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Filed under: Spy Photos , Sedans/Saloons , Euro , Opel , Vauxhall It didn't make an appearance at the Geneva Motor Show , but General Motors' white-hot Vauxhall Insignia VXR is spending more time out of doors and (accidentally?) posing for pictures...
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Filed under: Etc. , GM , Celebrities Admittedly, we've always known that Bob Lutz has a flair for the dramatic. The from-the-gut talkin', hard-drivin', fast-flyin,' General Motors vice chairman has always been good for a juicy quote, and although...
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Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show , Spy Photos , GM , Opel 2010 Opel Astra Spy Shots - Click above for image gallery Saturn's Astra has been something of a commercial non-starter stateside , but it remains a perennial favorite in Opel and Vauxhall guises...
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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Crossovers/CUVs , Chevrolet , GM , Opel Chevrolet Orlando concept - Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors is in survival mode right now; cutting staff, closing plants, and reworking contracts. The last thing the General likely wants to cut back on is product, but even new vehicles aren't immune to the chopping block. Automotive News is reporting that GM has postponed production of the Chevrolet Orlando at its Detroit Hamtramck facility. Local United Auto Workers chief George McGregor informed AN that plant management informed him that the Orlando and a planned Opel variant will not be built at the facility later in the year. GM has neither declined or confirmed the Orlando's postponement (it could simply be built elsewhere), but North American President Troy Clarke mentioned at the Detroit Auto Show in January that the seven seat MPV would be headed for production in 2011. McGregor did say that plans were full speed ahead for the...
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Filed under: Convertibles , Coupes , Chevrolet , GM Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery The on again, off again roller coaster ride that is General Motors' product development schedule once again apparently has a green light; the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro convertible. The drop-top Camaro is once again scheduled for a 2011 grand entrance, one year after the first Bowtie pony cars begin rolling off the line in Oshawa. Motor Trend reported back in November that the convertible Camaro was in trouble due to GM's cash crunch, and last week we learned from The Detroit Bureau that financial problems at a German supplier for the car's roof was threating the model's timetable . For its part, General Motors insists that the topless Camaro has always been scheduled for one year after the coupe began production, but now Motor Trend is now saying that the Camaro Convertible will probably not arrive until the first quarter of 2011 (likely as a 2012...
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Filed under: Sports/GTs , Wagons/Estates , Plants/Manufacturing , Cadillac , GM 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon Monterey debut - Click above for a high-res gallery After speaking this morning with Cadillac's product communications manager, David Caldwell, we've fleshed out some near-term product plans for General Motors' luxury brand - in particular the timetable for the 2010 CTS Sport Wagon . The automaker's Lansing Grand River plant is scheduled to begin building the stylish rear-drive load lugger in early May, and the first examples should be at dealerships around Memorial Day (May 25), or perhaps early June. Cadillac's first-ever U.S-market station wagon (no, the SRX crossover doesn't count) is expected to offer a reasonable 25 cubic feet of space beneath its rakish rear glass, and while it rides on the same 113.4-inch wheelbase as its sedan counterpart, the wagon will actually be .3-inches shorter. The model looks to be particularly important for GM's fortunes...
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Filed under: Convertibles , Coupes , Sports/GTs , Plants/Manufacturing , Chevrolet , GM , Rumormill Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Concept - Click above for a high-res gallery var digg_url = 'http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/20/report-chevrolets-camaro-convertible-delayed-z28-facing-cance/'; The crew at freshly-minted The Detroit Bureau is reporting that while the Chevrolet Camaro has started rolling off off production lines, there are some serious hitches with future model plans that could result in a substantial delay - or outright cancellation - of two hotly-anticipated models. According to Paul Eisenstein (veteran auto journalist and founder of TheCarConnection ), the Camaro convertible and Z28 are both in jeopardy. As the story goes, budget crunches for both General Motors and its suppliers could grenade products that were seen as foregone conclusions. At the moment, TDB says that saving the droptop is the most pressing issue, as the German supplier responsible for the convertible...
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Filed under: GM , Earnings/Financials Ever heard the saying, "It takes a village to raise a child?" Something similar could be said about the automotive industry, except the village is an assorted and wide-ranging group of auto suppliers and the child is your next new car. Currently, the major automakers only deal directly with Tier 1 suppliers, the big companies that assemble major automotive components into large modules. These modules are created using parts from Tier 2, Tier 3 or even smaller suppliers, and these companies are generally paid by their larger Tier 1 siblings. General Motors has just announced a new provision that would have the automaker making payments to smaller Tier 2 suppliers. The worry is that the horrid financial condition that many of the large Tier 1 suppliers find themselves in could force them into delaying payments to the smaller feeder companies, which could bankrupt the fledgling lower-tiered suppliers and eventually cause GM (along with its competitors...
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