CEO: Opel Will Become a Major Force
28 Nov 2009, 08:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors hopes the Opel viability plan will bring the brand in the pinnacle of the European auto sector, despite the massive job cuts it wants to apply in the Old Continent. If we are to trust...
Vauxhall Plant Moving to Three-Shift Schedule
27 Nov 2009, 10:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While General Motors struggles to find the easiest way to trim workforce across Europe, Vauxhall's plant in Ellesmere Port will actually move to a three-shift working schedule in 2011. The move...
The Last Pontiac Built in the US
27 Nov 2009, 09:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Back in April, General Motors was announcing that it will kill the Pontiac brand as part of their survival plan for 2009. Unfortunately, for those who still had hopes for a miracle, the brand had fi...
GM Doesn't Qualify for German State Aid
27 Nov 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is not eligible to receive state aid under the Germany Fund programme that provides financial backing to companies trying to deal with the crisis. At least, this is that a German gove...
GM Infuriates Belgium Officials Over Antwerp Case
27 Nov 2009, 07:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We finally got the first glimpse into GM's Opel restructuring plan yesterday but the US manufacturer's problems are far from being over. The fate of the Belgian plant in Antwerp is one of ...
German Official: GM's Job Cuts Are "Completely Unacceptable"
27 Nov 2009, 07:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors held talks with German officials and labor leaders over the proposed job cuts, revealing that Germany would be the most affected if its restructuring plan gets the final approval. But...
No Other Buyers for GM's Saab
26 Nov 2009, 10:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The end is getting closer for Saab as General Motors might be forced to discontinue the brand unless an interested party is ready to bid for the Swedish brand. And at this point, it seems like killi...
UK Promises Cash to GM
26 Nov 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United Kingdom is ready to provide financial support to General Motors if the company is willing to maintain local operations and not cutting too deep into British workforce. Lord Mandelson told...
GM Still Looking for Saab Buyers
26 Nov 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if Koenigsegg decided to walk away from the Saab deal, the Swedish brand might still live on as parent manufacturer General Motors is still trying to find a bidder for the company. The news cam...
GM Promises to Keep German Opel Plants Open
26 Nov 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While rumors are pointing to dramatic changes in Opel's European business, General Motors promises to keep all German plants open but will attempt to reduce production across the continent by 2...
GM's Opel Job Cut Plan Revealed, Germany the Most Affected
26 Nov 2009, 08:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has already announced that it intends to cut approximately a fifth of its 50,000 European workforce but, until now, nobody knew exactly how many jobs will go at every location Opel is...
GM Works on EV, Hybrid Sound Alert for the Blind
26 Nov 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The advent of electric-powered vehicles, be it in the form of all electric or hybrid versions, posses new challenges for the blind, who no longer can rely on their hearing to identify the position a...
GM: Opel Shake-Up Won't Work Without State Aid
25 Nov 2009, 11:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is currently working on Opel's restructuring plan and, even if it caused the anger of several officials after scrapping the sale to Magna International, the US-based manufacturer...
Angela Merkel Expects Thank You Letter from GM
25 Nov 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German Chancellor Angela Merkel is one of the German officials that struggled to help Opel step aside GM's ownerships and supported Magna's point of view with every single occasion. Furthe...
GM to Cut "Only" 9,000 Opel Jobs
25 Nov 2009, 09:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors finally paid back the loan it received from Germany to keep Opel alive and the company is now promising to cut fewer jobs across Europe. According to Autonews, the US-based manufactur...
Sweden Won't Give Money to Saab
25 Nov 2009, 09:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Saab's situation is getting more complicated every hour after Koenigsegg announced its decision to walk away from the deal and leave General Motors to decide the Swedish company's future. ...
Koenigsegg Pulls Out of Saab Deal, GM to Kill the Brand?
25 Nov 2009, 08:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After months of negotiations and rumors regarding Saab's future, Koenigsegg finally decided to terminate the agreement for purchasing the Swedish brand. Unfortunately, General Motors is yet to ...
GM Offers $2,000 For Closed Dealers' Customers
24 Nov 2009, 16:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Believing that even if the some dealerships will be closed as a result of this year's bankruptcy the customers of the respective stores don't have to switch to Toyota or such, American man...
Opel to Save Bochum Plant
24 Nov 2009, 15:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The future of Opel's plant in Bochum, Germany, seems to still exists, as GM Europe CEO Nick Reilly says. According to the new exec, the plant will continue to play an important role for Opel. ...
GM Wants $4.9 Billion from the EU
24 Nov 2009, 13:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Remember a few weeks back, when, GM's CEO Fritz Henderson said that, if needed, GM could make ends meet by itself and repay the European countries for the money they received this year? Apparen...