Wednesday, July 30, 2008 GM to let workers see Volt Sneak peek planned for automaker’s September centennial as car nears production version. David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — General Motors Corp. plans to show employees a near-production version of the Chevrolet Volt during the automaker’s 100th anniversary celebration in September. GM, which [...]

  GMAC reduces financing for high-risk customers queryvar=”gmac,reduces,financing,for,high-risk,customers”; Jamie LaReau Automotive News | July 29, 2008 – 4:38 pm EST     DETROIT — General Motors dealers will have to put high-risk customers into less expensive vehicles or get higher down payments than in the past, now that GMAC is tightening its financing policies. Over [...]

  GMAC, Ford pull back on leases as credit tightens queryvar=”gmac,ford,pull,back,on,leases,as,credit,tightens”; Automotive News | July 29, 2008 – 8:00 pm EST     DETROIT (Reuters) — GMAC and Ford Motor Credit disclosed steps on Tuesday to cut back on auto leases in a move that leaves automakers facing the risk of even more pressure on [...]

  Chase to end leasing for Chrysler queryvar=”chase,to,end,leasing,for,chrysler”; Andrew Grossman Automotive News | July 29, 2008 – 4:33 pm EST     Chase Auto Finance said today that it will not finance leases for Chrysler LLC vehicles. Chase was afraid auto dealers would flock to it in the wake of Chrysler Financial’s decision on Friday, [...]