GM Not Certain Anymore on Sale Forecasted for This Year
10 Aug 2011, 14:40 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Sometimes even top guns like General Motors’ executives can get a bit a head of themselves when making some forecasts. The problem now is that GM is wondering if the auto retail industry will ...
GM Launches Dealership Overhauling Program This Year
10 Aug 2011, 13:13 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors plans to change the appearance of its dealerships by carrying out renovations throughout its facilities. This might be a first in the automotive industry given the magnitude of the re...
GM Trims Engineering Infrastructure for Better Efficiency
10 Aug 2011, 12:22 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It looks that sometimes it is better to take a closer look inside closed doors in order find a solution for a problem, the best example for the the saying would be GM. The manufacturer recorded $1 b...
Baojun 360 Sedan Storming China
10 Aug 2011, 09:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Having had its world premiere in Shanghai back in April, the first sedan spawned by GM’s new Chinese brand has just started its national launch tour in Chengdu, the American auto giant announc...
General Motors to Roll Out Opel in Europe for Head On Competition With VW
10 Aug 2011, 08:27 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Opel, the General Motors struggling brand, has tough competition ahead, as GM plans to move the brand more up-market to compete directly with Volkswagen AG in Europe. Furthermore, the manufacturer ...
GM Becomes World's Number 1 Automaker, Even VW Surpasses Toyota
8 Aug 2011, 15:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s been a rough couple of years for Japanese auto giant Toyota. After continued recalls and lack of supply due to the massive Japanese problems caused by the March earthquake, the Big T has ...
General Motors Prepares Ontario Plant to Build Cadillac XTS
5 Aug 2011, 10:09 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors readies its assembly facility in Oshawa, Ontario for the build of the new Cadillac XTS luxury sedan by investing $117 million securing this way 400 jobs at the facility. When GM fille...
2011 Chevrolet Volt Is Virtually Sold Out
3 Aug 2011, 12:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / While automakers have started releasing their sales statements for the month of July, General Motors goes even further with the details. Aside from the usual units and figures, the American auto gi...
General Motors Starts Production of Chevrolet Sonic at Orion Township
2 Aug 2011, 15:13 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The giant car manufacturer General Motors has started production at the Orion Township assembly facility of the Chevrolet Sonic. The model is expected to enter dealerships this fall, being one of th...
Tennessee $17 Million Grand was Accepted by GM Before Shutting Down Plant
1 Aug 2011, 15:07 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The General Motors Spring Hill Tenessee facility received a last minute helping hand just months before it was supposed to close its doors. The GM vehicle assembly plant got $17 million in job tra...
Ford VP Jim Farley dropped the F-bomb on General Motors
22 Jul 2011, 13:41 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Earlier this week, we have discussed about the rivalry between Hyundai and Kia, which seemed to be a little bit out of place when concerning two “sister companies.” It seems that phenome...
2012 Ford F-150 Supercrew Upgrades to Larger Payload Chassis
21 Jul 2011, 11:45 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Ford has planned an upgrade boost in matter of payloads for the 2012 Supercrew models. The biggest gain comes on the 2012 EcoBoost-powered two-wheel drive Supercrew with a 6.5-foot bed, going from ...
GM and OnStar to Launch First Real-world Smart Grid Pilot
19 Jul 2011, 16:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American auto giant General Motors announced today that, together with OnStar, will launch the first real-world pilot of smart grid solutions for electric vehicles this year. Employees of regional u...
Chevrolet Volt Plays Hard to Get This Summer
17 Jul 2011, 17:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Customers who have their eyes on a Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle will be disappointed to hear that they will have to wait a couple of months until they’ll get to drive one home. American aut...
GM Offering Free Insurance Upon Purchase in Oregon and Washington
7 Jul 2011, 14:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Those in the market to buy a new GM vehicle in Oregon or Washington are going to be in for a big surprise until September, as the carmaker has introduced a pilot program that offers one-year free in...
General Motors Accused for Thousands of Faulty Impalas
7 Jul 2011, 13:52 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors Co. has been thrown in a lawsuit that claims the company treated the police better than it did the average citizens when taking care of a defective parts in 2007 and 2008 Chevrolet Im...
GMC Showroom Mobile App Launched
5 Jul 2011, 14:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Are you feeling a little down and need something with a truck big V8 and a bed as an emotional... pick-up? General Motors knows how much smartphones are being used for shopping these days and is off...
GM Turns the Wheel to Natural Gas
5 Jul 2011, 10:16 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The United States automobile manufacturers are taking small, but sure steps towards cleaner fuels which is natural gas,suggesting that the gasoline engine's reign might come close to its end as...
Opel Might Make US Market Return With Corsa
20 Jun 2011, 13:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A few days back, the Internet was buzzing with rumors of GM selling its European division to Volkswagen, yet they were eventually denied. However, Opel has once again found a way to come into focus,...
Demand for Four-Cylinder Engines Spurs GM to Make $65M Investment
20 Jun 2011, 09:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Increased demand for Ecotec four-cylinder engines used in Chevrolet’s fuel-efficient cars and crossovers, including the all-new 2013 Malibu, is justifying a further $65 million in new investme...