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0Report: Whitacre wants a flagship S-Class rival for Cadillac 1281617940
Cadillac Sixteen concept – Click above for high-res image galleryThere was a time, not so long ago, that if you wanted a proper fullsize luxury sedan (short of a Bentley or Rolls-Royce, at least), your choices were "largely" limited to the German three: the BMW 7 Series, Audi A8 and ... -
Report: Whitacre says GM anticipates offering entire company in IPO 1281128340
At this point, the only thing we know for sure about the General Motors initial public offering is that it will happen... eventually. With the United States government holding a 61-percent equity stake in the automaker, the political pressure is huge to make a stock sale occur sooner rather than ...
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GM reportedly pondering new small truck, return to minivans 1281101340
Chevrolet mid-size pickup patent drawing – Click above for high-res image galleryGeneral Motors CEO Ed Whitacre was apparently quite chatty during his visit to the Management Briefing Seminar in Traverse City, MI this week. In addition to his comments about possibly selling all of GM's ... -
Report: GM to launch compact van in several markets... is it the Chevy Orlando? 1277987280
2009 Chevrolet Orlando concept - Click above for high-res galleryDuring a marathon presentation on Tuesday, General Motors Vice Chairman Tom Stephens showed off slides of a new family van based on the company's compact car platform. The van and other vehicles were shown as part of the session ... -
C/D: Cadillac to get new range-topping rear-wheel-drive flagship 1276288080
According to Car and Driver's Jens Meiners, Cadillac is poised to get a new full-size, rear-wheel drive sedan to slot in above the forthcoming XTS – a model that itself will sit above the CTS when it bows to serve as a combined replacement for the STS and DTS. To hear C/D's moles tell it, ...
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Report: Top GM execs awarded millions in stock ahead of IPO 1276036080
It pays to be an executive for General Motors. Actually, scratch that... it will soon pay to be an executive with General Motors, assuming that the automaker's upcoming Initial Public Offering takes place according to plan. According to our friends at TheDetroitBureau.com, a dozen top officials at ...
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Autoblog Podcast #181 - Mercury, Ed Whitacre, Gas Tax and Guessing Cops 1276031700
Click above for the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes, RSS or listen now!Thanks for your your questions for Episode #181 of the Autoblog Podcast. This week,Chris, Sam, Dan and Alex take them on. News topics we cover are a little more on the shuttering of Mercury, Ed Whitacre's management bushwacking at ... -
Latest GM management shuffle puts Whitacre in charge of product planning 1275787860
A year after entering bankruptcy protection, the executive shuffling is still ongoing down at General Motors. The latest moves come in the wake of the creation of GM's new venture capital unit, which will be headed up by Jon Laukner, whose previous job was vice president in charge of product ...
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Report: GM considering getting back into auto-lending game 1273838460
If General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre has a personal soundtrack, perhaps it's anything by the group Attack! Attack! While the world waits for news of GM's first real profits, the company head is staking out a potentially huge acquisition, that being the auto financing arm of Ally Bank, which was once ...
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Video: Ed Whitacre tells America GM has repaid U.S. loans in new ad 1271978820
General Motors pays its loans early – Click above to view the video after the jumpIt didn't take long for General Motors to turn out an ad boasting the fact that the company was able to pay back its federal loans five years ahead of schedule. The company has rolled out a new spot featuring ...

