GM Reports 252,565 Deliveries in January 2008, Up 2.1 Percent
Feb 1, 2008
* Strong Retail Increase of 11.2 Percent Offsets Planned Fleet Reduction * Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and Saturn Total Sales Up * Malibu Total Sales Up 58 Percent; CTS Up 95 Percent; Lacrosse Up 70 Percent; G6 Up 16 Percent * Small/Compact Car Total Sales Up 17 Percent Driven By Aveo, Cobalt and G5 * Enclave, Acad ... Continue reading
GM Plans To Build and Sell All-electric Chevy Volt in Volume
Feb 1, 2008
Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:23pm EST Email | Print | Share| Reprints | Single Page | Recommend (-) [-] Text [+] Related News GM forms team for hybrids and electric vehicles 24 Jan 2008 Tata to make electric vehicles with Chrysler: report 23 Jan 2008 GMâs Saturn Vue plug-in could precede Volt 14 Jan 2008 Toyota to offer som ... Continue reading
Cadillac to Present First Full-LED Headlamps on High-Volume Vehicle
Jan 28, 2008
DETROIT, Jan. 28 -- WHAT: Cadillac and Hella will hold a media briefing about the world's first full-LED headlamp on a high-volume vehicle -- the 2008 Cadillac Escalade Platinum. WHEN AND WHERE: The briefing will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, January 28, at the MGM Grand Detroit Hotel, 1777 Third Street, Detroit, MI 48 ... Continue reading
For Third Consecutive Year, GM Sells More Than 9 Million Vehicles Globally
Jan 23, 2008
First Global Automaker To Sell More Than 1 Million Vehicles in China; Growth in China Fuels Asia Pacific Region to Record SalesRecord Sales In Europe and Latin America, Africa and Middle East RegionsSales Leadership Shown in Emerging Markets; Russia Up 95 PercentDETROIT - General Motors sold 9,369,524 cars and trucks a ... Continue reading
GM Just Ahead of Toyota in 2007 Global Vehicle Sales
Jan 23, 2008
DETROIT, Jan 23, 2008; Jui Chakravorty Das writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported worldwide sales of 9.37 million vehicles in 2007, coming in just ahead of Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research) in a closely watched race ... Continue reading
Shanghai GM to launch first hybrid vehicle in June or July
Jan 23, 2008
Shanghai GM to launch first hybrid vehicle in June or July http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/4578/Shanghai-GM-to-launch-first-hybrid-v ehicl e-in-June-or-July.html Shanghai. January 23 (Gasgoo.com) ¨C Shanghai GM will launch its first hybrid vehicle, a LaCROSSE equipped with E-co Hybrid system in June or July of this year ... Continue reading
Jan 14, 2008
Expected to be First Commercially Available, OEM-produced Plug-in Hybrid DETROIT - Saturn announced today at the North American International Auto Show that production may begin as soon as 2010 on a plug-in hybrid electric version of the Saturn Vue Green Line, expected to be the first regular production plug-in hybrid ... Continue reading
GM to launch Chevrolet Malibu hybrid in China on next week
Jan 14, 2008
GM to launch Chevrolet Malibu hybrid in China on next week http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/4498/GM-to-launch-Chevrolet-Malibu-hybrid -in-China-on-next-week.html Shanghai. January 14 (Gasgoo.com) - General Motors will launch Chinese made Chevrolet Malibu hybrid in China on January 22. This will be the first hybrid vehicle ... Continue reading
2008 Cadillac CTS Earns IIHS Top Safety Award
Jan 9, 2008
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 9-- The redesigned Cadillac CTS earns the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2008. The CTS is one of only three large luxury cars to earn the designation this year (the others are the Audi A6 and Volvo S80). Winners of Top Safety Pick afford superior overall crash pr ... Continue reading
GM Reports 323,453 December 2007 Deliveries; 3.87 Million Vehicles Sold in 2007
Jan 3, 2008
GM Reports 323,453 December Deliveries; 3.87 Million Vehicles Sold in 2007 December Retail Sales up 1.5 Percent; Retail Car Deliveries Up 15 Percent Combined Retail Share For The Past Five Months Up Year-Over-Year Chevrolet Malibu Retail Sales Up 99 Percent; Cadillac CTS Up 51 Percent In December Enclave, OUTLOOK and A ... Continue reading
Shanghai GM Recalls 7000 Buicks
Dec 31, 2007
BEIJING, Dec 31, 2007; Ken Wills writing for Reuters reported that - General Motors Corp's joint venture in China is recalling 7,056 Buick cars in the country due to front brake problems, Xinhua news agency reported, citing China's top quality watchdog. Shanghai GM, a joint venture with top Chinese car maker Shanghai A ... Continue reading
Two New GM Engines Make Ward's North American 'Ten Best Engines' List
Dec 15, 2007
PONTIAC, MIch. -General Motors is the only automaker to have two new engines on Ward's AutoWorld magazine's 2008 "Ten Best Engines" list for North America. The GM Powertrain engines making Ward's 14th annual list were the Vortec 6.0L Gen IV small-block V-8 hybrid engine, which is in the all-new 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe and ... Continue reading
GM Europe Sets All-Time Sales Record
Dec 10, 2007
ZURICH, Switzerland, December 10 -- - Sales of 2,004,172 units from January to November beat last year's total with a month to spare - GM Europe YTD share up 0.3 point, at 9.5 percent - GM Europe YTD sales 157,282 vehicles ahead of last year - YTD: Opel/Vauxhall grows 4 percent, Chevrolet up 32 percent General Motors ( ... Continue reading
Motor Trend Names Cadillac CTS 2008 Car of the Year
Nov 19, 2007
"Best Cadillac in 50 Years" May Prove to be Detroit's "Halo" Vehicle - LOS ANGELES November 19, 2007; Motor Trend (www.motortrend.com), the worldâs automotive authority and part of Source Interlink Media, today announced the selection of the new 2008 Cadillac CTS as the 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Yearâ¢. The ... Continue reading
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