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GM's Return Policy Loses Ground to $500 Rebate
GM's Return Policy Loses Ground to $500 Rebate

18 Sep 2009, 19:32 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Following GM’s new advertising program launched on September 11, dealers believe people will rather chose a $500 rebate. In an effort to draw attention to their line-up and consequently increa...

 
GM Could Make Commodore Police Cars for the US
GM Could Make Commodore Police Cars for the US

17 Sep 2009, 14:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is aiming to sign a contract with the US authorities to supply cars to the local police departments. The US-based manufacturer will build the vehicles based on the Holden Commodore, w...

 
GM CEO Says Opel Will Be Sold by October
GM CEO Says Opel Will Be Sold by October

17 Sep 2009, 08:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has already agreed to sell 55 percent of Opel to Canadian – Austrian partsmaker Magna International and the US-based company’s CEO expects to get the final signing by earl...

 
The New 9-5, Credits to Saab
The New 9-5, Credits to Saab

16 Sep 2009, 14:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The newly-released Saab 9-5 is 70 percent a creation of the engineers working for the Swedish manufacturer, a company official said, emphasizing that Saab has the ability to produce new models using...

 
Opel Workers to Support Belgians
Opel Workers to Support Belgians

16 Sep 2009, 13:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Magna is already working on the future when it comes to Opel but it appears that things are getting more complicated every day. This time, German workers are threatening that some of them could go t...

 
Ford Agrees with Magna - Opel Deal
Ford Agrees with Magna - Opel Deal

14 Sep 2009, 08:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Carmakers selling cars around the world and doing business with Magna have already raised concerns that a possible acquisition of Opel would lead to a conflict of interests. Volkswagen was even fier...

 
Belgium Could Block the Opel - Magna Sale
Belgium Could Block the Opel - Magna Sale

14 Sep 2009, 07:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if General Motors last week announced that it plans to sell 55 percent of Opel to Magna and cease another 10 percent to the company's employees, the Canadian - Austrian partsmaker and its ...

 
Putin Satisfied with GM's Opel Sale
Putin Satisfied with GM's Opel Sale

11 Sep 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said today that General Motors did the right thing to sell Opel to Magna and Sberbank and revealed that the two allies are currently involved in deep talk...

 
SAIC Could Buy GM Indian Plant
SAIC Could Buy GM Indian Plant

11 Sep 2009, 09:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Chinese carmaker SAIC is reportedly in talks with US former bankrupt automaker General Motors to purchase an Indian plant that would help the company expand its product offering in the region. A...

 
Opel Won't Work Under Magna, Analysts Think
Opel Won't Work Under Magna, Analysts Think

11 Sep 2009, 08:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / It was only a matter of time until General Motors finally confirmed the sale of its German brand Opel to Canadian - Austrian partsmaker Magna International. But even if Magna and its Russian partner...

 
Sberbank Says Opel Sale Still Undecided
Sberbank Says Opel Sale Still Undecided

11 Sep 2009, 08:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if General Motors officially announced that it intends to sell 55 percent to Magna and Sberbank, the state-owned Russian bank doesn't think this is a final decision and warns that there ar...

 
GM Offers 60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee
GM Offers 60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee

11 Sep 2009, 08:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today the launch of a new 60-day Satisfaction Guarantee program for customers who buy their vehicles. The program allows unsatisfied customers to return the car be...

 
Magna Wants Opel Profitable by 2011
Magna Wants Opel Profitable by 2011

11 Sep 2009, 08:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Magna, the new and confirmed owner of Opel, plans to make its new brand profitable by 2011 and start paying dividens by 2015. Obviously, this sounds somewhat impossible, given the current economic s...

 
GM Europe President: Magna the Best for Opel!
GM Europe President: Magna the Best for Opel!

11 Sep 2009, 06:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following the official announcement that General Motors will sell 55 percent of Opel to Magna and Sberbank, GM Europe President and Chairman of the Adam Opel GmbH Supervisory Board Carl-Peter Forste...

 
Confirmed: GM Will Sell Opel to Magna
Confirmed: GM Will Sell Opel to Magna

10 Sep 2009, 14:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / GM has just announced that it will sell a 55 percent stake in Opel to Magna and Sberbank, with employees working at the German manufacturer holding 10 percent of the new company. The American manufa...

 
GM to Keep Opel
GM to Keep Opel

10 Sep 2009, 13:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if GM is yet to make an official announcement regarding Opel, several media reports are already hinting that the American manufacturer wants to keep the German brand and save it by itself. We a...

 
Opel Workers to Protest if GM Doesn't Pick Magna
Opel Workers to Protest if GM Doesn't Pick Magna

10 Sep 2009, 10:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Germany is not the only player piling up the pressure on General Motors to issue a decision on who's better to own Opel. According to a report by Reuters, Opel's workers are now threatenin...

 
Germany Yet to Decide on General Motors Funds
Germany Yet to Decide on General Motors Funds

10 Sep 2009, 09:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In case General Motors finally decides to keep Opel and save the company by itself, Germany would have to support the company by providing a financial loan package, obviously supposed to preserve jo...

 
General Motors Will Cut 1,000 More Jobs
General Motors Will Cut 1,000 More Jobs

10 Sep 2009, 08:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The US former bankrupt automaker General Motors will cut around 1,000 jobs after some of the company's workers will take buyouts and early retirements offers through a programme started by the ...

 
Germany Piles Up the Pressure on General Motors
Germany Piles Up the Pressure on General Motors

9 Sep 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Germany is still awaiting General Motors' final word on Opel but with reports claiming a decision on the brand won't come sooner than October, officials in the country are getting worried....