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More Excuses, Same Results
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GM: June sales dive spells brutal summer Bill Vlasic / The Detroit News DETROIT -- Sales at General Motors Corp. dropped sharply in June as the No. 1 U.S. automaker grappled with the long-term impact of its shrinking market share. GM's top sales executive said Tuesday that he was hopeful that the company's U.S. market share had hit bottom at 22 percent in June, but acknowledged that gains will be hard to come by until next year. "Is that the bottom? I'm not a clairvoyant, but I certainly hope so," said Mark LaNeve, GM's head of North American sales and marketing. On the day after announcing the unprecedented buyouts and retirements of 35,000 of its hourly worker…
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GM Still Looks Weak, Says Analyst
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From Forbes.com GM Still Looks Weak, Says Analyst Mary Crane, 06.26.06, 2:51 PM ET General Motors Banc of America analyst Ronald A. Tadross said General Motors' tactics to fix its business won't work and advised investors to sell on expected production losses. "The company's product cycle is at a peak, earnings-per-share quality is weak and the stock is expensive, in our view," Tadross wrote in a report to investors Monday. "We believe GM management is glossing over the current and future cost of rightsizing the business for the lower share." GM's suggestion that it might tap into a $4.5 billion secured credit line signals that its $13 billion in cash, as…
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No, this certainly isn't another "Red-Ink" Rick diatribe. Buickman has done enough of those. Instead, some praise of Rick Wagoner from Peter DeLorenzo, for things Wagoner is doing right. Let's make sure that, in the midst of daily challenges to GM and the American auto industry, including the latest proposal from Jerry York, we don't forget the things which are right about GM. It is excerpted from the autoextremist.com website: " . . . I have to give Rick his due, he is focused on engineering a turnaround in the 'right' way - and I see real, demonstrative progress. When I say the 'right' way, I mean that Rick Wagoner has always tried to take into account the constit…
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Area GM: Secret Plant In Mexico?
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Secret Plant In Mexico Could Become GM's Area 51 From News Max.com: "We Heard … that General Motors has four plants in Mexico, but has secretly been building a fifth plant there. The global auto giant – facing enormous health and retirement costs in the U.S. – has been diversifying its manufacturing globally for years. Why the stealth plant? GM execs don't want to upset the UAW which recently cooperated with GM in a buyout plan for employees. Some 25,000 are said to have taken GM's early retirement plan. Meanwhile, Ford announced it is significantly upgrading its operations in its three Mexican plants." Link to Article
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The Final Act
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Dear Friends, It's high time to call a spade a spade. Mr G Richard "Red Ink Rick" Wagoner is nothing more than the evil incarnate, purposely placed atop General Motors for no more ryhme and reason than the planned decimation of the world's once largest industrial enterprise. This man, born in Wilmington Delaware, has been intentionally fast tracked. His placement as chief financial officer made no sense to outsiders as he leapfrogged many senior executives. His mission, which he readily accepted has been mostly fulfilled, spinning not winning, leading to our eventual bankruptcy. He is without doubt the worst sort of corporate criminal, personally responsible for the suf…
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Well today, I was inquiring about an 07 Z06 for a friend of mine... because 06's were sold out he wasnt able to get one... 07's are sold out as well but... i asked about how much profit the 06's had, and if the 07's were the same... while, not sure about the exact price, it was a good comission... but apparently the price on the 07 is going up, but likewise, the invoice is going up more then the msrp... and this sparked an interesting discussion... while "total value promise" sounds good to the customer, sounds good to GM, it sounds horrible to the salesperson... Every model had a reduction in base MSRP for the year 2006... and now i've started looking over our sale…
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The dealer has been open 100 years. Article here
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This is a nice article written in response to the Friedman article. Very factual and paints a picture of how GM is way more important to America than Toyota. It's not even close. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13447045/site/newsweek/
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Better-armored Humvees saving U.S. lives: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060626/ap_on_...GZhBHNlYwM3MjE- Try that in your Tundra, biatch!
