Tuesday, May 27, 2008
GM speeds cuts in pickup production at Flint plant
Associated Press
DETROIT — General Motors Corp. says it will speed up production cuts at a pickup truck factory in Flint that had been closed due to a strike at a parts supply company.
GM spokesman Tony Sapienza said Tuesday it’s unclear when the Flint plant [...]

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Dealers worry that Mercury is a goner
With no product in the pipeline, Ford dodges questions about the declining brand’s fate.
Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News
After enduring years of speculation about the future of the Mercury brand, dealers are asking Ford Motor Co. for a straight answer to a simple question: Does [...]

 
GM seeks Volt tax break to avoid $40k sticker
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Jamie LaReau
Automotive News | May 26, 2008 - 12:01 am EST
 
 
DETROIT — General Motors expects its gasoline-electric Chevrolet Volt to come to market in 2010 priced close to $40,000, say sources close to the project.
That’s pricey compared with rivals such as the Toyota Prius hybrid, but [...]

 
Andrew Grossman
Automotive News | May 23, 2008 - 4:37 pm EST
 
 
 
DETROIT — While General Motors is restarting truck production it had halted because of the UAW strike at American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., auto dealers say they’re in no hurry to get more trucks on their lots. They have plenty.
Even though GM [...]