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William Maley Staff Writer - CheersandGears.com September 4, 2012 There's a lot of questions dealing with Holden Commodore after 2017. The facelifted Commodore, the VF, will be debuting next year on the Zeta platform. But when 2017, Zeta will not be used at all. “Zeta is not a global platform for GM,” said Holden boss, Mike Devereux, during a tour of the Elizabeth production facility. Holden has confirmed that it will produce two new Australian-made cars based on two global platforms as part of a billion-dollar investment to guarantee building vehicles in Australia until 2022. The first vehicle will likely be the new Cruze which will be based on new platform which wi…

IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check. I love cars, American cars. I was born in Detroit, the son of an auto chief executive. In 1954, my dad, George Romney, was tapped…

From AN: Bradford Wernle DETROIT -- General Motors is calling off talks with Cerberus Capital Management LP about a possible acquisition of Chrysler LLC. GM CEO Rick Wagoner, without naming Chrysler specifically, confirmed the end of the negotiations during a conference call with journalists today. "We have recently explored the possibility of such an acquisition based on the analysis that it would strengthen our industry position in the long term," Wagoner said. "We've concluded at this particular time that we are better off to put 100 percent of our efforts on the liquidity side. We've set aside such (acquisition) actions as a near term priority." Chrysler s…

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FORTUNE Magazine) - It is the instinctive wish of most American businesspeople, even those unlikely to be directly affected, that General Motors not go bankrupt. True, some people will say, "They had it coming to them." But the majority will be more practical, telling themselves that the company is so central to the economy, so sprawling in its commercial reach, that bankruptcy--"going into chapter," as restructuring folks say--is ominous almost beyond contemplation. And yet the evidence points, with increasing certitude, to bankruptcy. Rick Wagoner, GM's 53-year-old chairman and CEO, may say, as he did in a January interview with FORTUNE in his aerie of an office high ab…

Daily Tech Story Not be outdone by DaimlerChrysler, GM shows off its own communications system It looks as though DaimlerChrysler isn't the only automotive company looking at car-to-car communications systems. General Motors has announced its new vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) system which is currently being tested on Cadillac, Chevrolet, Opel and Saab models in Germany. Like DaimlerChrysler's system, V2V uses Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology, GPS and a vehicle’s numerous computer controlled active safety systems to relay data back and forth between vehicles. The system is capable of relaying such data as Emergency Brake Warning, Blind Spot/Lane Change notification (with acc…

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Looks a bit like the Uplander in this pic from Autospy.net Korea http://autospy.dreamwiz.com/board/bbs/tabl...upload/c100.jpg

Normally I'm not a fan of John McElroy (Autoline Detroit), but his post on Autoblog sums it up nicely, IMO: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/30/autolin...h-john-mcelroy/ WHY OBAMA AXED WAGONER Rick Wagoner is no longer CEO of General Motors for two reasons. First, he failed to come up with a plan that satisfied the government that GM would be viable going forward. Two, President Obama needed political cover before he poured more money into the auto industry, a move which is strongly opposed by a majority of Americans. Obama needed to show he was decisive and in control to maintain support for his efforts to provide taxpayer money to GM and Chrysler. And firing the …

GM, Renault and Nissan Issue Joint Statement Regarding Alliance Prospects PARIS (Sept. 27, 2006) -- General Motors, Renault and Nissan today said that a meeting was held between Carlos Ghosn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Renault, SAS and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Rick Wagoner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors, Corp., regarding ongoing discussions concerning the possibility of creating an industrial alliance among these three companies. Through the work of the three study teams, our companies continue to explore the potential opportunities of an industrial alliance. The teams are conducting a thorough and objective analysis of potenti…

GM says Toyota quality is down I think GM has Toyota in its crosshairs, and after seeing some future cars GM is coming out with, it looks like GM is finally getting its act together, and forgetting about Ford and Chrysler and going after Toyota. Could this be the start of the next big rivalry?

The leaders of General Motors and Ford say this summer's employee discount incentives worked well, but automakers can't continue offering huge discounts. Ford chief executive Bill Ford says such incentives aren't healthy for the industry and aren't sustainable. GM's Rick Wagoner says he doesn't regret GM's starting the incentive war in June but says it hurt profits and helped Asian automakers, which typically have lower incentives. Incentives have gone as high as $4,500 per vehicle or more. A Merrill Lynch analyst says the average incentive in September was $2,600 per vehicle, but $1,600 for Asian brands.

