All Posts Tagged With: "GM"
General Motors (NYSE: GM) Announces $750,000 Donation to Tsunami, Earthquake Victims
General Motors (NYSE: GM) has announced their donation to the Japanese tsunami and earthquake victims. The GM Foundation has funded an immediate donation of $500,000 to the American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan. $250,000 had been initially sent after the earthquake shook the country on March 11. General Motors has also established a website [...]
GM competing with Ford (NYSE: F) for a better connected car
The massive technological increase that has been rising over the recent years has made auto manufacturers take notice and improve on some additions to their new car models. Ford Motor has been integrating the hands free entertainment system into numerous models of their passenger car lines recently. However, most of the other auto manufacturers haven’t [...]
Ford, (NYSE: F) GM, And Toyota Listed Moderate Gains In Sales In The Chinese Market
All three of the major global car makers, Ford (NYSE: F), GM and Toyota, posted mid-level or modest sales figures for August in China. This comes only a day after a state-funded institution noted that Chinese car-sales growth increase dramatically for that month. It was, in large part, due to government incentives to purchase smaller [...]
General Motors Co. Funding a European Overhaul Without European Government Aid
General Motors, majority-owned by the U.S. government, gave up it’s efforts to obtain European government aid. Aid applications were initiated by GM more than six months ago. The aid, totaling $2.2 billion (1.8 billion euro) was being sought for restructuring Vauxhall and Opel operations. GM said their finances have improved and they will be able [...]
General Motors Positioned to Make a Come back
During the majority of the 20th century, General Motors was one of the automobile industry’s biggest companies. General Motors was the largest car maker in the world between 1931 and 2008 (surpassed by Toyota in 2008). By fall of 2008, General Motors was begging the government for it’s share of the bailout to stay afload [...]
The Fine Print on the U-Return Plan by GM
In an effort to spur sales after the wildly successful “cash for clunkers” program, GM unleashes a new promotion: ifyou don’t like the car you just bought, you can bring it back. It’s called the U-Return plan. But, as with anything that sounds too good to be true, there are a few caveats of which [...]
GM Takes Bold Step To Reassure Nervous Consumers
For the first time in the US, a car maker is making the extra effort to make consumers feel more comfortable with the purchase of a new vehicle. Those who purchase a new Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac or GMC vehicle will have the option to return the vehicle back to the deal within 31 and 60 [...]
Auto Purchasing Programs to Save the Day
The experts say that the lack of confidence in the economy and personal finance situations are the root cause for automobile sales being at their lowest in 30 years. Now come some of the car manufacturers to save the day. In what are being touted as “buyer-assurance” programs, they are targeting those who are feeling [...]
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