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Filed under: By the Numbers C4C Aftermath Makes September Sales Look Great Jeez, automakers. We’re busy enough covering your wares at the 2010 Paris Motor Show . Couldn’t you wait until Monday to release sales figures for the month of September

Filed under: Etc. , Technology , GM Founded in 1995 and officially launched at that year’s Chicago Auto Show , OnStar has just hit its 15th birthday. After unlocking 4.7 million doors and providing over 59 million turn-by-turn routes, the tech centerpiece found in General Motors ‘ vehicles is not ready to sit back and revel in the past.

Filed under: By the Numbers Luxury marques gain ground while volume brands suffer Just like any spending spree, there are consequences.

Filed under: Hybrid , Kia , Diesel Kia Forte EcoDynamics LPI Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery When Kia Motors unveiled its EcoDynamics sub-brand at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show , the company claimed its new badge would begin to appear on U.S.-bound models soon. In fact, Kia promised that its eco-friendly moniker would be attached to several models sold worldwide.

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Luxury Aston Martin Super Sport by Star Electric Cars France – Click above for high-res image gallery Yes, the past couple of months have been a little heavy on the supercar-dreamed-up-by-inside-dude’s-keister news, but this one is simply too compelling to pass up. A company called Star Electric Cars France is the European subsidiary of Star Electric Cars U.S.

Filed under: SUV , Crossover , Chevrolet , GM , GMC The Sport Utility Vehicle is dead. Long live the Sport Utility Vehicle

Filed under: By the Numbers Domestics do well again, Toyota and Honda falter Many automakers had a positive month of sales in July, particularly the domestics, with Ford Motor Company up 3.11 percent, Chrysler Group up 4.96 percent and General Motors topping the charts with its four core brands up an impressive 24.58 percent to lead all automakers. Even with the loss of four marques (Saturn, Pontiac, Hummer and Saab), GM managed to outsell the company’s entire portfolio of eight brands from last July by 5.41 percent.

Filed under: Videos , Celebrities , Humor , Tesla , Electric Elon Musk on The Colbert Report – Click above to watch the video after the jump Elon Musk apparently has a sense of humor. Proof of which can be found in the video after the break, where you’ll see the co-founder of Paypal, Tesla Motors and Space X sit-down with Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report .

Filed under: Hybrid , Etc. , Chevrolet , GM , Celebrities , Electric It has long been apparent that the more successful a talk radio host is, the less relevant the facts become.