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Link So because US automakers make better large vehicles and therefore sell more they get penalized more? Was CAFE dreamed up by politicians that don't understand math? Seems like required mileage ratings should depend on the class of vehicle. I'm not opposed to gas mileage requirements but it's really not going to force construction companies to trade their 1-ton work truck for a Honda Civic. Trucks are still needed, and this penalizes companies who make good ones and therefore sell more. This is going to hurt US industry more in the process. Did I miss something?
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Automotive News May 29, 2008 - 3:37 am ET UPDATED: 5/29/08 4:29 p.m. EDT DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors' top managers are working on additional restructuring measures to deal with a declining U.S. auto market and an accelerated shift from trucks to more fuel efficient vehicles, a person familiar with the plan told The Associated Press late Wednesday. The person, who requested anonymity because the plan is still being devised, would not give details of what is under discussion by Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner and his top managers. The source told the AP that GM will furlough entire shifts of workers at some truck factories and may move them to nearby car plants…
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CADILLAC TOP BRAND, GM HAS 11 CATEGORY WINNERS IN AUTOPACIFIC AWARDS .... Cadillac was named the top brand among all sold in the U.S., and eleven GM vehicles were the top in their categories in AutoPacific's 2008 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards (VSA). The awards were based on the results of AutoPacific's 2008 model year vehicle satisfaction research that measures how satisfied an owner is with their new passenger car or light truck. The brand with the highest satisfaction rating is Cadillac. The vehicle - car or truck - registering highest overall satisfaction in 2008 is the new Toyota Sequoia Large Sport Utility Vehicle. The passenger car with the highest overall satisfa…
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For those of you with Onstar's Directions & Connections Plan, eNav is finally up and running at Mapquest.com. I think it is nice that, 1) it took so long to get it here, was suppose to start toward the end of last summer, and 2) they launch it AFTER the Memorial Day weekend. Oh well, at least it is here finally. For those that don't know what eNav is, OnStar eNav, an enhancement to the Turn-by-Turn Navigation service allows subscribers to plan travel destinations on the MapQuest.com® site and then send them to their OnStar-equipped vehicle. Once on the road, simply press the OnStar phone button, follow the voice-guided commands, and select a destination. Plan online…
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GM to take a $1.8 billion hit in Q2, thanks to UAW going on strike against American Axle
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The final UAW local union ratified a new labor agreement with American Axle on May,22,2008 ending a work stoppage that affected appoximately 30 GM plants in North America. As previously disclosed , the work stoppage at American Axle resulted in a loss of appoximately 100,000 production units in the first quarter of 2008 , which had estimated impact on earnings before tax of appoximately $0.8 billion. In the second quarter , the American Axle strike is expected to result in the loss of an additional 230,000 production units , which is estimated to have an earnings before tax impact of approximately $1.8 billion.The whole filing here
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BREAKING! Chevrolet Now Makes the Most Fuel-Efficient Compact and Midsize Cars (autosavant.net)
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MUCH MORE HERE Igor
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UAW Local 602 ends strike against the Lambda's , and ratify new local contract with GM.
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Look at what the head of the UAW Local 602 Bargaining Chairman Steve Bramos had to say , HE STILL THINK GM IS A MONEY TREE.What a dumass.
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GM has reached a deal on the local contract with UAW Local 31 at the plant Tuesday evening , company spokesman Dan Flores said. We're certainly pleased that we have a tentative agreement , Flores said. "Obviously , Malibu and Aura are very important products for us." Industry analysts have said the strike in Kansas City and one at a key crossover vehicle plant in Delta Township ,Michigan(the Lambda's) were designed to draw GM into a long , bitter strike by the UAW against parts maker American Axle. Union officials , including UAW President Ron Gettelfinger , denied any connection and said the strikes were over local contract disputes. The UAW and American Axle reach…
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Apparently the building was leased previously. CNN Money article
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http://www.gmfleet.com/ A few, somewhat, interesting things shown: 2008 mileage is still shown. The Aveo 5 mileage is up from the 26city/34hwy they said at it's debut to 27city/35hwy. The picture of the Malibu they show doesn't have the front side marker light. Bluetooth on the G8 will be a late availabillity item. The XLR's new face can be seen on page 52. The best photoshop EVER of new wheels on the Tahoe Special Services model can be seen on page 126.
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This is stupid
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MUCH MORE HERE Igor
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Click Here For The Full Story. Being a former GM employee building the 4T's, it's really too bad to see this product to the waste side. Yet another major blow to the Windsor area.
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From the ever-interesting Autoblog website: GM RWD Update: FWD Impala remains, Zeta to merge with Sigma Enjoy and discuss!
