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It All Comes Down to Cadillac
When General Motors Corp.’s top executives were choosing this year which brands to keep and which to ditch, Cadillac was unquestionably deemed to be a valuable asset that should be part of a new GM.
The most iconic of GM’s brands, Cadillac is known worldwide.
Read More »Detroit's New Mayor Wants GM to Stay
Dave Bing began his first full day as mayor earlier this week addressing immediate crises and ongoing ones. Maybe the most important thing he has done so far involves wooing General Motors Corp. to stay in the Renaissance Center and persuading the company to remain in Detroit for the long-term. Bing was a great NBA […]
Read More »Saturn Might Be Sold To New Investors
Finally some good news (sort of) from General Motors. It looks like Saturn, one of the GM divisions most often mentioned to be on the chopping block, might actually be spun off into its own independent company. Last week General Motors said that Black Oak Partners
Read More »Flint Gets a Jolt From The Volt
Instead of constructing a whole new factory to make engines for its new Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle, General Motors has decided to build them in an existing facility located in Flint, Michigan. The Chevy Volt is one of the most anticipated American-made vehicles that has come along in quite some time. You might even say […]
Read More »Saab Halts All Production, End Is Nigh?
Saab, acquired by GM a while back, and pretty much steadily underperforming since has been hanging by a thread for at least 9 months, and now things have gotten even worse. The Swedish automaker was forced to halt all production on Wednesday (the 25th), reportedly due to owing the Swedish Customs Agency a “considerable” sum […]
Read More »Lutz Kisses Saturn Goodbye, Brand On Death Watch
Uh-oh, this is bad, and looks like terminal news for what once was General Motor’s supposed harbinger of the way it world work in the future. GM product kingpin Bob Lutz intimates that Saturn is on its way to meet up with Ford’s Edsel and Kaiser’s Henry J in the great auto graveyard in the […]
Read More »"We're Not Dead Yet!" Big 3 Declares
The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit is the big stage, where carmakers get to strut their stuff, thump their chests and tout their newest vehicles. It’s a great time for manufacturers to garner praise, but it can also be an opportunity for the automotive press to thrash the powers-that-be. Many thought that […]
Read More »GM Jetsetters Try to Cover Their Tracks!
It gets crazier and crazier. What the hell is GM trying to hide? General Motors has asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to prevent public tracking of their corporate private jet. GM spokesman Greg Martin declined to comment on why GM made the request to the FAA, though what better way to reload Congress’s guns. […]
Read More »Careers at GM!
It’s so easy to look at the GM corporate web site with ironic detachment. The sad jokes write themselves.
Read More »Michael Moore Speaks Out About The Auto Industry on CNN
Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out last night about the auto industry on CNN’s Larry King Live. “I’m of mixed mind with this bail out,” Moore said, who doesn’t want to see hundreds of thousands of autoworkers suffer at the hands of these auto makers, but at the same time,“I don’t think that these companies, […]
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