The first data on the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro’s sales have come in and apparently black is the most favored color among buyers. As to be predicted, the V8 engined version accounts for most of the sales.
Recalls aren’t big news any more and this concerns me a bit, there are quite a lot going on and with such a great number of them around you may start to think, how much longer until they figure out an issue with my car? Hopefully you will not get the chance to read a
More news from Detroit as General Motors has just announced better sales figures for this month when compared to last year’s April disastrous sales. Mind you, while this April 2010 has better sales than April 2009 it’s still 2% down on March 2010.
General Motors had planned to to bring the seven-seater Chevrolet Orlando crossover to the United States but has recently reconsidered and decided not to do it after all. According to Mark Reuss, GM’s president for North America, the man who made the decision to cancel these plans the brand needs to focus on the existing models
We all remember the horrific news that came from Detroit around a year ago but now the headlines make for pretty much opposite extras to read all about. In short, Ford has recorded $2.1 billion in profits, General Motors managed to pay off the treasury loan early despite proving profits and Chrysler have managed to
Chrysler Group LLC has just announced that upon the launch of the new Charger in November 2010 they will be ready to increase their participation to the squad car market. Peter Grady, Chrysler’s head of network development and fleet said that his company will go hard out after this particular market.
President Barack Obama said that the bailouts that the government funded for the American automotive industry had paid off. The announcement made it to the public via the president’s Web address last Saturday.
Yesterday Spyker cars made a very conforting announcement for SAAB fans. The loss-making Swedish brand bought from GM no more than two months ago now has it’s production back on track. Another interesting statement from the same announcement mentioned the supercar maker’s desire to create a compact SAAB.
The Chevrolet Volt MPV has now gone from drawings to reality. It’s not grown a bit of a longer name but other than that it’s pretty much as expected.
According to an announcement made today by Ed Whitacre, CEO of General Motors, the company has payed back the government loans in full today. The sum sent by GM to the US Treasury and Export Development Canada comes to a total of 5.8 billion dollars.
Recently a few patent drawings have been popping up all over the place and what they feature may be quite interesting. The 2010 Beijing Motor Show may see General Motors unveiling a Chevrolet Volt-based MPV next week.
The headline is not made up, this is actually happening as NASA announced today that humanoid robot Robonaut 2, or R2 for short, will be heading for the International Space Station. The R2 is a joint development of NASA and GM and will soon become a permanent resident of the International Space Station destined to
Well at least this is what Sergio Marchionne, Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC CEO has to say about recent undergoing procedures to cut costs at Chrysler and to eventually turn it around. Marchionne also said that in terms of the market share numbers coming out of the U.S., it’s a slow, gradual process, a
The 1st of May 2010 is when Bob Lutz is scheduled to retire from the position he occupies at General Motors as Vice Chairman. His retirement is set to be a permanent one and is anticipated to be very hard on the man who has been in this business since 1963. Lutz has already retired
China’s economic boom is continuing and may have altogether been fueled by crisis of the automotive industry everywhere else. While very few companies have managed to keep previous sales figures and even fewer have managed to increase it, last month, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers retail figures were off the charts. Car sales
After more than one month of negotiations, Spyker and GM reached an agreement regarding to the future of Saab. Spyker will pay 400 million dollars, following the newly formed company to be named Spyker Saab Automobiles. Happy ending in the business that put on fire the auto industry last month. After General Motors announced in
GM’s influence on Opel starts to make its presence felt. Americans will put the padlock on the plant door in Antwerp, Belgium, so in this case, firing 2300 employees. Economic crisis effects starting to be felt here, in Opel’s court. General Motors tries to minimize its unnecessary outgoings and maintain on the afloat line the
GM will introduce soon on the Chevrolet Cruze, the “Pause and Play” function, which allows the driver to stop and record radio broadcasts. There were no moments when you’re driving, listen to an announcement on the radio but you can’t write the address or site name? For these of you who have experienced such difficult
The rumors according to which the Cadillac Converj concept will be produced in series since the end of 2013, on the Volt’s platform were confirmed by Bob Lutz, GM’s chairman. Only a year after they unveiled the Converj concept, at the same International Auto Show in Detroit, Cadillac has officially announced that will provide a
Saab end did not come on December 31, 2009, those from GM deciding to wait a little, during which they decided to restart production of 9-5 Sedan and 9-3 Cabrio. Americans from General Motors dropped temporarily the December 31 deadline for closing the Saab brand. Moreover, they will restart the production of Saab 9-5 Sedan,
