Dealership rationalization was something General Motors was looking at well before the economy went pear-shaped. GM still has more than 6,300 dealerships in the U.S., and it is even more important now to start shedding some of that financial burden.

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When General Motors unveiled its electric hybrid Chevy Volt an economic epoch ago — at the 2007 North American International Auto Show, what it gave us (PDF 219k) seemed almost too good to be true. GM appeared to “get it” when it came to the new environmental consciousness sweeping popular culture.

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More electric-powered vehicles will be commercially available in the next three years, according to U.S. automakers.

As part of funding requests to Congress last week to avoid bankruptcy, U.S. automakers promised to improve their models' fuel efficiency and to offer more alternatives to gasoline-burning vehicles.

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Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles -- Turning to Washington for a lifeline, General Motors Corp. has asked lawmakers for up to $18 billion to stave off collapse, promising in return to slash executive pay and jettison its poorly performing brands.

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When word slid over the transom that the Opel / Vauxhall Insignia had snatched the European Car of the Year (ECOTY) award from the Ford Fiesta by a single point, we had to go and do some digging.

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General Motors India plans to beef up its product portfolio with two new models next year. One of the models to be launched is the Chevy Cruze which we posted about earlier and the other other is the Spark with the Matiz engine.

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Auto sales at General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. plunged in October as the U.S. industry braced for what may be the weakest monthly sales report in a quarter century.

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Merging with Chrysler would be GM's biggest attempt yet to realign with the market. Problem is, GM has always been terrible at restructuring.

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Bush administration officials have had talks with the nation's automakers about providing possible federal help for the cash-starved companies, a White House spokeswoman said Monday.

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At first we thought the idea of a merger between General Motors and Chrysler LLC was laughable. We still do, but persistent reports to the contrary have us fearing that this marriage just might happen. Combining these two automakers would be a messy job, as many models on both sides of the fence compete directly with on another in the marketplace.

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Tiger Woods has been a Buick spokesman since 1999, but both General Motors and the greatest golfer of all time are in a holding pattern regarding a new endorsement contract. Tiger's current deal, which expires in 2009, was reportedly for $40 million over five years. Though getting Tiger was a coup for Buick, many wonder why GM would give the world's most popular athlete to its low volume Buick brand instead of Cadillac or even use him across multiple marques.

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General Motors and Ford just concluded an absolutely brutal business day on Wall Street, which echoed the performance of the markets in general as the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid another 678.91 points to close below 9,000 at 8,579.19 points.

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Saturn will sponsor 29 female-targeted audio and video podcasts that are part of the Wizzard network in a campaign that will run through October 2008. Audience delivery will be certified by Wizzard using Nielsen//NetRatings.

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The good folks at AutoblogGreen sat down with a rep from GM and another from the Electric Power Research Institute to talk about whether the grid will be ready for the Chevy Volt. Or if we're in for some major brown-outs...and millions of uncharged cars.

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General Motors is only hours away from celebrating its 100th anniversary and will be kicking it off in style by unveiling the Chevrolet Volt on the main stage. The celebrations are being held at the stunning GM Renaissance Centre, a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Detroit, Michigan.

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