GM takes camouflage off new Camaro January 4, 2008 General Motors has released the first picture of the new Chevrolet Camaro without camouflage. In fact, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has decreed that all of the preproduction Camaros be driven without the cladding and camouflage to better test aerodynamics and cooling efficiency, Chevrolet General Manager [...]
GM says 2010 no sure thing for Volt Wagoner says automaker wants production as soon as possible; battery development is key. Friday, January 4, 2008 Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News General Motors Corp. still hopes to have the Chevrolet Volt — the automaker’s ambitious attempt at a plug-in hybrid — on the road by [...]
GM’s turning 100, hold the nostalgia Web-heavy campaign will emphasize issues restructuring auto giant faces in next century. Friday, January 4, 2008 Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News General Motors Corp. will launch a massive, year-long blitz of marketing and special events to mark 100 years in existence. But the fete won’t include a commemorative [...]
This Big 3 sequel is scary Problems confronting automakers nearly three decades ago still haunt them without change. Daniel Howes Friday, January 4, 2008 Twenty-seven years ago — when oil breached an inflation-adjusted $100 a barrel, lines formed at gas stations and the Japanese began a generation-long march into the American car market — Detroit [...]
Toyota snatches No. 2 spot from Ford Japanese carmaker’s sales rose 3.1% in 2007; it could overtake GM as world’s largest automaker this year. Friday, January 4, 2008 Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News Fifty years after Toyota Motor Corp.’s first tentative foray into the U.S. market, the Japanese automaker has soared past Ford [...]
Chrysler to cut 1,096 jobs in Belvidere, Ill. queryvar=”chrysler,to,cut,1,096,jobs,in,belvidere,ill”; Ryan Beene Automotive News | January 3, 2008 – 11:37 am EST Chrysler will eliminate 1,096 jobs next month at its assembly plant in Belvidere, Ill., a company spokeswoman said today. The job cuts have been expected since CEO Bob Nardelli said Nov. 1 [...]
GM cancels V-8 program for luxury cars queryvar=”gm,cancels,v-8,program,for,luxury,cars”; Richard Truett and Jamie LaReau Automotive News | January 3, 2008 – 12:50 pm EST DETROIT — General Motors has canceled plans to build a new advanced double overhead-cam V-8 for its luxury cars. The move means the future for Cadillac’s V-8 car engines is [...]
