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TIMING, THEY SAY, is everything. And Cadillac's could certainly be better. Three months after the 1929 stock-market crash, Cadillac premiered at the New York auto show its Series 452 with […]

To accelerate production of its top selling-brands Buick and Pontiac and eclipse rival automakers in a teeming industry, General Motors has buttressed its Global Manufacturing System Division with lean initiatives. [...]

SO THERE YOU ARE, one fine spring day in May 1952, designing the first new Chevrolet V-8 since 1919. It's a nice solid design. Ed "Crankshaft" Kelley established the basic […]

As the Grateful Dead once sang, "What a long strange trip it's been." It won't be long before 2003 will enter into its rightful place in the annals of automotive [...]

General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., and the DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group jointly announced on June 28, 2006, that they would double production of cars and trucks capable of running on ethanol blends and other biofuels by 2010. Agricultural companies are also planning new technologies to genetically tweak the corn plant, reduce lignin content in corn, but this represents an extension of ongoing genetic engineering.

General Motors is switching to hand assembling of high-performance engines from early next year. The high-performance engines will be assembled at a dedicated facility in Wixom, Michigan.

Byline: David Barkholz Ford Motor Co. is revving up North American production as competitors cut output to match weak sales. Ford said last week that it plans to boost third-quarter [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team General Motors' South Korean unit plans temporarily to halt production at its plants this month because of a sharp drop in demand. 'The company will temporarily [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Nissan Motor is to shut car assembly plants in Mexico for several weeks during the first quarter as demand falls in the recession-hit US. Nissan, Mexico's [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team GM Daewoo Auto & Technology will extend the suspension of production at some of its plants further into January as an effort to control inventory levels. [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team General Motors has suspended construction of a US$450m diesel engine plant in Thailand as the company struggles to save cash in the face of a global [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team South Korea's major automakers on Monday began cutting production after reporting weak sales in November. Hyundai Motor told Agence France-Presse (AFP) it had started cutting daily [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team General Motors announced that it will suspend production at its Rayong plant in Thailand in December and January, as worldwide automobile demand continues to weaken. The [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Toyota has said it will stop production at all of its assembly, transmission and engine factories in the United States and Canada for two extra days [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell Could the financial collapse of a Detroit automaker halt production at Asian- or European-owned auto plants in the United States? That hypothetical scenario suddenly looks painfully plausible. [...]

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING Movers & SHAKERS Who's affecting the industry this week... Carlos ghosn CEO of French carmaker Renault, for saying even healthy European companies are having trouble refinancing their debt [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team General Motors' Hungarian unit will suspend engine production for an unspecified period this month. The news follows confirmation on Tuesday that GM Europe German unit Opel [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson The automotive recession is even taking its toll on a car often cited as recession-proof: the Chevrolet Corvette. General Motors confirmed to Automotive News that it will [...]

General Motors is closing four production plants and is considering offloading the Hummer SUV after the car manufacturer acknowledged that higher fuel prices are likely to be permanent. Chief executive […]

Byline: Debi Domby North America car and truck production dipped in April to 1,199,037 units, a drop of 101,044, or 7.8 percent, from April 2007. General Motors lost 113,492 units [...]

Byline: Rick Kranz The Hummer line finally gets the model it has been lacking: a true pickup. The 2009 Hummer H3T crew cab seats five and has a 5-foot-long cargo [...]

The tanking dollar is making the build-'em-where-you-sell-'em philosophy look particularly good for European vehicles sold in the United States. The latest example: General Motors may build the next-generation Saturn Astra [...]

General Motors has taken the wraps off the 'super Vette,'' the high-horsepower Chevrolet Corvette that goes on sale in the fall. The 2009 Corvette ZR-1 is powered by a supercharged [...]

Byline: Jerry Flint I've always been a Doubting Thomas when it comes to turnaround talk at General Motors. But I've seen enough evidence to say it: The auto business turnaround [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team General Motorsa Baltimore transmission plant has begun production of a two-mode hybrid transmission a claimed to be the only hybrid transmission designed and built in the [...]

Byline: Debi Domby * U.S. vehicle production reached 8 million on Friday, Sept. 21, 13 days later than in 2006. * U.S. truck production reached 5 million on Friday, 10 [...]

General Motors (GM) last week unveiled a $100 million investment in its Tonawanda, N.Y., engine plant to produce a 4.5-liter, V-8 'Duramax' diesel engine for its Production of the new [...]

U.S. auto giant General Motors announced Friday it is transferring more than 500 fuel cell experts from its advanced development laboratories to its core engineering functions in preparation of future [...]

Byline: Alysha Web, Namrita Chow Shanghai General Motors will begin producing the Holden Statesman sedan in Shanghai in a few months, industry sources say. Local assembly is a gamble for [...]

Japan's Suzuki aims to introduce a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle in Japan, the U.S. and Europe in order to meet stronger clear-air regulations, the company's president said. He did not provide [...]

3 tables: Scheduled plant overtime * Plant closings * North America car and truck production: see print copy. CAPTION(S): General Motors will end production of the Buick Rendezvous crossover this [...]

Byline: Debi Domby * Nissan North America Inc. produced its 1 millionth unit in North America on Wednesday, Nov. 15. That is 14 days earlier than in 2005. * General [...]

Ford Motor Co.'s accelerated restructuring plan will worsen an already alarming loss of business for North American suppliers that count on Ford for large chunks of business. On Friday, Ford [...]

In the summer of 2002, about 100 male General Motors employees headed to the US proving grounds outside Detroit to do something not in their job description: Wear skirts made [...]

Byline: Jason Stein, Harald Hamprecht General Motors will begin production this month at a small facility in Russia, marking the next step in GM's expansion in central and eastern Europe. [...]

Distressed auto parts maker Dura Automotive Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: DRRA), facing production cuts at both General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., has hired a third firm to advise it [...]

H1: The big, military-inspired H1 has been dropped. Sales in 2005 totaled just 374 units. H2, H2 SUT: With the demise of the H1, the biggest Hummer is the H2. [...]

The top stories from Automotive News Europe's July 16, 2001, issue - and how they developed. GM needs brand for Niva General Motors has to decide what brand to use [...]

Unlike General Motors and Delphi, most of America's manufacturers are thriving BY LOSING over $10 billion last year, General Motors (GM) at last managed to get its workers' attention. The [...]