Bradford Wernle
Automotive News | September 19, 2008 – 1:11 pm EST
DETROIT — In mid-August, members of Chrysler LLC’s dealer council got a big surprise when the company let them drive an electric vehicle that could compete with Chevrolet’s Volt hybrid.
On Tuesday, Sept. 23, the entire dealer body may get to see that [...]
GM recalls 42,408 Saturn Vues; fluid leak possible
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Automotive News | September 19, 2008 – 11:45 am EST
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors is recalling about 42,408 Saturn Vue compact SUVs built from February to July due to a potential leak of power steering fluid that could cause a fire, it said on Friday.
GM said there had [...]
GM workers past and present share their memories
"It’s difficult — all the bad news. It feels like nobody wants to root for a company that knows it has done it before. When you see all the things we have coming down the line. The Chevy Volt. The bio-fuels or hybrid developments. I’m really excited to [...]
UAW’s battles shape history
Francis X. Donnelly / The Detroit News
General Motors and the United Auto Workers have made a fair share of history together during much of the last century.
Just last year, the two sides finally cut into the edge of Japanese competitors by adopting lower wages for new workers and shifting retiree health care [...]
Friday, September 19, 2008
Mexico City zaps the unloved Bug
Alexis Okeowo / San Francisco Chronicle
MEXICO CITY — In Cuba, the Volkswagen Beetle is called the "little egg." In France, it’s known as the "ladybird." In Mexico City, the vehicle is called el vocho, converted into tens of thousands of green-and-white taxis that have filled the capital’s [...]
THE BATTLE OF 2009 PICKUPS
Jamie LaReau
and Philip Nussel
Automotive News | September 18, 2008 – 4:34 pm EST
ENLARGE
The 2009 Ford F-150
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. plans an advertising blitz for [...]
Chrysler offers select employee pricing for September
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Richard Truett
Automotive News | September 18, 2008 – 12:03 pm EST
DETROIT — Chrysler LLC introduced an employee pricing program today that could shore up soft September sales.
Starting today, military personnel, returning lease customers and employees of companies that supply Chrysler can buy a Dodge, Chrysler or Jeep for [...]
Report: GM in talks to sell truck business to Isuzu
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Automotive News
September 19, 2008 – 3:30 am ET
TOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters) — General Motors is in talks to sell its truck operations to Japan’s No.2 truck maker, Isuzu Motors, for several tens of billion in yen, a paper reported, but the Japanese firm said it [...]
Report: No crossover wagon for GM
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Automotive News
September 19, 2008 – 3:30 am ET
(Reuters) — General Motors Corp has suspended plans to build a small, seven-seat crossover wagon for its Chevrolet brand in North America and instead plans to bring another small car to the U.S. from Asia, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday.
The [...]
