But the Obama administration is boasting about doing just that in the auto bailouts, where the government gave General Motors more than $100 billion in subsidies, handouts, and preferential tax treatment, to keep in business a company currently worth ...
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The SS will be based on General Motors' global rear-wheel-drive architecture. GM's Australian division, Holden, will assemble the sedan, and it will be exported to the United States. It will be most closely related to the future version of the ...
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By Nathan Bomey General Motors is giving its NASCAR racecar a makeover – and that involves introducing a rear-wheel drive Chevrolet performance sedan in the US market for the first time in 17 years. GM plans to start selling a limited production ...
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By Jonathan Welsh As demand builds around the world for compact SUVs, Chevrolet plans to take advantage of the growing market with a new model called the Trax. The General Motors Co. unit said it will unveil the new vehicle at the Paris Motor Show in ...
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(Bryan Mitchell / Special to The Detroit News) Ford Motor Co. will offer more new car models over the next three years than any other automaker, according to a Bank of America/Merrill Lynch report released Wednesday. Ford will change 26 percent of its ...
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The news for electric cars hasn't been auspicious of late -- sales in the United States fell from March to April, and General Motors temporarily halted the production of its Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid due to poor sales. GM also fended off bad publicity ...
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It looks a little like a 2012 Chevrolet Impala but it's not. It's a full-sized Holden Statesman with a Chevy bowtie on the grille. Built in Australia by the General Motors brand, it is being imported just for this purpose. Australians still love big ...
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By PAULINE ARRILLAGA AP National Writer On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-struggling Chevy plant endures. It is a place filled with union halls and ...
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Also in this episode: General Motors pulls ad dollars from Facebook, Lola Cars goes into bankruptcy and we check out the Kia Rio. -- A famed maker of race cars heads for bankruptcy. -- And we introduce you to a new member of our long-term fleet, ...
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By Jonathan Berr 4 hours ago General Motors (GM) shares were up Wednesday after it was disclosed that Warren Buffett's Berskshire Hathaway (BRK.B) had acquired a position in the automaker. The purchase of 10 million shares underscores one of Buffett's ...
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By Fred Meier, USA TODAY In Facebook parlance, the "relationship status" for General Motors and Ford would have to fall under "It's complicated." After GM drew attention Tuesday for its decision to ax its $10 million budget for paid ads on Facebook, ...
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Within the last couple of months Chevrolet copyrighted the name SS, and more recently the name SS Performance was listed on the OnStar website as a 2014 model. At the same time General Motors decided to retire the Impala from NASCAR racing and replace ...
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From General Motors, I like the current Chevy Cruze and Buick Regal. The 2013 Malibu may also be worth the wait. From Ford, I love the looks of the 2013 Fusion. But it won't arrive in the Houston Ford showroom until fall. Hyundai's Sonata and Elantra ...
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What he doesn't have and can't get is a competitive engine. "I was officially turned down by Honda and then Chevy,'' he said late Monday evening. "Chevrolet said they like me and respect what I've done but they had to prioritize with the people they ...
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The increase has been fueled in part by General Motors Co.'s plant in nearby Lordstown, which is working with three shifts making the Chevy Cruze, and Vallourec SA's V&M Star unit in Youngstown, which is completing a mill to produce small steel tubes ...
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The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ), the world's largest general use car rental brand, has announced that through its partnership with Vauxhall Motors, customers will be able to rent the stylish, electric Ampera from the Hertz on Demand EV car sharing ...
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Ford Motor Co. (F) will lead the industry in introducing new or refreshed vehicles in the US at the fastest rate for model years 2013 through 2016, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report. Ford will replace 26 percent of its lineup during ...
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General Motors spent $10M in Facebook ad money badly and got a lousy response, I'm told by a knowledgeable-but-opinionated person. It's part of a pre-IPO backlash over Facebook's heavy reliance on ads for revenue. by David Hamilton May 16, ...
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