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While I can't say any of these GM cars and trucks are good looking (except for the pretty stock Solstice GXP, not the Ferrari wannabe one) at least they are basing them off some real cars (is that good or bad). Question, is that a Cobalt next to the riced Mustang? http://blog.cardomain.com/blog/2008/03/mor...ics-f.html#more
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More at link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24383373/ The good news is that most of the loss was due to one-time charges with GMAC and Delphi. GM stock is actually up right now. Automotive operations only lost $350 million.
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Dave Guilford Automotive News April 28, 2008 - 4:36 pm ET DETROIT -- General Motors today moved to cut full-size truck production in North America by 138,000 units for the remainder of the year. GM will take out about 88,000 units of full-size pickup production and 50,000 units of full-size SUV production, the automaker said in a press release. GM said that it is eliminating one shift of production at its full-size pickup truck assembly plants in Pontiac, Mich.; Flint, Mich.; and Oshawa, Ontario; and its full-size SUV assembly plant in Janesville, Wis. The Pontiac and Flint pickup plants already are idled because of a parts shortage stemming from the UAW's …
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General Motors Corp. Annual Meeting of Stockholders Jun 3, 2008 9:00 a.m. ET Event Details Speakers Rick Wagoner, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Location Hotel du Pont 11th and Market Streets Wilmington, DE Description The annual meeting of stockholders of General Motors Corporation will be held at 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at the Hotel du Pont, 11th and Market Streets, Wilmington, Delaware. The meeting will include a report on the state of the business and then focus on electing directors, voting on the selection of independent public accountants and stockholder proposals, and related discussion. After that, we will provide ti…
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http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/05/news/compa...igoil_hydrogen/ Toyota, GM: Hydrogen fuels cells are not viable http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0305-fuel_cells.html
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McNabb Lands at GM - Heading New “Premium” Channel Posted Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 at 3:24 pm Link to Original Article on The Car Connection Mark McNabb, who resigned from one of Nissan’s top marketing jobs in North America, has resurfaced at General Motors. The 47-year-old McNabb will joins GM as the head of the company’s new “Premium” sales channel, whch includes the Cadillac, Hummer and Saab brands.. Jim Taylor, Cadillac divisional manager, Martin Walsh, Hummer divisional manager, and Steve Shannon, Saab divisional manager will report to McNabb, GM officials said. “Mark McNabb is a world-class executive with extensive experience. His background with Mercedes…
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UAW should be re-named United Assholes Bitches
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David Barkholz Automotive News April 22, 2008 - 4:28 pm ET General Motors has won a two-day reprieve from a possible UAW local strike of its key Chevrolet Malibu assembly plant in Kansas City, Kan. Officials at UAW Local 31 agreed to allow negotiations to extend into Thursday, April 24, before a decision is made whether to walk out, said Local 31 President Jeff Manning. He said talks are progressing slowly. The 2,600 workers at GM's Fairfax assembly plant would not approve what GM is offering on some key issues, including seniority rights and job security. The Fairfax plant makes about 3,100 of the hot-selling Malibu sedans a week. GM has only a 37-day supp…
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VW may overtake GM in China: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/20...icle_356353.htm
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* GM Europe Q1 volume of 572,137 is the highest ever Q1 volume * Chevrolet Europe Q1 sales up 30 percent to a record market share of 2.2 percent * GM Russia sales up 78 percent * Cadillac’s European sales up 13 percent in the first three months * HUMMER sales in Europe increase by 59 percent compared to Q1 2007 Zurich. In the first quarter of 2008, General Motors (GM) Europe sales reached an all-time record of 572,137 vehicles*, an increase of 18,111 units compared to Q1 2007. The company market share was 9.6 percent. “The Chevrolet brand’s strong growth – especially in Eastern and Central Europe – continued in the first quarter of 2008. As the new Aveo, Chevr…
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http://www.gm.com/shop/currentoffers/ownerloyalty/ up to 2k on select models!
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http://www.chevrolet.com/autismspeaks/ as a parent of an awesome autistic little girl, do me all a favor and check out the link above for a Chevy promo to help fight autism....
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By BYRON MATHIOUDAKIS 16 January 2008 GENERAL MOTORS has confirmed that a VE Commodore-based Monaro is a non-starter for now, as Holden is set to lead any pending development of the smaller rear-drive Torana. Speaking at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, GM ‘car czar’ Bob Lutz sounded the Monaro’s death knell loud and clear. “I think (the Monaro/Pontiac GTO) is gone for now,” Mr Lutz said. “We’ve got nothing in the product plan right now like that. We’d like to have, but you can’t do everything.” However, the ebullient senior GM executive then went on to raise hopes that the Holden-developed but Canadian-built Chevrolet Camaro – due to be la…
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Todd Lassa, in an editorial for Motor Trend, has given his opinion for GM and Ford's rear-wheel-drive strategies. He makes product suggestions for Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, and Chevrolet. See if you agree. For a direct link, click here.
