Latest Marketing News On Marktd (Free subscription) | 46 minutes ago
A recent article in the New York Times gives some insight into how companies take their eye off the ball and slow down their innovation. In this piece Micheline Maynard argues that the Chrysler...
The Derrty Truth (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The 50 Cent-sponsored Pontiac G8 sport truck has been taken off the production line. Troubled American car giant General Motors recently announced that they will no longer be producing the two-door, six-foot bed vehicle that was scheduled to hit stores in 2010. In a statement to the Associated Press, Pontiac spokesman Jim Hopson stated the cancellation is [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 35 minutes ago
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After a lengthy, holiday-induced hiatus, we're back in the By the Numbers saddle this week with a look at General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM). The automaker recently received its first
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ron Gettlefinger, the UAW President, said today that General Motors and Chrysler may not need additional federal funding beyond the $17.4 billion already approved by President George W. Bush and the White House. Gettlefinger said that the money should be sufficient depending on sales volume. “If we can get by without more money, that’s what we [...]
E.G RADIO ONLINE (Free subscription) | yesterday
General Motors has confirmed that they will cancel 50 Cent's Pontiac GB Sports Truck. The two-door, six-foot bed vehicle was scheduled to debut in North America in 2010. 50 Cent first introduced the G8 sport truck last March at the New York International Auto Show. In a statement to the Associated Press, Pontiac spokesman Jim Hopson stated the cancellation is part of a restructuring plan within GM...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | yesterday
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
It seems like General Motors likes to play games with its domestic market. Vice Chairman Bob Lutz told us earlier this year that the production version of the Chevy Beat minicar will not make it to the U.S. Later we heard rumors that the Beat will in fact be offered to the U.S. customers. We later [...]
Truckblog News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sources across the intarweb are stating that General Motors have quietly trashed plans to produce the 2010 Pontiac G8 ST in North America which was set to hit dealer lots later this year' Based off of the Chevrolet El Camino and Ford Ranchero uni-body style pickup trucks from the 1960's and 1970's, the V8 powered G8 ST has encountered its early death because of the expected small niche market the truck...
The Street (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Domestic and foreign automakers' shares rise.
Leftlane (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
General Motors, long a supporter of the arts scene in Detroit and beyond, says it is dramatically reducing its donations and sponsorships from the GM Foundation effective immediately. Not surprisingly, the move means that venues and galleries - like the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Michigan Opera Theatre - are reeling. In 2007, the GM [...]
Driive (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Washington Post Auto sector bankruptcies to multiply Economic Times, India - 3 hours ago Steadily through 2008 as the financial crisis undercut the economy, major auto makers -- most prominently the US Big Three of General Motors, ... Industry Pessimism Tempered by Opportunity for Restructuring ... Ward's Auto (subscription) Auto industry challenged by declining revenues and insolvencies Canada NewsWire...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Most slightly annoying comedy characters have their own trademark vehicle - Mr Toad's horn-covered sports car; Mr Bean's little car; DelBoy's three-wheeler. Sadly, though, 50 Cent is not to join them, as General Motors have decided the bruised economy just won't support a specially tricked out "sports truck" in Fiddy's honour : "We always knew that it was going to be very low-volume," Pontiac's Jim...
Just Auto (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Toyota Motor Sales USA this year will launch new telematics systems with some features similar to those pioneered by General Motors' OnStar.
WayOdd (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
If General Motors and Chrysler deserve a bailout package from the federal government, so does the adult entertainment industry. That is the reasoning of Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt when he asked the U.S. Congress for a $5 billion bailout package to help the porn industry. Flynt requested for a bailout package from Congress, together with Joe Francis, creator of the Girls Gone Wild video series....
Detroit News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
If you are wandering around the Detroit auto show later this month, it's a fair bet that you won't detect any superficial signs of crisis. General Motors and Chrysler and to a lesser extent Ford might be on the brink of financial Armageddon, but the glitz and hype surely will still be there, if toned down a notch or two. The Europeans will also be putting on a brave face, even as the market meltdown...
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trymi | 19 hours ago
General Motors have decided to cut down the manufacture of its sport truck, the 2010 Pontiac G8 ST, from the present six units to a mere three by 2012 as the vehicle is currently under review for importation reasonability issues. It was supposed to be available on sale in the US this fall, but now it’s dead.
trymi | 12/15/2008
It was announced by General Motors today that a considerable lowering of intended manufacture for the initial quarter of 2009 because of the continuing and ruthless downturn in sales, which were already down overall by 36 percent in last month and 41 percent for GM in contrast to last year.
trymi | 11/18/2008
The Insignia is the foremost Opel to win in 22 years but General Motors’ European company has been runner-up four times and in 2007 the Opel Corsa lost by just two points to the Ford S-Max. Ford has won the award five times but this is the second time it has lost by just one point.
