GM Student Corps Expands to Include Flint
Apr 3, 2014
The GM Student Corps kicked off its second year today, expanding the summer internship program to include a new team of 10 students from Flint Southwestern Classical Academy high school. General Motors made the announcement at the annual meeting of the Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce. This year's Student Corps wi ... Continue reading
GM Retains Kenneth Feinberg on Recall Response
Apr 2, 2014
General Motors CEO Mary Barra today said the company has retained Kenneth Feinberg as a consultant to explore and evaluate options in its response to families of accident victims whose vehicles are being recalled for possible ignition switch defects. Barra made the announcement in testimony before the Oversight and Inv ... Continue reading
GM's Retail Sales up 7 percent, Outpacing Industry
Apr 2, 2014
General Motors Co. dealers delivered 256,047 vehicles in the United States in March 2014. Total sales were up 4 percent compared with a year ago. Retail sales were up 7 percent and GM gained retail market share. Fleet sales were down 5 percent due to a planned reduction in rental deliveries. ... Continue reading
GM Recalls Older Model Vehicles to Fix Power Steering
Apr 1, 2014
General Motors informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today that it would recall more than 1.3 million vehicles in the U.S. that may experience a sudden loss of electric power steering assist. If power steering assist is lost, a message displays on the Driver Information Center and a chime sounds t ... Continue reading
CEO Mary Barra's Written Congressional Testimony Now Available
Apr 1, 2014
GM Chief Executive Officer Mary Barraâs written testimony was submitted today to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Her testimony addresses the GM Ignition Switch Recall and answers the question: âWhy Did It Take So Long?â Barra is scheduled to give o ... Continue reading
GM's March Sales Report Delayed Due to System Issues
Apr 1, 2014
General Motors Co.âs March U.S. sales, originally scheduled to be released at 9:30 a.m. EDT today, will be delayed several hours due to a computer systems issue that impacted dealer sales reporting. The company expects to report its sales this afternoon before the close of business. ... Continue reading
Chrysler Group Reports March 2014 U.S. Sales Increased 13 Percent; Best March Sales Since 2007
Apr 1, 2014
48th-consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains First quarter sales up 11 percent compared with same quarter in 2013 Jeep®, Dodge, Ram Truck, and FIAT brands each post sales gains in March compared with same month a year ago Jeep brand records its best sales month ever; March sales up 47 percent FIAT brand up 24 ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Malibu Earns IIHS 2014 Top Safety Pick+ Rating
Mar 31, 2014
DETROIT â The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety today named the 2014 Chevrolet Malibu with available Forward Collision Alert a Top Safety Pick+. The distinction requires cars to receive high marks in crash worthiness and achieve a basic, advanced or superior rating for frontal crash prevention. The crash test ... Continue reading
Mar 31, 2014
824,000 models sold in the U.S. from 2008-2011 will get new ignition switch Parts return sought from aftermarket distributors DETROIT â General Motors today said it will replace the ignition switch in all model years of its Chevrolet Cobalt, HHR, Pontiac G5, Solstice and Saturn Ion and Sky in the U.S. since faulty ... Continue reading
Safety Regulators Sleeping on Job? GM Problems Missed
Mar 31, 2014
A report released Sunday by a House panel investigating the timeliness of GMâs recall suggests this was one of several warning signs missed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). According to The Detroit News, records reviewed by the panel show the safety agency again opted not to investiga ... Continue reading
GM Recall Expands its Ignition Switch Recall to an Additional 824,000 Small Cars
Mar 28, 2014
NHTSA urges owners of recalled GM vehicles - 2005-07 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2007 Pontiac G5, 2003-07 Saturn Ion, 2006-07 Chevrolet HHR, 2006-07 Pontiac Solstice, 2007 Saturn Sky - to follow GM recommendation to "use only the ignition key with nothing else on the key ring" and get repairs as soon as parts are available from ... Continue reading
GM Halts Sales of Some Chevrolet Cruze Models
Mar 28, 2014
DETROIT March 28, 2014; Ben Klayman writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Co (GM) said on Friday it had told its dealers to stop selling certain Chevrolet Cruze small cars without saying why, in another blow to a company already facing a crisis over defective ignition switches linked to at least 12 deaths. T ... Continue reading
Silverado, Equinox tower above ballpark where 3 million fans visit annually
Mar 28, 2014
It is a rite of spring even if the weather is only beginning to cooperate. A Blue Topaz Chevrolet Silverado full-size pickup and a Crystal Red Metallic Equinox small SUV settled into their parking spaces atop the Chevrolet Fountain behind centerfield in Comerica Park on Thursday. Reaching their perches involved gingerl ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Silverado Named Lowest Cost-to-Own Pickups
Mar 27, 2014
Chevrolet is the Best Value Truck Brand in America, according to data analysis firm Vincentric, which also named the Silverado 2500HD a Best Value in America while finding the Silverado family has the lowest cost to own of any full-size pickups. Vincentric analyzes a vehicleâs cost-of-ownership through eight diffe ... Continue reading
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