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article i found on the wall street journal about what chevy, ford, and chrysler plan to do when the forcast is down... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1205932520...p_us_whats_news "Most auto makers have been forecasting industry sales of 15.5 million to 15.7 million cars and light trucks this year, down from nearly 17 million two years ago. But turmoil on Wall Street has raised concerns that vehicle sales could come in even lower. A new forecast by J.D. Power & Associates earlier this week put industry-wide sales of light-duty cars and trucks this year at 14.95 million, the lowest level since 1994." be sure to watch the video clip to for some "advice" on what th…
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GM Production Schedule Through 2013! Production Commitments At GM Assembly Facilities Major truck/SUV developments Major car developments Arlington, Texas *GMT-900 truck and SUV continued until 2012 *C3XX full-sized truck and SUV replacement beginning 2013 Bowling Green, KY *Corvette and Cadillac XLR continue until 2011 *Corvette and XLR replacement products beginning 2012 Detroit Hamtramck, Mich. *Buick Lucerne and Cadillac DTS continue until 2010 *Global Delta MPV7 beginning in 2009 *Global Delta Volt beginning in 2010 *Global Epsilon Chevrolet beginning in 2012 Fairfax, KS *Chevrolet Malibu and Saturn Aura continue until 2011 *Global Epsilon Buick and Saturn beg…
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Noticed that Ford and Toyota have both posted their Feb sales numbers (both down, btw), so I thought I'd browse out to media.gm.com and see if GM had posted their sales numbers yet (they haven't). Did see a post titled: "GM To Make Major Technology Announcement At Geneva Motor Show" http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet...amp;docid=43974 Details are skimpy: At this year’s Geneva Motor Show, GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will make a major announcement regarding hybrid technology. Media are invited to view the event via webcast. WHEN: Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 8:45 a.m. EST/2:45 p.m. CET WHERE: GM press conference during Geneva Motor Show View the …
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I think CPF is wearing that purple tie just for me. http://www.gmeurope.tv/webcast/index.php?a...channel=webcast
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Linkity What's difficult to understand is why Detroit's automakers lose billions of dollars making cars and trucks here, while competitors like Toyota, Honda, BMW and Mercedes, who build them here too, make a fortune at it. They're all building new plants or expanding production at the old ones while Detroit is shutting factories. General Motors, for example, reported a loss of $39 billion for last year, and my guess is that Toyota will have an operating profit approaching $20 billion for its March 31 fiscal year, with the North American operations the greatest contributor to that. Here's my explanation: Rebates. Detroit has to pay buyers t…
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=new...id=amu7IIYCoDYQ Okay, I've been a little skeptical at how car companies interpret and report their own costs for a long time, so it's natural for me to really wonder how in the hell a company the size of GM, which still sells quite a few cars btw, can go from making profits pretty consistently to almost sudden death in 1 year (think 2004 to 2005)? I have to agree with the commentary for the most part - but haven't we been hearing this doom and gloom story about GM losing market share and going bankrupt , not being competitive, etc, etc, for a very long time? Here it is, 2008, and GM is still here. Something else I th…
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Our friends over at Pickuptruck.com have learned that Pontiac will debut a production-ready ST pickup at this year's New York Auto Show in late March. The Pontiac ST pickup is based on the Holden VE Ute that recently debuted in Australia, and since development of the vehicle consists mainly of grafting the Pontiac G8 front clip onto the Holden VE Ute, the business case for the vehicle is a no-brainer. What did stand between the Pontiac ST pickup and production was the U.S. exchange rate between the Australian and U.S. dollar, but apparently the difference isn't as bad as once thought and the price of the ST won't be out of reach for its target market. Pickuptruck.com also…
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http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...p;rssfeed=rss01 By JAMIE LAREAU, AUTOMOTIVE NEWS "General Motors may build a Buick luxury car that is sized and priced below the LaCrosse. Executives are rethinking GM's U.S. product plans in light of new federal regulations requiring an average fuel economy of 35 mpg by 2020, company insiders say. The small Buick could be one outcome. The vehicle would be based on the Buick Excelle sedan that debuts in China by early next year. "I definitely think there might be a market for a luxury-crafted smaller car for Buick," says a senior GM source. GM would have to resolve where in North America to build the car. Also, exec…
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During its all-brand meeting February 10, 2008, GM said that it would share the technology used in the Chevrolet Volt with its other brands. To view the entire story, as reported by Automotive News, click here. I think this would be the perfect opportunity to call a new Buick "Electra"!
