GM to put electric Cadillac Converj into production

The Cadillac Converj concept won praise at the ‘09 Detroit auto show. The Detroit News The Converj could also help re-energize Cadillac. Sales have plunged 39.2 percent so far this year, the steepest decline among GM’s four core brands: Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC and Buick.

Some GM workers to return to Delta

However, production will be limited. The Detroit carmaker is calling back 1,375 first-shift workers to resume building the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia crossovers. But the plant’s 1,200 second shift workers will remain on layoff until the parts supply returns to normal.

Consumers Digest Magazine Names 2010 Automotive Best Buys

Four "Luxury Cars" received Best Buys: Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac CTS Five "Sporty Cars" Best Buys are: Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Corvette Six "Compact SUV" Best Buys include: Chevrolet Equinox Best Buys include: Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon

Magna-Opel deal may proceed

November 1, 2009   Magna-Opel deal may proceed BY MARK PHELAN FREE PRESS COLUMNIST General Motors’ board of directors may make a final decision Tuesday on what to do with the automaker’s Opel/Vauxhall business in Europe, but neither Opel/Vauxhall nor any of its potential owners is out o...

GM extends ‘May the Best Car Win’ campaign as Bob Lutz takes to track

Before Bob Lutz even took to the racetrack on Thursday, General Motors was claiming victory. GM calls challenge a win TV commercials already are airing that compare the redesigned Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Malibu with Lexus and Toyota models, respectively. Some say GM ads are not new

GM extends money-back guarantee

GM will supplement the campaign by running digital and print ads comparing key GM vehicles such as the Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Malibu and Silverado against the Lexus ES 350, Toyota Camry and Ford F-150. Her goal is to match China, where half of Buick buyers are under 50 years old.

Strike in India to shutter GM Delta Plant next week

The plant, which makes the GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave crossovers, is experiencing a shortage of transmission parts from Rico Auto Industries Ltd. At a glance • General Motors Co.’s Lansing Delta Township plant, which makes the GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave crossovers, will shut down nex...

GM to lose a week of crossover production due to parts shortage

DETROIT — General Motors Co. is shutting down its plant in Delta Township, Mich., for one week starting Monday, Nov. 2, because of a “critical parts shortage,” a GM spokeswoman said today. GM builds the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia crossovers there. GM is also retooling it to add Chevrolet Trav...

Inside the Chrysler, GM rescues

GM schism cited at RenCen GM dumped its Pontiac, Saturn and Hummer brands, and the task force suggested even deeper brand cuts, Rattner said. But Buick and GMC were "saved by Fritz Henderson’s passionate belief in Buick’s China appeal and GMC’s reputation for ruggedness," he wrote.

Brand names key to automakers’ future

General Motors and Chrysler have made promising starts by sending the outdated Oldsmobile and Plymouth lines to the graveyard, where they belong. Rebranding Pontiac and eliminating Buick would have made more sense for GM than eliminating both Saturn and Pontiac. The Chevy Caprice.

GM Prefers Relocating Hourly Workers Over More Buyouts

FLINT, MI   The running joke among some United Auto Workers union members is that General Motors Co. buyouts are like rebates: the auto maker can?t quit either. At the auto maker?s Fairfax, KS, assembly plant, for example, UAW officials say 375 jobs will be added to man a third shift beginni...

preliminarily forecast General Motors (GM) retail market share for October to Nine weeks into the launch of the Buick LaCrosse: Consideration of the Vehicle General Motors Regaining Lost Market Share Ground in October According to Edmunds.com

GM out to shock American consumer

Detroit Check the panels on that new Chevrolet Equinox. Examine the millimeters-wide void between the hood and the front fenders on the 2010 Buick LaCrosse. Critique the interiors of the Cadillac SRX crossover or the CTS Wagon. Compare the fuel economy of ‘em all (or almost all) to those fro...

IPO for GM? If it can perform

DETROIT— The board of General Motors Co. will set targets in December that will help determine whether the restructured company is healthy enough to go public in the second half of 2010, CEO Fritz Henderson said. He thinks, though, that GM’s corporate image was damaged more than the image o...