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NG GMT 360 Shelved 1 2 3
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Wow! 47,600 buyouts Deal speeds up GM turnaround by 2 years; Delphi exodus paves way for restructuring. Bill Vlasic / The Detroit News DETROIT -- More than 47,000 union workers at General Motors Corp. and bankrupt Delphi Corp. have taken buyouts or early retirements in what amounts to the biggest corporate downsizing in U.S. automotive history. GM said Monday that 35,000 hourly employees have agreed to leave the struggling automaker for packages ranging from $35,000 to $140,000 -- which will allow the company to reach its target reduction of 30,000 hourly jobs by Jan. 1, two years early. The final tally of buyouts and early retirements far exceeds early estimates and…
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GM Death Watch 82: Cut and Run
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From www.thetruthaboutcars.com by Robert Farago Ron Tadross. Say it softly and it’s almost like crying. If you’re GM that is. The Banc of America Securities analyst isn’t exactly what you’d call bullish on GM. Unlike his evil twin, analyst John Murphy, Tadross sees GM heading for a cash burn flame-out. "We believe GM management is glossing over the current and future cost of rightsizing the business," Tadross declared. More to the point, he recommended that investors sell their GM stock, with a target that’s literally half of its current price. In other words, when Merrill Lynch talks, nobody should listen. Although the media persists in calling GM plant closures an…
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If this is already posted, I apologize in advance. Found this on CNN Money, and even though I can sense an anti-GM stance, I found this atricle interesting mostly because this is the first time I have seen an article about this. On a second note, I remember reading an article about GM keeping a few EV1's alive for "research". If anyone knows where this info comes from please post it. Anyway, here is the link to the article: http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/23/news/compa...ybrid/index.htm
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The central mystery of the new movie "Who Killed the Electric Car?" is why General Motors created a dynamic battery-powered auto that drivers loved, only to crush it to smithereens. The mystery, meantime, at the National Museum of American History is why a rare surviving example of that car -- a silvery-blue 1997 EV1 sedan -- would be removed from display yesterday just as interest in the innovative vehicle seems bound to grow. GM, which donated the EV1, happens to be one of the Smithsonian Institution's biggest contributors. A $10 million gift in 2001 paid half the cost of the history museum's new transportation exhibition hall, which was renamed to honor the benefacto…
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Reuters Story By Jui Chakravorty DETROIT, June 23 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. <GM.N> plans to offer zero-percent financing on most of its 2006 models and financing as low as 2.9 percent on its 2007 line of sport utility vehicles, a GM dealer said on Friday. The zero-percent financing offer would mark a deepening of a summer price war for U.S. automakers, which have been hurt by weak showroom traffic and slower sales of more profitable SUVs and trucks in the face of higher gas prices. GM declined to comment, but the company, which typically briefs key dealers on its sales strategy in advance of any announcement, scheduled a news conference for Tuesday to …
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Isuzu's Death Throes This article can be summarized in one sentence: After the 2007 model year, Isuzu gon' die (their passenger car market in N. America at least). Read " Isuzu's 2007 Line May Be Final Year in U.S." @ Edmunds
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The GM plant in Lordstown, OH halted production Friday, June 23 due to a shortage of airbags from TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. Production was expected to resume the evening of Sunday, June 25. To read more details, click here.
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GM's China Growth Better Than Expected General Motors expects to beat its vehicle sales growth forecast for China this year thanks to the strong market, Kevin Wale, president and managing director of GM China Group, told reporters on Wednesday. The world's biggest car maker had been projecting 20 percent growth in its cars and commercial vehicles this year but now expects growth in China to be "significantly more" than that, Wale said on the sidelines of an Automotive News conference. Read "GM sees 2006 Chinese sales growth above 20 percent" @ Yahoo
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Not sure if this has been posted already since I haven't been around these parts too often lately, but this was in response to Friedman's column on GM recently.
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Interesting to see that all those "GOD'S GIFT TO THE MODERN CAR" Toyota dealership began as Chevrolet dealers, thanks to the government doing their best to eliminate our industry. And to think... Those Japan Inc. guys are just ***SUCH** honest businessmen that their entire existance is founded on screwing over Detroit. REMEMBER: It's GM that buys off analysts and is a threat to our country, RIGHT?!?!?! BTW: I'm not sure how credible this source is, but it makes perfect sense to me. (i.e. Be prepared for an insider to deny all of this and call GM the devil while praising Toyota...yada, yada, yada, you know the Toyota Corporate PR spiel) Click the link
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I was watching the news this morning on CNN and just before a commercial break, I caught the clip about the new side-impact crash ratings. Chevy Impala is number 1 followed by the Toyota Camry (or fat Mazda 6, if you so desire). I think that this is good news, considering the car comes standard with side-impact airbags, meanwhile some of its other competitors don't. I'm also surprised to see that someone else hasn't already posted something about it on here. Guess I get to be the one to spill the beans! Yay for me!!!
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Link to full article @ Reuters Protests to hit GM plants in Germany, Spain: source June 16, 2006 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Workers angered by General Motors' <GM.N> plan to shut down an assembly plant in Portugal will stage protests starting next week at GM factories in Germany and Spain, a labor source told Reuters on Friday. "There will be enormous disruptions to production. This could hurt GM," the source said, asking not to be named before a formal announcement on Monday about the industrial action. He said work stoppages could even jeopardize the launch later this year of the key Opel Corsa subcompact model, which the world's biggest carmaker is counting on to…
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http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A.../606180301/1148 A great article about GM Brasil and the cars they have available. Including CUV's, and small pickups. I drove those vehicles and walked away from the GM of Brazil test track wondering aloud how a global car company filled with so many demonstrably talented and intelligent people could do something so dumb as to keep some of the best small vehicles made anywhere out of a market that's clamoring for those models.
