US Gives GM Another $4 Billion Loan
25 May 2009, 08:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With a bankruptcy filing rumored to be announced as soon as this week, General Motors confirmed it received another $4 billion from the US Treasury, which raises the total loan it received in the Un...
GM, UAW Reach Tentative Agreement
24 May 2009, 21:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors today announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) which is regarded as a major step towards a successful restructuring process started by the Ame...
Main Street Bondholders Call for a Seat at the Table
22 May 2009, 14:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The prospects of the second American manufacturer entering bankruptcy next week has raised concerns with all the parties involved. The Main Street Bondholders Coalition, a union of GM's small b...
How Satellite Radio Works
22 May 2009, 14:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Technology evolves a lot nowadays and, at the same time, consumers have bigger expectations from all the things they buy. Including cars. And today's automakers continuously struggle to design ...
Germany Wants Magna
22 May 2009, 12:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite the confident stance Fiat's CEO Sergio Marchionne has about his company's bid for Opel, it would appear the German officials are leaning towards Magna when talking about who submit...
GM Reaches UAW Agreement, Lenders Await
22 May 2009, 12:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One minor step for GM, yet in the right direction. The American manufacturer now operating with next week's sword over head has come to an agreement with the UAW, eliminating one of the obstacl...
General Motors Cuts Almost a Half of Canadian Dealers
22 May 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following its announcement that it will reduce the count of US dealerships by almost 1,100, General Motors also takes action in Canada by announcing a similar measure. This time, the American manufa...
US Prepares to Send GM into Bankruptcy
22 May 2009, 09:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / What was only a rumors is slowly becoming reality as a new report, backed by sources close to the matter, is now hinting that the United States government is getting ready to push General Motors int...
Cadillac, Hummer and Saab Head Quits GM
22 May 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mark McNabb, vice president of General Motors Corp.'s Cadillac, Hummer and Saab units is leaving General Motors, the American automaker announced in a release. The reason? McNabb decided to see...
GM's OnStar Gets Injury Severity Prediction
21 May 2009, 06:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / It seems like the almost-bankrupt American manufacturer General Motors is really keen on improving its popular in-vehicle safety system OnStar as the company announced a new feature today - two diff...
GM Promises 15 Percent Better Economy with HCCI Engine
20 May 2009, 14:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors still struggles to tackle the market chaos in key areas and developing new, fuel efficient technologies to reduce fuel consumption seems to be the best way to do it. Well, the America...
Chinese Chevrolet Spark Due to Reach the US in 2011
20 May 2009, 14:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you some time ago, General Motors plans to move the production of some US models in China, citing the lower labor costs and the need for cost-cutting measures as the main reasons. At...
Ford Expects to Benefit From GM's, Chrysler's Dealers Cuts
19 May 2009, 14:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford, the only member of the Detroit 3 who's not seeking financial support from the United States government, said it doesn't plan to apply dealer cuts similar to those of its competitors ...
GM's Legacy Will Help Saab
19 May 2009, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Saab is trying to look on the bright side and hopes that the legacy of the future-former mother company will help the new Saab stay alive as an independent carmaker, Autonews re...
NADA on GM Dealership Cut: Sad and Disappointing
18 May 2009, 08:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following GM's announcement that it will reject around 1,100 dealerships by the end of 2010, the National Automobile Dealers Association described the decision as sad and disappointing, especia...
GM Launches New Ecotec Engines in China
18 May 2009, 06:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors continues its efforts to make its product lineup a bit greener with two new engines with displacements of 1.6 and 1.8 liters that will be produced by its Shanghai GM Dong Yue Automoti...
After Chrysler, GM Starts Killing Dealers Too
17 May 2009, 07:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you in a previous report, as part of a broader campaign to reduce costs and tackle the economic recession, General Motors plans to get rid of more than 1,000 dealerships. Well, the m...
Chrysler's Dealers, Minus 1,000
14 May 2009, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After we already told you the plans GM has with a large part of its dealers, here comes the unpleasant task to do the same for Chrysler. According to some reports surfaced yesterday, the bankrupt Am...
OnStar Gets Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D Data
14 May 2009, 06:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just announced that its popular OnStar emergency technology will be upgraded with Microsoft Virtual Earth support. Basically, this means the system is going to benefit from 3D map...
2010 Opel Astra Official Photos, Video and Wallpapers
13 May 2009, 12:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you earlier today, General Motors has unveiled the 2010 Opel Astra, a mid-size sedan that will be officially shown to the world at on September 17 at the Frankfurt Auto Show. While w...