Automaker General Motors Co plans to begin courting investors for its initial public offering immediately after the November 2 U.S. midterm congressional elections, two sources familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

GM’s roadshow is set to begin on November 3 and will last two weeks, the sources said. The IPO is expected to price on November 17 and debut on November 18, the sources said.

The Italian carmaker said Thursday it wants to replace an adhesive that in some circumstances can melt due to overheating and possibly ignite.

Fires in the car that sells for €197,000 ($253,000) have been reported in California, Switzerland, China and France

Hellmund showed the plans to the city newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman, which has in general been somewhat skeptical. Hellmund told the paper, “It should be nice. I think drivers and fans should like it.”

The track is 3.4 miles long and features an elevation change of 133 feet.

General Motors reported a 25 percent decline in August sales, ending the automaker’s streak of seven straight monthly sales gains.

Sales of GM’s surviving brands – Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and GMC – dropped 11 percent last month, the automaker said today.

A year ago, the industry benefited as consumers rushed to take advantage of the federal government’s cash for clunkers program. But GM suffered a 20 percent decline that month – its first after exiting bankruptcy.

I spent a good deal of my week-long test drive of the Ranger Rover Sport Supercharged on the expressways and that’s right where it belonged.
Just touching the gas pedal conveyed that the sport utility was awfully fast. I had the more powerful Ranger Rover Sport, there are two models. My test vehicle had a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 that made 510 horsepower and 461 pound-feet of
torque. The good folks at Ranger Rover claim a zero-to-60 mph time of 5.9 seconds.

It had been a while so I asked the folks at Nissan to let me test drive its flagship sedan, the Maxima
The bottom line is that I should have asked sooner, a lot sooner. The Maxima has slowly morphed into a stylish, sporty, sizable sedan with a coupe like silhouette. Nissan bills the Maxima as a 4-door sports car.

Say subcompact and in the world of automobiles that was a metaphor for cheap. It’s not the case in the case of the 2011 Mazda2.
Where to begin is difficult so I’ll start at the beginning. The Mazda2 is a five-door hatchback and it is another example of small fuel efficient and well equipped cars being developed for the American market.

Some might call the exterior design of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee evolutionary but unless you look at its seven-slot grille head on it just doesn’t look like a Jeep from any angle. That’s a good thing.

It looked like a Jeep but then again it didn’t.
Some might call the exterior design of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee evolutionary but unless you look at its seven-slot grille head on it just doesn’t look like a Jeep from any angle. That’s a good thing.

You could say as the sales of heavy duty pickup trucks go so goes the economy. Or, as the economy goes, so goes the sales of heavy duty pickup trucks. It’s really a bit of both.

As the economy strengthens, GM is in a position to continue its resurgence with its much improved heavy duty pickup trucks for 2011. The new versions cover offerings from Chevrolet and GMC. We’re talking about more than 30 new models.

A prospective car buyer walks onto a showroom floor and is approached by a salesman, “May I help you find a new car?” The car buyer answers, “Yes, if you have a vehicle that has style, an excellent performance record and safety features above the norm.” The car salesman explodes with excitement, “Look no farther; you want the 2010 Lexus GX 460.”

I had to go to the product lineup on Cadillac’s media site to find information on the 2010 Cadillac CTS Sedan. It wasn’t an oversight; there was just so much information on the front page about new derivatives of the CTS sedan.

Let’s get right to it: for less than $30,000 the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi sedan is a bargain.
I had the Kizashi SLS AWD, that’s the top of the line model, for a week-long test drive and found it snazzy and practical.

Although it had what Hyundai called a fluidic sculpture design, the 2010 Tucson utility vehicle was about as straightforward as they come. Still, the slick design shrouded the pragmatic approach.
The 2010 Tucson was designed in …

Infiniti chose this city on the banks of the Ohio River as a change of pace from the West Coast to launch the new QX56, its full-size sport utility. And though this big sport utility vehicle excels in a lot of areas, this is going to be a tough sell.

I’ve test driven several iteration of Land Rover’s LR4 and the 2010 version just might be the best – so far. It’s gone through several name changes, the Discovery was the last moniker, but no matter the name it just keeps getting better.

To appeal to personalities of all qualities and traits is awe-inspiring. Toyota is, however, an awesome motor company that boldly took on the task when designing the all new 2011 Toyota Sienna XLE, and by George, I think they got it!qq

When gasoline prices shot up last year, Ford promised that it would start selling some of its fuel sipping European cars here. Well, the 2011 Ford Fiesta that goes on sale this summer is the first of the bunch. The Fiesta which has been on sale in Europe is a subcompact car that comes in either a four door sedan or five door hatchback.

I found a couple of things of note about the new Sonata which has been on sale for several months. First, there has been an increase in horsepower. The 2011 Sonata’s 2.4-liter four cylinder engine generates 198 horsepower (it notches up to 200 horsepower for the SE dual exhaust model) and 184 pound-feet of torque.

I’ve test driven several iteration of Land Rover’s LR4 and the 2010 version just might be the best – so far. It’s gone through several name changes, the Discovery was the last moniker, but no matter the name it just keeps getting better.