In its ongoing effort to establish itself as a credible world-class brand and broaden its appeal to younger buyers, Cadillac has made it no secret that the new ATS is targeted squarely at its European compact sports sedan rivals. And based ...
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Japanese brands dominate the latest Consumer Reports' Car Reliability Survey, claiming the top seven spots in new-car reliability. At the other end of the spectrum, Ford now ranks second from the bottom, followed closely by Lincoln. The ...
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General Motors has announced a plan to buy back 200 million shares of its stock currently held by the US government,purchased as part of a US$49.5 billion government bailout undertaken in the wake of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. ...
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General Motors (GM) and its joint ventures (JVs) in China reported a 9.7% increase in November 2012 sales to 260,018 vehicles, compared to the same period in 2011. Shanghai GM vehicle sales rose 21% to 136,444 vehicles in November 2012 ...
AT&T, Google and Starbucks today announced that they have joined the Power Matters Alliance (PMA). Founded by Powermat Technologies and Procter & Gamble, the PMA’s Honorary Chairman is Google’s Vint Cerf – one of the ...
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II . Economy i. Economic Aggregate Economic aggregate of Shandong ranks 2nd place in our country. In 2005, Shandong realized GDP 1.8 trillion Yuan,15% higher than the previous year. The growth rate has kept two-digit number for 15 ...
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General Motors is rushing a facelift for the mid-sized Chevrolet Malibu sedan on the back of slow early sales and unfavourable reviews from North American automotive media. GM CEO Dan Akerson told US industry journal Automotive News the ...
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Warren Buffett's floated firm Berkshire Hathaway, the US underwriter has made an offer to acquire Residential Capital’s RESC.UL mortgage unit. Berkshire Hathaway is vying with Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, owned by Fortress ...
General Motors (GM) and its Chinese joint ventures have reported 11.7% rise in vehicle sales in the country, during the January to July 2012 period, to 1,616,550 units when compared to the same period in 2011. Shanghai GM reported ...
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General Motors’ Shanghai GM Dong Yue Motors has completed the third phase expansion of its vehicle manufacturing facility in Yantai, Shandong,China. GM has invested CNY2.53bn ($398m) for the expansion which has doubled the ...
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General Motors (GM) sales in China increased 1.7% to 244,266 vehicles in September 2012, compared to the same period in 2011. Shanghai GM's domestic sales increased 3.7% to 120,010 units in September while SAIC-GM-Wuling's sales in China ...
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Holden, a subsidiary of GM in Australia, has signed a deal Shanghai General Motors (SGM) and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) to design and develop new vehicles for SGM. As per the deal, a team of Holden engineers and ...
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General Motors has started the production of 2013 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra 2500 HD bi-fuel pickup trucks at its Fort Wayne, Indiana plant. Powered by a Vortec 6.0L V8 engine, both the models are capable of running on both ...
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US carmaker general Motors has opted to manufacture the next version of the Opel Astra model at its Ellesmere Port facility in UK, rather than in Germany. To further support the deal, the US carmaker will stop the production of Astra in ...
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US carmaker General Motors is planning to build mid-sized vehicles for the French automobile manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen, while the PSA will assemble a compact model for GM's Opel brand. The current plans will facilitate GM to build ...
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