By The Associated Press September 14, 2008 In its 100 years in business, General Motors Corp. has sold nearly a half-billion vehicles across the globe. The top sellers as GM approaches its 100th birthday Tuesday: Vehicle Sales 1. Chevrolet Impala 14 million plus 2. Opel/Vauxhall Corsa 12 million plus 3. Opel/Vauxhall Astra/Kadett 12 million plus 4. Oldsmobile Cutlass 11.9 million 5. Opel/Vauxhall Vectra 6.5 million 6. Chevrolet Cavalier 6.2 million 7. Buick LeSabre 6.0 million 8. Chevrolet Camaro 4.8 million 9. OpelAscona/Vauxhall Vectra 4.4 million 10. Pontiac Grand Am 4.0 million Link: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/20...me_top_sel…

IIRC, GM is set to give congress their plan tomorrow. Can't say I have a good feeling about what might be in it, but we shall see. EDIT: Has anyone else noticed that the usual GM posters have been absent from the web recently? Makes me think that word must have come down from on high that no internet posting would be allowed. Rather ominous, huh?

Source: Gaywheels.com Gaywheels.com Top 10 Vehicles: GLBT Consumers Loyal to Gay-Friendly Auto Brands ATLANTA, GA – The sporty new 2007 Saturn Sky two-seat convertible has generated the most interest among gay and lesbian car shoppers and enthusiasts, according to Gaywheels.com, the first automotive website specifically targeted to the GLBT community. Revealing for the first time specifically which vehicles the GLBT consumer is considering, Gaywheels.com has released its list of Top 10 Most Researched Vehicles. "There are many stereotypes about what we as a community drive and to a certain extent, stereotypes are based on the most visible members of our community. …

BY JUSTIN HYDE, DET. FREE PRESS WASHINGTON BUREAU Link- On table: Health care, trade Sought: Help, not a bailout WASHINGTON - The meeting should "enhance the president's understanding of the importance of the domestic auto industry to the economic health of the United States," General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said in a recent interview, emphasizing the word "domestic." Foreign automakers that build cars in the United States help the economy, "but it's not the same as a fully integrated American auto company that retains the intellectual property in the United States, has primarily American shareholders," he said, so "the wealth gets reinvested in the U.S." For…

This is really starting to worry me....

Since there are GM vehicles awarded, I thought of posting this here. I LMAOed when I read that there is a "Best Cup Holder" award ---------------------------------- GM, Ford, Honda and DCX Take Top Honors in 8th Annual Ward's 'Interior of the Year' Competition Winners Unveiled at Auto Interiors Show Link to Original Article @ The Auto Channel DETROIT, June 6 -- The votes are in and the big winners at the 2007 Ward's "Interior of the Year" awards are models from General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler and Honda. In all, 34 vehicles from 11 manufacturers were in contention to win an "Interior of the Year" award in the annual competition sponsored by Ward's AutoWo…

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…

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic...0451/1148/rss25 I was last in a Deville 4 years ago, and it was painfullly out of date then. Hell it was painfully out of date 10 years ago. But now there's so few WWI generation folks around to buy them. Couldn't GM see the sales plummeting? They've had several years to do something about it, because the Deville sales have been falling off for a long time. What are they going to do with the 767 laid off? Put them on the jobs bank? Pay $200,000 to buy them out of their contracts? It's like 1 step forward, 1 step back for GM. The sad thing is, it really wouldn't have taken that much to keep the Deville/Lucerne in the g…

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?t=648766 A very good read. If you think GM's irrelevant, you better think again.

I just started readng Bob Lutz's new Book Car Guys vs Bean Counters. This is one of the best books to show the modern workings or should I say non workings of GM in the last 20 year. Bob give a little past history and also addesses some of what got GM to where they are at today. He details his time there and what he found when he arrived. It goes on with the business think and how they over think many simple common sense things. I have not gotten all the way through yet but Bob is very candid and many GM people still with GM contributed to the book. I think this is his way to try to make sure things don't go back to what they once were again. In other words it may be d…

(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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Thanks to C&G member Brian Johnson for sending this along. Below is the text from a speech by John F. Smith GM Group Vice President, Global Product Planning. Thank you, David [Cole], and good morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be a part of the Management Briefing Seminar, especially on its 40 th anniversary. I’m here today to tell you that General Motors is moving forward, with great urgency and focus, to fundamentally change and improve the way we do business. We understand if you react to that with skepticism, and we realize that the proof will be in the pudding. . . . the product pudding, to be specific. I’m here to tell you that we are ready to r…

Lutz: Better cars not enough Turnaround also requires reining in retiree costs By Daniel Howes / The Detroit News Charles V. Tines / The Detroit News Lutz says, "I don't think it's going to take 20 years to turn around, but it's not going to happen in 20 months." If it's possible to be positive and negative about General Motors Corp.'s fortunes, Bob Lutz is both. "I don't for a minute believe that what we're doing is not going to work," Lutz, GM's vice chairman for global product development, told me Thursday. "The image turnaround of General Motors is under way. But there is a lag effect." Yes, there certainly is. That turnaround depends …

