Dealers Want a National Ad Campaign from GM
17 Mar 2009, 10:45 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Rumors of General Motors being on the verge of bankruptcy have been spread in media all over the world but the Detroit-based automaker has just sit back and deepened in silence. Criticizing its u...
German Officials to Meet US Reps to Save Opel
16 Mar 2009, 15:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Germany's economy minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg will meet with representatives of the United States to discuss the possibilities to help General Motors' brand Opel. According to The ...
Vauxhall Launches ecoFLEX Zafira in the UK
16 Mar 2009, 16:21 UTC · By: Andrei Toma / General Motor's UK brand, Vauxhall, launched the new ecoFLEX Zafira, the latest in the company's ecoFLEX range. The revised vehicle receives a new 1.7 liter diesel engine with combined emi...
Opel Vauxhall Dealers Want to Step In
16 Mar 2009, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The dealers of GM's struggling brands Opel and Vauxhall are considering stepping in and try save the dramatic situation the companies find themselves in. They plan to raise some 400 million eur...
GM Recalls Nearly 270,000 Buick, Chevy, Pontiac and Saturn Models
16 Mar 2009, 13:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Earlier this day, it was only the Hummer H3T which had a problem with the fuel tank that could lead to severe accidents. Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) informed that...
Forster: Opel Not Insolvent
12 Mar 2009, 13:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Motor Europe' CEO, Carl-Peter Forster expressed his opinion about Opel's financial situation and denied in an interview with German radio station Deutschlandfunk that the German ma...
Opel's Fate Depends on Detroit 3
11 Mar 2009, 09:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Speaking about Opel's future and about the chances to help the German brand cope with the economic recession, German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted state aid will only be approved after the ...
GM Delays 4.5l Truck Engine
11 Mar 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Motor's uncertain future put yet another dent in the company's plans, as it was forced to delay of one of the manufacturer's most advanced diesel engine, the 4.5l, destined fo...
GM Will Meet with EU on Friday the 13th
10 Mar 2009, 15:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No superstition seems to be strong enough to keep European Commission representatives to meet with the ones of General Motors and other stakeholders this Friday. With the future of some 300,000 peop...
GM Bets On Direct Fuel Injection
10 Mar 2009, 09:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With CO2 emissions and fuel economy being the talk of the day in this time of crisis, manufacturers are driven to create viable and sometimes strange ways of cutting figures for both of the aforemen...
GM Pleased with Obama's Task Force's Visit to Michigan
10 Mar 2009, 09:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like we told you yesterday, Obama's Task Force formed to supervise the auto industry and bring ailing automakers on the floating line is going to test-drive Chevrolet Volt and visit GM...
Volvo and Saab Should Merge, GM CEO Says
9 Mar 2009, 18:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bob Lutz found it useful to speak his mind at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show and advised Volvo and Saab to merge into one company, completely separate from Ford and General Motors. The advice comes not o...
GM Says Goodbye to PBS Filmmaker Ken Burns
9 Mar 2009, 11:21 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / After ending the partnership with Tiger Woods in December last year, it's now time for General Motors to say goodbye to PBS filmmaker Ken Burns in a desperate effort to save money. According...
GM Canada Avoids Reductions to Salaries, Offers Alternative
9 Mar 2009, 10:24 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Although General Motors Canada is forced to proceed to wage cuts in order to get the so-much needed $6 billion loan from the Government, the Detroit-based automaker agreed to make a series of contra...
Five Bidders for Saab
9 Mar 2009, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Saab fight for survival revolves around their ability to attract new ownership. As it seems interested parties do not cue up to by the company, Saab takes the matter into its own hands and seeks to ...
Ampera Confirmed for the UK Market
9 Mar 2009, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Motors has announced its Ampera model will be available for the UK market under the Vauxhall badge. The right-hand drive version of the model will begin production in 2012, most likely at...
Finally! Somebody Interested in Buying Saturn, GM Confirms
6 Mar 2009, 11:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After several months of uncertainty when nobody, and count here GM too, knew what's gonna happen with Saturn, sources close to negotiations finally confirmed that a "few" parties are ...
German Interior Minister: Insolvency Could Be Opel's Only Hope
6 Mar 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a interview for the Handelsblatt business daily that insolvency may prove to be Opel's only chance to remain in business and, even if most pe...
White House Strives to Revamp Auto Sector
6 Mar 2009, 09:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With General Motors warning that it's possible to file for bankruptcy even with financial support sourced from the US government, White House officials today said Obama's administration is...
GM May Not Survive Outside Chapter 11
6 Mar 2009, 08:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Motor's auditors raised "substantial doubt" about the company's ability to continue its operations in the annual report filled with the US Securities and Exchange Commiss...