GM Offers More Pontiac Incentives
4 Feb 2010, 14:36 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Pontiac brand is dead and there’s nothing we can do about it. And the bad news is that not many people want a piece of the Pontiac history, as General Motors is still struggling to get rid...
NASA Robonaut 2 - Beep Boop Beep Beep Boop Beep Beep Beep
4 Feb 2010, 14:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After Honda and, more recently Toyota, American manufacturer GM previewed a new humanoid robot capable of working side by side with people, dubbed for the time being Robonaut R2. Yet unlike the two ...
Opel Ampera, at EU Conference in Spain
4 Feb 2010, 11:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM and its European subsidiary Opel will present the Opel Ampera at this weekend's EU meeting in Spain, a meeting dedicated to the start of a major electric car project on...
Opel to Launch City Car Based on Trixx Concept
4 Feb 2010, 11:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just after he joined GM Europe and was appointed CEO of both Opel and Vauxhall, Nick Reilly emphasized that launching a mini car is a top priority for the two brands, especially due to the current m...
GM Turns Workers into Test Drivers
4 Feb 2010, 10:52 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / General Motors understood how important the employees’ enthusiasm is, so the automaker decided to launch a program which gives the workers at its Renaissance Center headquarters the chance to ...
Opel to Keep Eisenach Plant Open
4 Feb 2010, 07:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German manufacturer Opel will keep the Eisenach production facility alive, despite initial plans to suspend activity at the plant. After a meeting with Thuringia's prime minister Christine Lieb...
GM Donates 30 GMC Sierra for Haiti
4 Feb 2010, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After yesterday German manufacturer Daimler announced it will donate 20 Fuso Canter trucks to help the Haitian relief effort, it's time for American carmaker GM to answer former Presidents Bill...
German Government Wants More Opel Money from GM
3 Feb 2010, 09:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While General Motors goes further with its restructuring plan for Opel, the German government demands the US-based manufacturer to contribute with more money before receiving state loans to fund the...
Saab Spyker Product Plans, Deal Terms Revealed
2 Feb 2010, 10:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We all know that Spyker is the "lucky" company that managed to snatch Saab from General Motors. But nobody knew exactly what is actually going to happen to the Swedish company after the Du...
General Motors to Keep the V8
2 Feb 2010, 11:00 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The automotive world will not surrender to the tree huggers, and that’s quite a relief. The Americans will not abandon their tradition, as GM vice chairman Bob Lutz said they will keep produci...
Brakes Can Override Unintended Acceleration
2 Feb 2010, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an attempt to put Pontiac Vibe owners at ease, American manufacturer GM tested two such vehicles and tried to find out whether the brakes can override the possible unintended acceleration of the ...
Next GM CEO to Come from within GM
1 Feb 2010, 12:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors went through its biggest reorganization last year when it stepped under Chapter 11 protection and decided to sell or discontinue some of the brands it owned. After changing several up...
Tengzhong, GM Extend HUMMER Deadline
1 Feb 2010, 07:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although everybody expected to see the HUMMER brand stepping under Chinese ownership by end-January, it didn't happen. And even if rumors that the deal might come to a dead end are emerging, th...
Pontiac Vibe Officially Recalled
28 Jan 2010, 07:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As was to be expected, the avalanche of recalls coming from Japanese carmaker Toyota is affecting the Pontiac Vibe as well. The Vibe, built by GM in the now defunct New United Motor Manufacturing (N...
Marchionne Doubtful That Saab-Spyker Would Work
28 Jan 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors yesterday announced its decision to sell Saab to Dutch carmaker Spyker and everyone was happy to finally find out that the Swedish brand will survive. However, some people involved in...
Opel Unions Threaten Strikes on Antwerp Closure
27 Jan 2010, 14:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It would appear it's not all warm and fuzzy in Opel's kingdom, not even after the German carmaker got a new management and a new survival plan. After earlier today workers at the Opel plan...
Magna to Build Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Top
27 Jan 2010, 09:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Magna International will be in charge of building Chevrolet Camaro's convertible top after Edscha AG, which initially held an agreement with General Motors, filed for insolvency. Autonews repor...
Antwerp Union Files Lawsuit Against Opel
27 Jan 2010, 09:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as expected, Opel is facing numerous problems after the company announced earlier this week its decision to shut down the Antwerp plant in Belgium. As we'we told you, several workers block...
GM Invests $246 Million in Manufacturing Electric Powertrains
27 Jan 2010, 08:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Contemporary electric automotive history is being shaped step by step. Yesterday, we reported that General Motors will start building electric motors for hybrid and electric vehicles, thus becoming ...
GM Sells Saab to Spyker
27 Jan 2010, 07:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After months of negotiations, General Motors finally confirmed that it will sell Saab to Spyker but refused to disclose any terms of the deal. The two companies signed a binding agreement which will...