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This is interesting. Something we probably all already figured (for Caddy). http://www.thecarconnection.com/blog/?p=815&DID=RSS
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GM Offers LA Drivers E85 Ethanol for 85 Cents a Gallon FlexFuel Vehicle Promotion Targets Ethanol Infrastructure Growth BRENTWOOD, Calif. – The rising price of gasoline is hard to avoid in Los Angeles, but owners of the more than 46,000 FlexFuel vehicles capable of running on E85 ethanol are about to get a break this Tuesday – paying only 85.9 cents a gallon for the cleaner, alternative fuel. On February 26th from noon to 2:00 p.m., Conserv Fuel at 11699 San Vicente Blvd. in Brentwood will offer E85 ethanol for 85 cents a gallon. And General Motors is paying the bill. GM is sponsoring the promotion to help raise awareness about the first station in Los Angeles t…
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1000 loyalty bonus in effect GM card topoff in effect auto show bonuses end of season discounts BUY BUY BUY i can buy a 1SV G6 for 11k right now. (15k after 2500 rebate) minus 1k loyalty - 3k GM card topoff. GO GM!
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CNN has a headline that says that GM is going to post a $39 billion loss last year. Not a huge surprise, as it pretty much all came in a write off from the third quarter against future tax credits
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On February 17, 2008, the San Francisco Chronicle printed an interview with GM's Chairman and CEO, Rick Wagoner. There are a number of interesting questions, such as a query about his job performance: "Q: When you became CEO, you had four main goals. One was to develop a sense of urgency for GM. The second was to become innovative. Thirdly, stretch beyond your limits or imagined limits and act as a single company. Do you feel you are delivering on that? A: I would say those are running pretty well. Basically, the last one talks about the fact that we tended to run our business as a U.S. business, Europe business, etc. To be competitive, and to take advantage of the be…
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GM Offers Buyouts to 74K Hourly Workers February 12, 2008 9:38 AM ET MSN Money; Sourced from Associated Press DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp., eager to lower wages and staunch the kinds of losses it saw in 2007, said Tuesday it is offering a new round of buyouts to all 74,000 of its U.S. hourly workers who are represented by the United Auto Workers. Workers will be given the details of the buyouts over the next several weeks. Most of those who accept are expected to leave by July 1, the company said. The UAW represents 98 percent of the company's U.S. hourly workers, with smaller unions representing the rest, GM spokesman Dan Flores said. GM won't say how ma…
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“Five Things I Think I Think” Remarks by Robert A. Lutz Automotive News World Congress Marriott Hotel GM Renaissance Center Detroit, Michigan January 23, 2008 Thanks and good evening, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be back at the Automotive News World Congress. It’s been five years since I’ve spoken here, which seems unbelievable to me, but it’s true. Back in ’03, I predicted that the automotive industry was on the cusp of a New Golden Age… then proceeded to explain how the New Golden Age wasn’t going to look much like the Old Golden Ages. To my credit, I didn’t say exactly when this was going to happen… Obviously, we’re not reveling in the throes …
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Article GM sees room to consolidate luxury dealerships Saturday February 9, 11:31 pm ET By Kevin Krolicki SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (NYSE:GM - News) will step up consolidation of dealerships handling its three luxury brands in a bid to shore up profitability, the automaker's chief executive said on Saturday. GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said the top U.S. automaker had made progress in helping to steer mergers of dealerships offering its Buick, Pontiac and GMC brands but needed to do the same now to restructure the retail network for its Cadillac, Hummer and Saab brands. "We want to run a little harder at our luxury side," Wagoner told re…
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Article General Motors Wants You To Help Write Its Memoirs Date posted: 02-08-2008 DETROIT — As part of the celebration of its 100th anniversary, General Motors is asking the public to "share their personal, first-person experiences" with the automaker. "We welcome everyone to share their stories and build a rich and continuously evolving history of GM's people and products," said Steve Harris, GM vice-president of communications. To submit a reminiscence, writers are asked to contribute to the Generations of GM Wiki on GMnext.com, where they can post a picture, write a story or read what others have written. Apparently, censorship will be kept to a minimum, …
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"Consumer Reports: CTS tops BMW, Mercedes rivals; Malibu 'excellent'" The 2008 Cadillac CTS finished third in Consumer Reports ranking of upscale sports sedans announced today with the release of the magazine's March issue. The CTS received a rating of "excellent" to vault past the BMW 328i and the redesigned Mercedes-Benz C300, which were rated "very good." The Infiniti G35 and Acura TL still outscored the CTS to lead the class of 12 sports sedans that Consumer Reports rated at its auto test center in East Haddam, Conn. "The Cadillac CTS now competes toe-to-toe with some of the best German and Japanese sport sedans," said David Champion, senior director of automo…
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i dont know if this is the right section but.... Clicky
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From CAR Magazine - Opel cans Calibra Mk2 In short, Lutz proposed the idea as a way to get more utilization out of the Alpha platform, but GME nixed it based on Europe's upcoming CO2 regulations. That is, a rear-drive car is naturally less efficient than a comparable front-driver, and hence produces more CO2 pollution - it's basically Europe's version of CAFE regs. Lutz also noted that the Alpha-based small Caddy would be imported to Europe regardless when it appears. The comments under the article basically seem to rag on Lutz for trying to push an "inefficient" product on Europeans - I fail to see how it's any more wasteful than the supremely overweight BMW 1-series…
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Isuzu to Leave US Market http://www.leftlanenews.com/isuzu-to-leave-us-market.html
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Rick Kranz Automotive News January 28, 2008 - 12:01 am ET DETROIT — Never mind fuel cells, plug-ins or diesels. To achieve quick improvements in fuel economy, General Motors is adopting an off-the-shelf technology: small engines with turbochargers. Next year GM will introduce a turbocharged 1.4-liter gasoline engine for small U.S. cars. The Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Astra are candidates for the engine, which is available without a turbocharger in the European Opel Astra. GM engineering chief Jim Queen confirmed the company's plans to use the powertrain and said it could be used in mid-sized vehicles, too. "You're going to see turbocharged four-cylinders in…
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General Motors said it sold 9.369,524 vehicles worldwide last year,up 3 percent from 2006,which also beat out Toyota for the top spot,Toyota sold 9,366,000 vehicles in 2007.
