General Motors

General Motors is a U.S. automaker currently comprised of four core brands (Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC) after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2009. GM also included Hummer, Saab, Pontiac and Saturn prior to entering bankruptcy, though each of these brands are in the stages of either being sold or phased out. Founded in September 1908 by William C. Durant, GM was the largest automaker in the world for most of the 20th century, though has slipped to No. 2 behind Toyota in recent years.

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Report: GM launching pair of low-pressure 'test' dealerships that offer competitor car drives 29 minutes ago on Autoblog

A[nother] different kind of car company. A[nother] different kind of car. Apparently, as it once did with its Saturn division, General Motors is again fiddling with the tried-and-true dealership sales model by creating two separate new test programs that would potentially offer a low-pressure car ...

Coloring Between the Lines: Reader shades in 2012 Chevy Malibu patent drawings 3 hours ago on Autoblog

Yesterday, we brought you the official patent drawings of the next-generation Chevrolet Malibu – the Epsilon II-based sedan that will more than likely debut later in 2011 as a 2012 model. Less than 24 hours later, one of our dedicated readers, Ted Krygier, has put his best Photoshop skills ...

Report: Main rejected-dealer advocates fail to get GM reinstatement call. Coincidence? 7 hours ago on Autoblog

We have no proof that General Motors is getting payback on the three dealers who founded the Committee to Restore Dealer Rights (CRDR), Tammy Darvish, Jack Fitzgerald and Alan Spitzer. But we do know that retribution is a game often played by all sides, and that Darvish, Fitzgerald and Spitzer ...

Rattner: Auto bailout saved Michigan from bankruptcy 1 day ago on Autoblog

Without the government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler, the U.S. auto industry would likely have two fewer domestic automakers and hundreds of thousands of high paying jobs would be history. The Detroit News reports that ex auto task force chief Steve Rattner recently told an audience at ...

Report: New GMC Sierra Denali HD to get the dually treatment 1 day ago on Autoblog

GMC, the "Professional Grade" truck maker under the General Motors umbrella, isn't finished adding luxe touches to its Heavy Duty series of Sierra pickup trucks. Just yesterday, GMC rolled out a brand-new Denali version of the HD pickem-up truck, but later this year at launch it will be ...

Chevrolet to employ new "Excellence for Everyone" ad campaign 1 day ago on Autoblog

General Motors is working hard to improve the image of its core brands, and the largest GM division, Chevrolet, will be getting some fresh new marketing in the near future. The theme, "Excellence for Everyone" will debut in ad spots over the next two months. In a web chat yesterday, GM's ...

NTEA 2010: 2011 GMC Sierra Denali HD puts the Heavy in Heavy Duty 1 day ago on Autoblog

For the first time in its history – and considering that the company has been around for over 100 years, that's significant – GMC decided to make an official appearance at the National Truck Equipment Association show in St. Louis. And the Professional Grade brand brought along the ...

GM quickly one-ups Ford with 2011 Duramax diesel ratings, shows off GMC Sierra Denali HD 2 days ago on Autoblog

Not even a month ago, at the end of our post on the 2011 Ford Super Duty engine specs, we wrote: "General Motors, there's a big ass ball in your court." Someone at GM has apparently grabbed their big ass racket and said, "Oh, I got this...", then smacked the ball right back into play. The Ford's ...

Toyota dealer group peeved over tax dollar use for GM incentives targeted at Toyota owners 2 days ago on Autoblog

Recently, General Motors has been offering special buying incentives specifically tailored to steer people away from Toyota and Lexus dealerships, and even get current Toyota owners out of their cars. And while most people look at this as just a clever marketing technique to promote other ...

Hummer plant coming back online to fill 849-unit order? 3 days ago on Autoblog

Unless a buyer for Hummer materializes in the next few months, General Motors will continue to wind-down its environmental group dart board. The slow death of Hummer has actually been in process since before The General announced that the sale of the brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy ...

Report: GM scouring the globe for next Corvette design, first time looking beyond U.S. 4 days ago on Autoblog

The Chevrolet Corvette is a uniquely American invention. It's the quintessential sportscar from the land that brought us baseball and apple pie. Interesting, then, that General Motors would choose to seek out design studies from its various styling studios from all around the globe, particularly ...

