GM Sales in India Increase by 25 Percent

Posted in GMC on Monday, August 11th, 2008

While the auto market in North America seems to be dwindling, GM sales across the world are helping to keep the automaker afloat. In India, GM sales have increased by 25 percent with total unit sales of 5.706 in July compared to only 4,570 in July 2007. As a result, GM is working on expanding its network until it reaches a total of 190 sales and service points across India.

Here’s the breakdown of the GM sales in India last month:
• 3,570 Chevrolet Spark units
• 921 Chevrolet Tavera units
• 501 Chevrolet Aveo units
• 344 Chevrolet Optra units
• 370 Chevrolet Captiva units

The GM India VP had this to say about the sales figures in the nation: “Despite a lethargic market, our positive monthly sales figure is a clear signal of the success of our car lines. Chevrolet Spark has made huge inroads in the Indian small car segment.”

Although GM sales have suffered as the result of an unstable economy, you can still visit your local GMC dealer for a great deal on a car for you or your family. Check one out today and you won’t go back to the car you’re driving now!

Funeral Cars and Hollywood’s Final Resting Places

Posted in Cadillac Hearses on Monday, August 11th, 2008

If you have a morbid curiosity like me, taking a tour of some of Hollywood’s most tragic places while riding around in a Cadillac hearse or some other funeral cars sounds exciting. Luckily, one person in Hollywood has created such a tour.

The Greg Smith Graveline Tours in Hollywood has been satisfying the thirst for death-related knowledge for more than 20 years. What started as a two hour tour in one of several funeral cars during the eighties has blossomed into a three hour, 100-stop tour in a large van, which he calls the “Tomb Buggy.”

The tour, which is now known as the Dearly Departed Tour, takes curious visitors to famous places like the spot where River Phoenix died and the places where Frank Sinatra, Rebecca Shaeffer and Mae West took their last breaths as well. In addition to that, the tour goes through the infamous spots where the Manson murders took place and other morbid Hollywood death-related places.

In addition to the macabre, the Dearly Departed Tour also drives by a number of stars’ homes and other infamous sites, including the place where Hugh Grant tried to pick up a hooker.

The fact that the tour has become so popular that funeral cars can no longer hold all of the people who want to experience it says something about our fascination with death. Either way, it sounds like a fascinating three hours that I’m definitely going to check out the next time I’m in Hollywood!