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After Bankruptcy, G.M. Struggles to Shed a Legendary Bureaucracy

Mark Reuss, right, new head of global engineering for G.M., and engineers in Milford, Mich., to test the Chevrolet Cruze. G.M. engineers at their proving grounds in Milford, Mich., last month. The carmaker is cutting the ranks of executives and giving ...

From BILL VLASIC, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chevrolet,  General Motors,  Barack Obama,  Steven Rattner,  FORTUNE Magazine

G.M. Decides to Keep Opel, Its European Unit

DETROIT The new board of General Motors reversed course Tuesday on the anticipated sale of its European unit Opel and decided that G.M. will keep it and restructure the business itself. The front of an Opel car at the division's German headquarters. ...

From BILL VLASIC, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Vauxhall,  Barack Obama

Citing Boosts in Market Share and Sales, G.M. Says It Sees Progress

DETROIT General Motors executives said Wednesday that October would be the company’s third consecutive month of market share gains, proof that consumers were returning to its showrooms after G.M.’s humbling tour through bankruptcy court this ...

From BILL VLASIC, The New York Times,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Cadillac,  Buick,  Saturn Corporation,  Pontiac

Q&A: Ford Looks to the Future

AT the ripe old age of 52, William Clay Ford Jr. is perhaps the most seasoned auto executive in Detroit. This month, Mr. Ford celebrates 30 years on the job at the Ford Motor Company, which was founded more than a century ago by his great-grandfather, ...

From BILL VLASIC, The New York Times,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Ford Motor Company,  Henry Ford,  General Motors,  Chrysler

For Car Buyers, the Brand Romance Is Gone

DETROIT To sell a car in the 1980s, dealers had to do little more than open their doors, and loyal buyers would show up to trade in their Chevrolet for a new Chevrolet, or their Toyota for another Toyota. When Chris Allen, 24, was growing up near ...

From BILL VLASIC, The New York Times,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Chevrolet,  Ford Motor Company,  Chrysler,  Pontiac,  General Motors

Chief Says G.M. Is Adapting to a New Culture

DETROIT The chief executive of General Motors, Fritz Henderson, said Wednesday that the automaker had made “major changes” in its corporate culture since emerging from bankruptcy 90 days ago and announced the departure of its top sales executive in the ...

From BILL VLASIC, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Barack Obama

Pickup Sales Fall in Another Blow to Automakers

PONTIAC, Mich. The closing of a big General Motors truck plant this week is another sign that America’s love affair with pickup trucks is fading fast. Ken Robinson, 61, will retire when the pickup plant closes. Garey Knop, a pipefitter at the Pontiac ...

From BILL VLASIC AND NICK BUNKLEY, The New York Times,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Pontiac,  Ford Motor Company,  General Motors,  Ken Robinson,  Chrysler

Detroit’s Mr. Fix-It Takes on Saturn

Roger Penske says the future of Saturn is as a distribution company. G.M. will supply cars for two years, after which he would need a foreign manufacturer. Roger Penske is not used to losing, on the track or in the boardroom. Saturn could be his ...

From BILL VLASIC AND NICK BUNKLEY, The New York Times,  19 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Saturn Corporation,  Roger Penske,  Ford Motor Company,  General Motors,  Daimler

G.M. to Make a 60-Day Money-Back Offer

DETROIT In an all-out effort to restore confidence in its products, General Motors will offer a 60-day, money-back guarantee on all its vehicles beginning on Monday, according to people involved in the company’s plans. As part of its marketing campaign, ...

From BILL VLASIC, The New York Times,  10 Sep 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  AT&T Inc.,  Cadillac,  Buick,  Chevrolet

100 Jobs? It Looks Good to Michigan

DETROIT The announcement of a new plant employing just 100 workers might seem like a long shot to attract the chief executive of General Motors, two senators and a raft of state and local officeholders from across Michigan. A blog about energy, the ...

From NICK BUNKLEY AND BILL VLASIC, The New York Times,  9 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Ford Motor Company,  General Motors,  John Cherry,  General Electric,  Chrysler

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