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Important question...
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Be truthful! Are you a dieter trying to lose fat?
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Link to original article @ GM Media Online FOR RELEASE: 2006-06-13 General Motors to Build Chevrolet Cars in St. Petersburg *Russian President Vladimir Putin and GM CEO Rick Wagoner seal $115 million investment *Capacity for 25,000 Chevrolet Captiva SUVs and a new compact vehicle range *Start of production in 2008 *Facility is General Motors' third assembly source in Russia General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner (left), and St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko react to the applause after officially breaking ground at GM's new greenfield manufacturing facility in St. Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at the plant site in the Shushary …
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199205,00.html - Scroll to bottom
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well yesterday, the C6R should have started the LeMans race... when someone finds the result please post it here...
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http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/06/14/wag...r-gms-top-goal/ General Motors boss Rick Wagoner said being the world’s largest automaker is not the company’s top priority anymore, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Would we like to stay number one? Sure. Is it the top priority of the company? No,” he said at a press conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, where the automaker is building a new plant. “We’re really focused on very strong profitability growth and balance-sheet strength in addition to driving the revenue side.” Recently, there has been a great deal of speculation that Toyota will soon surpass GM in terms of overall worldwide sales volume. However, Wagoner ha…
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www.gmfleet.com Go to '2007 GM Car and Truck Order Guide' (I can't paste the direct link on this computer, but it should be easily accessible).
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Isuzu + GM = LPEC Isuzu and GM are pairing up once again to develop a next-generation pickup truck. This time around though, they're getting quite a bit more serious. So much so, in fact, that they are joining to create a new company: LCV Platform Engineering Corporation (LPEC). It is a 50-50 joint venture which will be based in Fujisawa City, Japan (pictured above). The company is to be established later this month. Read "Isuzu and GM Start Joint Venture" @ World Car Fans
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Direct link to article @ GM Media Online FOR RELEASE: 2006-06-13 General Motors Receives Eight Top Scores Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2006 Fuel cell-powered HydroGen3 triumphs three times World's largest automaker committed to three-tier strategy PARIS. General Motors underlined its leading position in alternative propulsion concepts with eight best performances at this year's Michelin Challenge Bibendum (June 8 - 12, 2006). The HydroGen3, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle based on the Opel Zafira, scored top marks three times, the Opel Zafira CNG and the Saab 9-5 BioPower twice, and the Saturn Vue Green Line, representing a new generation of hybrid vehicle…
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http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/06/08/010402.html GM still is the biggest car company in the world. I wonder if GM's overseas brands are included in this figure
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UAW says over 33,000 GM, Delphi workers take buyouts Thursday June 15, 6:43 pm ET By Kevin Krolicki At a news conference to mark the end of a four-day union conference, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said 25,000 General Motors and 8,500 Delphi Corp. (Other OTC:DPHIQ.PK - News) workers had taken the early retirement incentives. "I think it's going pretty well," Gettelfinger said. "I think it's a little better than we initially expected." The number of blue-collar workers who accept the early retirement incentives has been closely watched as an indicator of the success of GM's turnaround efforts. --------------- Link to full article @ Yahoo! Finance/Reuters
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S&P May Downgrade GM Even Further Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Tuesday it will keep General Motors Corp.'s debt ratings on review for a possible downgrade, despite an announcement of buyouts at Delphi Corp. Read "S&P Keeps GM on Review for Downgrade" @ Yahoo
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Annual Meeting 1 2 3
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Once more befits it that the voice of Truth, Fearless in innocence, though leagured round By envy and her hateful brood of hell, Be heard amid this hall; once more befits The patriot, whose prophetic eye so oft Has pierced thro' faction's veil, to flash on crimes Of deadliest import Buickman
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As Cadillac's renaissance enters Phase Two, can its products really compete against the best from BMW, AMG Mercedes and Lexus? By DAN CARNEY Email Date posted: 05-11-2006 Since the launch of Cadillac's revitalized models such as the Escalade and the CTS, the company has promised to return to its one-time benchmark, "The Standard of the World." Today, that means beating competition from BMW (including the company's M performance division), Mercedes-Benz (likewise AMG) and Lexus. The thinking at GM goes like this: If the company can take on the likes of the BMW M5, Mercedes' SL65 AMG and Lexus' LX 470 SUV, then surely the company's other brands can beat their respective…