Report: GM CEO Whitacre still flies on AT&T jets equipped with golden parachutes 4 days ago on Autoblog

When U.S. domestic automakers were commuting back and forth between Detroit and Washington while begging for government funds in the fall of 2008, a big deal was made of the fact that their CEOs were traveling in private jets instead of driving company vehicles. The backlash from JetGate was ...

Report: Saab deal helps put Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris back on track 6 days ago on Autoblog

We're all well aware that the recently sealed deal between Spyker and General Motors means good things for the ailing Saab brand – in fact, without Spyker's eleventh-hour intervention, the Swedish automaker would have been lost to the annals of history. Apparently, though, the Saab tie-up ...

Peekaboo: Cadillac CTS-V Wagon spied in L.A.? 6 days ago on Autoblog

Well, it sure looks like it. All credit for this one goes to one Aaron P., who emailed the following to us: So I was walking down Grand Avenue in Downtown LA, and they were shooting a Caddy commercial. There was a covered car, which I thought was the CTS Coupe, but the wind blew off the cover ...

Report: Chrysler ends 25-month sales skid by sending 58% of new vehicles to fleets 6 days ago on Autoblog

Just about every automaker posted February sales gains compared to the same month in 2009, and industry-wide sales were up 13 percent for the month. Even Chrysler posted its first year over year gain for the first time in 25 months, albeit by a mere 399 units. So is everybody at the company's ...

How a Corvette C6.R comes to life: Autoblog tours Pratt & Miller shop 7 days ago on Autoblog

Racing improves the breed. How many times have you heard some automaker PR flack spout that line in order to justify a motorsports program? When it comes to NASCAR, which is still the most popular form of racing in the United States, it's clearly a complete fallacy. Open wheel racing, be it at ...

Hope on the horizon? General Motors reportedly to reinstate more than 580 dealers 7 days ago on Autoblog

According to Automotive News (which is citing four separate yet unknown sources), General Motors is preparing to reinstate more than 580 dealers that had applied for government-mediated arbitration to keep their franchises in the United States. For those keeping track, 580 represents exactly half ...

GM offering 0% financing for month of March 7 days ago on Autoblog

General Motors just posted a 12-percent sales increase for the month of February, and now the automaker is hoping to continue its strong sales trend by offering 0 percent financing for 60 months on sales that occur during the month of March. Curiously, this announcement comes just a few days ...

Opel getting $2.7B injection of cash from GM 9 days ago on Autoblog

When General Motors decided it would keep Opel in the company's brand portfolio, it knew the price tag would be hefty. The Detroit News is reporting that price tag on The General's decision to retain its European arm is 1.9 billion euros ($2.7 billion in U.S. funds). And that's just GM's part of ...

BREAKING: Lutz to retire from GM... again 9 days ago on Autoblog

It's the end of an era, folks. There are reports this afternoon all over the internet that General Motors' Vice Chairman, "Maximum" Bob Lutz, will officially retire on May 1. Those keeping track will remember that Lutz initially announced his retirement back in February of 2009, but then later ...

Geneva 2010: Opel Flextreme GT/E Concept glides on stage 9 days ago on Autoblog

The highlight of the Opel stand at the Geneva Motor Show this week is clearly the new Flextreme GT/E concept. This second Flextreme-badged concept is the first midsize car to be powered by General Motors' Voltec powertrain as used in the Chevrolet Volt. The GT/E is just a couple of inches ...

GM announces sweeping North American management shuffle 9 days ago on Autoblog

It may be tough to remember the news earlier in the day that Bryan Nesbitt would be out as the head of Cadillac and back to his old position as executive director, advanced concept group. A metric ton of reveals from the Geneva Motor Show has a tendency to do that kind of thing... but General ...

Ford outsells GM, Toyota in February sales 10 days ago on Autoblog

February's automotive sales numbers are slowly rolling in, and we're already seeing that Toyota's recall crisis has severely hurt the company's overall sales. On the other hand, its loss has proved to be a real gain for other automakers, especially Ford Motor Company, sales of which topped not ...

GM recalls 1.3 million Cobalts, G5s for power steering problem 10 days ago on Autoblog

Communications professionals know that the best time to release bad news about a company is at 5:15 pm on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend. By the time everyone comes back to work the following week, so much other stuff has happened that the story often gets lost in the shuffle. In the ...

