General Motors News

Chevrolet Performance will present the 18th annual Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour from June 2-8, 2012 starting in Detroit, Michigan and finishing in Arlington, Texas.

This Feb. 19, 2012 file photo shows a line of 2012 Prius sedans at a Toyota dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo.

ABC 12 - WJRT - Flint, MIZacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Apple, Vale S.A. - ADR, General Motors, Ford Motor and Toyota Motor Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Apple, Vale S.A. - ADR, General Motors, Ford Motor and Toyota Motor Information contained on this page is provided by companies via press release distributed through PR ... (more)

Auto giant General Motors is performing splendidly operationally, but investors continue to price it as it will soon go out of business.

COMMENTARY A recent Forbes article makes what I think is a very astute observation: "The best proof of an expensive college education's value may be whether it provides graduates with the critical thinking skills to spot all the bum advice hurled their way as they head off into the world." For example, a creative writing professor told James ... (more)

The cover jacket of "Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars" by Paul Ingrassia.

For the first time in Michigan, Affirmations will host a job fair specifically targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender job seekers.

"It's not like 2008, with crazy incentives any more," said senior analyst Ivan Drury of car website Edmunds.com. That's because Detroit - which once felt building too many cars and "dumping" them with rebates cost less than closing plants and paying union workers' severance - downsized following Chrysler's and General Motors' 2008 bankruptcies.

The Fallon ad agency is attempting to rebrand the Cadillac image. Veda Partalo, left, Pat Fallon and Bruce Bildsten are key members of the Fallon team.

He's only half-kidding. Every other weekend, he and his roommate pack the car and drive straight to Tennessee at the end of their graveyard shift at General Motors Co.'s Lansing Delta Township assembly plant.

Go to Home Page Visit Leftlane's home page for the very latest car news, analysis, editorials, opinion, and more.

Detroit, MI -- General Motors told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today that it failed to report a $600,000 deal given to an advertising agency where the wife of a top GM executive is a partner.

General Motors Co. said it recently learned that Pernilla Ammann, the wife of Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann, is an officer and a partner in an advertising agency that received about $600,000 for services last year to a GM subsidiary.

General Motors Company A : In a regulatory filing, General Motors explains that it has recently learned about a related transaction, from 2011, which was not included in the proxy statement.

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. said it has approved selling back to General Motors Co.

US cable TV channel Velocity has aired a three-part series about Carrol Shelby. It looked at his early days as a chicken farmer and race car driver in Texas, his 1959 win at Le Mans with Aston Martin, the heart troubles that forced him to quit racing, his deal with Ford to build the AC Cobra, his work with Chrysler, and his renewed deal with Ford ... (more)

General Motors Co. said it recently learned that Pernilla Ammann, the wife of Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann, is an officer and a parter in an advertising agency that received about $600,000 for services last year to a GM subsidiary.

Paul Ingrassia, former Detroit bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, is probably the best broadsheet reporter ever to cover the car business.

General Motors gave more responsibility to fast-rising executive Alicia Boler-Davis, making her vice president of global quality and U.S. customer experience, the automaker announced Thursday.

Toyota is looking to emerging markets for growth, targeting 50 percent of its global vehicle sales there by 2015, and rolling out eight compact models over the next few years.