GM's Total Value Promise will be enjoying its last weekend in existence, as Automotive News states that the automaker will kick off a "Red Tag Event" on Monday. This offer will allow customers to combine rebates with GMS (supplier) pricing + $100. Without rebates, that price is about 2% higher than the employee pricing that was recently offered. The big news here is that the offer applies to 2006 models, as well as remaining 2005 models. GM had previously claimed that the Total Value Promise pricing would run for at least 90 days; its end now comes after only 45 days. The new promo is said to run through January 3rd to cover the end-of-the-year car buying season.

[Sorry, link below is subscription-only]