Allstate Said to Hire GM’s LaNeve as Chief Marketing Officer

Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) — Allstate Corp., the insurer that spent $364.6 million on advertising last year, hired General Motors Co.’s top U.S. sales executive as chief marketing officer, two people familiar with the matter said. “We are not at liberty to disclose” where LaNeve has taken a job, said To...

Fewer ‘buy American’ options left

General Motors better watch it doesn’t discontinue the public. GM is discontinuing its Saturn brand of cars. General Motors, so buffeted by regulatory, environmental, management and labor abuses that it’s now under government and union ownership, will stake tomorrow on its Chevrolet...

GM names new VP of U.S. sales

The head of General Motors’ Buick-GMC brands will oversee the automaker’s U.S. sales, the company announced this evening. She became the head of GM’s Buick-Pontiac-GMC channel in June 2008. She’s held a slew of positions within the company, including general manager of the Hummer Divisio...

More jobs to be cut at GM, CEO’s report says

General Motors could benefit from bringing in new executives from outside the automaker, Henderson said. Since emerging from bankruptcy three months ago, General Motors Co. has been plugging away at its sweeping restructuring plan.

Spring Hill, Columbia worry about life after GM

COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Tom Smith opened the Video Shoppe in north Columbia a year after General Motors announced it would build a new Saturn plant in nearby Spring Hill. For now, though, the car business is tough, said Bobby Parks, a longtime dealer who owns the Buick-Pontiac-GMC store just nort...

Time for GM to overhaul its culture

The culture is collectively made up of every single employee of General Motors, and we all have to change," said Mary Barra, vice president of global human resources. "What do you need to change? We want to drive decision-making to the lower levels, to the people who have the most data."

GM will wind down Saturn after savior Penske bows out

GM is also in the process of selling a controlling stake in its European Opel unit as well as Saab and Hummer. As part of its U.S.-steered bailout and bankruptcy reorganization, the automaker will focus on Buick, GMC, Cadillac and Chevrolet.

GM’s top electric car exec quits

Bob Kruse, who recently led a critical Chevrolet Volt team and devised the automaker’s long-term electric vehicle strategy, has resigned months before the vehicle’s debut, The Detroit News has learned. My departure from General Motors has nothing to do with my view of the future succes...

GM Workers Talk About 3rd Shift

General Motors says it’s hiring hundreds more workers for full production at its Delta Township plant. It’s big news for the big three automaker and for mid-Michigan. GM announcing that it’s adding a third shift to its Delta plant. The new midnight shift will create some eight hundred new jo...

Additional Production Added At Three GM Plants

The three plants that will be adding capacity are the Lansing Delta Township Plant, as a result of the Traverse moving there, the Fort Wayne Truck Plant which makes the GMT 900 Pickup and the Fairfax Kansas Plant which will launch the Buick Lacrosse in addition to the Saturn Aura and the Che...

GM dealers clamor for more vehicles

In an internal report, obtained by The Detroit News, GM officials were surprised to find dealers wanted far greater numbers than the company had projected. There was higher interest in vehicles such as the Chevrolet Equinox, Buick LaCrosse and GMC Terrain. GM, for example, projected bui...

GM says may increase production of four models

Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:01pm EDT DETROIT, Sept 16 (Reuters) – General Motors GM.UL is examining ways to ramp up production of four newer models that are selling well above its expectations, a GM spokesman said on Wednesday. All four models are greatly revamped from previous versions and one, th...

GM prepares to announce Pontiac closure next week

Pontiac spokesman Jim Hopson declined to comment on Pontiac’s future. Bloomberg News said GM is expected to tell the government that it will stick with plans to keep GMC, Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac. Saab, Hummer and Saturn are for sale.

Buick, Jaguar overtake Lexus to rank at top of reliability survey

Buick’s No. 1 ranking reflects General Motors’ efforts to shake a reputation of poor dependability, said David Sargent, J.D. Power’s vice president of automotive research. Other class leaders were made by Honda Motor Co. (Honda Element, Acura RL); GM (Buick LaCrosse); Chrysler LLC (Dodge...