General Motors and Assembly Plants: Restores 3,000 Jobs

Things are starting to look up for the troubled auto sector in the U.S., as on Tuesday General Motors announced that it was to restore 3,000 jobs at its assembly plants. GM is also set to increase production by up to 45 percent in North America in 2010 We wonder if this has anything to do with GMs recent aggressive marketing campaign, which was hoped to convince Americans that their products are as good as its rivals. Read more

Chevrolet and GM’s aggressive marketing campaign

It has been revealed that Chevrolet and General Motors are planning an aggressive marketing campaign, in an attempt to convince American consumers that their products are as good as their rivals. Read more

GM’s Chevy Volt: 230 MPG Electric Car

Following on from the news earlier today regarding the General Motors Chevrolet Volt more details are now beginning to emerge. The Chevrolet Volt should be out in November 2010 and has an estimated fuel economy of 230 mpg (obviously depending on circumstances), or 25 kilowatt hours per 100 miles. Read more

Chevy sells more Camaros in June than Ford did Mustangs

June was a great month for Chevy, as they sold more Camaros than Ford did with its Mustang. AutoBlog have noted that this trend will continue for some time yet, as general Motors have a backlog of 10,000 sold orders that they have to fill. Read more

CARS Program 2009: Success and Problems Ahead

Car dealers have reported record sales over the weekend, one Chevrolet dealer has said it is because of the Cash for Clunkers program. He said that he has been in business for more than 20 years and he has seen more activity from this program than he has ever seen before. Read more

GM’s Camaro Transformers SE: Comic-Con 2009

Comic-Con 2009 have seen a number of great rides from past present and future movies, but the car that got most of the attention has to be GM’s Camaro Transformers SE. This Special Edition Chevy is based on Bumblebee from the Transformers movie. Read more

General Motors won’t keep Pontiac G8 sedan

Bob LutzGeneral Motors Co. marketing chief seems to have changed his mind yesterday, following this announcement that the automaker would not continue to build the Pontiac G8 sedan. Lutz said that GM would turn it the sedan into a Chevrolet. Read more

Unveiled: 2010 Hennessey Z700

There are those who find that production cars do not offer the greatest performance, if you are a 911 owner, then you can opt for a GT3 RS and if you have a Viper, then you can go for the more powerful ACR edition. Those who own a ZR1 can opt for the new 2010 Hennessey Z700 from Hennessey Performance Engineering. Read more

General Motors and Toyota’s proprietary hybrid technology: more rumor

There have been more rumors that General Motors will get access to Toyota’s proprietary hybrid technology, Bloomberg have now cited two sources, Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s President and Fritz Henderson, GM’s chief are to meet in August to discuss the possibility of the sharing of this technology. Read more

2010 Corvette Z06: Full specs and price

The most popular Corvette on the road has to be the ZR1 and the Grand Sport models, but there is still another model that is doing well, the Corvette Z06. This certainly a great car and has received an upgrade for its 2010 model. The new model will come with an engine that can produce 505hp, and this performance gain will not hit the pocket hard, just an increase of $360, the 2010 Corvette Z06: will cost just $75,235. Read more

GM Files Documents In Court: New Chrysler to honor pre-bankruptcy debt

It is being reported that General Motors has filed documents in court against New Chrysler; GM hopes that they will force Chrysler into honoring its full pre-bankruptcy debt of $531,275. As yet the company has only agreed to pay back a third for work that was done on the Two-Mode hybrid powertrain. Read more

2010 Ford Taurus Review: First Drive

Ford have a huge hill to climb when it comes to the PR of its new 2010 Ford Taurus, it seems as if the automaker will have to educate the American consumer, if they hope for them to become attached to the new vehicle, because the old model was seen as something of an icon. Read more

2011 Chevrolet Viva

General Motors is in a very strange position at the moment, they filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection on Monday, so we know that changes are about to come. For GM to emerge from this they will need some great new models for its customers and the automaker is hoping that the 2011 Chevrolet Viva is one of them. Read more

General Motors (GM) Bankruptcy: Tale of two legal processes

We will see a tale of two legal processes unfold next week when General Motors Corp. files for bankruptcy protection. One tale will be that the bankruptcy judge will be told that a new entity will emerge, the other is that GM creditors will argue for who will get company properties that the automaker no longer wants. Read more

First genuine Chevy Volt integration vehicle from General Motors

General Motors started production on the first pre-production Chevrolet Volt electric vehicles yesterday. This is a big deal for GM and looks very much like the vehicle that was due to start production early in 2010. Read more

Tomah’s GM dealerships not on closing list, safe

GM dealerships across the U.S. were waiting for a letter to say that they were one of the 1,100 dealerships to close; thankfully, Tomah’s general Motors dealership was not one of them. They did not appear on the dreaded closing list, which means that they are safe. Read more

GM Closing List: Speedway Chevrolet and Ferguson Pontiac/GMC

More news on General Motor’s closing saga now as it has been reported recently that Speedway Chevrolet and Ferguson Pontiac/GMC could be next on General Motor’s closing list. Read more

Chevy’s Bumblebee Camaro: Limited Edition for Transformers fans

If you are a fan like me and love the Transformers movie, Bumblebee and a Chevy Camaro, then you will pleased to know that Chevrolet is set to launch a limited edition Bumblebee Camaro. This could be perfect timing for the automaker, as they will be able to capitalize on the upcoming movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Read more

General Motors News: Dealerships in Ventura County safe

We reported a few days back that General Motors (NYSE:GM) had begun to notify 1,100 dealerships that they will be dropped next year, it appears that none will be in Ventura County, so those dealers are safe. We have also learned that GM has now added more to its closure list. Read more

GM Dealers: More closing letters on way

We have known for a while now that General Motors (NYSE:GM) plans to shut a number of dealers, but GM have now issued two more rounds of letters to dealerships, which they should receive by June 9. GM has yet to offer any more information on this. Read more

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