GM and SAIC to Build New Engine, Transmission
18 Aug 2010, 07:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chinese appetite for American car manufacturers and the glory the same American manufacturers are enjoying in China takes the most diverse shapes these days. GM for instance, already a partner o...
GM Recalls 240,000 Crossovers
17 Aug 2010, 13:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today it is recalling no less than 243,403 vehicles to fix a potential problem with the second-row safety belts, a problem which in some cases may “make an o...
GM IPO to Come on Tuesday
17 Aug 2010, 12:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / About one year after American manufacturer GM filed for bankruptcy, another filing, this time of a more positive nature, is expected to be made today. We are talking about the already over discussed...
2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe Unveiling Begins
17 Aug 2010, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM decided to set up a very comprehensive strategy for the unveiling of the new Cadillac CTS Coupe, with at least 300 dealerships to host special ceremonies across the US star...
GM Buys Own Strasbourg Plant
16 Aug 2010, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM announced today it has decided to take over the Strasbourg transmission plant from the remains of the old GM, called Motors Liquidation Company (MLC), with the closing of th...
Whitacre Writes Goodbye Memo to Employees
14 Aug 2010, 16:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you already know, American manufacturer GM announced last week that its current CEO and chairman, Edward E. Whitacre Jr., will be leaving his positions starting September 1, to leave the carmaker...
Whitacre Forced to Leave GM before IPO?
13 Aug 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The news that Ed. Whitacre, General Motors’ CEO and Chairman is leaving the company is still a burning hot topic. As expected, a hurricane of other news related to this is starting to come to ...
Dan Akerson Appointed GM CEO, Whitacre Steps Down
13 Aug 2010, 06:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Edward E. Whitacre Jr., who served as interim General Motors CEO since July 10, 2009 after Fritz Henderson's resignation, will step down from this position on September 1, 2010. The reason? It ...
Record OnStar Route Requests in July
12 Aug 2010, 10:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's the summer holiday season and no one knows that better than GM's OnStar, who reported that last month it received no less than 2 million requests for routes. The number is a record in...
GM Launches Scholarships for Women
12 Aug 2010, 07:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM, among the first to turn to women to help them build their cars back in the 1990s, is one again targeting women through a new scholarship program which will launch starting ...
Chevy Volt to Get 240V Chargers
11 Aug 2010, 13:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After revealing most of the details regarding the Volt plug-in hybrid last month, American manufacturer GM is getting ready to reveal the remaining pieces of the puzzle which will make up its first ...
Tire Research Center Set Up by GM and Virginia Tech
11 Aug 2010, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having slowly regained its confidence after last year's troubled bankruptcy, American manufacturer GM is continuing to invest into anything and everything it believes might make the difference ...
Mid-Engined Corvette Development Confirmed
6 Aug 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We can see the effects on the financial crisis on the automotive market everyday. However, the global downturn has also had some negative consequences that are not so obvious. One of the is the inde...
GM Wind Tunnel Turns 30
4 Aug 2010, 14:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever wondered when did carmakers begun paying attention to the drag caused by the shape and size of the car? How did they come to the conclusion that a car's shape can affect its fuel consumpti...
GM Sales Surge 25 Percent in July
4 Aug 2010, 08:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whereas last year American manufacturer GM was fighting for its life, this July is cause for celebration in Detroit, after the sales results for July came in. GM sold last month 199,432 units, repre...
Kent Kresa Retires
4 Aug 2010, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kent Kresa, the man to which GM turned when the carmaker was left without a chairman, is taking his leave from the board of directors because, as GM's guidelines say, members of the board are ...
GM Funds Bright Automotive
3 Aug 2010, 14:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what is a premier for the new, reborn GM, the American manufacturer announced today it has partnered with Bright Automotive, an EV/PHEV start-up manufacturer from Colorado and will also fund the ...
GM Patches Plants to Boost Production
3 Aug 2010, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being faced with an unexpected demand for the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain, American manufacturer GM had to come up with a fast, affordable solution which would allow them to increase the produ...
GM to Increase Volt Production
31 Jul 2010, 11:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After announcing last week a hard to refuse offer in terms of warranty and price for the Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle, American manufacturer GM decided to increase the production capacity for the mod...
EN-V Concept Takes a Midnight Drive in Shanghai
30 Jul 2010, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Tired of having the EN-V Concept on display only at the SAIC-GM Pavilion at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, the Americans from GM decided to show the world how the concept vehicle works, by taking it f...