General Motors Corp. will lay off about 500 contract employees, many of them engineers and designers at its technical center in Warren, on Friday as part of the automaker's effort to downsize its money-losing North American operations. "This is a very challenging time, and these are very difficult decisions for the company," said GM spokesman Robert Herta. "It's all about aligning the work force with our business needs." GM said the cuts are part of a previously announced plan to reduce its U.S. white collar work force by 7 percent in 2006. The reduction affects both direct GM and contract employees. Many of the engineers whose jobs ar…

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…

http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0.../A01-356532.htm Granted, this is good news but GM should have further negotiated with the UAW to put current workers on the same health care program as their white collar staff. Yes this deal is historic and probably very tough though not far enough. But that might have been out of scope of the negotiations. They did not go far enough.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/31/news/compa...dex.htm?cnn=yes GM problems: Deeper than Delphi The brewing battle between Delphi and its unions don't help, but General Motors has a lot of other headaches to worry about. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney senior writer March 31, 2006: 3:09 PM EST NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - One of these days General Motors will have some good news. But it's tough to remember the last time it had one of those days. Friday certainly wasn't one as bankrupt auto-parts supplier Delphi asked a bankruptcy court to throw out its union contracts and the United Auto Workers union vowed a long and crippling strike in that event. Such a strike would quickl…

Behind The Mask Jim Dollinger Saturday, August 12, 2006 Here is further proof that GM intends to close Buick and probably Pontiac. How can you not have an "identity" after 100 years? Management is falsely protraying their intentions as their plan is to eventually own and control distribution. This hidden agenda is part of the reason the call was made for the indictment of "Red Ink Rick". Please don't be fooled by the spin offered by PR experts. The market share slide and the move to offshore production continues. Forbes.com Market Scan GM Ready To Roll In 2007: Report R.M. Schneiderman, 08.11.06, 8:15 AM ET Ailing auto giant General Motors will begin to …

So where's all the news about Toyota's recalls?! Instead the Detroit News reports that the big 3 market share is the worst ever. Why can't Toyota's bad news be on the front page?!! Please post your comments on this. GM is on their biggest turnaround, and are doing this faster than ever but for some reason everyone wants to pile on them-STILL. It seems GM can't do any right in the American medias eyes, yes I know there are some positive reports finally coming out, but the tide has not turned fully yet. Ford on the other hand...sorry guys I can't help you there! http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=AUTO01

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.

GM Memo Outlines Comeback Challenges Where General Motors Corp. once boasted of its size and strength in the U.S. market, GM has now turned an increasingly critical eye on the weaknesses that threaten its fledgling turnaround. In an internal planning document obtained by The Detroit News, GM's global research unit takes an unusually candid and harsh look at the automaker's declining position and vulnerabilities in its home market. The confidential study prepared for GM's top management describes the company as "big but outdated," and warns that "our advantages of size and economies of scale are eroding." It also declares that "lack of flexibility is GM's chief disadv…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11677325/site/newsweek/ Detroit Muscles Up Hold the obit! Motown finds some new life by reviving its monster hits of the motorway. By Keith Naughton Newsweek March 13, 2006 issue - GM chief designer Ed Welburn sweeps into his Chevrolet design studio and it's as if he were stepping back in time. On one side of the cavernous white room, designers huddle over a silver retro remake of the Chevy Camaro. A few steps away, stylists scurry around a future Chevy family car that ripples with sinewy muscles from a bygone era. Papering the walls of the studio are photos of classic iron from Detroit's halcyon postwar years—the chiseled '65 Chevy Impa…

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…

GM is upgrading 5 plants in Michigan, including ones which will build redesigned, full-size pickup trucks and the next-generation Cadillac CTS sedan. Here is Christine Tierney's report in the Detroit News.

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

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.

David Barkholz Automotive News February 16, 2009 - 5:06 pm ET General Motors is expected to identify more than $1 billion in savings from additional plant closings and factory work-rule changes when it files a viability plan with the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday, said a source familiar with ongoing stakeholder negotiations. The carmaker and the UAW are expected to bargain deep into tonight. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., said today that Congress expects a commitment from GM bondholders to let the automaker pay off a sizeable portion of its $30 billion debt with company stock in lieu of cash. "People had better put their best foot forward becau…

It seems far-fetched, but that's the title of an article online at businessweek.com. To view the piece, click here.

