– Buick will increase its bumper-to-bumper warranty coverage to four years or 50,000 miles on all 2006 models, up from three years or 36,000 miles. In addition to the expanded warranty, Buick will make the OnStar in-vehicle communications system standard on all models beginning in 2006. The new warranty will cover virtually everything except oil changes, says Buick Division General Manager Steve Shannon. It also includes roadside assistance and courtesy transportation when vehicles have to remain in the shop overnight.
– The former chairman of collapsed South Korean conglomerate Daewoo Group has been indicted on $71 billion in fraud charges after living nearly six years on the run. Kim Woo-choong, 69, who returned to South Korea last month after fleeing the country in 1999, is accused of falsifying Daewoo’s accounts to draw billions in illegal bank loans before diverting them overseas. Kim could face a sentence of life in prison.
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Transportation in brief is compiled from the notebooks of Jim Mateja and Rick Popely, and from Tribune news services.
