Posts Tagged ‘fate’
HUMMER's up for sale, and General Motors is looking around the house for other items to include in its yard sale. During a presentation to Deutsche Bank, GM's powertrain plant in Strasbourg was added to the For Sale listings by Treasurer walter Borst. Together, the HUMMER brand and the French transm......
American Axle proposes cuts and buyouts to end 11-week strike
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
When the UAW went on strike against American Axle & Manufacturing in late February, analysts expected a settlement within days. The supplier of axles, driveshafts, and other related components to General Motors and other automakers had a stockpile of inventory on hand, and few expected the strik......
Bertone BAT 11 images surface as commissioners present their report
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Click above to see more of the Bertone BAT 11 conceptBertone's future continues to hang in the balance as three court-appointed bankruptcy commissioners move forward with trying to secure a new owner for the 96-year-old design house and coachbuilder. The commissioners have just presented a 132-page ......
The experts at TV Squad weigh in on Knight Rider
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
click above to watch the Knight Rider movieI did not watch the Knight Rider made-for-TV movie last night. Instead, I checked out Alex's liveblog during the show, which took less time to get through and, from what I've been told, was a lot more entertaining. I have KITT's return to the small screen ......
CES 2008: Rick Wagoner roundtable discussion
Friday, October 26th, 2007
Prior to his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday, GM Chairman Rick Wagoner held a discussion with a group of us flacks to answer all of our questions clearly and completely without equivocation. OK just kidding, he did hedge on a number of questions as would be exp......
85-year-old man arrested for racing down the highway in his Oldsmobile
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Not so long ago, Ontario, Canada drafted a law to curb racing and excessive speeding on its highways. Things were getting so out of hand that stretches of road were called the Ontariobahn. In a campaign they call "shock and awe," they jacked the maximum fine up to $10,000, and threw in a 7-day suspe......
Sixty-four House Reps ask President to favor softer fuel economy bill
Monday, August 13th, 2007
A group of Congressmen and women wrote a letter to the principal -- President Bush -- and told him not to pay attention to what the other students are saying. The sixty-four representatives requested that President Bush choose the house version of the fuel economy bill still being debated in Congres......
First plant rejects UAW-GM contract
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
UPDATE: The Detroit News is reporting workers at the Romulus, MI engine plant have also rejected the UAW-GM contract by a narrow margin.
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that workers at GM Powertrain's Massena, New York engine plant are the first to have rejected the proposed four-year labor cont......
Hello Kitty rims reserved for special circle of Hell
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
We imagine that axe murderers and other unsavory types have a special circle of Hell waiting for them when their tickets ultimately get punched. In all likelihood, these are dark and miserable people. For them, Hell might be a place where the Hello Kitty theme plays on endless loop, incessantly fr......
Design detractors: Chevy Camaro will get a B-pillar
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
While the concept car and the original Camaro were both hardtop coupes, the production version of the 2010 Camaro will gain a B-pillar. It may seem like a betrayal to some, and Rick Wagoner did pledge to make the production car virtually identical to the concept, but in the end, it's no big deal. Ac......