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Put it in neutral, and take a few minutes to get some understanding (and humor) about Tom Friedman from financial expert Bill Bonner... http://dailyreckoning.com/Issues/2005/DRUS120905.html The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: Bill often mentions that he makes a point to read Thomas Friedman’s NY Times column - not because agrees with the imperial columnist’s musings...but because he finds that that Friedman’s “hollow thoughts” always seem to brighten his day in their absurdity... SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Bill Bonner The force of a correction is equal and opposite to the deception and delusion that preceded it. Alan Greenspan, George W. Bush, and all the great na…
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...3/1002/BUSINESS BY JUSTIN HYDE FREE PRESS WASHINGTON BUREAU May 23, 2006 A federal judge may soon rule whether General Motors Corp. will face a national class action accusing GM of selling millions of vehicles with a faulty coolant. The suits stem from GM's use of Dex-Cool, a coolant it first introduced in its vehicles in 1995 and sold in more than 35 million cars and trucks between 1995 and 2004. According to GM, 14 federal and state lawsuits seeking class-action status have been filed against GM over a variety of engine problems linked to Dex-Cool. Customers have complained of problems ranging from small coolant leaks t…
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The Indictment of G Richard Wagoner 1 2
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OPENING BRIEF Statement of the Case "Rick" Wagoner, at 39 years of age, became Chief Financial Officer of the General Motors Corporation in 1992. Mr. Wagoner was promoted to head of North American Operations in 1994. In 2000, he was elevated to Chief Executive Officer. Upon the retirement of "Jack" Smith, the "fast track" was completed and the heir apparent assumed his current Chairman of the Board position. During the past FOURTEEN YEARS, this man has been a central figure in the hierarcy of GM management. He has undoubtedly been critically involved in the stategic planning of GM, and additionally has acted repeatedly, even methodically, in it's implementati…
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Suzuki and Nissan Partner Up Frontier: the next Suzuki. Well, one of them anyway. Number 2 of Japan's Big 3 is pairing up with Japan's biggest little car maker. This collaboration will involve Suzuki providing Nissan with minicars in Japan and Europe while Nissan gives Suzuki their Frontier midsize pickup to play with in the States. Should do better than the Dakota/Raider. Oof. Read "Suzuki May Rebadge Nissan Frontier in U.S. Under Model-Sharing Plan" @ Edmunds
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GM Death Watch 79
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From my friend Robert Farago www.thetruthaboutcars.com When the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the world’s largest automaker tells his shareholders to think long-term, there’s only one word for it: sell. Yes, I know. The General got itself into this death spiral by thinking short-term: investing its precious resources in a dead genre guzzling, buying brands instead of investing in existing ones, pushing pushrods, rebadging anything that wasn’t nailed down, and so on and so on stretching back forty years. But Wagoner’s no corporate visionary. What he’s really saying is hang on boys and girls, a bunch of bad $h! is about to go down. Those of…
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The Tooth Fairy, Santa, and the Easter Bunny
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Wagoner: Restructuring Should Lift GM Bottom Line This Year By Scott Anderson WardsAuto.com, Jun 6, 2006 3:40 PM General Motors Corp. should start seeing the benefits of its massive cost-cutting initiative in the third and fourth quarters, Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner tells reporters following the auto maker’s annual shareholders meeting today. Wagoner tells stockholders GM is seeing progress on its turnaround plan, the basics of which he outlined at last year’s annual meeting. That blueprint includes closing nine facilities and eliminating up to 30,000 hourly jobs in North America through attrition and buyout programs by the end of 2008. But Wagoner warns …
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One of the things I admire about the Toyota corporation is their clearcut brand identities. Unlike GM, who acquired all of these varying brands via buyouts, Toyota acquired brands by creating them to fill a void they saw in thier line-up. That puts Toyota at a distinct advantage over GM which has to balance the future of any brand identity with the brand's history. All Toyota has to do with its brands is deal with the future. For example, when Pontiac relaesed a Mini-van, people booed & hissed because THAT wasn't what Pontiac was supposed to be. Toyota makes Lexus whatever they want... there is no history to contend with. With that, they have a very well defin…
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New York Times columnist Tom Friedman is criticizing GM for offering to "cap" gas prices at $1.99 for certain GM vehicles sold in Florida and California. "Is there a company more dangerous to America's future than General Motors? Surely, the sooner this company gets taken over by Toyota, the better this country will be," Friedman wrote, comparing GM to "a crack dealer looking to keep his addicts on a tight leash" by making the offer. Bob Lutz has shot back that Friedman "is so 'over the top' that it borders on psychosis." ( Go get 'em, Bob!) To view the article, which appeared in the 6/1 Detroit News, click here.
