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President Obama visits Michigan – the heart of the U.S. auto industry – today on a mission to convince taxpayers that their investment in the bailouts of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC will bring a return.

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President Barack Obama, in the heart of the U.S. auto industry, told a crowd of workers that the government bailouts of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC are giving taxpayers a return on their investment.

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About 400 workers at Ford’s engine plant in Windsor, Ontario, will lose their jobs as Ford completes a planned move to a single shift. Ford made the announcement a day after General Motors shuttered its transmission plant in the city.

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General Motors Co.’s acquisition of subprime lender AmeriCredit Corp. for $3.5 billion later this year could be the first step toward creating a full-blown captive finance company.

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A group of activist dealers rejected in the Chrysler and General Motors bankruptcies is contemplating going back to Congress to seek justice after a federal audit questioned the criteria used to terminate dealers, as well as the automakers’ claims…

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General Motors has begun advertising for one of the most highly anticipated model launches in years, the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid. The ‘Shattering Status Quo’ campaign teases the Volt and will be a big test for GM’s new U.S.

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General Motors on Friday idled production at three more U.S. assembly plants, bringing to six the number of plant production stoppages this week caused by a shortage of parts from Mexico.

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With a final arbitration case scheduled for today, the last remaining shuttered dealership seeking to be reinstated by GM or Chrysler will learn their fate in the next 10 days. Hundreds of General Motors Co.

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With a final arbitration case scheduled for today, the last remaining shuttered dealerships seeking to be reinstated by GM or Chrysler will learn their fate in the next 10 days. Hundreds of General Motors Co.

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General Motors Co., preparing to launch the first U.S. mass-market plug-in hybrid, will offer buyers of its Chevrolet Volt an eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty on the lithium-ion battery’s 161 components.

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General Motors is preparing to announce plans for warranty coverage on the Chevrolet Volt’s lithium-ion batteries, The Detroit News reported.

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Chevrolet Corvette buyers can already take delivery of their car at the National Corvette Museum, get professional driver training and watch their cars being built. Now, General Motors Co. will let them build the engine.

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The General Motors Foundation announced yesterday it is donating 30 GMC trucks for relief efforts in Haiti. The pickups are scheduled to arrive by mid-February.

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Turmoil at General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group and the industry sales collapse caused a record number of dealership closures in 2009, consulting firm Urban Science said Wednesday.

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Soon after General Motors execs Ed Whitacre and Mark Reuss met with National Automobile Dealers Association officials to blame NADA for legislation that mandated arbitration for rejected GM dealers, GM drastically slashed its plans for next month’s…

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What a difference a decade makes. Remember 2000, when General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group controlled nearly two-thirds of a whopping 17.

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The Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid will launch in Michigan, joining California as a market that will get the car initially, General Motors Co. said today.

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General Motors Co. will produce the Cadillac Converj plug-in concept car introduced at last year’s Detroit auto show, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said today at an analysts’ meeting.

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General Motors Co. was criticized in Sweden after the U.S. automaker named a restructuring firm to run the winding-down of Saab even as it reviewed several bids which included an offer from Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

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General Motors Co. said today it has chosen Bartle Bogle Hegarty, New York, as its new Cadillac creative agency after a review that began in October. The shop succeeds Boston-based indie Modernista, which worked on the account for three years.

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General Motors Co. today said it had selected corporate restructuring firm AlixPartners to oversee the wind down of Saab. GM also said it will continue to evaluate proposals to buy Saab.

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Investment group Genii Capital said today it has made an offer for Saab with Formula One motor racing boss Bernie Ecclestone. Genii’s offer was one of three late bids for the Swedish brand, which owner General Motors Co.

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Saab’s future remains unclear as parent General Motors Co. considers last-ditch bids from Sweden and the Netherlands. While the bidders are reviewed, GM says it will start winding down the 60-year-old automaker. It has been a very busy year for Saab.

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Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker submitted an improved bid for Sweden’s Saab to General Motors Co. on Thursday, just ahead of a key deadline that could prompt closure of the brand.

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Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker submitted an improved bid for Sweden’s Saab to General Motors Co. on Thursday, just ahead of a key deadline that could prompt closure of the brand.

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