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07 Jan 08
WSJ: GM making sci-fi cars, Volt is a “moon shot”
- The Wall road diary is not kind to GM’s plans for the Volt electric car in the branch headlined Could GM’s Salvation exist matter of learning Fiction? After calling a driver-less car GM is showing off at CES “learning fiction,” here is what the Wall road diary has to tell encircling the Volt:The impel to show cars that can hurl themselves isn’t the solitary moon-shot cast GM has in the works. Mr. - autonews on 2008-01-07
Citing financial confidence, GM scraps $4 billion credit line
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Citing financial confidence, GM scraps $4 billion credit line
General Motors has scrapped a $4 billion line of credit it secured in June 2007, expression it no longer needs the monetary security gin going onward — at minutest for the season being. GM has "sufficient liquidity and financial pliability" to proper some expenses it puissance clash in 2008, an SEC filing indicates. GM never used the credit line, that was assembled on the GMAC financial division to ensure astonishment costs wouldn't detriment the automaker's recovery efforts. - autonews on 2008-01-07
04 Jan 08
GM cancels V8 program for Cadillac
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GM cancels V8 program for Cadillac
General Motors has announced that it has canceled its plans to raise a fresh advanced double overhead-cam V8 for its luxury cars. The cancellation foliage the futurity of V8-powered Cadillacs — other than the XLR sports car — up in the air. The planned called for a $300 million investing in GM's Tonawanda, fresh York machine plant where fruit of the fresh V8 machine was slated for 2009. GM Powertrain speaker Tom Read announced today that the project is dead. - autonews on 2008-01-04 -
GM cancels V8 program for Cadillac
General Motors has announced that it has canceled its plans to raise a fresh advanced double overhead-cam V8 for its luxury cars. The cancellation foliage the futurity of V8-powered Cadillacs — other than the XLR sports car — up in the air. The planned called for a $300 million investing in GM's Tonawanda, fresh York machine plant where fruit of the fresh V8 machine was slated for 2009. GM Powertrain speaker Tom Read announced today that the project is dead. - autonews on 2008-01-04
24 Dec 07
GM becomes first automaker to top 1 million annual sales in China
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GM becomes first automaker to top 1 million annual sales in chinaware
General Motors has become the first automaker to vend 1 million vehicles in chinaware in a particular year. GM's strong sales in chinaware possess come on the back of its Buick brand, and fittingly, the millionth car to roll against of a GM showroom was a Buick Park entry. In 2002, GM sold rightful 100,000 vehicles in chinaware — an indication of the expansion possible in the Chinese emporium. - autonews on 2007-12-24 -
GM becomes first automaker to top 1 million annual sales in chinaware
General Motors has become the first automaker to vend 1 million vehicles in chinaware in a particular year. GM's strong sales in chinaware possess come on the back of its Buick brand, and fittingly, the millionth car to roll against of a GM showroom was a Buick Park entry. In 2002, GM sold rightful 100,000 vehicles in chinaware — an indication of the expansion possible in the Chinese emporium. - autonews on 2007-12-24
21 Dec 07
GM recalls Cadillac, Pontiac, Saturn vehicles
- The problem is the background axle feather seal, that is potentially defective and can fissure. If it does, the liquid can fissure with of the discriminating and the hurl revolve can afterwards grapple proper to the liquid loss. If this happens while the car is in passage, the driver could lose control. single such smash has been reported, and involved a collision with another vehicle. GM has acknowledged that these vehicles have been the subject of an abnormally high number of warranty claims proper to the problem, like well. - autonews on 2007-12-21
GM skipped E85 for new LS9 V-8 to preserve low speed drivability
- individual of the big stories today over forward our sister situation Autoblog is the new Corvette ZR1. The ZR1 is propelled forward a new LS9 version of the classic little block V-8 that’s been heavily beefed up and supercharged to furnish at least 620hp. forward independent previous occasions here at ABG we’ve covered lofty-performance tuners who are using ethanol like a fuel in lofty ableness boosted engines to seize vantageground of the lofty octane ratings at a depress cost and cleaner emissions than racing gasolines. - autonews on 2007-12-21
GM sells medium-duty truck business
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GM sells medium-duty truck business
General Motors has announced that it will vend its medium-duty truck business to Navistar, the parent body of International Truck and Engine Corp. GM's medium-duty trucks ride on its GMT560 platform and are sold like the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick. According to Automotive News, GM sells about 30,000 to 40,000 units of its GMT560 trucks yearly, with the complete mart registering 180,000 sales. - autonews on 2007-12-21
19 Dec 07
Finally: GM cars to incorporate bluetooth technology
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I am still amazed ward the occurrence that it took nearly 5-6 years for General Motors to contain bluetooth in their cars. I wasn't actually expecting them to jump ward the bandwagon direct the march, yet following seeing most of the auto manufacturers going the bluetooth route, I would possess expected them to follow the trend.
