GM Takes on VW, Expects Double Sales in China
9 Apr 2009, 13:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if the current economic situation brought it close to bankruptcy, General Motors expects to double the company's car sales by 2013 and take on Volkswagen Group, its main rival in this part...
GM Upgrades Direct Injection Engines for Better Fuel Efficiency
8 Apr 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Improving fuel efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions as much as possible is one of the main tasks for the struggling American automaker General Motors who is currently facing a 60-day deadline to re...
VW Likely to Snatch GM's World's 2nd Largest Automaker Rank
7 Apr 2009, 14:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Under the strong pressure of the economic turmoil, General Motors might lose the world's second largest automaker spot, automotive industry analysts at market research company R.L. Polk Germany...
General Motors Cuts Hungarian Production
7 Apr 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Things are getting worse for American car manufacturer General Motors, even after the departure of CEO Rick Wagoner, as sales around the world show only slight signs of recovery. Furthermore, GM tod...
GM and Segway Join Forces for Two-Wheel Urban Transportation
7 Apr 2009, 07:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already knew that General Motors is so desperate that it tries to take advantage of every single possible chance to stay in business. Nevertheless, today's news shows a different face of the...
General Motors Sales Down 45 Percent in March
2 Apr 2009, 14:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As if the economic recession and the desperate situation the company currently experiences weren't enough, General Motors is continuously recording very low sales, especially in the United Stat...
Bankruptcy Still Possible, Says GM's New CEO
1 Apr 2009, 21:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Fritz Henderson, the new General Motors CEO, says bankruptcy is still an option for the American car manufacturer especially if the company cannot meet the government 60-window for restructuring ope...
Canada Rejects GM, Chrysler Plans, Refuses to Provide Support
31 Mar 2009, 08:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / What could possible be worse than this? General Motors and Chrysler are already on thin ice, with bankruptcy knocking on their doors ever since the fourth quarter of 2008, so they are desperately lo...
Rick Wagoner "Steps Aside" as CEO of GM
30 Mar 2009, 06:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Shocking news just ahead of the March 31 deadline when the United States government must decide whether to provide more funding to General Motors: Rick Wagoner, chairman and CEO, leaves the company ...
Nearly 7,500 Employees Agree to Voluntarily Leave General Motors
27 Mar 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following this week's announcement that General Motors will debut a job cutting schedule to reduce workforce and get back on track, nearly 7,500 employees agreed to voluntarily leave the compan...
GM's Lutz to Perform in A.R. Gurney's "Ancestral Voices"
26 Mar 2009, 11:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Repairing the company's image and proving Americans that you're indeed working for them just like you said in the past is extremely important nowadays, especially for economic recession-hi...
Germany Still Not Planning to Take a Stake in Opel
23 Mar 2009, 12:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if Opel every once in a while warns that the brand may bite the dust unless it gets financial support, Germany is still not willing to buy a stake into the company, Chancellor Angela Merkel sai...
GM's Rick Wagoner Wants Higher Fuel Prices
19 Mar 2009, 11:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In a flip-flop twist worthy of a Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner ending, Rick Wagoner is suddenly in favor of a major increase in gasoline prices. The General Motors big kahuna said that increasing t...
GM Europe Hires Berger to Help Save Opel
19 Mar 2009, 09:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The European unit of General Motors hired consultancy Roland Berger to help parent company establish a better survival plant for Opel. More specifically, Roland Berger will assist General Motors in ...
SAAB: Dead Brand Walking...
18 Mar 2009, 17:54 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... A few decades ago - let's not go too far and say only three or four - Saab was the epitome of Swedish quirkiness on four wheels. No, it wasn't Volvo, whose sole original trait was (and...
Six to Eight "Very Large" Companies Interested in Buying Saab
17 Mar 2009, 16:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / GM's Swedish unit Saab is again making the headlines after Sweden's Industry Minister Maud Olofsson said that six to eight "very large" companies have expressed their intention t...
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 ...
Opel Says It May Close German Factories After All
10 Mar 2009, 14:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even though several officials clearly stated that Opel does not intend to close any of its production facilities, it may seem like the German brand may actually shut down some plants after all. Acco...
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...
DeLorean Biopic by David Permut Coming Soon
10 Mar 2009, 08:14 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / John Zachary DeLorean is probably one of the most controversial personalities in the entire auto industry since Karl Benz invented the automobile. And now his life story will be turned into a biopic...