Spy shots: Cruze-based Buick compact sedan

General Motors is still more than a year away from launching the Chevrolet Cruze sedan in North America but instead of speeding up its arrival the carmaker is working on a new Buick sedan based on the Cruze platform. Fears of GM’s cash problems haven’t managed to deter work on the new Buick compact sedan, [...]

Several potential buyers interested in Saturn

The future of Saturn is anything but clear but as the weeks roll on decision time for General Motors continues to contract. The ailing Detroit carmaker confirmed in its most recent viability plan that it would only supply product to Saturn through the 2012 model year, and earlier this month in a letter to dealers [...]

GM auditors have ’substantial doubt’ about the company’s survival

Once again General Motors is issuing a warning that it may run out of cash. How, you might wonder, considering the billions in taxpayer dollars that have already been pumped into the company? It’s unfortunately very simple: GM is still playing catchup with its debt, and all the money spent so far has merely been [...]

Parts shortages could delay GM’s plan to offer 26 hybrids by 2014

General Motors ambitious viability plan announced a fortnight ago called for up to $16.6 billion in additional aid and the reduction of more than 47,000 jobs across the company’s global resources, but there was another major announcement in the plan that went largely unnoticed. GM also pledged to increase the number of hybrid vehicles it [...]

GM reveals production CTS Coupe in viability presentation

Just as Chrysler previewed its next-gen 300 sedan and Jeep Grand Cherokee in its viability plan submitted to the U.S. Treasury today, General Motors, too, in its own plan, revealed the final design of the upcoming Cadillac CTS Coupe.
Apart from this official image, the only other details revealed were that the CTS Coupe would [...]

GM viability plan calls for $16.6 billion in additional aid, 47,000 job cuts

Chrysler’s request for an additional $2 billion in government funded loans in its latest viability proposal looks trivial compared to the $16.6 billion requested by General Motors today in front of the U.S. Treasury. Without this funding GM says it could run out of money as early as next month but a number of drastic [...]

Geneva Motor Show debut for Chevrolet Spark

At last month’s Detroit Auto Show, General Motors confirmed that its all-new Chevrolet Spark minicar would go on sale in the United States by 2011 but apart from the release of a single teaser image no other details were revealed. GM has today released a set of new images of the upcoming Spark and confirmed [...]

Chevrolet unveils Corvette Stingray Concept as part of Transformers movie car debut

Today General Motors revealed details on the upcoming Chevrolet-branded Autobots “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” movie. Making their debuts at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show are Bumblebee, a Camaro-based Autobot, Sideswipe (Corvette Stingray Concept) and Skids/Mudflap (Chevy Beat concept).
The Corvette Stingray concept is at this point solely a design exercise, not foreshadowing a production [...]

Preview: Production Opel Ampera plug-in hybrid

General Motors has announced on several occasions that its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid would be launched in global markets, hinting early on that Europe would be one of the first to receive it. There was, however, much debate as to whether the car would be badged as an Opel or remain a Chevy but all [...]

GM working with U.S. cities to develop plug-in hybrid infrastructure

General Motors today outlined a comprehensive plan of action at the Washington Auto Show to help communities get ready for plug-in hybrid vehicles such as its upcoming Chevrolet Volt. The carmaker revealed that it plans to collaborate with communities such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C., where it has already received strong interest for plug-in [...]

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