General MotorsGM denies it will build Chevrolet Cruze at Poland plantJune 13, 2013 12:52 CET  General Motors will start building the Chevrolet Cruze at its Opel plant in Poland, a report said, drawing a denial from GM.... Read More »
Apple's connected car move creates challenge for automakers, analysts say 3:43 pm U.S. ET | June 12, 2013  Apple wants to invade automotive instrument panels by making its iOS mobile operating system accessible on vehicle screens. The initiative, which Apple discussed publicly this week, creates a challenge for automakers, who want to keep up with the latest connected-vehicle technologies but still control the overall experience with their own operating systems.... Read More »
GM targeting investment grade rating 'within a year' 2:14 pm U.S. ET | June 12, 2013  General Motors said it is targeting an investment grade credit rating "within the year" as the Detroit automaker works to distance itself from the stigma of its 2009 bankruptcy.... Read More »
GM says Cadillac ad agency pitch was run fair and square 12:32 pm U.S. ET | June 12, 2013  The move of Cadillac's creative account from Publicis Groupe's Fallon in Minneapolis to a new Interpublic Group of Cos. team dubbed Rogue, announced on Tuesday, has prompted numerous questions in the ad world.... Read More »
AAA sounds an alarm on voice-to-text features 6:00 am U.S. ET | June 12, 2013  The voice-to-text features that car companies are offering to keep drivers' eyes on the road may also be highly distracting, the consumer group AAA warned today as it released the results of a two-year research project.... Read More »
Cadillac taps Interpublic team, including Campbell-Ewald, to handle global creative 11:23 am U.S. ET | June 11, 2013  GM is shifting its Cadillac creative account from Publicis Groupe's Fallon in Minneapolis to a newly formed agency -- Rogue -- created by three units at Interpublic Group of Cos. GM announced the move this afternoon after the news was reported by Advertising Age, an affiliate of Automotive News.... Read More »
Chevy hikes Volt spiffs to spur sales, lower stockpiles 2:55 pm U.S. ET | June 11, 2013  GM is boosting incentives on the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid to spur sales and lower stockpiles amid price cuts and lease deals on the Nissan Leaf and Fiat 500e electric vehicles.... Read More »
CHRIS GAUTZ The EV taxation debate comes to Michigan 11:04 am U.S. ET | June 11, 2013  Can a road tell the difference if an electric vehicle or a gas guzzler is driving over it? No, but lawmakers around the country tasked with coming up with a new revenue stream to pay for the upkeep of those roads sure can.... Read More »
GM's Lieblein aims to save $1 billion amid 18 new vehicles 9:53 am U.S. ET | June 11, 2013  It's a billion-dollar conundrum for an auto company: how to save money while introducing 18 new or refreshed vehicles in 12 months. If resurgent General Motors is going to achieve CEO Dan Akerson's goal of continuing to increase profit this year and next -- and significantly ramp up margins -- that will have to be done.... Read More »
GM mulls moving Opel Mokka production to Spain from Korea, report saysJune 11, 2013 09:03 CET  General Motors is considering moving part of the current production of the Opel Mokka to Spain from Korea, a German newspaper reported, citing sources within the U.S. carmaker. Opel said earlier this year that it plans to build the next-generation Mokka in Europe and not in Korea.... Read More »
OnStar: GM's link to more sales? 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013 General Motors, seeking to use its OnStar telematics service as a stronger selling point, is dangling some OnStar features to nonsubscribers. GM said last week that buyers of properly equipped 2014 models will get five years of free smartphone-based features that enable the buyers to start or unlock their vehicles from almost anywhere.... Read More »
Saab parent's $3 billion lawsuit versus GM thrown out by U.S. judge 5:12 pm U.S. ET | June 10, 2013  Dutch sports car maker Spyker NV's $3 billion lawsuit accusing General Motors of trying to bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab was dismissed Monday by a federal judge who said GM had the right to block the sale of a company using its technology.... Read More »
GM engineers take retail road trips 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013  GM engineers have been chatting with dealership service managers about how they diagnose problems and deal with snags on new vehicles. They're shadowing salespeople in showrooms and chatting up customers about what they like and don't like. They're even visiting non-GM stores to size up the competition.... Read More »
Saab parent's $3 billion lawsuit versus GM thrown out by U.S. judgeJune 10, 2013 23:12 CET  Dutch sports car maker Spyker's $3 billion lawsuit accusing General Motors of trying to bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab was dismissed by a judge who said GM had the right to block the sale of a company using its technology.... Read More »
