Toyota Sues GM for NUMMI Shutdown, Demands $73 M
1 Dec 2010, 11:34 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Toyota said it filed a lawsuit against Liquidation Co, dubbed "old GM", the company that is auctioning leftover assets after GM closed some of its manufacturing plants. The Japanese carmak...
GM to Boost Engine Production to Meet Volt, Cruze Demand
1 Dec 2010, 10:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chevrolet's Cruze and Volt are more popular than General Motors expected so, in order to face the high demand the company is experiencing these days, engine production at three plants will be i...
Volt Production to Be Doubled or Tripled, GM Says
1 Dec 2010, 10:16 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The new Chevrolet Volt appears to be the change of luck GM was waiting for, with about 240,000 potential buyers expressing interest in the vehicle. In spite of the Volt's great success with cus...
Government Loss as Low as $19Bn in Auto Bailout
30 Nov 2010, 15:55 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The Congressional Budget Office said it expected the government's loss on the auto industry bailout to be around $19 billion, down from its initial estimate of $34 billion. This announcement co...
GM to Hire 1,000 for Future EV Development
30 Nov 2010, 15:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first production version model of the Chevrolet Volt rolled off the assembly lines today, but the American manufacturer is already thinking about the future and a possible successor for the plug...
Volt Production Begins, First to Be Auctioned
30 Nov 2010, 15:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Perhaps years from now, history books will mark this day as the beginning of the end for the over a century old internal combustion engine. Today, American manufacturer GM begun mass production of t...
Chevrolet Volt Arriving in Less than a Month, GM Is Exuberant
30 Nov 2010, 15:08 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / With the first deliveries of the Chevy Volt taking place next month, General Motors is on its path to a green future, probably filled with success. The automaker will mark the occasion with a cel...
Obama Buys 25 Percent of US Hybrids
30 Nov 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The US government has always supported the green car market, so nobody should be surprised when hearing that the White House administration has purchased the biggest number of hybrid vehicles in the...
Baojun 630 Likely to Be Priced at $7000
30 Nov 2010, 08:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already knew that GM's new Baojun brand is going to build affordable cars in China, so now we finally have the first speculation regarding the price the future models will be sold for. Voice...
November, a Great Month for US Auto Industry
30 Nov 2010, 07:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A few interesting model launches and a visible recovery in the consumers' appetite for new vehicles, combined with the image comeback for the American manufacturers which last year were struck ...
Cadillac, Sponsor of the World Golf Championships
29 Nov 2010, 23:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Seeing how getting its name on the front entrance of a golf tournament can be good for business, American manufacturer GM sent the Cadillac brand on a search for the best such competition to sponsor...
Nexteer Sale Finalized
29 Nov 2010, 23:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today it has completed the sale of Nexteer Automotive to Pacific Century Motors (PCM), five month after the company formed by The Tempo Group and an affiliate of t...
GM Adds Second Shift at Oshawa Plant, Brings Back 700 Jobs
29 Nov 2010, 16:05 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / GM will add a second shift to the Oshawa Car Assembly Plant's flexible manufacturing line to support the production of the new Camaro Convertible and the Buick Regal which will begin in early 2...
GM Considering CVT Transmission for Small Cars
29 Nov 2010, 15:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In order to give their small model range more flexibility, General Motors wants to introduce continuously variable transmissions to deliver better fuel economy, according to executives. [ad] The ...
Cadillac ATS, CTS to Use Alpha RWD Platform
29 Nov 2010, 14:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 2014 Cadillac CTS and Chevrolet Camaro will both be using the new Alpha platform developed for the ATS, Cadillac’s answer for the BMW 3 Series. The move will make the new models cheaper t...
GM Opens Flexi-Fuel Plant in India
29 Nov 2010, 06:55 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / GM inaugurated its new flexi-fuel engine manufacturing facility in Talegaon, India. This is GM’s first facility that permits the manufacture of petroleum and diesel engine simultaneously. T...
Chrysler Financial Looking for Buyer
27 Nov 2010, 13:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The problems in the financial sector which caused so much trouble last year are continuing to exert pressure on some of the financial institution created by caramkers. Whereas GMAC has pretty much r...
GM IPO Becomes Largest in History
27 Nov 2010, 11:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A carmaker of GM's magnitude wouldn't have had it any other way. The initial public offering recently made by the American manufacturer has become, by all intents and purposes, the largest...
UK's Component Industry Could Disapear by 2016
26 Nov 2010, 14:35 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Members of the Welsh Automotive Forum (WAF) were cautioned that UK's automotive component industry reached a critical moment and could vanish by the middle of the decade unless immediate action...
GM Executives Bought Stock at Initial Price
25 Nov 2010, 10:48 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / {img}Ten GM directors and ten executives bought shares for $33 each, the initial offering price, according to documents filed Wednesday with federal regulators. General Motors Co. gave about 600,...