October 1, 2009 http://detnews.com/article/20091001/OPINION03/910010369 Time for GM to overhaul its culture DANIEL HOWES Starting today, General Motors Co. officially begins the big push to change its slow, risk-averse, bureaucratic culture. Sounds silly, I know, this idea that an exemplar of corporate sclerosis could peg a vital piece of its post-bankruptcy transformation to a date on [...]

Toyota recall may prove costly to company’s image queryvar=”toyota,recall,may,prove,costly,to,companys,image”; Automotive News | September 30, 2009 – 3:36 pm EST   DETROIT (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp. says it’s too early to estimate the cost of its largest U.S. recall ever, but analysts suspect the bigger worry is damage to the automaker’s image. On Tuesday, Toyota [...]

GM will wind down Saturn after savior Penske bows out Bid collapses as retailer fails to find source for vehicles queryvar=”gm,will,wind,down,saturn,after,savior,penske,bows,out”; Lindsay Chappell Automotive News | September 30, 2009 – 4:32 pm EST   DETROIT — General Motors Co. said it will begin to phase out Saturn — the car company conceived more than 25 [...]