Looks like the US Government is going to bail-out General Motors, but GM is surely not the only US Automaker hurting, as both Ford and Chrysler have seen better days. Buick not only posted a retail sales increase of 7{c0ab263b3175d981033b17d6eec654a369e659a5af23b80a9510e95dedf16ccb} last month, its best October since 2003, but it was also the first American auto brand to crack the top three in Consumer Reports’ Car Reliability Survey rankings since the survey began in the early 1980s.
The company is betting its future on expanding sales of software products, including to automakers and other manufacturers, after largely ceding the smartphone market to rivals including Apple Inc (AAPL.), Alphabet’s (GOOGL.) Google and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd ().
The German automaker also has plans to launch commercial trucks that would rival concepts from Nikola Motors and other manufacturers beginning to announce plans for heavy-duty transport Mercedes would have a sub-brand devoted to these …