Slicing and Dicing at GM and Chrysler
When it comes to carhaul drivers, automakers are failing to meet their end of the bailout bargain and taxpayers should hold them accountable.
When it comes to carhaul drivers, automakers are failing to meet their end of the bailout bargain and taxpayers should hold them accountable.
Posted 08.22.2009 | Business
What image should the bailed-out General Motors project to the world? AutoBlog passes along a report from Automotive News (subscription required) th...
Gerald Sindell | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business
I'm offering it for free: my brilliant idea for GM to salvage its reputation.
Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business
Pinch me--General Motors has exited bankruptcy and is now ready to take on its second life as a streamlined company.
Steve Parker | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business
Is it possible for a 77-year old to do a complete 180-degree turn from his life experience and philosophy? After all, among Lutz's major claims to fame are green-lighting the Dodge Viper and the Plymouth Prowler faux hot rod.
Jill Schlesinger | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business
It's been a long road (pardon the pun) for GM and much has gone wrong over the years. But on the dawn of GM's new era, I want to believe that the company can succeed.
Gerald Sindell | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business
Can an organization that has made so much truly ugly stuff suddenly start making great design?
CBS News | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business
General Motors Corp. says it has 16 buyers interested in purchasing its Saturn brand, while three parties are interested in the Swedish Saab brand. ...
AP | TOM KRISHER and BREE FOWLER | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business
DETROIT — General Motors Corp. took a key step toward its downsizing on Tuesday, striking a tentative deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese...
CNBC.com | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business
General CEO Fritz Henderson appeared on CNBC earlier today to talk about bankruptcy and what the future holds for the the century-old automaker. Watch...
The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business
Late Sunday night, the White House released a fact sheet on the General Motors bankruptcy, which indicates the Detroit automaker will receive another ...
Posted 06.14.2009 | Business
In an amazing interview on Thursday afternoon, Glenn Beck consistently attempted to goad recently-promoted GM CEO Fritz Henderson into bashing the aut...
Steve Parker | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business
Obama could still encourage the bankruptcies for GM and Chrysler, but should also order bankruptcy judges to not let the companies avoid their responsibilities to their franchised dealers.
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green
The poor Chevy Volt. There's a lot of pressure on it. If the Chevy Volt doesn't work out, it will be derided and electric cars will be called unsusta...
Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business
Fritz Henderson, GM's new president and CEO, said for the first time Sunday that the automaker is planning for the possibility of restructuring within...
AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON and TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.01.2009 | Home
DETROIT — General Motors Corp.'s new chief executive said Tuesday that more of the automaker's plants could close and bankruptcy is "more probab...
The Hill | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
President Obama didn't want any advice from Congress on the decision to ask GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, according to Carl Levin (D), Michigan's sen...
Financial Times | John Gapper | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business
The departure of Rick Wagoner as chief executive of General Motors was inevitable once Barack Obama's auto taskforce had concluded that it did not bel...
The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
President Barack Obama said Monday that neither General Motors nor Chrysler has proposed sweeping enough changes to justify further large federal bail...
AP | TOM KRISHER and KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business
DETROIT — Worried about their jobs and warned that the cost of failure could be a depression, hundreds of leaders of the United Auto Workers vot...
James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.31.2009 | Business