During a live chat session last week on the GM FastLane blog, CEO Fritz Henderson answered questions from the media, analysts and customers. However, he was unable to answer every question due to time constraints – one that had to deal with GM’s most significant small car, the Chevrolet Cruze. To make sure that Fritz [...]
Even though the ‘New GM’ will be forced to focus on producing fuel-efficient vehicles, it won’t abandon efforts to give its Corvette enthusiasts the much loved rear-wheel-drive, V8 power they have come to love. “My wonderful baby is my 2005 Corvette coupe,” CEO Fritz Henderson said in his first online chat after filing GM’s Chapter [...]
Michael Bay’s Transformers series gets the best of most of us nerds and auto enthusiasts. The thought of our cars turning into robots to save mankind is not only out of this world, but something only ‘geeks’ can imagine. GM will be offering a limited-edition 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Bumblebee Package, which we expect will go [...]
Holden’s chairman and managing director Mark Reuss has confirmed that GM’s Australian division is working on a new compact hatch for global markets. Reuss said that the hatch will be built alongside the Holden Cruze sedan at the company’s Elizabeth plant in South Australia in the third-quarter of 2010. The Cruze-based hatch will be designed and engineered [...]
GM announced earlier this morning that it is key vehicle launch for 2009 and 2010 are on track. While eight brands may have sounded like a good idea at one time, GM will now focus on four core brands including Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick. Those four brands will be responsible for the launch of [...]
In all of the statements released today by General Motors, the now bankrupt automaker said that its new products and technologies are on track. It said that that the New GM will continue with key vehicle launches in 2009 and 2010 including the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, 2010 Buick LaCrosse, 2010 Cadillac SRX and CTS Sport [...]
Here are some of today’s random findings from the editor’s desk here at egmCarTech. Is the 2010 Camaro’s popularity causing GM headaches? Apparently, the popularity of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro is causing GM executives some headaches. There is no doubt that the return of the muscle car has generated a huge fan base. GM has taken [...]
Out of its four remaining core-brands, GM CEO Fritz Henderson said that Chevrolet will become the groups most competitive and top-quality brand within the next two years. In an interview with AutoWeek, Fritz said that he’s feeling optimistic about the upcoming Chevrolet Spark, Cruze and the Orlando 7-seater – all due for a 2011 model [...]
Following the new Holden Volt, GM also unveiled the 2010 Holden Cruze for the Australian market. The first of GM’s new wave of global products will arrive in Australia during the second quarter of 2009. The 2011 Holden Cruze will be offered in two trim levels including a CD and CDX model. Both will be [...]
General Motors announced today that it will not build a new factory to produce engines for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and Chevrolet Cruze. Instead, the Detroit automaker said it will build the 1.4L 4-cylinder Family 0 engine at its existing Flint South Engine Plant. GM said it will invest a total of $250 million to setup the [...]