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If everyone else is going to build cars like Tata's headline-grabbing Nano, GM's going to pile on, too. The Lutz cites GM's part-ownership stake in Wuling Motors, a Chinese manufacturer of sub-$3,000 utility vehicles as a possible source of a GM Nano competitor. Lutz went on to say that one way to make an inexpensive car for the developing world is to repurpose a legacy platform that has become obsolete. The tooling and design will have long been paid off, and there'll be plenty of experience from the manufacturing side, too. Read the whole article here.
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Rick Kranz Automotive News January 25, 2008 - 3:29 pm ET DETROIT -- The Canadian Auto Workers union local representing employees at General Motors' Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant is threatening to strike this fall unless the automaker confirms additional products and jobs. CAW Local 222 warned GM on Thursday that the automaker is not living up to promises made in 2006 to build other models there besides the Chevrolet Camaro, the Toronto Star reported earlier today. The CAW's contract with GM expires Sept. 17. Camaro production begins in February 2009. Besides that car, the plant had been expected to assemble other new rear-wheel-drive models. The plant currentl…
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I guess we don't really care about GMDAT here... http://www.autoincar.com/2008-gm-daewoo-ge...badge-in-korea/ Essentially Daewoo's own version of the new Aveo5. For the first time I actually think Daewoo's car look better than the Chevy version.
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DETROIT — Backed by a hefty $300-million launch marketing campaign, the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu reportedly is quickly streaming out the doors of the dealerships nationwide that have been fortunate enough to get a few of the hot-selling models. Evaluations of Malibu's initial sales performance necessarily are just anecdotal at this early point, because it has been officially available only for less than a month and is still just beginning to trickle into most showrooms. But GM spokesman John McDonald confirms that Malibu "has had very fast turn rates" that have been contributed to "by limited supply at the start of the system fill." The nation's top seller of the old Malib…
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After reading the following article, it seems like no wonder that Bob Lutz has been so bullish on E-85 ethanol in the press recently, and not too enthusiastic on diesel. Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn By Chuck Squatriglia www.wired.com A biofuel startup in Illinois can make ethanol from just about anything organic for less than $1 per gallon, and it wouldn't interfere with food supplies, company officials said. Coskata, which is backed by General Motors and other investors, uses bacteria to convert almost any organic material, from corn husks (but not the corn itself) to municipal trash, into ethanol. "It's not five years aw…
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From today's Globe & Mail newspaper. GM's move south a blow to Ontario Rear-wheel-drive cars scrapped or moved to Michigan; company blames new fuel economy rules GREG KEENAN January 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM EST General Motors Corp. has scrapped plans to build some rear-wheel-drive cars at its giant operations in Oshawa, Ont., a move that could threaten the long-term future of the largest vehicle assembly plant in Canada and thousands of jobs. The auto maker has scuttled the rear-wheel-drive version of the Chevrolet Impala, which was scheduled to represent half the output of a leading-edge flexible assembly plant now under construction in Oshawa, industry so…
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Stephen Downer Automotive News January 25, 2008 - 2:41 pm ET MEXICO CITY -- General Motors on Thursday, Jan. 24, said it has opened a $50 million hot weather test track in Cupuan del Rio in western Mexico. The town has an average air temperature throughout the year of 90 degrees. The track is 3.5 miles long and is on 4,447 acres between the coastal resort of Zihuatanejo, in the state of Guerrero, and the Michoacan state capital of Morelia. GM, which employs 134 at the track, said it started looking for a location in 2000. Fifty potential sites were considered before Cupuan was selected. EDIT: CD, if you need me to translate, my Spanish is muy bueno.
