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At the second Annual Global Business Conference for investors and financial analysts, General Motors revealed details on a new plan that “will ensure a long-term sustainable performance†for the Detroit automaker.
- Morgan Stanley Report Says Gm Should Get Rid Of Cash-bleeding Opel
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- Gm To Develop New Global Family Of 1.0- To 1.5-liter Engines
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- Gm Wants To Become The “apple†Of The Automotive Industry
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- Breaking: Gm Issues Official Statement On Pontiac Death Rumors
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GM to Cut its Platforms by More than 50% in the Next Decade
At the second Annual Global Business Conference for investors and financial analysts, General Motors revealed details on a new plan that “will ensure a long-term sustainable performance†for the Detroit automaker.
Among other measures is the massive reduction of platforms used by GM brands globally in order to cut development costs and benefit from economies of scale.
“More of our components will be common and more of our vehicles will be on global architectures†said the GM CEO, Dan Akerson.
Read more »- Morgan Stanley Report Says Gm Should Get Rid Of Cash-bleeding Opel
General Motors is keeping its Opel/Vauxhall European brands, despite losing money. In an attempt to reduce costs, utilize its plants’ output and face the European financial crisis, it has formed an alliance with PSA Peugeot Citroen. Yet analysts...
- Toyota Reveals New Strategy, Will Roll Out Three Global Fwd Platforms
It's time for a strategic change over at Toyota as the Japanese automaker today announced a new framework for vehicle development that will affect all brands within the group with the aim of lowering costs, reducing launch times as well as making...
- Gm To Develop New Global Family Of 1.0- To 1.5-liter Engines
General Motors has confirmed plans to bring a new global family of small displacement Ecotec engines to the market within the next three years. The development program calls for the reduction of manufacturing complexity by consolidating three engine...
- Gm Wants To Become The “apple†Of The Automotive Industry
Now here's an ambitious claim: at General Motor's second annual Global Business Conference, the Detroit firm's Global Chief Marketing Officer Joel Ewanick said he wants to transform the company into the “the next Appleâ€. And...
- Breaking: Gm Issues Official Statement On Pontiac Death Rumors
General Motors decided to take action and issue an official statement in regards of news reports from Edmund's Insideline and Autonews saying that the automaker had decided to axe the Pontiac brand instead of keeping it as a 'specialty-marque'...