GM Has a New US Marketing Vice President
5 May 2010, 15:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors has appointed a new vice president of U.S. Marketing, in the person of Joel Ewanick, with the move becoming effective on May 24. As the single point for marketing, Ewanick will hav...
GM to Offer Flex-Fuel on 50 Percent of Its Cars by 2012
5 May 2010, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems like today it's raining flex-fuel pledges in the U.S., as GM and Ford both issued press releases related to this topic. GM says that it is a leader in the production of flex-fuel ve...
GM Deceptively Advertised Loan Repayment
5 May 2010, 09:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The source of the money GM used to repay the US loan last month is no longer a secret. As the US Treasury admitted, the carmaker did nothing but take money from US' right pocket and put it into...
Chevrolet to Adopt "Excellence for All" Slogan
4 May 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Chevrolet is preparing new taglines to be used in the advertisements of its passenger cars and trucks, according to the Wall Street Journal, cited by leftlanenews.com. Just weeks after separatin...
GM Recalling 40,000 Corvettes Due to Steering Column Issue
4 May 2010, 09:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Although automotive enthusiasts regard performance vehicles as true heroes of the road, these cars have their fair share of Achilles’ heel(s), with various issues standing in the way of road b...
GM Sales Up 20 Percent in April
4 May 2010, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fourth month of 2010 proved to be quite lucrative for American manufacturer GM, who after it managed to repay the government loans in full announced a 20 percent sales increase compared to April...
Buick Regal to Offer Flex-fuel Capability
3 May 2010, 15:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors has made another step to bring the sustainable mobility notion from concept to reality, as the automotive producer announced that all 2011 Buick Regals sold starting this fall will of...
Chevrolet Orlando Not Coming to the U.S.
3 May 2010, 09:19 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / GM has announced it dropped plans to sell the Chevrolet Orlando crossover in the U.S. and said it would concentrate on existing models at its biggest division, according to the Automotive News. D...
Rebadged Buick La Crosse Introduced as GM Daewoo Alpheon in Korea
30 Apr 2010, 12:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors used the Busan International Motor Show in Korea to introduce the Daewoo Alpheon to the country, with the vehicle being a rebadged Buick LaCrosse. The Alpheon uses a custom badge...
Buick New Regal Gets Five Star Safety Rating in China
30 Apr 2010, 10:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Buick New Regal from Shanghai General Motors has managed to achieve a maximum five-star safety rating at the recently introduced China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP). China Automotive Te...
Treasury Admits GM Repaid Loan Using Escrow
29 Apr 2010, 08:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last week, Republican senator Charles Grassley of Iowa stepped up and tampered the growing excitement over GM's 5-year-faster-than-expected loan repayment by saying the carmaker did nothing but...
GM Backs EDR Initiative
29 Apr 2010, 07:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Senator Tom Udall's piece of legislation regarding the fitting of all new vehicles with Event Data Recorders (EDRs) has already began causing effects, with most of the car manufacturers operati...
GM to Introduce Chevrolet to Korea - Camaro Included
29 Apr 2010, 06:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors will introduce Chevrolet, its leading global vehicle brand, to Korea next year. The announcement was made by GM Daewoo Auto & Technology President and CEO Mike Arcamore yesterday,...
GM Confirms $890 Million Investment
28 Apr 2010, 06:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having paid the remaining debt to both the US and Canadian governments this wek, American manufacturer GM is getting ready to invest whatever money it has left into the future. GM confirmed yesterda...
Opel to Close Antwerp, Workers Agree
27 Apr 2010, 10:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After more than a year of battling for the future of Opel's Antwerp facility, the employees found themselves caught between the proverbial rock and very hard place and had no choice but to agre...
GM Agrees to Pay Compensation to Russia's Sberbank
27 Apr 2010, 09:09 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / General Motors agreed to pay a compensation to Russian bank Sberbank, after the automaker withdrew at the last minute from negotiations to sell its Opel/Vauxhall European unit. Sberbank, Russia&...
GM to Invest $850 Million in Five North American Plants
27 Apr 2010, 08:04 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / General Motors will announce tomorrow that it will invest more than $850 million in retooling five North American factories, three unnamed sources told Automotive News. The investment will preserve ...
GM's E-ROD Crate Engine, Good for Manual Trannys
27 Apr 2010, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM's Performance Parts division announced yesterday the availability of a new version of the E-ROD crate engine, tweaked into being mated to manual-transmissions. The pric...
Spyshots: Opel Astra GSI
26 Apr 2010, 14:49 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The sporty GSI variant of the Opel Astra range is currently undergoing testing, preparing for the commercial launch which will probably take place this autumn, at the Paris Auto Show. The GSI will b...
First Pre-production Opel Ampera Rolls Off the Line
26 Apr 2010, 14:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A new child was born in the hybrid vehicles world, as the first pre-production Model Year 2012 Opel Ampera rolled off the production line at General Motor's Warren, Michigan assembly plant. ...