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General Motors is considering building a micro-premium car, a new report finds. The model — which is being considered in the wake of new CAFE regulations and $100 a barrel oil — would compete against the MINI Cooper, BMW 1-series and Audi A3. However, GM is still deciding which architecture to use in the new car. The Detroit automaker recently announced that it will build a production a version of the Beat concept in the coming years, but its fuel-efficient front-drive setup wouldn't translate well into a driver-focused premium package. The Kappa platform remains a possibility — the same that underpins the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice — as does a new small rear-wheel…
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More Zeta info from Go Auto: Come in Crewman BIGGER AND BETTER IN ’08 By BYRON MATHIOUDAKIS in DETROIT GENERAL Motors product czar Bob Lutz has revealed that GM is set to display a VE-based SUV in the form of a four-door utility. Speaking to Australian media at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, Mr Lutz hinted that it might herald the unexpected return of the Crewman dual-cab ute in Australia, not to mention a new export opportunity to the United States for Holden. “We will have a ute concept at the NY show, but that is going to be badged GMC,” he said. “That is a global design study – and a very interesting study in that it is…
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http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-produce-...nano-rival.html
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Some interesting tidbits! General Motors held a conference with analysts today in which it outlined the automaker's turnaround progress and plans for 2008, the result of which is a press release (after the jump) that is the most boring piece of literature ever to be read. We tried, and were comatose by the first set of bullet points. Those who soldiered on, however, discovered that GM's cost-cutting plans for 2008 include offering worker buyouts to 46,000 eligible employees and potentially closing more facilities. Follow the jump for the skinny on the details, as well as the official snooze-inducing press release from GM. [source: GM, The Detroit News] The new wor…
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Article GM Launches Partnership With Ethanol Firm Coskata By LAUREN ETTER January 14, 2008 General Motors Corp. announced Sunday that it is partnering with a new cellulosic ethanol company, the most recent move by the automaker to boost its green credentials and a sign the race to produce fuel out of waste is intensifying. The Illinois-based company, Coskata, Inc. is one of nine cellulosic ethanol companies backed by billionaire investor Vinod Khosla and is one of more than a dozen companies in the U.S. that are rushing to develop a way to efficiently produce cellulosic ethanol. This type of fuel can be made from many different materials, including wood, orang…
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http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/13/autos/car_of_the_year/index.htm?postversion=2008011310 Truck of the Year January 13 2008: 10:05 AM EST NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors' Chevrolet Malibu mid-size sedan, radically redesigned for the 2008 model year, won the North American Car of the Year Award Sunday at the first media preview day for the Detroit Auto Show. The Mazda CX-9, a sporty crossover SUV, was named Truck of the Year. The Malibu and CX-9 were selected by a jury of 47 automotive journalists from the United States and Canada representing a range of media outlets including Fortune magazine, Edmunds.com, Road & Track and the Chicago Tribune. To b…
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Jamie LaReau Automotive News January 13, 2008 - 5:43 pm ET DETROIT -- General Motors will announce the details of phase two of its attrition plans soon. The plan would eliminate more hourly jobs this year, said CEO Rick Wagoner. GM is working with the UAW on the second part of an attrition program announced late last year after reaching a contract agreement with the union. Wagoner would not say how many jobs will be eliminated in this round because GM is still working on the program. The plan will target workers close to retirement age. They would be given a buyout package offer, and those who take it likely would be replaced eventually by lower-paid, younger…
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Jamie LaReau Automotive News January 13, 2008 - 1:45 pm ET UPDATED: 1/13/08 3:17 p.m. DETROIT -- General Motors is willing to boost incentive spending in 2008, says Mark LaNeve, vice president of North American vehicle sales, service and marketing. He says he believes that U.S. vehicle sales in 2008 will be flat because manufacturers will likely spend more on incentives to keep it around 16 million. GM in the past has been known to spend more on incentives than some of its competitors. "We've broken that cycle of incentive spending," LaNeve said, noting that buyers' reasons for choosing GM have evolved from a great deal to a great product. "But you sti…
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Lutz Talks Back Part I "Hey Bob...what's up with all the concept cars that never go into production" In the first of what promises to be several installments where Vice Chairman Bob Lutz talks face-to-face with the camera to respond to some boiling questions about the present and future of GM, its divisions, and individual products, Mr. Lutz answers the perennial question of what the heck is the deal with stunning concepts not being produced? In short summation... Velite - 'Prioritized out' as a result of increased spending towards fuel-efficiency and alternative fuel/propulsion Bel Air - Not a 'compellingly-beautiful car' to fund. Sixteen - No. Period. From a 'pu…
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This is a long article so I'm not going to post all the text here. It was a pretty good read, though. The rest of the article can be found HERE
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Reuters January 11, 09:05 CET SHANGHAI (Reuters) -- General Motors Corp said today its vehicle sales in Asia Pacific grew 15.1 percent in 2007, helped largely by strong demand in mainland China. The top US automaker sold a record 1.44 million vehicles in Asia, boosting its market share in the region to an estimated 6.9 percent, up from 6.5 percent in 2006, it said in a statement. Sales in China rose 18.5 percent to a record 1.03 million vehicles during the period. In Korea, domestic sales of GM and GM Daewoo products hit an all-time high of 131,040 units, while exports of vehicles by GM Daewoo rose to more than 820,000 units, it said, without providing comparat…
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Nissan To Build New Suzuki Pickup Chicago Auto Show Debut | Fall '08 Production | Frontier-based From Winding Road.
