GM Establishes South American Unit
22 Jun 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors announced that it is expanding its South American operations by establishing a dedicated regional organization to meet the rising customer demand on the continent.GM South America wil...
GM Ranked High in J.D. Power IQS Study
18 Jun 2010, 08:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors announced that ten of its vehicles have ranked in the top three in their segment for quality performance in the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study (IQS). In addi...
GM and Safe Kids USA Release Summer Child Safety Advice
18 Jun 2010, 07:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / wEvery once in a while, the automotive producers get involved in a social or safety campaign, with the most frequent aim (for the company) being to show the commitment for helping the society. The l...
GM Skipping Summer Shutdown This Year
17 Jun 2010, 14:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors announced that most of its U.S. plants will skip the traditional summer shutdowns this year, in order to help meet buyer demand for the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac cars, crosso...
Opel Gives Up Asking for Loans, GM to Fund It
17 Jun 2010, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a somewhat surprising statement released yesterday, German carmaker Opel said it will no longer try to secure government loan guarantees from European governments and will, from now on, deal with...
Raser PHEV Developer Hits Ex-GM Executives Quads
16 Jun 2010, 07:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Raser Technologies, an U.S. energy technology company which is developing a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) program fro fleet trucks, announced that it has hired four former General Motors ex...
Chevy Volt, Baking in Arizona
16 Jun 2010, 06:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if you are to be the future star of your manufacturer's lineup, it doesn't mean you don't have to go to hell and back to prove your worth, as GM's model found out the hard w...
GM Historic Car Design Art For Sale
15 Jun 2010, 08:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors announced it is offering license for limited edition prints of historic car design art created by car designers to Classic Collector Designs, which will make the works available to th...
Former GM President Jim McDonald, Dies at 87
15 Jun 2010, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM sadly announced last night the passing of its former president, F. James "Jim" McDonald. McDonald, aged 87, died on Sunday, with no specific cause of death being m...
GM IPO, Not Before Q4
14 Jun 2010, 10:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The long-talked about initial public offering (IPO) planned by American manufacturer GM won't happen before the fourth quarter of the year, according to the US Treasury. In a statement released...
Poll: Chevrolet vs. Chevy
11 Jun 2010, 08:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Talk about a blooper... Trying to establish a new brand image for Chevrolet, American manufacturer GM managed to stir a nationwide frenzy among the brands fans, one which, in the end, has forced the...
Opel Aid Rejected
10 Jun 2010, 10:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a few months of uncertainty and debate over the €1.1 billion (US$1.2 billion) in loan guarantees for German carmaker Opel, a decision has been reached. An unpleasing one, as the loan ...
Recall Tsunami Hits GM: 1.5M Cars for Potential Fire Risk
9 Jun 2010, 07:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The recall tsunami, which has just caused serious damage to Chrysler is now hitting General Motors, as the company announced it is calling back 1.5 million 2007-2009 model cars, trucks and crossover...
OnStar Offering Google Maps Turn-by-Turn Directions
8 Jun 2010, 14:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors announced that OnStar has reached an agreement that will allow OnStar users to search for and identify destinations using Google Maps and send those destinations to the Turn-by-Turn...
GM Execs Get Stock Deals
8 Jun 2010, 09:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fresh out of its debt to the US government, American manufacturer GM issued 184,255 salary stock units and 71,155 restricted stock, to be made available to 12 executives if they hit certain performa...
New Financing Offer from GM Certified Used Vehicles
7 Jun 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Certified Used Vehicles division of American manufacturer GM announced today it will be offering, through GMAC Financial Services, a nationwide APR financing of 1.9 percent for buyers of Chervol...
New GM Executive Shakeup
7 Jun 2010, 06:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The changes within GM’s management seem to be unstoppable, as the carmaker announced a new series of changes and switches, this time in its global product planning, powertrain engineering and ...
Three GM Plants in China Certified as Landfill Free
6 Jun 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors is continuing to make efforts to sustain its landfill-free production site plan, with the latest development coming from China, where three GM factories have been certified as landfil...
GM Establishes Venture Capital Subsidiary
4 Jun 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As the automotive world is evolving, the number of technologies involved in this field is following an increasing trend, determining automotive producers to pay more attention to the research and de...
Vauxhall Introduces GM's dexos2 Engine Oil
4 Jun 2010, 13:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Vauxhall has announced the launch of dexos2, General Motors’ own engine oil brand. The new product will be used for servicing all Vauxhall vehicles produced from the 2010 model year onwards in...