General Motors Company’s new executive committee has decided to stop using the silver “GM” corporate logo on its vehicles in a move to emphasize the four core brands that survived the automaker’s bankruptcy.
The move, which was decided on earlier this month, will take effect starting with the 2010 model year vehicles. The effort to remove [...]
Toyota has sold the most vehicles to date under the government’s Car Allowance Rebate System, passing General Motors for the top spot, according to data released Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In sum, 18.9 percent of vehicles bought under ‘cash for clunkers’ program were manufactured by Toyota, slightly more than GM’s 17.6 percent.
That’s [...]
General Motors today revealed the first image of the new 2010 Chevrolet Agile for the Brazilian market. Sales in Brazil will begin in the October later in 2009 with a 1.0L 4-cylinder engine under the bonet.
“The Agile goes beyond a traditional hatchback. Our task was to conduct a vehicle for a demanding client. Great design, [...]
According to a University of Michigan study of customer satisfaction, Cadillac and Lexus are the brands with the most-pleased customers. Cadillac, last year’s runner up to Lexus, made up the difference this year with an 89 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index, released today. The industry tally was 84.
European companies are among those with the [...]
BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — General Motors Co. boss Fritz Henderson says a new $43 million plant in southeastern Michigan will assemble battery packs for its new rechargeable electric car.
GM’s president and chief executive held a news conference Thursday morning at the plant site in Brownstown Township, 20 miles southwest of Detroit.
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GM says in [...]
Put the brakes on the apologies. Think about your brands. And give us a reason to buy your cars.
That’s what marketing gurus say General Motors Co. must do as it begins a massive overhaul of advertising worth more than $2 billion a year now that it’s out of bankruptcy protection.
Since emerging from bankruptcy last month, [...]
