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General Motors Corp.'s decision Wednesday to push back production of its critical small car to its original period shows the automaker is learning from past troubled launches, Lordstown Complex officials said.

More than five years ago, General Motors Corp. acquired parts of South Korea 's Daewoo Corp.

Chevy Camaros are parked in a holding yard near the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa.

Electric-car makers ranging from Ford Motor Co. to California startups are using $11 billion in taxpayer funds to supply a market that doesna t yet exist.

Reviewers are split on styling for both the sedan and Convertible versions of the 2010 Chrysler Sebring, but TheCarConnection.com could more easily find negative comments than positive ones regarding its appearance inside and out.

Fisker Automotive, a California-based startup manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles, plans to build plug-in electric cars at a former General Motors assembly plant in Delaware, people with knowledge of the situation said Friday.

General Motors had an odd year in 1977. It had a very strange circumstance where its intermediate cars were larger than its full-size cars.

After an absence of 39 years in Naperville, Buick returns to the city. Michal Van Iten, dealer principal of Village Pontiac/GMC, announced that his dealership at the corner of Ogden and Aurora avenues in Naperville will be the new home for Buick.

Part I: The Products and the Front Brake Install In 2004 the all-new GTO was brought to American shores from Australia.

Fisker Automotive, a California-based startup manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles, plans to build plug-in electric cars at a former General Motors assembly plant in Delaware, people with knowledge of the situation said Friday.

JIM PUZZANGHERA Reporting from Washington Just as the government took a dramatic step to save the domestic auto industry by becoming a shareholder in General Motors Corp., Washington on Thursday moved to exert greater oversight over the financial system by reviewing bonuses and other incentives at thousands of banks.

This 2004 Pontiac Grand AM, is one of the many Tuner Cars featured here at Super Street.Check out some pictures, comments, and ratings of this Grand AM below, as well as other info about this ride.

Two electric car startups, Fisker Automotive Inc. and Reva Electric Car Co., both affiliated with well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firms, are close to announcing production facilities.

Spending on customer incentives like low-interest financing and rebates soared in October among auto manufacturers, according to the auto research Web site Edmunds.com, as carmakers seek to clear out old inventory that piled up after the Cash for Clunkers program ended.

Looking for an affordable, yet reliable small or compact used car? Get ready to do some research on your own, but first take a look at the results from Consumer Reports.

BACK THEN: Enid Kagan and her friend Donna [in sunglasses] sit on the hood on Kagan's LeMans in 1964.

For those that remember back in 2007 at the Shanghai Motor Show, GM-China showed the Buick Riviera Coupe' Concept.

The German government said Monday it was hopeful of overcoming European Union worries about General Motors Corp.'s deal to sell its Opel subsidiary to a Canadian-Russian consortium, and argued that there was no need to review the bidding process.

The United Auto Workers union set a Monday morning deadline for reaching a contract deal with General Motors Corp and threatened to send 73,000 GM factory workers on strike if no deal is reached The United Auto Workers union set a Monday morning deadline for reaching a contract deal with General Motors Corp and threatened to send 73,000 GM factory ...

In what will easily be the biggest intervention in Canadian industry in decades, the federal and Ontario governments are set to plow upwards of $14-billion into General Motors Corp.

Allstate Corp. on Monday named a former General Motors Corp. executive to its chief marketing officer position.

General Motors Co.a s Chevrolet brand will solicit additional advertising agencies, ending an exclusive relationship with Campbell-Ewald and the a oeAmerican Revolutiona campaign that featuring John Mellencampa s music.

The Mazda MX-5 Miata remains an iconic and enjoyable drive. Mazda MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: A timeless top-down roadster to be sure, but with each passing year the Mia .

Share + Oct 14, 2009 6:03 pm US/Central THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. 1 of 1 Gina Anderson, 33, was last seen Oct.

Union leaders from Ford Motor Co.s factories voted Tuesday to recommend that members approve a deal to lower the automakers labor costs to match those of its Detroit rivals.

The San Francisco Bay area plant, the only large auto assembly plant on the West Coast, produces about 400,000 vehicles a year, most of them Corolla compact cars and Tacoma pickups.

The new General Motors Co. is showing some old General Motors Corp. traits, according to industry analysts who question the automaker's plans to boost North American production about 45 percent next year.

Mary Lou Gilbert details her restored 1957 Chevrolet Corvette at an antique car show .

An Audi TT goes through testing in 2007. Photograph by: Handout photo, Canwest News Service This is the time of year when most things get put away for the winter, but for automakers, ita TMs the start of the 2009 debuts.

A deal to sell Hummer to a Chinese company is still in the works, says GM CEO Fritz Henderson.

JUNE 1: General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson announces that General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker for 77 years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, at a news conference June 1, 2009 in New York City.

General Motors Co. agreed to sell its Hummer sport-utility vehicle brand to Chinaa s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co.

General Motors Corp. said Friday it set a sales record in China in September and total sales for the first nine months of the year rose 55 percent to nearly 1.3 million vehicles.

Submitted by Bill Bortzfield on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 06:56. Imagine a car that prompts you to get a cup of coffee or starts applying the brakes if you don't. The redesigned 2010 Mercedes-Benz E350 is packed with high tech safety features such as intelligent cruise-control, night vision and automatic headline range adjustments.

Detroit: General Motors Co is on track to complete a wrenching cost-cutting but faces risks from an uncertain US economy and rising unemployment as it tries to win back consumers, the automaker said on Wednesday.

ROCKPORT : One look in the driveway, and it's 1984 all over again. The car is a sleek, shiny black with the trademark red scanner light moving back and forth on the hood.

DETROITa 'Less than a week after reporting a sharp drop in September sales, GM said its North American sales chief is leaving as the automaker struggles to prop up its falling share of the market.

Most have heard of a man falling head over heels for a slick paint job or a souped-up motor, but it's not often you find a woman with similar feelings for her automobiles.

Fans of the Pontiac Solstice, get ready to cast aside your mourning garments, as the sporty little roadster/coupe could yet live on under the auspices of the DeLorean Motor Company.

'78 Pontiac FireBird, powered by original 305 that is stock except for the carb and intake and Summit chrome valve covers.The trans is the stock turbo 350 w/shift kit, and the rear is the factory GM 10 bolt w/3:23 gears, wheels are CenterLine Convo Pro, and the interior is original except for the Hurst Dual-Gate shifter, it still has the original ...

Many people have seen the new 2009 Pontiac Vibe at various Algoma locations, inviting passers-by to "Win Me." It is the grand prize in the raffle being run to support the Algoma Main Street Program.

Every Friday evening when Velda Bueno was a child, she and her grandma Viola shared dinner in then-bustling downtown Pontiac.

Friday, October 02, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. The 46th annual Northwood University International Auto Show kicks off in Midland.

Say what? A Buick Mini fighter? The set of Buick Avant design study illustrations recently revealed at the General Motors Lab Web site showcased several styling directions a new premium Buick small car might take.

It looks like the end of the road for GM's Saturn brand. The six local dealerships are planning their strategy.

Whitaker, and other auto dealers, appeared before the committee to testify on the aftermath of the General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies and to tell how auto dealerships were crushed by the companies in actions they believe illogical and senseless.

General Motors Corp. and eBay Inc. are ending today their seven-week test of selling new cars online.

Legendary rock star Lou Gramm, lead singer of the band Foreigner, will make an appearance to sign autographs at Mecum's St.