Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Collapsing demand for new cars across Europe is to cost skilled workers at General Motors and Ford hundreds of shifts as the car giants try to reduce supply.
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday
New York - Shares of Ford Motor Co. slid to their lowest price in nearly 23 years Tuesday, as investors remained jittery over the Federal Reserve’s decision to buy up corporate debt and Fitch Ratings cut the automaker’s credit rating. Ford shares fell 71 cents, to $2.98 in late afternoon trading. a trade not seen since [...]
Top Speed (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Posted on 10.6.2008 14:30 by Erin Brooks Filed under: GM (General Motors) | industry news 1,100 GM factory workers in Moraine, Ohio will be out of a job on December 23 as plans are announced to close the Moraine Assembly plant early, instead of the original 2010 plan (Happy Holidays to the employees.) The accelerated shutdown plans are part of company wide cost-cutting move as customers move...
Truckblog News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
General Motors Corporation announced Friday afternoon they will shut down their sport utility vehicle plant in Ohio on December 23rd, as the company shifts production over to smaller vehicles' Additional plants also made the list in Janesville, Wisconsin, Oshawa, Ontario and Toluca, Mexico, resulting in a loss of approximately 8,350 jobs by 2010' The decisions were made based off of an "accelerated...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Rodney Owens, a former neighbor of Ms. Furch, is suspected of killing her at her apartment in east Fort Worth. Police linked him after finding his fingerprint on a piece of duct tape found inside a Dumpster near Ms. Furch's apartment. Investigators also said they found Mr. Owens' DNA inside Ms. Furch's upstairs apartment.
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Rodney Owens, a former neighbor of Ms. Furch, is suspected of killing her at her apartment in east Fort Worth. Police linked him after finding his fingerprint on a piece of duct tape found inside a Dumpster near Ms. Furch's apartment. Investigators also said they found Mr. Owens' DNA inside Ms. Furch's upstairs apartment.
http://strumors.com/rss/top (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
General Motors reported Friday that it intends to shut down its SUV plant in Ohio on December 23. The move is part of the company shift towards smaller vehicles. In closing the plant, General Motors declined tax incentives from the state of Ohio valued at $56 million. The plant current manufactures the GMC Envoy, Chevrolet Trailblazer, and Saab 9-7X.
Driive (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
General Motors to Keep Compact-Car Factory Running Overtime Wall Street Journal - 37 minutes ago But the segment has become increasingly attractive as consumers downsize their vehicles and, at the same time, become willing to pay more for small cars . ... Sector Snap: Auto retailers decline on weak sales Forbes all 7 news articles
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Spokesman Chris Lee says the some 1,100 remaining workers were informed Friday afternoon of the closing date. The automaker earlier this year announced plans to close the plant by the summer of 2010 or sooner, then accelerated shutdown plans as part of companywide cost-cutting moves.
Automotive Business Review (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
General Motors of Canada has reported that its dealers have delivered 31,053 units in September 2008, a decrease of 7% compared to 33,387 units delivered in the same month of 2007.
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Consumers will not buy a new vehicle from a bankrupt carmaker. That’s the over-arching fear preventing GM from filing for a court-managed rescue: a total collapse of consumer confidence in the company’s products. History suggests that a GM C11 would indeed trigger carmegeddon. Ask an automotive historian to name an American automaker that filed for bankruptcy, survived, emerged and thrived and you...
The News Market (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
General Motors unveiled two new Chevrolet models at the GM Premiere Night on October 1 in Paris.
The News Market (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The new model presented at the Opel press conference of the Paris motor show will be available in European markets in spring 2009.
Truckblog News (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
General Motors Corporation have decided to drop out of the Super Bowl XLIII advertising lineup in February 2009' The move comes as another cutback for the company in addition to the 2009 Academy Awards' General Motors have spent nearly $78 million over the past 15 years advertising during the Super Bowl, standing in third place for the most spent right behind Anheuser-Busch and Pepsico'...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Race car drivers Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson know something about speed. In fact, the two NASCAR Cup Champions recently purchased their new everyday car, the Corvette ZR-1. (See video from General Motors (NYSE: ) at: ) Capable of doing 200 miles per hour, the ZR-1 is the fastest, most expensive production 'Vette of all time. But, it's not just for race...