GM taps manufacturing exec to reduce bureaucracy 2:56 pm U.S. ET | June 10, 2013  General Motors has appointed Diana Tremblay, its top manufacturing executive in North America and a seasoned labor negotiator, to help tackle the company's notoriously thick bureaucracy.... Read More »
Pontiac G6 brake light inquiry elevated by NHTSA 11:34 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013  Federal auto safety regulators have stepped up their investigation into the Pontiac G6, bringing the discontinued sedan a step closer to a recall for brake light problems.... Read More »
Study: New products bolster market share 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013 Automakers who replace their products faster stand to increase market share over the next four years, according to a new industry forecast from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. That bodes well for the Detroit 3 because they are on the cusp of a wave of product redesigns. The financial company's analysis predicts that General Motors and Ford Motor Co. each will add a point of market share by 2016 because of a slew of critical product replacements.... Read More »
GM goal: Loyalty on the lift 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013 General Motors' expansion of free maintenance across its 2014 Chevrolet, Buick and GMC lineups aims to draw more customers to the showroom -- and to keep them coming back to the service drive.... Read More »
Chevy prices new SS below rivals 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013  The Chevrolet SS sports sedan will have a sticker price of $44,470, making it Chevy's priciest sedan when it goes on sale in the fourth quarter. Still, the price is below that of the two main competitors in the small market for nonluxury, rear-wheel-drive performance sedans: the Chrysler 300 SRT ($47,240) and Dodge Charger SRT ($45,270 for the Super Bee trim level). All prices include shipping.... Read More »
Turbos: MPG or muscle? 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013  Some automakers say turbochargers offer high fuel economy and quick acceleration, the best of both worlds. Well, yes and no. Turbocharged vehicles allow automakers to keep power output high while they downsize engines for better fuel economy. But much of the mpg gain is lost when American drivers stomp the gas pedal and enjoy turbos' high performance.... Read More »
Polish car production falls 7% in MayJune 10, 2013 11:01 CET Car production in Poland -- where Fiat, GM and VW Group have plants -- fell 7 percent in May, industry monitor SAMAR said. The group added that weak European demand and a run of public holidays had reversed a rise in the previous month. In Poland, nearly 99 percent of cars assembled are for export, mostly within Europe.... Read More »
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION CEOs' pay grows with the economy 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013  Ford CEO Alan Mulally has repeated as highest-paid CEO at publicly traded North America-based automotive companies. Mulally took home $68,443,381 in 2012, up slightly from the $68,247,702 he made in 2011. He climbed to the top of last year's list after placing third in the 2010 rankings. Unlike previous years, Mulally isn't the only automaker CEO on the list. No. 33 on this list of 35 executives is General Motors CEO Dan Akerson.... Read More »
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE E-MAGAZINE Chevrolet slumps in EuropeJune 10, 2013 06:01 CET  Chevrolet -- General Motors' best-selling brand globally -- is falling further behind rivals in Europe as the region's buyers turn their backs on the marque's aging product lineup. Steep declines of Chevy's best-selling models in Europe pushed down the brand's sales in the region by 33 percent to 45,706 in a total market down 7 percent, according to industry body ACEA. Chevy's market share was 1.1 percent, down from 1.5 percent during the same period last year.... Read More »
Obituaries 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013 Bill Templeton, former owner of Fort Myers Toyota in Fort Myers, Fla., died May 20. He was 84.... Read More »
Akerson: GM's bailout era is over 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 10, 2013  General Motors executives eager to shed the stigma of government ownership got two doses of welcome news ahead of last week's annual shareholders' meeting. First, Standard & Poor's said that GM would rejoin its S&P 500 stock market index for the first time since before GM's 2009 bankruptcy, boosting the share price. That prompted the U.S. Treasury Department to sell 30 million shares in a public offering, and the UAW's GM retiree health care trust to unload 20 million shares.... Read More »
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