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General Motors Pickup Truck Closes: Is this The End Of The Pickup?

nytimes.com | BILL VLASIC and NICK BUNKLEY | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Gmc, Chrysler, General Motors, Truck Sales, Pickup-Trucks, Ford, Ford Plant, Michigan, Pontiac, Business News

PONTIAC, Mich. -- The closing of a big General Motors truck plant this week is another sign that America's love affair with pickup trucks is fading fa...

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GM's "60-day Buy Back" plan - more gimmicks or smart sales move?

Steve Parker | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Ebay, Saab, Lee Iacocca, California, Toyota, Saturn, Ed Whiteacre, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, Buick, AT&T, Chevrolet, Lexus es350, Cars, Gmc, Pontiac, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Detroit, Core Four, Hummer, Buick Lacrosse, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

Another "Hail Mary" from GM? Or the real thing? Starting today and running through November, General Motors is offering buyers of their Core Four bra...

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GM Must Cut Buick, GMC Now

Steve Parker | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Saab, Scion, Oldsmobile Aurora, Scion Hako, Toyota, GMC Truck, Saturn, South Bend, White House Auto Task Force, Buick, Indiana, Lexus, Chevrolet, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, Obama Administration, Cars, Pontiac, Obama White House, Sichuan, General Motors, Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, Baja 500, Detroit, Buick Y-Job, Mishawaka, Hummer, Harley Earl, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

General Motors must drop their Buick and GMC divisions. And do it now. The number of people already put out of work by the Amazingly-Shrinking Genera...

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Which GM Brands Will Last? (VOTE)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Saab, GM Bankruptcy, Chevrolet, Slidepoll, Gm, Gmc, GM Daewoo, Pontiac, GM Brands, Hhmmer, General Motors, Dodge, Gm Chapter 11, Business News

When General Motors filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, the century-old automaker announced that it would quickly cut a number of brands. The new ...

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A Look Back At Pontiac's History (SLIDESHOW)

AP | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Pontiac GM, Pontiac General Motors, Pontiac GTO, Pontiac History, GM Pontiac, General Motors Pontiac, Pontiac Closing, Pontiac, Slideshow, Business News

Two people familiar with the latest developments in General Motors Corp.'s restructuring plan say the automaker will announce Monday that it is elimin...

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GM to cut 21,000 US factory jobs, shed Pontiac

AP | TOM KRISHER and KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

Read More: General Motors, Pontiac Over, Pontiac General Motors, Jobs General Motors, General Motors Bankruptcy, General Motors Jobs, General Motors Pontiac, Future of General Motors, Pontiac, Business News

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. could be majority owned by the federal government under a massive restructuring plan laid out Monday that will cu...

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GM To Drop Pontiac Brand

CNN Money | Peter Valdes-Dapena | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, General Motors, Gm, Pontiac, Pontiac Brand, Business News

General Motors is preparing to announce that the Pontiac car brand, once marketed as GM's "Excitement division," will be killed off, according to a so...

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GM, Chrysler Want Billions More

Steve Parker | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Congress, GMC Truck, Saturn, Chrysler, Buick, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, George W. Bush, Fiat, Cars, Chinese, Detroit News, Ford, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Lawrence Summers, New York Federal Reserve Bank, General Motors, Brembo, Mini, Delphi, Charlie Rose, GMAC Bailout, 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Uaw, Penske Automotive Group, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, Moody Blues, Mitt Romney, Pontiac Solstice, Mitsuoka Motor, Roger Smith, Frankfurt International Auto Show, Pontiac, Ferrari, Saab, Tokyo Motor Show, Bmw, Smart Car, Wall Street, Dodge, Tim Geithner, President Obama Administration, Henry Paulson, Hummer Sale, Hollywood, Cadillac, Firebird, Miata, Auto Bailout, Business News
Steve Parker

Incidentally, GM got another $4 billion Tuesday after turning in their plan. Were you ever rewarded that much just for doing your homework?