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TOO BAD GM AND FORD WON'T DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS TO TELL THE TRUTH OF COURSE,THE MEDIA WOULD JUST SHOOT IT DOWN IF THEY DID. WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - A battle for the hearts and wallets of consumers escalated this week as retirees of the Big Three U.S. automakers launched a campaign to make Americans think twice about buying a foreign car ---even one made in the United States. With Asian automakers shipping about $65 billion worth of autos and auto parts to the United States last year and U.S. automakers shedding tens of thousands of jobs, ad campaigns by Toyota <7203.T> and Hyundai <005380.K> touting the number of Americans they employ have hit a raw …
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/03/business...ss/03chevy.html June 3, 2006 On Route of Chevrolet Impala, Signposts to Detroit's Decline By MICHELINE MAYNARD DETROIT, June 2 — To understand why Detroit is having so much trouble competing against Asian car companies, look no further than the Chevrolet Impala. In the 1960's, the Impala was king of the road. General Motors sold more than a million of them in 1965. Now the Impala is still the best-selling American car, but it is selling less than a third of that total. The Impala also lags behind four Japanese offerings — the Toyota Camry and Corolla, and the Honda Accord and Civic — in the annual race to be the best-sel…
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Just barely caught something on the news about GM having something like this in Wilmington today. Anyone else here this/know details? I kept watching but they didn't return to the story, and I was just waking up at the time.
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http://www.media.gm.com/servlet/GatewaySer...n=2&docid=26381 "DETROIT -- Discovery Channel and GM are taking viewers behind the closely guarded doors of GM Design and into the minds of the automaker's innovative, forward thinking designers as part of a new, four-part documentary. Set to debut in 2007, the Discovery Channel program will examine the future of automotive engineering - from design and alternative fuel sources to advanced materials and in-vehicle electronics." hopefully this will be great and even show some future vehicles, to bad it's not anytime soon well... be great whne it does show up.
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You know, Thomas Friedman is one of the more moderate writers at the NYT and what he writes usually is sensible and presents both sides of the story. But today he penned the most hysterical anti-GM editorial which has appeared in newspapers across the country. He says that GM is the most destructive company in America. He says that GM makes SUVs that consume lots of oil and send money to the Middle East. He said that GM's new plan to subsidize gasoline will send even more money to the Middle East and result in many Americans being killed. He has called for GM to be taken over by Toyota for the safety of the country. The whole thing was foaming-at-the-mouth hysteric…
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Imagine GM getting 113% utilization of their plants. 2006 Habour Report
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Innovative, Compact Six-Speed FWD and AWD Transmission Handles High Torque and Boasts Smooth Shifting, Aids Fuel Efficiency -On-axis design enables spacious packaging -Advanced clutch-to-clutch shift operation -Wide 6.04:1 overall ratio spread -Co-developed by GM and Ford Motor Co. -Engine torque capacity from 280 lb.-ft. to 300 lb.-ft. -Shift speeds up to 7000 rpm -Calibrated for quick launch and fuel-efficient cruising -Built at GM Powertrain's transmission plant in Warren, Mich. WARREN, Mich. - The new Hydra-Matic 6T70 and 6T75 front- and all-wheel drive six-speed automatic transmissions will debut in several GM models in 2007. The Saturn Aur…
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PONTIAC , Mich. – GM Powertrain announced today it will deliver a 3.6-liter V-6 gasoline engine with direct injection and variable valve timing (VVT) technologies in the 2008 model year. A vehicle application will be announced later in the year. Additionally, it was forecast that by the end of 2008, GM will produce as many as 200,000 vehicles globally with direct injection technology, and by 2010, GM projects one out of every six GM vehicles in North America will be equipped with a direct injection engine. The application of direct injection technology to the 3.6-liter VVT engine – a member of GM Powertrain’s family of high-feature V-6 powerplants used on cars and tru…
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This Happens When You Hire Temps
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You have an unspecified number of injuries from a non experienced workforce that think the work is too easy. You also have new, younger, untrained employees running slow all day and "in the hole" per say. This is happening at many different plants. There BusinessWeek...I just gave you ammo for another story.
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GM names Troy Clarke as new North America president Reuters / May 30, 2006 DETROIT -- General Motors on Tuesday named Troy Clarke to head its struggling North American division, taking over day-to-day operations from CEO Rick Wagoner who has been leading the unit for the past year. Clarke, president of GM Asia Pacific since 2004, returns to Detroit after a two-year stint in GM's fastest-growing market and in time for crucial 2007 labor contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union. Clark, whose new appointment will be effective July 1, served as GM's chief negotiator during previous round of contract talks with the UAW. GM is struggling in North America, w…
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and why the domestics failed in the past 20 years. They tried to make cars just as bland and boring as Toyota and were always 2 generations behind them. It seems that they have finaly woken up. "There's no doubt that a design-driven philosophy is the only one that will work," he said. "People who are not sensitive to design, people who don't care about vehicles, people who view a vehicle as an appliance, they just default to Toyota. We will never win that one." http://yahoo.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompa...bol=GM.N&rpc=44
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060523/ap_on_...e/gm_gas_rebate What do you all think. I think it's a cool idea.