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GM Asks The World: "What's Next?" DETROIT - What should power the world's vehicles in 20 years? How can personal transportation become more sustainable in an age of increasing global competition for resources? What role will the automotive industry play in developing markets? Decisions on issues like these will largely shape transportation in the 21st century. To speed the process, GM will mark its 100th anniversary by launching a global dialogue through an initiative called GMnext. "We're starting our second century at a time of fundamental change in the auto industry," said GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner. "We'll use GMnext to introduce some of our ideas for addr…
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Lutz Talks Back Part IV "Hey Bob...what's the big deal about the Triplets" In the fourth in what is likely the final installment of GM FastLane Blogs' exclusive one-on-one sitdowns with Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, the public face of General Motors tackles the cognative dissonance many of us have experienced about why Chevrolet unveiled three very progressive minicompacts at the recent New York Intl Auto Show - and even had us vote for out favorite - while dismissing them as products that won't be built either in America or for America a short time later. Mr. Lutz immediately clarifies that, while the Triplets themselves were not designed with American safety standards i…
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How is this not on the main page? http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/4007 Latest word is that the successor to the GM Northstar V8 engine has been killed, and that the Northstar may be replaced by GM's excellent 3.6L V6. That engine, the direct-injection DOHC 3.6, puts out 302 horsepower, which is uncomfortably close to the 320 horespower that the 4.6L Northstar puts out. The 3.6 also gets two mpg better gas mileage than Northstar V8. This raises question about the Lambda platforn CUVs (GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave and Saturn Outlook), as a version of the Northstar was slated for those vehicles. The Northstar is scheduled to be built until 2010, but not after that. …
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http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/04/autos/volt...sion=2008010408 GM may miss target for plug-in hybrid CEO Wagoner says automaker pouring massive resources into battery-powered Volt, but can't promise it'll be ready by 2010 target date. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors might not be able to hit its target to have its breakthrough electric-powered car the Chevrolet Volt in production by 2010, according to comments made by CEO Rick Wagoner during an online chat. Wagoner, who participated in an online forum Thursday to mark the 100th anniversary of the automaker, said the company continues "to put massive resources into production as soon as possible." But he cau…
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Jamie LaReau Automotive News January 3, 2008 - 11:32 am ET DETROIT - General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner says the automaker expects overall U.S. auto sales to hold roughly flat in 2008 with the depressed levels of 2007 even as global sales hit a new high. "There are some obvious reasons for concern, but on balance I suspect '08 will be similar to '07 in total, although likely weaker in the first half and stronger in the second," Wagoner wrote in response to a question on his outlook for U.S. vehicle sales. He added: "In the U.S., we expect (overall sales in the) low 16 millions, but some risk given the economic background." Wagoner addressed reporters in an onl…
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Jamie LaReau Automotive News January 2, 2008 - 4:42 pm ET DETROIT -- General Motors will shift its advertising emphasis from full-sized pickups and SUVs to cars and small SUVs in 2008. The automaker also will highlight its fuel economy and eco-friendliness, says Mark LaNeve, GM’s vice president of North American vehicle sales, service and marketing. GM also will continue the shift from traditional to digital advertising in 2008, LaNeve says. GM still believes the full-sized light-truck market is strong and will hold its position in that segment, LaNeve says. But new GM advertising will build upon the momentum of recent launches such as the Chevrolet Malibu …
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Just thinking, all the good Malibu PR, and folks shopping for them, and not being able to get the car due to demand and low supply....will people learn that the Aura is almost the same car and maybe go get an Aura instead?
