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Jun
8th

GM issues shares worth $24.5 million to executives

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General Motors Co. is giving 12 top executives share equivalents worth an estimated total of $24.5 million that could be exercised once the company goes public. CEO Ed Whitacre wants GM shares to trade by the fourth quarter. Full story...
Jun
8th

GM to recall 1.5 million 2007-2009 model to deactivate heated washer fluid systems

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DETROIT - General Motors Co. is recalling 1.5 million 2007-2009 model cars, trucks and crossovers to disable a heated washer fluid system module that could pose a fire risk. Because the feature will be disabled, GM will make a voluntary payment of $100 to the owner or lessee of each vehicle. Full story...
Jun
7th

Back in the game: GM will advertise during next Super Bowl

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General Motors will advertise during the Super Bowl XLV broadcast in February, The Wall Street Journal reported today, citing people familiar with the matter. Full story...
Jun
7th

Opel gets 300 million euros in aid from Spain

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Spain's central government and the Aragon regional government will provide General Motors Co.'s European unit Opel with 300 million euros ($358.2 million) in aid, the Aragon government said on Monday. Full story...
Jun
7th

Opel gets 300 million euros in aid from Spain

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Spain's central government and the Aragon regional government will provide General Motors Co.'s Opel unit with 300 million euros ($358.2 million) in aid, the Aragon government said today. Full story...
Jun
7th

GM shuffles product planning, development execs in latest shake-up

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General Motors Co. has reassigned dozens of product development executives and appointed new heads of global product planning, powertrain engineering and quality in its latest departmental shake-up. Full story...
Jun
7th

Free of GM, Saab declares its independence

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Saab Automobile AB is reinventing itself as an independent automaker. Since its sale by General Motors Co. to Spyker Cars NV in February, Saab has been re-evaluating every aspect of its business. Big changes are under way or expected. Full story...
Jun
7th

GM, Ford lead spike in residuals

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Because automakers are trying not to produce more vehicles than the market needs, the projected residual values of today's cars have risen dramatically. Residuals for General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. Full story...
Jun
4th

Latest GM shakeup shuffles execs in product planning, development:

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General Motors Co. has reassigned dozens of product development executives and appointed new heads of global product planning, powertrain engineering and quality in its latest departmental shakeup. Full story...
Jun
4th

GM shuffles product planning, development execs in latest shakeup

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General Motors Co. has reassigned dozens of product development executives and appointed new heads of global product planning, powertrain engineering and quality in its latest departmental shakeup. Full story...
Jun
4th

Key GM IT executive Gutmann leaves

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Kirk Gutmann, one of General Motors Co.'s top executives in information technology, is leaving the automaker June 15. Reached by phone at his suburban Detroit home, Gutmann, 52, declined to say what prompted his departure. Full story...
Jun
4th

First Drive: 2010 Saab 9-5 Aero

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First Drive: 2010 Saab 9-5 Aero
2010 Saab 9-5 Aero - First Drive - Automobile Magazine
The new 9-5 finally arrives.

At long last
The new Saab 9-5 might not be the most-anticipated new car this year, but it is perhaps the longest anticipated. It replaces a model that had lingered for thirteen years, a glaring testament to Saab parent company General Motors' fecklessness with regards to its Swedish ward. "Saab was at the bottom of the food chain at GM," says the brand's new CEO, Victor Muller, he of tiny exotic carmaker Spyker, which pulled off an eleventh-hour purchase/rescue of Saab in February.


Photo Gallery: 2010 Saab 9-5 Aero - First Drive - Automobile Magazine


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Jun
4th

UK: Vauxhall launches GM oil for domestic market

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Vauxhall has launched parent General Motors' own-brand dexos2 engine oil for the UK. Full story...
Jun
4th

GERMANY: Ex-GM’s Jonathan Browning moves to VW

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Former General Motors global sales boss Jonathan Browning has joined Volkswagen as global head of the group's national sales companies. Full story...
Jun
4th

US: GM creates high-tech subsidiary

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General Motors has established General Motors Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary designed to help the company identify and develop innovative technologies in the automotive/transportation sector. Full story...
Jun
4th

VW hires former GM exec Browning as part of sales division shake-up

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Former General Motors Co. global sales boss Jonathan Browning has joined Volkswagen AG as global head of the 10-brand group's national sales companies. Browning, who will be based in Wolfsburg, started the new job June 1. Full story...
Jun
4th

VW hires former GM exec Browning as part of sales division overhaul

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Former General Motors Co. global sales boss Jonathan Browning has joined Volkswagen AG as global head of the 10-brand group's national sales companies. Browning, 50, who will be based in Wolfsburg, started the new job June 1. Full story...
Jun
3rd

Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga gets a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette from GM:

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Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga may have just missed a perfect game on Wednesday night, but General Motors tried to help make up for it--with a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette convertible. Full story...
Jun
3rd

Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga gets 2010 Chevrolet Corvette from GM:

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Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga may have just missed a perfect game on Wednesday night, but General Motors tried to help make up for it--with a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette convertible. Full story...
Jun
3rd

GM prices new Chevy Cruze higher than competitors

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The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze small car will start at $16,995, including shipping, several hundred dollars more than its targeted import competitors. The Cruze hits showrooms in September, and General Motors Co. Full story...
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