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I don't know if Autoweek will have this later in the week, but for now I won't post all of it - just the good stuff ------------------------------------------------------- Lutz: 'I would give myself a B+ or an A-' Dave Guilford | Jamie LaReau | Automotive News / May 22, 2006 http://autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?...B/60517019/1003 To say General Motors had a bad year last year is putting it mildly: It lost $10.57 billion. But Vice Chairman Robert Lutz, 74, says attitudes inside GM are changing. He says a new culture led by a product renaissance will help the company complete its turnaround. News Editor Dave Guilford and Staff Reporter Jamie LaReau sat do…
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Link to Article funny because the title of the article is "VW recalls 362,000 cars, GM recalls some Corvettes" its like, WOO VW RECALLED SOME CARS... on a side not... blah blah, chevrolet can walk on water, blah
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I'm of the opinion that the new Suzuki Swift being sold in Europe would make a great entry-level Suzuki product, plus it would build on Suzuki's motorcycyle performance image as a cut-rate Mini... Anyone know the plan? I'd rather see these here than the Daewoo's now in showrooms.
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http://www.npr.org/news/specials/gmvstoyota/ I found this interesting article in the NPR website. The data gives a pretty good idea as to how each company is doing financially and what the production numbers are for each company.
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I've heard this for awhile now, or rumblings at least but this is what GM and the UAW will be doing to replace the massive number of people that are leaving GM due to the early retirement buyouts. Evok and I have speculated in the past that some type of agreement would be conjured up between the Union and General Motors to replace those workers. This is the deal. GM has already began hiring temporary workers at three locations in Metro-Detroit. These temporary workers are being told they will be kept with the company for at least one year. However they will not have health benefits, and will not be considered part of the Union. Once the year passes, if General Moto…
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Full Story: http://www.fia-wtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto889619.shtml
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Harald Hamprecht | Automotive News / May 22, 2006 General Motors is looking at low-cost production sites in Thailand, India and Mexico for a new global family of small crossover vehicles. The five-passenger vehicles would be smaller than the Saturn Vue and Chevrolet Equinox, GM Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said last week at a design event in Ruesselsheim, Germany. They would be marketed by Saturn, Opel and possibly GMC and Hummer. "It won't be badge engineering," Lutz said. "We'll carefully protect the brand identities." Still to be determined is the vehicle architecture. Once that and the assembly site are selected, production could begin in 37 months, Lutz said. Th…
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I sent this e-mail to Mark Phelan, writer for the Detroit Free Press, in response to his "Build the Camaro" article on the newspapers website. As i tell him near the end of the e-mail, i have put much of myself into the letter, and i humbly submit it for your perusal; Mr. Phelan, I am a thirty year vet of the General Motors Corporation. Started back in '76 with Fisher Body in Trenton, New Jersey. I was a nineteen year-old kid in wide-eyed awe at the manufacturing might of the automaker. Back then, GM controlled an unwieldy fifty percent of the US market. Specifically, what i was introduced to, and later became proficient in was roll forming. My department made…
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I am starting to get baffled by the alphabet soup of change. Which new platforms are to be redone or scrapped/replaced for the 2008 and 2009 model year? 2008 - Malibu and related platform? 2009 - Impala and related platform? What about LaX and GP - when are they do for facelift or doomed to the graveyard of monikers? What is moving from FWD to RWD? This would be interesting for everyone's edification.
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Flint: Strike Any Notion of a Delphi Strike Each day, the possibility of a potentially crippling Delphi strike seems to increase every so slightly as GM, the UAW and Delphi are still at loggerheads over an agreement that will prevent such a thing. Jerry Flint is not worried however, as he thinks the opposing forces are providing a whole a lot of bark but will lack the bite to actually go through with their threats. Is Mr. Flint right? See his reasoning for having little to fear. Read "Auto Strike? Not Likely" by Jerry Flint @ Forbes
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GM Initiates the "Arlington Project" Mark LaNeve, GM's head guy in sales and marketing, discusses a new GM marketing initive dubbed the "Arlington Project". The project seeks to reach target markets that are more in tune with local media outlets rather than national ones that have panned GM. GM seeks to extol the virtues of their products in these markets and become more aggresive in doing so. Read "New GM project targets U.S. cities" @ The Detroit News
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UAW Authorizes Strike Aganist Delphi The pressure continues to build. Over 95% of the union members approved this strike which gives them more leverage in their struggle with Delphi. Read "Union Authorizes Strike Against Delphi" @ Yahoo
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Chazman posted this over at CZ28: http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?t=450698 I think a 3.0L V6 TDI with 220HP and 400lb-ft could go into a variety of applications and do well. Right now it sounds like Holden will be getting a Zeta diesel, so I wonder if the US will too.
