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Oct
15th

GM to promote dealer financing options

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General Motors, in the wake of lending restrictions by its partially owned finance unit, will begin an advertising campaign reminding consumers that they can still finance vehicles through GM dealerships. Read more ...
Oct
14th

GM to promote dealer financing options

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General Motors, in the wake of lending restrictions by its partially owned finance unit, will begin an advertising campaign reminding consumers that they can still finance vehicles through GM dealerships. Read more ...
Oct
14th

Microheat files for Chapter 11 protection

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Stung by a General Motors recall of its main product, Microheat Inc. today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Read more ...
Oct
14th

UAW, CAW take issue with potential merger

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UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said this morning that he's against a General Motors-Chrysler LLC merger if it costs union jobs. Read more ...
Oct
14th

CAW sees ‘massive’ risks in any GM, Chrysler deal

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The Canadian Auto Workers has asked General Motors and Chrysler LLC to clarify whether they are considering a merger, since any such transaction would risk "massive consolidation and massive job losses," union president Ken Lewenza said today. Read more ...
Oct
14th

Report: GM Europe labor opposes Chrysler merger

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A merger between U.S. carmakers General Motors and Chrysler would be "an absolute catastrophe", the top labor representative at GM Europe was quoted on Monday as saying. "GM would only raise its own problems to a higher power. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GERMANY: Opel jobs safe until 2010

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Despite the crisis at General Motors, Opel is not expecting to cut employees. Read more ...
Oct
13th

ANALYSIS: GM-Chrysler talks mean supplier shake-up

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Whether or not talks of a General Motors and Chrysler merger come to fruition, the fact that talks have taken place at all signals a daunting new direction for the US supplier industry, according to UK-based supplier industry analyst SupplierBusiness. Read more ...
Oct
13th

General Motors Milestones – The First 100 Years

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General Motors Milestones - The First 100 Years
General Motors Milestones - GM History - Automobile Magazine
From a loose collection of start-ups to perhaps the most influential car company in the world came ten decades - 100 years - of history-making events.

From a loose collection of start-ups to perhaps the most influential car company in the world came ten decades - 100 years - of history-making events. Here we recount the key markers on GM's century-long ride. Below is our list of more than 100 GM milestones.


Photo Gallery: General Motors Milestones - GM History - Automobile Magazine


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Oct
13th

Chrysler-Jeep dealer council chairman sees positives in merger

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The chairman of the Chrysler-Jeep National Dealer Council says he thinks a Chrysler-General Motors merger could help the companies, as long as it didn't involve a merger in the dealership franchise structures. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GM to close Michigan stamping plant in ’09

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General Motors said today it will close a Grand Rapids, Mich., metal stamping plant next year that makes hoods, fenders and other parts for pickups and SUVs. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GM to close Wisconsin SUV plant by year-end

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DETROIT (Reuters) -- General Motors said today it would close its Janesville, Wis., assembly plant by year-end in response to slumping demand for the full-size SUVs it manufactures. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GM stock rises 33%, analysts skeptical about merger

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Shares of General Motors jumped 33 percent in trading today after reports the automaker had been in merger talks in recent weeks with smaller rivals Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GM sells Swedish engine center to AVL

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General Motors has sold its Soedertaelje engine development center in Sweden to Austrian engineering company AVL. The move means the consolidation of GM's Swedish powertrain engineering operations in Trollhaettan, Sweden. Read more ...
Oct
13th

AUSTRALIA: Cadillac launches ‘down under’

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General Motors has launched its US luxury brand Cadillac at the 2008 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. Sales in both Australia and New Zealand start early next year. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GM has not sought bailout, but options open

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General Motors said on Saturday it has not sought a federal bailout but did not rule out the possibility of approaching the U.S. government or taking other dramatic steps to survive a worsening downturn in auto sales. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Source: GM, Chrysler talking

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General Motors, battling shrinking U.S. sales and a plummeting stock price, is discussing a possible combination with Chrysler LLC, a person familiar with the talks said. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Beyond merger talks, GM eyes federal funds

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What's good for General Motors is good for the country. When former GM CEO Charles Wilson told the U.S. Read more ...
Oct
13th

Dealer casualties expected

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Dealer casualties may increase because of collapsing new-car sales. "There will be fallout but our goal is to minimize the impact as much as we can," said Brent Dewar, General Motors Europe's vice president of sales and marketing. Read more ...
Oct
13th

GM gets tough with minority suppliers

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General Motors purchasing chief Bo Andersson is taking a hard line, even with minority suppliers, and is eliminating poor performers. He said he cut 10 in the past year. Read more ...
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