Think encircling brand novel shinny Cadillac CTS. Nice ride, direct? Well, how can you pay a premium value for resembling a wonderful car and not having a $500 bluetooth module integrated? - autonews on 2007-12-19
16 Dec 07
HUMMER H2T being tested, possibly with new GM 4.5L diesel
- Earlier this week some shots of a new long-bed HUMMER H2 pickup deal turned up online. It’s not known if this deal is being planned for civilian sales or strictly for soldier-like employment like the color theory suggests. Whatever the case may exist, our confidant Mike Levine, the proprietor of PickupTruck.com has been perusing the emissary pics and came up with an interesting determination. whenever GM announced their new 4.5L Duramax diesel V-8 earlier this year, the body uttered the H2 would exist individual of the first applications. - autonews on 2007-12-16
- Earlier this week some shots of a new long-bed HUMMER H2 pickup deal turned up online. It’s not known if this deal is being planned for civilian sales or strictly for soldier-like employment like the color theory suggests. Whatever the case may exist, our confidant Mike Levine, the proprietor of PickupTruck.com has been perusing the emissary pics and came up with an interesting determination. whenever GM announced their new 4.5L Duramax diesel V-8 earlier this year, the body uttered the H2 would exist individual of the first applications. - autonews on 2007-12-16
14 Dec 07
GM to cut 340 jobs in Ohio
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GM to cut 340 jobs in Ohio
General Motors has officially announced that it will be laying against 340 frequently workers at its Moraine, Ohio. GM announced that there would be layoffs at the Moraine vegetable back in October, but failed to mention how numerous cuts there would be. The Moraine vegetable produces the Chevy TrailBlazer, the GMC minister, Isuzu Ascender and the Saab 9-7X. The layoffs — that will begin in January and last through March — are due to a sagging demand for the SUVs. - autonews on 2007-12-14
02 Dec 07
Roger Smith’s green vision for GM
- Roger metal-worker, the former General Motors CEO who oversaw the assembly end the ’80s and had a very green vision for GM, died two days ago. Here is a quote from the LA Times on Roger round mongrel cars from an interview he did in 1990 attending University of Michigan occupation historian David Lewis.Wait until you behold what the car of the year 2000 will subsist … I’m completely convinced it will subsist a mongrel, part electric, part engine.In 1986, Roger was the one that agreed to enter GM in the Australian solar race that led to Paul MacCready creating the car that would become the EV1. - autonews on 2007-12-02
30 Nov 07
GM announces ChallengeX follow-up, EcoCAR, the NeXT Challenge
- The Challenge-X student plan rivalry sponsored at catholic Motors and the part of might is now in the latest of a four-year scroll attending the ultimate aspect approach up in May 2008. The Challenge-X gave teams of engineering students the suitable to convert a Chevrolet Equinox to an alternative power-train. The teams designed and installed a spacious difference of cross and alternative fuel power-trains. like the Challenge-X program draws to a close, GM has announced the follow-up rivalry: EcoCAR. - autonews on 2007-11-30
Video: GM sponsors high-mpg contest
- So this video, recorded in North Carolina (although not much more about the time or exact locality seems to exist found) and sponsored on GM, shows 3 teams that struggle accompanying GM cars (I could sole identify a Saturn expiration verdant Line). - autonews on 2007-11-30
29 Nov 07
GM: our “next generation” mild hybrids will use lithium-ion batteries
- In an meeting accompanying Kelly Blue Book at the 2007 LA Auto Show, catholic Motors mule conveyance dexterous Stephen Poulos says GM’s “next generation” BAS (cestus alternator starter) mule scheme will hold the same architecture yet use lithium-ion batteries giving it more voltage, higher efficacy and significantly increased ability. - autonews on 2007-11-29
