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• Insurance industry gives improved marks to new cars

  - 2005-04-11

  WASHINGTON -- The 2005 Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, Saturn Relay and Buick Terraza, newly redesigned General Motors Corp. minivan models, offer better protection for occupants than do earlier versions, according to the results of crash tests conducted by the insurance industry. The Uplander and its three corporate...

  Tags: car, Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., institute, insurance, minivan, pickup, Pontiac, Strategy

• Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.

  - 2004-03-07

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 7--QUESTION: Is there a difference between an '04 Pontiac Montana van and an '05 Pontiac Montana "crossover sport van?" I feel GM is treating us like imbeciles, thinking we'll buy ...

  Tags: car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., hybrid, minivan, Pontiac, SUV, Tribune Co.

• San Antonio Express-News G. Chambers Williams III Column.

  - 2004-02-08

  By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 8--BUICK'S MIDSIZE SEDAN DUBBED THE LACROSSE: It's Buick's turn. After pouring billions of dollars and focusing much of its corporate effort into the revitalization of the product...

  Tags: brand, Branding, Buick, car, General Motors Corp., MARKETING, minivan, Pontiac, sedan

• Detroit Free Press Cars Column.

  - 2004-01-05

  By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 5--Forget the casinos. Ignore the hand Martin Sheen's playing on "Celebrity Poker." To see big names wager big bucks, deal yourself in at the North American International Auto...

  Tags: car, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., minivan, Pontiac

• Detroit Free Press Cars Column.

  - 2003-10-30

  By Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 30--A STAR IS REBORN: The minivan wars ratchet up another notch this fall as Ford Motor Co. launches the new Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey. Minivans might not be...

  Tags: audio, car, Chevrolet, Ford Motor Co., minivan, Pontiac

• Pontiac minivan best left to people moving, not towing.(Auto Showcase)(Ask Paul)

  - 2003-09-06

  Byline: Paul Brian Q: Dear Paul: I own a 1993 Pontiac Transport minivan (3.8 liter with about 75,000 miles mostly highway). Would it have sufficient power capacity to tow a small trailer carrying a Pontiac Fiero and motorcycle from Illinois to San...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., hydrogen, minivan, Pontiac

• Columbia, S.C.-Area Auto Dealers, Enthusiasts Prepare for End of Car Models.

  - 2002-08-27

  By Clare Ramsey, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--Columbia-area dealers and enthusiasts might not be ready, but it's time to bid farewell to two muscle cars. Next month, Midlands Chevrolet and Pontiac dealers expect to get ...

  Tags: car, Columbia, General Motors Corp., minivan, Pontiac

• San Antonio Express-News On the Road Column.

  - 2001-05-18

  By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18--NEW MINIVANS PROVE GM HASN'T LOST THE EDGE: If you're in the market for an American-brand minivan, don't buy anything until you look at the three that General Motors...

  Tags: Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., minivan, Pontiac, SALES, Transportation

• Aztek brings fresh styling to GM's sporty Pontiac division.(Auto Showcase)(Evaluation)

  - 2001-03-10

  Byline: Dave Boe Backgorund: If at first you don't succeed, try...try again. Select General Motors executives have repeated this mantra ever since the all-new 2001 Pontiac Aztek burst on the scene last summer to less than enthusiast sales results. Aztek is an...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., minivan, Pontiac, SALES, SUV

• THE BIG PUSH: Pontiac's cowboys saddle up for Montana.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-03-27

  Pontiac sticks with a cowboy theme for its Montana minivan in a :30 breaking early in April. Cattlemen, some on horseback and some in minivans, go about their business in the commercial from D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Troy, Mich., backing the Pontiac sticks with a...

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