GM Announces New Products, Plant Closings; Volt a Go!; Hummer Gone? - COMPLETE VIDEO
Jun 3, 2008
WILMINGTON, Del. June 3, 2008; GM today announced a range of strategic initiatives to aggressively respond to growing demand for fuel-efficient vehicles and to economic and market challenges in North America. Rick Wagoner, GM chairman and CEO, made the announcements here as part of the GM annual meeting of stockholders ... Continue reading
Making Pledges, Zoom Zooming; CTSing, V10 ing and Other (Th)ings in This Months Letter From Europe
May 22, 2008
By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel Even though this letter from Europe is supposed to be all about cars let me digress for a second to something even more important than the number of seats in a Cadillac Escalade. For most readers this wonât seem like a big deal but it was for me. Last week I ... Continue reading
Cadillac Breaks Production Sedan Speed Record - VIDEO FEATURE
May 15, 2008
NURBURGRING, Germany - May 16, 2008: Last Friday, the new 2009 Cadillac CTS-V laid down a blistering time at Germany's Nurburgring. Driver John Heinricy completed a lap of the legendary Nordschleife in 7:59.32 which could possibly be the fastest recorded time for a production sedan on factory-spec street tires. ... Continue reading
GM Reports 260,922 Deliveries in April 2008
May 1, 2008
GM Reports 260,922 Deliveries in April (Monthly comparison percentages are sales day-adjusted unless noted.) Retail Car Sales Up 6 Percent Chevrolet Car Retail Sales Up 24 Percent Led By a 147 Percent Increase in Malibu, 17 Percent Rise in Cobalt, 13 Percent Increase in Aveo and 8 Percent Hike in Impala Sales Pontiac R ... Continue reading
GM: We Lost $3.5Billion 1Q 2008 BUT Operations Beat Expectations - Complete Details
Apr 30, 2008
First quarter revenue of $42.7 billion Positive adjusted automotive earnings before tax, with improvement of over $160 million Positive reported automotive earnings before tax, down by $118 million Adjusted net loss of $350 million, reported net loss of $3.3 billion Continued strong results in emerging markets Liquidit ... Continue reading
Apr 30, 2008
DETROIT April 30, 2008; Kevin Krolicki and David Bailey writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Corp today posted a first-quarter loss due to a costly supplier strike, waning demand for its most profitable vehicles and charges related to struggling former subsidiaries, although results beat Wall Street expecta ... Continue reading
Western Automotive Journalists' Annual Media Days Begins Tonight at Sundown - VIDEO ENHANCED
Apr 22, 2008
MONTEREY, CA - April 22, 2008: While WAJ Media Days is not quite the annual event of other "sundown commencing" events that are taking place this week, for 100-plus west coast automotive journalists it is still a big deal. Western Automotive Journalists, America's second largest group of working automotive journalists, ... Continue reading
GM Urges More Hydrogen Stations
Apr 3, 2008
Rapid Progress on Fuel Cell Vehicles Needs to Be Matched With Rapid Progress on Hydrogen Fueling SACRAMENTO, CA April 2, 2008; General Motors today called on the energy industry and governments to step up and help automakers make volume production of fuel cell-electric vehicles a reality by opening more hydrogen fuelin ... Continue reading
GM Reports 282,732 Deliveries in March 2008, Down 13% -GM "Still on target for 2008"
Apr 1, 2008
DETROIT April 1, 2008; GM dealers in the United States delivered 282,732 vehicles in March, a decrease of 13 percent when compared with the same month a year ago. For the first three months of 2008, GM total sales of 805,720 vehicles were down 11 percent compared with a year ago. Retail share appears to have remained s ... Continue reading
Behind the Scenes at GM: Getting Personal With the New Camaro - VIDEO STORY
Mar 28, 2008
AUBURN HILLS, MI - March 28, 2008: Whether it's the clothes we wear, the food we eat, or the music on our MP3 player, we all have unique individual tastes. And, we all want to put our own personal touch on everything we do. When it comes to big ticket purchases, we want the product to make an even stronger personal sta ... Continue reading
American Vehicles on the Road to a Comeback - VIDEO STORY
Mar 21, 2008
NEW YORK - March 21, 2008: For the second consecutive year, Toyota and General Motors (GM) are vying for the highest total number of awards through IntelliChoice.comâs âBest Overall Value of the Yearâ awards. The âBOVYâsâ look to recognize carmakers whose cost of ownership is significantly ... Continue reading
2008 Geneva Motor Show: General Motors Live World Premieres Webcast Today - WATCH IT HERE
Mar 4, 2008
Watch the entire WEBCAST right here on The Auto Channel</h4> GENEVA - March 4, 2008: The world and European premiere of several General Motors vehicles will take place today on the first of two Media Days at the Geneva Motor Show. GM will again broadcast the entire press conference live on the Internet, and it can be w ... Continue reading
Mar 4, 2008
Geneva 04-Mar-2008; General Motorsâ focus at Geneva encompasses pro-environmental propulsion technologies with the presentation of the GM HydroGen4, the World Premiere of the Saab 9-X BioHybrid and the European debut of 9-4X BioPower Concept. The highlight of Chevrolet Europe is the World Premiere of the new three ... Continue reading
2008 Geneva Motor Show: GM HydroGen4 boasts the latest fuel cell technology
Mar 4, 2008
Important milestone on the road toward zero-emissions mobility Geneva. At major motor shows like Frankfurt, Paris or Geneva, General Motors traditionally presents the future of individual mobility on a dedicated stand. The focus of the GM Forum at the Geneva Motor Show 2008 is on the GM HydroGen4, incorpo-rating the fo ... Continue reading
CarSponsorships.com Partners With Sun Automobile
Feb 29, 2008
We at CarSponsorships.com pride ourselves on giving our clients the best products that are available on the market. With our staff working daily adding new Sponsor companies, we are glad to bring on another company for our clients to jump on board with. The latest addition to the CarSponsorships.com family is SUN AUTOM ... Continue reading
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