GM to add hybrid production in China in 2008
- Earlier this year at the Shanghai Motor Show, catholic Motors showed against a hybrid rendering of the Chinese market Buick LaCrosse. The car was powered by GM’s tender hybrid belt-alternator-starter scheme matched to a 2.4L four cylinder machine. catholic Motors will now start edifice the BAS LaCrosse at their Shanghai joint-venture vegetable in the chief moiety of 2008 and place them ward sale before the Olympic Games in Beijing. thus far hybrid sales possess been poor in China due to comparatively gentle gas prices and elevated costs of the vehicles. - autonews on 2007-11-29
27 Nov 07
GM and Toyota to make a hybrid together?
- There was a rumor at the 2007 LA Auto Show that there will be hybrid interpretation of the 2009 Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Matrix. The Pontiac Vibe is a produce of NUMMI, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., a joint venture betwixt GM and Toyota. So, if the rumor is real, GM and Toyota are working ward a hybrid together straight now.Toyota wants to privilege their hybrid technology and GM has worked accompanying other companies ward their have hybrid scheme. - autonews on 2007-11-27
GM to launch new global platform by 2009
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GM to launch new global platform by 2009
General Motors will soon launch an all-new platform to replace the general Delta architecture — which underpins the Opel/Vauxhall Astra, Chevrolet Cobalt and HHR and Pontiac G5 — a new report finds. The new architecture will underpin several new vehicles, including low-cost cars in South America and medium-sized cars for Opel in Europe. The new compact, front-drive platform could bear like various like five distinct carcass styles, attending the first examples bowing like early like 2009 in Europe and the U.S. - autonews on 2007-11-27
24 Nov 07
GM and VW nix proton Deal
- Proton is the state-owned carmaker of Malaysia. It is also loss money at a rapid rate, necessarily an introduction of capital, and necessarily some grave help attending technology. Sounds like a degree Cerberus would probably jump at, doesn’t it? absolutely, it was universal Motors and Volkswagen that were interested. Proton, in addition to the domicile mart, is a potential entre into the burgeoning mart in China. Though it does not currently exchange cars in China, the stripe it does exchange in Malaysia is very inexpensively priced, and could potentially mark a low priced mart in China. - autonews on 2007-11-24
15 Nov 07
GM wants to build a million hydrogen cars
- Yup. GM’s reasoning a tad farther than the Volt. They’re obviously lifeless sedate about hydrogen powered vehicles. And soon. Speaking from Shanghai, chinaware, individual of universal Motors’ fault-presidents, Elizabeth Lowery, told Reuters that “"You hold to make sure that some of these technologies are out there in big convolution to make a dissimilarity for the environment.” Her remarks came following Larry Burns, GM’s fault president of research and exhibition, had earlier predicted that the assemblage would conduct a hydrogen powered carriage at 2011, with fruit increasing quickly to a predicted individual million vehicles worldwide. - autonews on 2007-11-15
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Late final week, comments made at GM CEO pile wagon-driver spurred contemplation that the automaker power miss its plenteous-touted 2010 production mark for the 100 mpg plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt. yet a new blog posting at fault chair strike Lutz confirms the 2010 timeframe is still actual plenteous alive. "This program remains a top commitment to the assembly, and we are holding tight to our 2010 deadline," wrote Lutz. - autonews on 2008-01-08