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Facility revved up for ethanol future Flex-fuel version now accounts for 15% of output but E85 remains difficult to obtain in state By MATT GLYNN News Business Reporter 5/10/2006 With gasoline prices holding at about $3 per gallon, vehicles that run on alternative fuels are looking more attractive to drivers. That's good news for the General Motors Powertrain plant in the Town of Tonawanda. The engine plant has churned out 170,000 engines during the last year capable of running on E85 ethanol, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. Building the "flex-fuel" engine is a tribute to the productivity ratings of the plant, which employs about 2,500 p…
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I just received an e-mail from Bausch and Lomb. If you've been following the news, you'll probably know that Bausch and Lomb sells a contact-lens solution called "Renu MoistureLoc". This product has been possibly linked to a rare eye infection (Fusarium keratitis) - which has caused them to recall (and stop producing) the product. Why is this interesting on a car forum? Their CEO is Ronald L. Zarrella. Here's his message in case you are interested: http://www.bausch.com/us/vision/about/news..._15_recall.html
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Anybody hear tonights news, with the nonchalant announcement that gas will hit $3.00/gal in the next few weeks, but that by next summer, it could be up another $.25 ! Then the newscaster said that "the Big TWO" are pointing fingers at the large oil companies and accusing them of gouging, and the oil companies are answering back that Detroit has not done anything to improve efficiency in the past 10 years! Who in the hell cares?!!!! I'd throw them both in jail for raping the U.S public! This nonchalant attitude about these sky-rocketing prices, with no rational explanations is going to kill American industry, and cause one helluva crash! Then nobody will b…
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/opinion/...agewanted=print May 14, 2006 Editorial No Holds Barred Both sides in the labor battle at America's largest auto parts supplier, Delphi, are trying to ratchet up the pressure. Delphi's management asked a bankruptcy judge to throw out its labor agreements, which would let the company cut wages and benefits steeply. The United Automobile Workers leadership, meanwhile, has asked its 24,000 rank-and-file union members at Delphi to authorize a strike. The country is used to confrontations between entrenched unions and struggling corporations in the Rust Belt, but this one is more significant than the usual fights over who will …
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Did you folks see the train wreck in oshawa? i received some photos yesterday. Its a great way to increase sales and market share. Looks like someones insurance company just bought about 1.3 million dollars worth of trucks. i cannot get these to post!!!
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Came across the new GM commercial on GM.com today. It's about time GM injected some 'attitude' into their advertising. Overall I think this is a great commerical. Good job GM ! Click the link to watch the commercial. http://www.gm.com/then_and_now/then_and_now.html
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I just read another web-site posting from someone who apparently has an inside track to the policy and goings-on within the General. Here is what he had to say,....... and it is very interesting to say the least! ____________________________________________________________ Cutting through the clutter of GM's RWD program There's a few pretty intresting rumors floating around on various sites that I wanted to cut through, and maybe clear up without giving away anything that would get me nasty-grams from people I'd consider friends, or give too much away from books that are being worked on. 1st, the Zeta. Last year it came out that Zeta was dead. It wasn't and …
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And ends up making a profit! Those crazy accountants!! DETROIT, United States (AFP) - The world's biggest automaker, General Motors Corp., announced a revision to its first-quarter results, saying it had posted a net profit of 445 million dollars. GM said it had finalized its first-quarter profits to 78 cents per share following a "final determination" of its accounting for a recently approved retiree health-care settlement agreement and other adjustments. The automaker had said on April 20 that it had shrunk its losses during the first quarter to 323 million dollars, or 57 cents per share, from 1.3 billion in the same period a year ago. "The difference between the…
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Ok, I'm sure everyone remembers the thread on the NG Malibu. It was quite the hot topic... but their were lots of conflicting reports from various insiders. So, I ask anybody out there what the latest word is? Is the NG Malibu still on for Epsilon I or did GM delay it to redo it for the Epsilon II platform or cancel it all together? Will GM ever put a rush on things for their mainstream cars and not SUVs or niche vehicles? How far along are they? The new Malibu can't come soon enough IMO. Structurally, I believe the current car is of quality but design wise I've never liked it--interior or exterior. Any updates, hints, answers are welcome. Thanks in advanc…
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Here is a link to photo's of one of the first line built Zetas testing down under. This is the first nearly clear look at the new pilot production VE Commadore. I beleieve this is the car due in August. CARS GUIDE .com au Tubo HMM?
