Posts Tagged ‘national hot rod association’

GM offers early retirement to 9,000 white collar workers

Friday, August 29th, 2008
As part of the ongoing numbers game between the Detroit 3, their workers and the UAW, General Motors has plans to offer more early retirement packages to some 9,000 of its white collar (non-unionized and salaried, that is) workers. For those who like to keep track of such things, that number represe......

Russia Report: GM retailer deals with increased demand, limited supply

Friday, August 29th, 2008
The Genser General Motors dealership in Moscow is in an enviable – if not frustrating – position. The outlet moves between 600 and 900 vehicles each month. But if supply could keep up with demand, the dealer's director of sales, Nataliya Ignatova, insists they could sell around 1,200 vehicles pe......

Volkswagen edges out Ford

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Volkswagen has become the world’s third largest carmaker outselling Ford. According to the latest sales figures, VW Group delivered 3.31 million vehicles in the first half of the year, with Ford delivering 3.22 million. Remember only in 2004 Ford lost the second spot to the japanese car maker Toyo......

Russia Report: Say ‘Hello’ to Europe’s largest auto market

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
"There are 20 million people in Moscow," my driver carefully enunciates in broken English, "and there are 50 million cars." Both figures are highly exaggerated, but considering the trek from the airport to the hotel should take around 45 minutes, and we're deep into our second hour of gridlock, his ......

First photo of Detroit’s trio of muscle cars!

Monday, August 25th, 2008
Credit goes to our friends at Jalopnik for orchestrating the shot you see above, which took some quick planning and a lot of luck. General Motors recently held a sneak peak media drive for the Chevy Camaro V6 out in San Diego, and unfortunately only the biggest buff books and Edmunds Inside Line wer......

WSJ: Big 3 seeking $25 billion from Feds

Friday, August 22nd, 2008
No matter how you slice it, a proposed $25 billion loan from the Feds is a bailout, and that's exactly what Detroit's Big Three automakers are after, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.Lobbyists for General Motors, Chrysler and Ford have met with White House officials, Rep. John Dingel......

Horseman of the apocalypse gets an axe: Esteban-endorsed Camaro guitar

Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Just when we thought we'd seen the worst celebrity-endorsed product placement of the new Camaro, our new bestest friend Hernando delivers this gem: The Esteban Camaro Legend Limited Edition Guitar Package.The self-proclaimed master of the six-stringed arts has assaulted late night viewers of the Hom......

More shots of Chevy Cruze from Lordstown

Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Click above for more new live shots of the 2011 Chevy CruzeYesterday's announcement by General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner that his company would invest $500 million in the U.S. to build the 2011 Chevy Cruze was perhaps most welcomed by the workers at GM's assembly plant in Lordstown, OH where the car w......

GM announces $350 million for Lordstown plant to bulid Chevy Cruze

Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy CruzeThe 2011 Chevy Cruze is a big deal. It's not Tom Cruise big, but when was the last time GM offered a truly competitive small car? The Cobalt has been around since 2005, and the Cavalier dates back to 1982. So it's been at least 26 years of Chev......

Duh: Cadillac shelves that whole V12 thing

Thursday, August 21st, 2008
750-hp 7.5-liter V12 from the Cadillac Cien conceptHere's a shocker: Cadillac has reportedly canceled plans for a range-topping V12 engine. Really, you don't say? Last we checked, General Motors didn't seem to have any problems extracting plenty of performance from its 6.2-liter supercharged and 7.......