Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, GM, UAW/Unions
GM has been chosen as the lead company in the UAW contract renegotiation talks. That means that the UAW will come to a contractual agreement with GM first, and that contract will be used as the template for negotiations with the other two carmakers, Chrysler and Ford.
Of course, that also means […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, GM, Holden, Australia
click above image for more high-res pics of the Holden Efijy Concept
It’s not uncommon for over enthusiastic gear heads to make offers or even send in checks to buy a concept car with the hope that production is right around the corner. General Motors has apparently already received […]
Filed under: Government/Legal
You might recall about this time last year, California State Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a lawsuit in Northern California’s U.S. District Court asserting that automakers selling vehicles in the Golden State were liable for the hundreds of millions of dollars of damages its products cause. That lawsuit, which named GM, Ford, Toyota, […]
Filed under: GM, UAW/Unions
Although labor talks between GM and the UAW have been going on since the union’s contract expired last Friday at 11:59 PM EST, we’ve been following the late-night negotiations from afar, waiting for something that amounted to more than the mainstream media’s perpetually boring status updates. That finally came today in an […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Frankfurt Auto Show, Podcasts, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Crossovers/CUVs, Aston Martin, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Dodge, Ford, GM, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Mercedes Benz, MINI, PSA, Volkswagen, Volvo, Renault, Brabus
We’re back with Autoblog Podcast #77, and it’s a Frankfurt-recap extravaganza. We discuss our favorite picks, as well as touching on some of the numerous highlights from […]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green, Chrysler, Ford, GM
Domestic automakers may be losing market share, but it appears their clout is intact. The Department of Health and Human Services issued an apology for a recent newsletter that suggested only Japanese and South Korean vehicles in a list of 12 “green” vehicles for their 67,000 employees to […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Trucks/Pickups, Marketing/Advertising, Chevrolet, GM, GMC
General Motors had a good August, bucking the industry trend with a year over year sales increase. A big part of that success came with zero-percent financing on the Silverado and GMC Sierra, and the General is looking to ride the wave by extending free loans through […]
Filed under: Chrysler, Ford, GM, UAW/Unions
The UAW and GM are still chin-deep in negotiations, but perhaps the key item that effects the future viability of the General has been agreed upon. The new labor contract will include a UAW-run trust fund that will get costly health insurance premiums off GM’s books. The fund, called a […]
Filed under: GM, UAW/Unions
var digg_url = ‘http://www.digg.com/business_finance/UAW_officially_on_strike_talks_with_GM_broken_off’; We had the TV on at 11:00AM EST expecting to see CNN, MSNBC and Fox News providing up to the minute coverage of the UAW’s potential strike in the wake of failed contract negotiations with General Motors. Only CNN is covering the strike at this […]
Filed under: China, Crossovers/CUVs, Buick, GM, UAW/Unions
click above image to view high-res gallery of the Buick Enclave
Amidst all the fury surrounding the UAW strike today, General Motors released a statement announcing an $800 million deal with its Chinese joint-venture company to supply the Chinese market with U.S.-built vehicles and components. It’s the second such agreement […]
