GM Extends Discount Program, Includes 2006 Models

General Motors Corp. is extending through Sept. 30 the discount program under which it is selling new cars and trucks to the general public at the same low price a GM employee would pay.

The wildly successful U.S. program, which the ailing automaker introduced on June 1, had been set to expire on Sept. 6, but GM  says it would continue through the end of next month.

Effective immediately, the program would also now include most of GM's full-size pickups and sport utility vehicles from the 2006 model year. It had previously been limited to 2005 model vehicles