be down the week of October 25, but is expected to

Production of the 2021 Chevrolet Malibu is set to resume on November 1 at the GM Fairfax Assembly facility in Kansas.
No new units of the Malibu have been built since February 2021.
Looking ahead, production of the 2022 model year Malibu is expected to ramp up in December.
The 2022 Malibu will continue to offer two

On September 30, GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of General Motors Co., said that it will suspend one of its three plants for two weeks early October due to a chip shortage.
GM Korea said it will suspend its No. 1 plant in Incheon, which produces the Trailblazer SUV, from Oct. 1-15.
The carmaker has been operat

On September 16, GM announced that is extending a production halt of Chevrolet Bolt EVs and Bolt EUVs an additional three weeks at the Orion Assembly plant as it works through a resolution of battery problems with supplier LG Energy Solution.
The EV plant will now be down through October 17, with GM spokesman David B

On September 9, GM confirmed that its Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Silao, Mexico, plants where the light-duty GMC Sierras and Chevrolet Silverados are built, will be back to full production on September 13 after being down one week due to semiconductor supplies.
    • Orion Assembly will now continue its downtime throug

On July 28, General Motors confirmed that it will resume its production of full-size pickups starting August 2, but it will keep its midsize SUV plants idled as it grapples with the global shortage of semiconductor chips.
   • Flint Assembly plant, which builds the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size HD pick