General Motors

A competition co-sponsored by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) called Challenge X is a multi-year effort that has brought together 17 teams fighting to find the best way to re-engineer a Chevrolet Equinox crossover with fuel consumption, emissions and performance in mind...

Although UAW members still have to give their final approval to the strike settlement deal, GM's offer to end the American Axle strike is expected to pass through smoothly. Once it does, GM will be able to set about getting production back up to full speed. The company has already lost 272,203...

Just like its corporate cousin Vauxhall did earlier this year, Opel is set to unveil a new logo in time for the addition of the Insignia to its ranks. The all-new sedan is the first of a series of new cars that will replace the aging line-up with a fresh design language and a new commitment to...

As sales of heavy SUVs and pickups continue to dwindle and at the same time pull down the market share of the Detroit 3, product planners are now contemplating the final demise of truck-based designs and doing as much as they can to pick up the pieces. We saw earlier today that Ford is planning to...

The ongoing readjustment period in the U.S. auto industry has thus far been a tough one for both the companies and their current and former employees. Workers at American Axle & Manufacturing, now in their 12th week on strike, are being urged by both GM and their own union representatives to accept...

GM’s Delta compact FWD platform, currently used in cars Opel (Saturn) Astra, Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5, is due for an update this year and the first new-generation model is set to appear at October’s Paris Motor Show. Some of the cars expected to be based on the revised platform...

General Motors has taken heed of public desire for smaller, more economical engines and developed two brand-new engines for its global markets. The new engines consist of a new 1.4-liter petrol unit and a 1.6-liter Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) unit, and will be rolled out in GM’s production...

Like all good compromises, it seems none of the parties is really happy with the outcome, but General Motors, Chrysler and the Canadian Auto Workers have reached a tentative labor agreement. Involving both continued production at some plants and job cuts all around, the deal will keep both sides on...

As this year’s Nurburgring 24 hour endurance challenge approaches several more carmakers have announced plans to enter the comp. The latest is General Motors, which plans to enter a race-prepped version of its Opel Astra OPC in the grueling event. The standard Astra OPC features a 237hp...

Updated with official video. With the GT-R's recently lowered Nordschleife lap time set at 7m 29s, a drop of nine seconds from its previous 7m 38s lap, General Motors responded with speculation that the ZR-1 would handily take the production car lap record at any track in the world. While we have...

GM has resumed production at five plants that had been affected by an 11-week strike at its supplier American Axle. The sites include the Oshawa plant in Ontario, responsible for the Chevrolet Impala and Silverado as well as the GMC Sierra, the Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico, which builds the HHR...

GM's plans to invest $14 billion in Opel by the end of 2012 were announced just last week, as well as their plans to introduce 20 new models for Opel in this time period. But some more details have come out about the investment, most notably the General's plans to market Opel as a more 'upmarket'...

GM dealers and customers are beginning to feel the effects of the United Auto Worker strike at American Axle, as well as the UAW walkouts in two GM factories. Despite GM's most recent attempt to buy off workers from American Axle with a $200 million payout, the General has had to cut production...

Despite GM's massive $3.3 billion dollar loss for the first quarter of 2008, the General has gone ahead with the purchase of its previously leased headquarters in Detroit. The deal went through for GM to purchase the Renaissance Center for a cool $626 million as well as forking out another $200...

The price penalty for the added complexity of a hybrid drivetrain has always been a bit of a concern for those looking to not just save fuel, but to save money. In some calculations from a decade ago, popular hybrids would have taken as much as eight or ten years to repay in fuel savings the cost...

A lack of supply of key parts has caused GM to stop producing some of its best-selling models, such as the GMC Yukon, Denali, Sierra heavy-duty pickups and others. American Axle's ten-week strike is one of the primary causes for the short supply, and GM hopes this offer will get the strike over and...

General Motors, owner of Opel and Saab among others, is being tight lipped about its production for the next-gen Saab 9-3, but now German newspaper the Handelsblatt is claiming that the next 9-3 will be produced in Sweden rather than Germany as originally planned. The General has been talking as...

General Motors is experiencing a number of strikes at several of its plants in North America as well as some of its supplier plants. Most of the strikes surround negations with the UAW over local contracts at individual plants, which would protect worker seniority and job security. On Tuesday, GM...

With both the Pontiac G8 GXP and Holden Commodore HSV range already being offered with GM’s new LS3 V8 engine, it was only a matter of time until their European cousin, the Vauxhall VXR8, got the new powerplant. Along with the added power and performance, the VXR8 is also available with...

GM currently has two RWD large car platforms, the premium Sigma architecture used by Cadillac for cars like the CTS, SRX and STS, and the newer Zeta design, which debuted in the new VE Holden Commodore (Pontiac G8) and will eventually appear in the upcoming Chevrolet Camaro. According to latest...