Lutz Has Left the Building – Bob says goodbye to GM
GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz Friday was Vice Chairman Bob Lutz’s last day at GM. He reflects on his time at GM and the auto industry in a FastLane blog: “The American jazz legend Charles...
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Chevrolet Retail Sales Up 32 Percent, Driven by Consumer Demand
DETROIT – Chevrolet posted 135,369 sales in April, a 17 percent increase over April 2009. This includes 84,668 retail sales, a 32 percent increase over April 2009, and the seventh straight month of year-over-year...
Foreign automakers will oppose beefed up car safety regulations
Neil Roland Automotive News — May 5, 2010 WASHINGTON — Foreign automakers plan to fight back tomorrow against a House bill aimed at improving car safety and tightening federal oversight in the wake of...
GM Supports Event Data Recorder (EDR) Mandate to Improve Vehicle Safety
In response to the Toyota recalls and questions of safety, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) recently introduced legislation to mandate Event Data Recorders (EDRs) in all new vehicles. EDRs can provide important crash related data...
Chevrolet Joins Oprah’s “No Phone Zone” Campaign to Combat Distracted Driving
http://media.gm.com DETROIT Today, Chevrolet joined the “No Phone Zone” campaign, created by Oprah Winfrey and Harpo Studios, to combat distracted driving. General Motors Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre, along with UAW employees from GM’s...
GM to Bring Chevrolet to Korea
Chevrolet, GM’s leading global vehicle brand, will be introduced in Korea in 2011. GM Daewoo Auto & Technology President and CEO Mike Arcamone made the announcement at a press conference held in conjunction with...
Honey You Parked The Car Where???
Jalopnik.com Downtown Tulsa workers got a midweek surprise today when they stepped outside to see a car sticking out of an upper level of a parking garage attached to the Bank of America...
Toyota to recall Sequoia SUVs to repair stability control units
Automotive News April 28, 2010 – 11:41 am ET UPDATED: 4/28/10 4:51 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp., which recalled Lexus GX sport-utility vehicles this month because stability controls failed to engage...
Negotiation
James Thurber, short-story writer, humorist, and columnist for The New Yorker was once offered a writing job by Sam Goldwyn. It was right after Thurber’s short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty had...
2010 Beijing Auto Show: Chevrolet Volt MPV5 Concept
Motortrend.com April 22, 2010 / By Angus MacKenzie Having invested heavily in the Chevy Volt’s plug-in hybrid Voltec powertrain, GM plans to leverage the technology as much as it can. A fashionably tweaked version of...