Edmonton Sun Article When I bought my first car, a Toyota Tercel, in Winnipeg in 1985, they were so popular there was only one left in the city. It was red. I snapped it up. Two decades later, Japanese vehicles are even more popular. For the first time, Japanese automakers made more vehicles in North America last year than General Motors, according to a new Scotiabank report. Faced with ongoing losses in market share, GM reduced its vehicle production in North America to 4.6 million vehicles in 2005. In contrast, Japanese automakers boosted their vehicle assembly here by 12% to 4.8 million cars and light trucks. In 1985, when Japanese manufacturers were starting to…

Cadillac BRX Crossover: Cadillac, Saab Crossovers Coming in 2008 Date Posted 11-21-2005 DETROIT — The Cadillac BRX and the Saab 9-4X, as suppliers are calling the new vehicles, are expected to go into production in mid-to-late 2008. GM has indicated that it wants to assemble the vehicles at its Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico. A third model, which may go to Buick, could join the Cadillac and Saab in production for model-year 2009. The 9-4X would be Saab's first crossover vehicle. It would fill the void left by the stillbirth of the 9-6X — Saab's proposed derivative of the Subaru B9 Tribeca. The 9-6X was scrapped at the eleventh hour when GM elected to sell its s…

John Cortez Automotive News November 24, 2008 - 3:34 pm ET Dear Mr. Moore: Let me start by stating upfront that I'm a lifelong Michigander and a contract employee of General Motors. I should also add that, unlike many at GM, I have long been a fan of your work, the work of a man I had considered to be about truth, and truth-telling, even when it hurts, and hurts so bad it's funny in a pathetic sort of way. On "Larry King Live" last week, you didn't tell the truth, and it left me flabbergasted. In your defense, I think you did it out of ignorance, not malice. But it was an untruth nonetheless, and one that will have very damaging ramifications for Detroit and …

I would just like to kindly thank you Miss Queen for saying what has needed to be said for years. Consumer Reports is nothing but a criminal "magazine" with obvious intentions in mind. The guts it took for you to stand up and say what was on your mind, as well as many within the company is nothing short of spectacular. I commend you for your admiration and dedication to the company. It's about time people within GM grow a back bone and stand up for what they believe in. It's just a shame it was retracted by the powers that be. What's Lori's e-mail address, I say we all personally thank her for expressing her true feelings on the matter.

Lutz Likes the Tundra The new Toyota Tundra, the Japanese automaker's first entry into the full-size pickup market dominated by U.S. automakers, got a positive review from an interesting source Tuesday: General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, who heads the automakers' product development efforts. Lutz, meeting with reporters at the North American International Auto Show, said he was impressed with the new Tundra, which is on display at the show and is now hitting dealer showrooms, and that he has no doubt that Toyota (Charts) will meet its sales target of 200,000 of the vehicles a year. "I took a good look at it today," Lutz said. "I think it's a very, very, very well e…

OnStar system will be able to halt stolen cars Tom Krisher | Associated Press | Link to Original Article @ DetNews DETROIT -- Say some clown steals your car from the parking deck at work. If it's equipped with General Motors' OnStar service, he could be in for a big surprise and you could get a little revenge -- and even see your car again. Starting with about 20 models for 2009, the service will be able to slowly halt a car that is reported stolen, and the radio may even speak up and tell the thief to pull over because police are watching. OnStar already finds 700 to 800 cars per month using the global positioning system. With the new technology, which OnStar Presi…

GM Canada released this a little while ago, but I just noticed it today... 2008 Vehicle production schedules. Bold, Italic = updates / adds - As Of February 2nd, 2007 Model / Plant / Start of Production Date For The 2008 Model. • Chevrolet Eqiunox / Pontiac Torrent - CAMI - June 28th, 2007. • Trailblazer / Envoy / 9-7X - Moraine - July 16th, 2007. • Acadia / Outlook - Lansing Delta - June 18th, 2007. • Enclave - Lansing Delta - April 2nd, 2007. • Tahoe / Yukon Denali / Suburban / Yukon XL Denali - Janesville - July 23rd, 2007. • Suburban - Silao (Mexico) - July 16th, 2007. • Yukon XL / Tahoe / Yukon / Escalade / Escalade ESV - Arlington - June 25th, 2007. • HHR …

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No story, just some pictures, but I think they speak for themselves. It's obvious that it's another Holden Commodore-based car... for Daewoo? More at: http://www.netcarshow.com/daewoo/2007-l4x/

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Jamie LaReau Automotive News November 3, 2008 - 12:22 pm ET UPDATED: 11/3/08 3:13 p.m. EST DETROIT -- General Motors said today it is starting its annual Red Tag sale early this year. The sale, which typically begins just before Thanksgiving weekend, will start tomorrow and run until Jan. 5. GM also has launched a pair of direct-mail incentives programs, dealers said. In a sales call to analysts and the media, GM marketing chief, Mark LaNeve confirmed GM would be starting the Red Tag sale Nov. 4. "To get things going we're going to move up our traditional Red Tag sale," says LaNeve, GM's vice president of vehicle sales, service and marketing. "We typicall…