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, [...]
The average transaction price for a new-vehicle went up $300 to $26,300 in the second quarter, despite stagnant incomes across the country. The cause though is not rising costs of vehicles, claims Comerica Bank in a study they conducted, but via consumer decisions to purchase higher priced vehicles.
“While consumers opted to buy more expensive vehicles [...]
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 [...]