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Car Sales Tank; Detroit Visits DC, Pt. II

Steve Parker | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Cars, George Bush, Roger and Me, Automotive News, Spring Hill, Wall Street Bailout, Congress, Australian, Saturn, Chrysler, Buick, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Russian Carmaker, Opel GT, $25 Billion Bailout, Honda, Ford, Volkswagen, Malibu Hybrid, Ev1, Bob Lutz, Indian Carmaker, Michael Moore, Saturn Vue, Washington, Tiger Woods, Detroit, Greenmail, Opel Kappa Platform, European Carmakers, Chrysler CEO, Pontiac Solstice Coupe, Bob Nardelli, Uaw, Toyota, Gm, Alan Mulally, AM General, Saturn Sky, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, American Honda, Deal or No Deal, Roger Smith, Gmc, Asian Carmakers, Escape Hybrid, Chinese Carmaker, Pontiac, Corvette, Saab, Wall Street, Detroit Three Loans, Bmw, Subaru, Republican, Hummer Sale, Henry Paulson, Europe, China, Cadillac, Holden, Auto Bailout, Business News
Steve Parker

Now that they have our attention, the Detroit Three, in plans submitted to Congress Tuesday, increased their appeals for federal loans from $25 billion to $34 billion.

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Precipitous fifteen-year drop in US car sales; Need one? You probably can't get one

Steve Parker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Business

Read More: House of Representatives, Automotive News, GMC Truck, Americans, Saturn, Buick, Scion xB, Subprime Car Loans, Honda, Toyota Sales, Bentley, North Dallas Forty, Vw, Maybach, Palin, Original Equipment Manufacturer, General Motors, Bush/McCain, Bailout, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Peter Gent, US Senate, Nissan, Mini, Subprime Loans, Hummer, Hyundai, OEM, Saabs, Gm, Mazda, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, Acura, Volvo, Ford Motor Co, Chrysler Cars, Pontiac, Cars, Rolls-Royce, Mercury, Bmw, Smart Car, Subprime Mortgages, Lincoln, Infiniti, New York Times, Lexus, Audi, Southeast, Alaska, CNW Research, Cadillac, Business News
Steve Parker

They say "start out bad news with a joke," so: In Peter Gent's "North Dallas Forty," a football coach is talking with the team owner's son about his f...

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GM's Pontiac G3: New Fuel-Efficient Car Announced For US

AutoblogGreen | Xavier Navarro | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Driving, Cars, Green Living, Pontiac, Pontiac G3, Green News

Do you remember a list we published with the 10 most fuel-efficient domestic cars? Here's a new one we'd add if we redid the list today: the Pontiac G...

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$50 Billion for the Detroit Three: Yea or Nay?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.27.2008 | Business

Read More: White House, American Motors, Jaguar, Tesla Motors, Tata Motors, Chrysler, Buick, Andrew Card, Dodge Viper, Cars, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Humvees, General Motors, Nascar, Nissan, Carl Levin, Hummer, Saabs, Kurt Busch, Range Rover, Bob Nardelli, Toyota, Gm, Carlos Ghosn, Santa Monica Airport, Detroit Three, Ford, Chevrolet, AM General, Volvo, Barack Obama, Cerberus, Pontiac, Cadillac, h3, H1, H2, Avanti, Cancun, Mishawaka, Studebaker, Gmc, Shreveport, Business News
Steve Parker

Should Chrysler, or two of the car-makers or even all three go bust, then, this time, the American people will pay the price, both literally and figuratively.

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Clean Diesels- The Line-Up So Far

Steve Parker | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Volkswagen, 24 Hours of LeMans, Cars, Peugeot, Grand Cherokees, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Honda, California, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Nissan, Detroit, Americans, Dodge Ram, Gm, Detroit Three, Acura, Pontiac, Chrysler, Bmw, Turbodiesel, Jeep, Audi, Low Sulfur, Tdi, Maxima, Vw, Tsx, Touraeg, Bluetec, Q7, Green News
Steve Parker

Sometimes, it's the incongruities, not the new models, which make the auto industry so interesting.

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Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Buick, Rick Wagoner, Detroit Auto Show, Home Depot, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Toyota Prius, Pontiac GTO, Plug-in Hybrids, Paris Auto Show, Energy, John McCain, Gm, Alan Mulally, Chevrolet, Beat, Volt, Duke University, Harvard Business School, Detroit Automakers, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Ford of Europe, Holden Commodore, Cadillac, Cruze, Pontiac, Camaro, Daewoo, Oldsmobile, Cobalt, Business News
Steve Parker

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

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