Posts Tagged ‘General Motors’

GM Regains Title Of World’s Top-selling Automaker

General Motors Company has retaken the title of world’s top-selling automaker, selling just over 9 million cars and trucks across the globe. The company said on Thursday that it sold 9.03 million vehicles worldwide last year, up 7.6 percent from 2010. That’s more than 1 million better than Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp., which took the title away from GM in 2008.

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General Motors To Cut Chevrolet Cruze Production In US

General Motors Co. will shut down the plant in USA that makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact car for a week because sales have slowed and Japanese competitors now have ample supplies of competing small cars.

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GM and LG Teams Up To Develop Electric Cars

General Motors Co. and South Korea’s LG Corp. have inked a deal to develop electric cars together. Currently, LG Group, one of the top battery manufacturer in the world, not only supplies lithium-ion based batteries for the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle and its European counterpart, the Opel Ampera, but other automakers’ plug-in electrics as well.

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“Opel Is Not For Sale” States General Motors

There is lot of speculation going around auto world about the Opel sale. Today GM has put the full stop to all rumors. General Motors Co. CEO Daniel Akerson announced that the “opel is not for sale”. We reported earlier that GM is not considering to sales the European unit although it has become challenge for the US company to put it back on track.

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General Motors Invest $328 Million In Flint Plant To Build Full-Size Pickups

The new announcement is made by the General Motors of their new Investment of $328 million in its Flint, Michigan assembly plant to produce next-generation GMC and Chevrolet Pickup truck. The new investment allows GM to manufacturer full-size pickups. At present those trucks are manufactured in Silao, Mexico, and were built in Canada before.

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Chevrolet Cruze Diesel May Introduce in United States by 2013

Chevrolet is one of the favorite brand in U.S. and considering this brand equity GM now plans to intros the Chevrolet Cruze diesel version in U.s. Market. Over 25,000 Cruzes were sold by GM in United States only last month. The new Chevrolet Cruze diesel could boost gas mileage to around 50mpg. With Chevrolet Cruze diesel version GM fulfill the gas mileage requirements.

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GM Frustrated With Opel Losses; No Sale Yet

American automobile giant General Motors is getting nervous with Opel which is registering losses, Reuters reported. According to the same report, GM CEO Dan Akerson is looking at a variety of options as to what to do about the money-losing European Opel division, but that a sale is not a realistic scenario.

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General Motors Regains Global No. 1 Automaker Spot

General Motors has risen like a phoenix. The U.S. automobile giant is all set to reclaim the global N0. 1 automaker spot from Japanese Toyota Motor Corp. As we all remember, General Motors had filed for bankruptcy just two years ago at the time of great recession. But, the company has rebounded thanks to strong sales in Chinese market. Toyota on other hand rattled by natural disasters and reports of slipping quality.

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Video: Corvette Ad Takes A Dig At BMW, Ferrari & Porsche

Corvette has put out this advertisement which aired in the United States during 12 hours relay of American Le Mans series. GM showcases the Corvette ZR1 while spokesman Tim Allen tells viewers that when they decided to take 638-horsepower Corvette racing, they had to dial back the power just to be fair to Porsche, Ferrari and BMW.

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GM India To Launch Cadillac In Two Years

According to a top GM India official, you could see the exotic and iconic Cadillac in the country’s showrooms in next two years. The company’s Chevrolet brand is doing extremely well in Indian automobile market with its Beat, Spark hatchbacks and Cruze sedan driving its sales. The Chevrolet brand sells eight models in the country Beat, Spark, Aveo UVA, Aveo, Optra, Tavera, Captiva and Cruze.

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