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Anybody read the interview that Motor Trend published on p.90 of their June 2006 issue? They spell it out in no uncertain terms. He is throwing in the towel on the US market, hoping to just tread water, and pinning all his future hopes on GM salvation in China! That's why we are getting 2nd-class, ho-hum models, 'cause he wants to push the brand in China and make lotsa moolah! Although he cut his pay in half, it still is $1.1 MILLION dollars! And what about the rest of the management tier? The burden of 2.5 retirees per each US employee, with full benefits won't go away with a switch to a different money market. If the thinking is that China is their star…
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Sold Out: Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice and Chevrolet Corvette Are All Spoken For This Year Date posted: 04-20-2006 NEW YORK — General Motors may have posted its sixth straight quarterly loss on Wednesday, but many of its low-volume sports cars, including the yet-to-be-launched 2007 Saturn Sky, are already sold out for this year, according to GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz. In a speech in New York, the GM executive said in reference to the Sky, "All available production for 2006 is accounted for." The Sky shares its platform with GM's other popular roadster, the Pontiac Solstice. Lutz said the Solstice has the best turn rate of any vehicle in its segment and that the car i…
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Jill Lajdziak Reacts In the Fastlane Blog's most-recent update, Saturn's General Manager reacts to comments regarding the brand's revamped lineup. Lajdziak offers insight concerning the Aura's translation from concept to production, the lack of a manual transmission as optional equipment, and the phasing-out of polymer body-panels. Lajdziak's mention of the AutoExtremist's praise is an interesting tidbit, as is her statement regarding the Aura's 14-spoke wheel design. Enjoy the read. Bimmer325 Editor/Reporter -------------------- More on Our Saturn Family By Jill Lajdziak General Manager, Saturn It was great to read all your comments on our new Saturn lineup.…
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http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Stor...hoo&siteid=yhoo Well it is deja vu all over again. The domestics losing ground to Asian imports. At least the GMT 900s are doing good. But GM really needs to pay attention to its car side. They can't depend on truck sales to carry them through forever.
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found this on another forum. anybody heard anything about it?
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Saturn Sky rebadged as a Daewoo? Yes the G2X roadster was intro'd at the Busan Motor Show. Like the Sky and the Solstice, Daewoo will be using the vehicle as a halo and a way to lure younger buyers as it tries narrows the market share between it and Kia. We now have a Opel's version of the Sky sold in Europe as the GT and word has it a Holden model may be sold sometime in Australia in the future? Any way the G2X will only be offered and sold as a Daewoo in Asia. This will help add capacity and lower the cost per unit at the Wilmington plant and may make a second Gen more viable if it is sold world wide in greater numbers. Also before any one crys badge engineering …
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Automotive News reported today that Steve Girsky, who was hired last August as a special adviser to Rick Wagoner and Vice Chairman John Devine, will be leaving GM. When Girsky joined them, Wagoner said, "His deep knowledge and experience in the global auto industry will enable Steve to contribute significantly in support of our key business strategies, including the turn-around of GM North America." What exactly did Girsky do in that short amount of time? Did he make a difference?
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Rick Kranz | | Automotive News / April 24, 2006 - 6:00 am NEW YORK - While newspapers have been filled with headlines about job cuts at General Motors, the automaker's design studio has been adding jobs. "The corporation believes in what we are doing," Ed Welburn, vice president for global design, said in an interview this month at the New York auto show. "They realize the importance of design and having choices, design alternatives for the leadership to make those tough decisions. So we are continuing to hire." GM's studios across the globe have been expanding. Welburn was unable to say how many jobs were added, but said: "Last year we hired 14 designers alone …
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This may go to Lutz as well depending on how many people respond, but first I'd just like to see what ideas everyone has for a flexible Kappa II architecture. I'd like to see: Pontiac: Solstice, and a vehicle with 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-door variants. 2.4L Ecotec with the 2.0L DIT optional. Buick: Possibly a sedan if it has a clear direction different than that of the Pontiac. 2.8L and 3.6L HF V6s Saturn: Sky, possibly a coupe a la the Curve but with different styling. 2.4L Ecotec and 2.0L DIT on Redline models. Chevy: Nomad, trucklet coming in under $15k (see Dodge M80). 2.4L and 2.0L DIT on SS. Cadillac: BLS, BLC (coupe + convert) 2.8L and 3.6L HF V6s with the V-…
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Cadillac and Saab Cars Recalled Make : CADILLAC Model : SRX Year : 2005 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 06V125000 Recall Date : APR 19, 2006 Component: SUSPENSION:REAR Potential Number Of Units Affected : 23077 Summary: CERTAIN VEHICLES HAVE A LEFT OR RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION TOE LINK THAT COULD SEPARATE BECAUSE OF AN INCORRECT WELD. Consequence: IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR, THE AFFECTED REAR WHEEL WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN IN OR OUT, AFFECTING VEHICLE CONTROL, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE RIGHT AND LEFT TOE LINK AND REPLACE AS REQUIRED. IF A TOE LINK IS REPLACED, THE DEALER WILL PERFORM …
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