Oracle of Delphi

For now, Opel will sell the Vectra in China. The Insignia will be sold through Buick in China.

Hardly, I hope you are enjoying our Astra.

I won an election once. I won Father of the Year, voted by all of my daughter's friends, however my daughter still lets me know that she voted for Mr. Parker and not me.

No offense but I don't see moderator next to your name, I'd rather hear it from them.

When I first met my wife I knew it was LUST, oops I mean LOVE at first sight. Who knew she was a Toyota Celica owner. Over the years she has grown to love me more and appreciate my BIG V8 Engine! No more 4 cylinders for her.

Because the Chinese won't have Saturn there selling almost the same car. So the Chinese get to have their cake and eat it too. See answer above!

Old Bay - I love it on crabs and shrimp.

To all my friends in North America, don't forget to set your clocks back and hour tonight before you go to bed. Germany is already on Standard time. Yeah I know you thought this post would be about something else, now didn't you?

The same as my Pontiac Custom-S around town.

The only time I normally edit is when I see spelling issues, remember, English is not my 1st language.

Google Translator, who needs that? Here is what I do, I translate what ZL-1 says into as close to Spanish as I can get, in my head, then I translate that into English, which I then translate into the original German which all other languages sprang from!

Would it be to much to ask that when a thread is closed/locked by an Admin, that the reason is given for such action along with who locked it. The following thread was locked with no reason given as to why it was locked. It clearly was marked Political. I understand that sometimes anonymity is a good thing sometimes, but not when a thread is closed/locked. The following thread was locked and as far as I can tell no reason was given. Thank you. I hope all Obama supporter's don't think this way..., [political]

Easy Pass Google it if you don't know what it is.

Ja, der Völks wahl !!!

The Opel Insignia Sports Tourer is the reason you won't see a Pontiac Sportwagon based off the Holden Commodore Sportwagon in North America, CPF said Nein, Nein, Nein!

DETROIT, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Talks on a deal to sell Chrysler LLC to Nissan Motor Co and Renault SA have halted because the No. 3 U.S. automaker's owner favors a deal with General Motors Corp), The Detroit News reported on Saturday. Citing sources familiar with the situation, the newspaper said no further talks have been scheduled between private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, which sees a deal with No. 1 U.S. automaker GM as financially more advantageous and better for the struggling U.S. auto industry. In an earlier report, The Detroit News said the Nissan-Renault alliance had proposed buying 20 percent of Chrysler. A spokesman for Cerberus declined to comment. Earlier this week Nissan-Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn dismissed reports of merger talks with Chrysler as speculation, adding that it did not make sense to risk cash in the current economic environment to form a strategic alliance. GM and Chrysler have been in talks on a possible merger, but according to sources any deal will have to wait until after the U.S. presidential elections on Nov 4 as the Bush administration ruled out providing government funding for it. Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsume...132748920081101

The plan is not to sell the Buick Regal in the North America because the North American market is getting the 2010 Buick LaCrosse. The Buick Regal is just a rebadge of the Opel Insignia. All three of those cars are based on GME's Epsilon II platform. Saturn will be getting a version of the Opel Insignia in North America, so Buick will not sell the the Buick Regal in North America, as they are pretty much the same car.

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27473279#27473279

Don't hate!

GM Staff Checking Over The New Buick Insignia, oops I mean Buick Regal. One more Pic.

General Motors pulls out of Portugal 1/11/2008 Car manufacturers General Motors have announced that, as of November 1st, they will be terminating their car loan services with seven European countries, including Portugal and Spain, due to the current economic crisis. Russia, Finland, Greece, Norway and Slovakia will also see General Motors’ withdrawal. This measure, the result of a reduction of company capital, was announced one month after the company claimed to be increasing the number of requisite criteria to apply for a loan, as well as the intention to increase taxes applied to retailer’s loans to their consumers. Recent bankruptcy of various investment institutions and the global financial crisis on the whole is causing banks to significantly reduce loans between each other, increasing the costs of financing and subsequently forcing companies like General Motors to up their criteria for conceding loans. This follows sackings, announcements of production slashes, and the temporary or definite closing of various manufacturing plants in both the USA and Europe, caused by the slowing of demand and general fall in worldwide sales. Link: http://www.the-news.net/cgi-bin/google.pl?id=983-10

Pokey

Yes her followers are just missing the Sieg Heils and the Candle Light marches.

Soon Obama and his family will be driving around in this gently used 2006 Cadillac!

October 30, 2008 - 6:45 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. Treasury Department is not negotiating with General Motors and the owners of Chrysler LLC on a request to provide direct government aid to their proposed merger, a Bush administration official said today. Instead, the administration is working to speed the distribution to automakers of $25 billion in factory retooling funds authorized by Congress last month, the official told Reuters. Earlier this week, industry sources said GM had asked for roughly $10 billion in an unprecedented government rescue package to support its acquisition of Chrysler from Cerberus Capital Management LP. The request was viewed as over and above the $25 billion in funds to enable the automakers to produce fuel-efficient vehicles. "Treasury is not negotiating with the automakers, the administration is working to get the $25 billion Congress already authorized to the industry," the official said. A GM spokesman had no immediate comment. The Treasury did confirm that automakers' financial companies, such as GMAC LLC and Chrysler Financial, would qualify to sell distressed assets to the Treasury when it launches reverse auctions under its $700 billion market bailout plan. However, the finance arms would have to be registered as federally regulated bank holding companies for them to qualify for a capital injection under the $250 billion equity purchase portion of the program. GMAC said today it was seeking the bank holding company designation. GM has been lobbying for Treasury help and outside pressure on the government grew earlier on Thursday. Governors of Michigan and five other states urged the Treasury and the Federal Reserve to help the distressed U.S. auto industry. GM, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler have faced increased scrutiny over their cash positions by creditors and investors who have questioned whether they have the liquidity that they need to ride out a severe slump in U.S. auto sales seen continuing through 2009. Without federal assistance, the pressure from increased unemployment claims and diminished tax revenue from the "economic crisis" facing automakers "threatens to create an unmanageable disaster at the state level," the letter said. Michigan's congressional delegation, led by House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee chairman John Dingell, has been lobbying the Bush administration hard to free up liquidity for industry. They suggested that direct capital injections might be appropriate. The $25 billion in loans approved by lawmakers last month are dedicated to helping Detroit meet a government mandate to make more fuel efficient vehicles. Bush administration officials said this week they are working hard to accelerate the timeframe for making those loans available to automakers. Regulations needed to administer government loan programs can take six to 18 months to finalize. The Energy Department is writing those regulations for the auto loans and said on Thursday it was working as fast as possible to complete the effort. Attempts to speed that process even further could be made when Congress returns for a short period after next week's election, lawmakers have said. Separately on Thursday, Ford Motor is having ongoing discussions with policymakers and would expect a "degree of parity" if the administration wound up helping to facilitate a GM merger with Chrysler. GM has been in talks with Cerberus since September about a merger with Chrysler. Sources familiar with the discussions said Wednesday the two sides agreed on the major issues, but the final form of any deal would depend on government financing and what form it would take. Without new borrowing or asset sales, GM is in danger of running dangerously low on cash in 2009, analysts have said. The Bush administration has been reluctant in the past to entertain the notion of an automaker bailout. But it has held talks in recent weeks with industry officials -- including GM CEO Rick Wagoner -- about some measure of help with the global credit crisis hurting Detroit especially hard. Link: http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...paign_id=alerts