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2010 Buick LaCrosse gets rave reviews; brand image a problem

2010 Buick LaCrosse gets rave reviews; brand image a problem

Buick’s redesigned 2010 LaCrosse, on sale now, is playing to generally upbeat reviews. Detroit News auto writer Scott Burgess raves about the LaCrosse, but calls it the “best car no one will buy.”
The folks at Buick will likely object vociferously about that characterization. But Burgess’s point is well taken. As good as the LaCrosse is, [...]

400 take General Motors buyouts from Flint plants

400 take General Motors buyouts from Flint plants

More than 400 additional General Motors hourly workers in the Flint area have gone from employees to early retirees or have been persuaded to leave the company for good.
The company said Monday that more than 6,000 employees nationwide retired early or took a buyout in the most recent special attrition program from GM, trimming the [...]

Images of the last Flint-built General Motors medium-duty truck

Images of the last Flint-built General Motors medium-duty truck

General Motors would not allow photographers from outside the company inside Flint Truck Assembly Plant as the final Flint-built medium-duty commercial truck rolled off the assembly line Friday.
However, GM spokesman Kevin Nadrowski submitted these photos from Friday’s final day of production.

Former Flint resident writes about General Motors, Flint's critical condition

Former Flint resident writes about General Motors, Flint’s critical condition

Former Flint resident Peter Bourque writes about growing up in Flint and seeing the city struggle through hardships from a distance in this personal essay in the Arizona Daily Star.
Bourque as has lived in Tucson for 31 years. He is a retired high school teacher and currently teaches English as a Second Language for Literacy [...]