OnStar is complimentary for one year to allow subscribers to “experience the services.”
OnStar Mexico announced today that its telemetric services are now active on the new Chevrolet Cheyenne (aka Silverado) and GMC Sierra pickups, and will be available on the Cadillac ATS later this year. More vehicles across GM’s four vehicle brands – Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac – will be equipped with OnStar throughout 2014.
A call center in Mexico is now, staffed around the clock with advisers trained to assist drivers with directions, vehicle information and emergency services.
“This is a very important step in GM’s global growth and in making connectivity services available to more consumers around the world,” said Mary Chan, president GM Global Connected Consumer. OnStar claims more than 6 million customers and 750 million customer interactions to date.
Some of the services OnStar will offer are:
- Automatic Crash Response
- Emergency Response
- Remote Services
- Stolen Vehicle Assistance
- Turn-by-Turn Navigation
- Vehicle Diagnostics
- Real-time Advisors
OnStar is complimentary for one year to allow subscribers to “experience the services.” Then subscribers may purchase their choice of two available packages, OnStar Connect (monthly: 299.00 pesos or $22.50; annually: 2,999.00, $225.70) and OnStar Connect Plus (monthly: 450.00 pesos, $33.87; annually: 4,500.00 pesos, $338.67.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
