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GM hoping to keep Pontiac, Saturn owners within the family

GM hoping to keep Pontiac, Saturn owners within the family

Still upset at General Motors for killing of the Pontiac and Saturn brands? According to a new report, nearly two-thirds of Pontiac owners and almost three-fourths of Saturn drivers has left General Motors to other automakers as they bought new vehicles in 2010. GM got rid of Pontiac, Saturn and Hummer as a part of its [...]

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GM paid analyst $1 million for advise on how to save Saturn

GM paid analyst $1 million for advise on how to save Saturn

Now that General Motors has filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, we’ll learn a lot of inside details we didn’t know before. According to its prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, GM paid analyst Stephen Girsky more than $1 million to advice the automaker on other [...]

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GM recalling over 200,000 crossovers to fix second-row seat belts

GM recalling over 200,000 crossovers to fix second-row seat belts

General Motors announced today that it is voluntarily conducting a safety recall for 2009-2010 models of the Lambda based crossovers including the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and the late Saturn Outlook. The recall is being made to inspect second-row safety belts for damage that in rare cases could make an occupant think the [...]

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GM recalls 1.5 million vehicles over fire hazard

GM recalls 1.5 million vehicles over fire hazard

It isn’t only Toyota that faces recalls in the millions – General Motors has announced a recall consisting of 1.5 million vehicles to address a problem with the heated windshield wiper fluid system that could lead to a fire, its second recall over the same issue in two years. GM conducted a similar recall two [...]

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GM’s closed brands inventory almost done

GM’s closed brands inventory almost done

General Motors announced today that within the next couple of months, the Detroit automaker will no longer be selling vehicles from the brands it is eliminating. Executives said that there are about 2,000 Hummer, Pontiac and Saturn vehicles left in its inventory. During the month of April, GM sold 52 Pontiacs, 373 Saturns and 481 [...]

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Ghosn: Teaming up with Saturn wasn’t a smart Choice

Ghosn: Teaming up with Saturn wasn’t a smart Choice

During fall of 2009, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn was pondering requests to team up with two separate brands – Daimler’s Smart and General Motors’ Saturn. While, we already know who Ghosn picked to team up with, he says that it was never an “either/or” situation. He said that working with Smart made sense and “Saturn [...]

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Hummer and Saturn to temporarily restart production

Hummer and Saturn to temporarily restart production

Two dead General Motors brands, Saturn and Hummer, will get their last hurrah on the automaker’s assembly line. “We are building out a few Saturns to utilize existing material,” GM spokeswoman Kim Carpenter said. She said that GM will assemble Outlooks for a few more weeks. The automaker made 1,037 Outlook crossovers last month after [...]

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GM Certified Used Vehicles adds 2005-2010 Saturns to its lineup

GM Certified Used Vehicles adds 2005-2010 Saturns to its lineup

GM Certified Used Vehicles announced today that it will add all Saturn models years 2005-2010 for purchase at any of the 3,400 Buick, Chevrolet and GMC GM Certified Used Vehicles dealers across the nation. “This move gives peace of mind to consumers who love the Saturn brand,” said Paul Pejza, manager, GM Certified Used Vehicles. [...]

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GM offering $2,000 incentive to Saturn owners to stay with company

GM offering $2,000 incentive to Saturn owners to stay with company

Hoping not to break bonds with some of its least committed customers after deciding to shut down the Saturn brand due to the failure of an attempted sale to Penske, GM is offering Saturn owners $2,000 in incentives towards a new vehicle from one of its four surviving brands. The deal began on Feb. 2 [...]

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After 3 days with Penske, Saturn’s former boss heads up Smart USA

After 3 days with Penske, Saturn’s former boss heads up Smart USA

After just three days with the company, former Saturn executive Jill Lajdziak has been named president of Smart USA, in the wake of former president David Schembri’s relocation to another post with Smart distributor Penske Automotive. “As we look to enhance the position of the Smart brand, Jill’s background and experience will help us reinvigorate [...]

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