Report: Bryan Nesbitt out as Cadillac boss, Mark Ruess consolidates 10 days ago on Autoblog

Most agree that the majority of General Motors' recent products are easily on par with the competition in terms of design, quality and performance. And having shed much of its legacy costs in bankruptcy last year, GM should be making money on those products. However, sales of many of its newest, ...

GM comes out in support of black box legislation 11 days ago on Autoblog

As of today, when incidents like sudden acceleration happen, it's extremely difficult to diagnose conclusively what the cause was. Without a mechanism to track exactly what the driver did, what the vehicle sensors detected and how the vehicle responded, it usually ends up being a he said/she said ...

Exodus Pictures unveils FireBreather movie car at Detroit Autorama 14 days ago on Autoblog

Earlier today, the folks from Exodus Pictures – a Michigan-based film studio – officially unveiled the FireBreather, a Camaro-based creation built in collaboration with Classic Design Concepts of Novi, Michigan. The one-off Camaro was designed by Ajmal Ahmad, the writer and director ...

Consumer Reports releases annual list of American Top Picks, Ford the big winner 14 days ago on Autoblog

Each year that Consumer Reports offers up its annual list of Top American Picks, it seems less and less a consolation bracket and more like a reasonable set of choices. To wit, if you wanted the very best family-sized SUV (Chevrolet Traverse) or fullsize pickup truck (Chevrolet Silverado), ...

Report: General Motors looking at two previous Hummer offers 15 days ago on Autoblog

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, General Motors is taking a second look at two previous offers for Hummer after the deal to sell the ailing sports utility brand finally succumbed to a slow death yesterday. The WSJ doesn't divulge which companies are in the offing to purchase ...

Sears coming to the rescue of disenfranchised Chrysler and GM dealers? 15 days ago on Autoblog

General Motors and Chrysler dealers unsuccessful in government-mediated arbitration to save their franchises from closure are being thrown a potential life saver. This one, however, doesn't say U.S.S. Government on it, but rather, U.S.S. Sears Auto Center. The nationwide retailer want to expands ...

Report: GM may euthanize Chevy Colorado/GMC Canyon small pickups 15 days ago on Autoblog

The future of the small pickup truck market in the United States doesn't look good. A new global Ford Ranger is in the works, though we have good reason to doubt that will replace the model currently available in North America. For its part, Chrysler has plans to nix the Dodge Dakota next year, ...

BREAKING: GM announces Hummer sale cannot be concluded, brand to be wound down 16 days ago on Autoblog

Although it has been evident for some time that General Motors' sale of its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co., Ltd., we didn't expect for word to come down today that the negotiations are dead and the brand will be wound down. Unfortunately, judging by a press ...

Consumer Reports adds six cars to Top Picks list, touts diversity 17 days ago on Autoblog

Each year, the automotive editors of Consumer Reports select their Top Pick Cars, representing vehicles that are the best in their individual segments. These cars are deemed to have "average or better" predicted reliability and have scored high marks in government safety testing. In past years, ...

Finally Final: Saab sale transfer completed between GM and Spyker 17 days ago on Autoblog

After a Mullholland's worth of twists and turns, the sale of Saab Automobile AB to Spyker Cars is complete. The official transfer of ownership from General Motors to the Dutch supercar concern occurred earlier today, and now Saab will get down to the difficult business of becoming profitable. ...

**Report: GM adding extra shift at Lordstown to meet expected Cruze demand *UPDATE** 17 days ago on Autoblog

It looks like General Motors is going to announce that Lordstown will be getting a third shift. Lordstown, Ohio is the plant where GM is going to be building its new compact Chevrolet Cruze, and apparently they think the demand is going to be pretty high for this handsome little sedan. If you ...

Report: GM CEO could earn $9M per year, ex-CEO Henderson hired as $60k/month consultant 18 days ago on Autoblog

Two different outlets are reporting two seemingly conflicting reports about pay at General Motors, but it's clear regardless of the details that money is in motion at The General. Ed Whitacre, Jr., who doesn't receive any pay as GM's chairman, is waiting on approval from the Treasury pay czar ...

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Autoblog Podcast #169: Wagons and SuperDuty and NASCAR, Oh My!

Chris Shunk, Alex Nunez, Sam Abuelsamid and Dan Roth talk about the Cadillac CTS-V SportWagon, Acura TSX Wagon, Honda CR-Z, Ford SuperDuty, and NASCAR carnage - plus the usual tangents