October 30, 2009

GM extends ‘May the Best Car Win’ campaign as Bob Lutz takes to track

Race part of effort to get back on track

BY TIM HIGGINS
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Before Bob Lutz even took to the racetrack on Thursday, General Motors was claiming victory.
It didn’t matter that Lutz, driving a Cadillac CTS-V, would come in [...]

October 29, 2009
http://detnews.com/article/20091029/AUTO01/910290483

GM extends money-back guarantee

ROBERT SNELL
The Detroit News
General Motors Co., trying to boost market share and vehicle sales after emerging from bankruptcy, has extended its money-back guarantee until Jan. 4 and will launch a second round of advertisements featuring hood-to-hood comparisons with competitors’ vehicles.
The comparison campaign, scheduled to start in December, is the [...]

Two more UAW sites vote down Ford concession deal, jeopardizing passage of contract changes
By AP
October 29th, 2009
 

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Two more UAW sites vote down Ford concession deal
 
DETROIT — Workers at two more United Auto Workers locals overwhelmingly rejected changes to their contract with Ford Motor Co. on Thursday, casting further doubt on whether the deal [...]

October 30, 2009
http://detnews.com/article/20091030/AUTO01/910300346

Sterling Heights Ford UAW local may ask for revote

Workers fear ‘no’ vote will lose axle work for site

BRYCE G. HOFFMAN
The Detroit News
Ford Motor Co. could shift work promised to its Sterling Heights axle factory as part of a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers to a German supplier after the local [...]