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Ex-GM Employee Joins Russia's GAZ as Chairman
Ex-GM Employee Joins Russia's GAZ as Chairman

17 Jun 2009, 09:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Bo Anderson, who recently announced his departed from General Motors, will join the Russian automaker GAZ and will serve as chairman, Reuters revealed today. What's interesting is that Anderson...

 
HUMMER - From the US Army to China
HUMMER - From the US Army to China

16 Jun 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no secret HUMMER is one of the most appreciated brands around the world, especially in the United States where the company has sold most of its cars. But behind the HUMMER nameplate the...

 
GM Undergoes Major Personnel Changes
GM Undergoes Major Personnel Changes

16 Jun 2009, 06:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following the departure of Bo Andersson, who decided to leave General Motors in order to pursue other career opportunities, General Motors undergoes some major personnel changes, as it follows: Shan...

 
New Saab Owner to Be Revealed This Week
New Saab Owner to Be Revealed This Week

15 Jun 2009, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This time Saab says it's serious. After last week it said the new owner of the company was to be announced by Sunday, here we are today talking about the same rumors surrounding the next invest...

 
Orion Offers GM $44 Million in Return for Small Car Production
Orion Offers GM $44 Million in Return for Small Car Production

15 Jun 2009, 13:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A fierce battle has started for GM's small car platform and the American automaker seems to enjoy it. After requesting no less than 200 million dollars from the state of Tennessee in exchange f...

 
The Battle for GM's Small Car Down to Three Plants
The Battle for GM's Small Car Down to Three Plants

11 Jun 2009, 07:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As you probably remember from our previous coverage on the matter, General Motors recently decided after an agreement with the United Auto Workers union to save one of the plants sentenced to closur...

 
GM Back to Profitability by 2011?
GM Back to Profitability by 2011?

5 Jun 2009, 13:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is said to get back to profitability as soon as 2011, the American manufacturer mentioned in court papers. Furthermore, Evercore Partners, the company's financial adviser expects...

 
Penske Group Favorite to Take Over Saturn
Penske Group Favorite to Take Over Saturn

5 Jun 2009, 06:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After General Motors managed to get rid of Opel, the American automaker is now preparing to sell the Saturn brand, with Detroit-based Penske Group now favorite to snatch it. Details are still sketch...

 
Sichuan Tengzhong to Take Over Hummer
Sichuan Tengzhong to Take Over Hummer

3 Jun 2009, 07:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After the company yesterday announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with an outside investor interested in buying the Hummer brand, General Motors today announced that its off-road unit ...

 
New GM 'Reinvent' Ad Released
New GM 'Reinvent' Ad Released

2 Jun 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / General Motors doesn’t lose time. Though it filed for bankruptcy yesterday morning, a new ad for the New GM was released to the American public. The 60-second spot, which has already been post...

 
New GM Details Emerge
New GM Details Emerge

1 Jun 2009, 14:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Bankruptcy was inevitable and everybody knows it, even The General admits it. But Chapter 11 isn't necessarily a bad thing as the future General Motors, often referred to as the "New GM&qu...

 
Holden to Survive Despite GM's US Bankruptcy
Holden to Survive Despite GM's US Bankruptcy

1 Jun 2009, 10:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / GM's Australian division Holden is still on the safe side, government officials were quoted as saying, despite the American manufacturer is getting ready to step under Chapter 11 in the domesti...

 
Renault to Keep Saturn Alive, Sell Cars in the US
Renault to Keep Saturn Alive, Sell Cars in the US

26 May 2009, 09:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Saturn, the General Motors brand which has been often linked with bankruptcy, might be kept alive by Renault, the French manufacturer who is now planning to use the company in order to expand its co...

 
NADA on GM Dealership Cut: Sad and Disappointing
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
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...

 
OnStar Gets Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D Data
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
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...

 
Chevy Volt Still Alive Despite Chapter 11 Threats
Chevy Volt Still Alive Despite Chapter 11 Threats

10 May 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is still keen on developing the over-discussed Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and the company should enter production, as scheduled, in 2010. This is what Tom Stephens, the automaker&#...

 
GM Drives Passenger Car Production Overseas
GM Drives Passenger Car Production Overseas

10 May 2009, 08:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no wonder that automakers around the world are seeking ways to reduce costs in every single area but, in GM's case, things are evolving in desperate way. As if the so-many cost-cut...

 
GM to Continue Opel Negotiations Till May, Hints at Possible Sale
GM to Continue Opel Negotiations Till May, Hints at Possible Sale

29 Apr 2009, 15:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There are a lot of rumors surfacing these days when it comes to GM's German unit Opel but, according to General Motors' new CEO Fritz Henderson, negotiations regarding a potential investme...