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Rick Kranz Automotive News December 7, 2007 - 10:33 am ET SAN DIEGO — A massive change to General Motors’ future product plans is expected if the 35 mpg CAFÉ fleet average favored by Congress is enacted into law. “The minute we have confirmation of the 35 mpg rule, that is the point where we go through all of our forward product plans and probably introduce, frankly, massive restructuring of the product plan,” said GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. “A 35 mpg fleet mix means there is a bunch of stuff out there that is going to have to be 40 and 50 mpg.” The House bill passed last month calls for a 35 mpg nationwide fleet average by 2020, roughly a 40 percent increas…
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Originally printed in the Detroit Free Press, this story made its way to our local paper, too: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/...FE?OpenDocument -RBB
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I was just taking a look at our 2008 Buildout/ 2009 Startup schedule, and 2 additional vehicles on the list stood out for me. - 2009 H3 Pickup - SOP August 18, 2008 @ Shreveport - 2009 Traverse - SOP September 2, 2008 @ Spring Hill
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Link to Article GM Hits Million-Sales Mark in China Date posted: 12-21-2007 SHANGHAI, China — When General Motors edged Ford Motor more than 10 years ago to become the preferred partner of Shanghai Automotive, critics maintained that it would take decades for GM to recoup its initial $3 billion investment in the Shanghai GM venture and the jointly operated Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC). Turns out it only took a single decade. In fact, GM's China operations have been profitable since the early years. And now, with SGM and PATAC marking their 10th anniversaries in 2007, GM has achieved an even more remarkable milestone: It has become the first glob…
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Jamie LaReau Automotive News December 24, 2007 - 12:01 am ET DETROIT — Look for General Motors to develop more products for North America in Brazil. This year GM spent $500 million on its Brazilian unit to develop small cars and to expand its product development center there. GM also designated Brazil as its lead center for designing mid-sized trucks. The cars and mid-sized trucks are intended for emerging markets, but that could change soon. "GM will play that global engineering talent as it needs it, and it recognizes the huge amount of talent we have," Maureen Kempston Darkes, GM's group vice president and president of Latin America, Africa and Middle Eas…
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A Q&A with Bryan Nesbitt, V-P of Design, GMNA, "Making engineering and design work together," was published by the Boston Globe on December 30, 2007. For me being a Buick fan, he states that right now, he's driving, among others, a "next-generation Enclave." To see the entire article, click here.
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(Please transfer this topic to a more appropriate forum if there's a better place for it.) The Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Buick Divisions have all celebrated their respective centennials during the last decade. These were unforgettable events with highly visible participation and support by General Motors itself. In 2003, we saw Ford Motor Co. celebrate its centennial with a grand gathering in Dearborn. But we've heard nothing regarding General Motors' plans to celebrate its own centennial next year, and GM enthusiasts have been hoping for some indication that the company will plan an appropriate event. The Buick Club of America will return to Buick's hometown of …
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New York Times Story December 20, 2007 G.M. Selling a Truck Business to Navistar By NICK BUNKLEY DETROIT — General Motors said Thursday that it had agreed to sell its medium-duty truck business to Navistar International, an Illinois-based maker of trucks and diesel engines. The companies did not disclose terms of the deal, which they expect to close on in 2008. Analysts have estimated the unit, which includes the GMC TopKick and Chevrolet Kodiak, to be worth about $500 million with annual revenue of $2 billion. G.M. has been shedding assets outside of its core operations to increase liquidity and focus on its turnaround. In the last year, it has sold controll…
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GM to widely incorporate Bluetooth by 2009 Link to Autoblog In a reader Q&A session at the GM FYI Blog, Phil Colley of GM Performance Parts responded to a question about GM's dearth of in-car Bluetooth offerings, saying that the General will soon undertake the "broadest rollout of Bluetooth in the industry," with the technology appearing in 30 vehicles across the GM range by MY '09. So, if you want Bluetooth in your new Chevy, you still have to wait a little longer, but at least you know the General's going to get with the program soon enough.
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Just saw this and though what every one though about it. There is another round of buyouts coming around. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071218/bs_nm/gm_buyouts_dc_3 I was hoping they would be smart and try to get more of the younger people out but that is just me.
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It looks like GM is making headway across the border with our friendly neighbors to the north. Here are the winners by category according to CanadianDriver... http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/pw/..._catwinners.htm
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Chevrolet light vehicle sales for November (up to Class 3 trucks) totalled 150,364 (-11.40%). At Toyota (which only sells light vehicles and not even Class 2 and 3 trucks) November sales totalled 162,722 (+2.21%), excluding Scion. For the year, Toyota still trails Chevrolet by a good margin 1,980,567 (+5.75%) v. 2,066,273 (-6.58%). Light vehicle sales at Ford were 146,455 (-1.83%) for Nov. and 1,934,417 (-15.51%) for the year so far. Brand Nov 07 % chg 2007 YTD %chg Chevrolet 150,364 -11.40% 2,066,273 -6.58% Toyota 162,722 +2.21% 1,980,567 +5.75% Ford 146,455 -1.83% 1,934,417 -15.51%
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http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A.../712130336/1364 oh happy day!
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