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Days of Eagles and Geos (11/6/12)
with Chrysler killing Plymouth in 2002. That in 2004. GM stopped making cars under its century old Oldsmobile ..... As part of its bankruptcy reorganization in 2010. GM killed Pontiac. Hummer and Saturn. And among the latest brands to go Ford
last decade starting with Chrysler killing Plymouth in 2002. That in 2004. GM stopped making cars under its century old Oldsmobile name plate. Japan's assumes -- accident the US in 2009. As part of its bankruptcy reorganization in 2010. GM killed Pontiac. Hummer and Saturn. And among the latest brands to go Ford's Mercury in 2011. And this year stuff. A follow up to a -
Pushing dealers to upgrade stores fuels a 2-tiered price war
changed the game,'" Batey says. GM didn't set out with a hidden agenda ..... necessary move to tranform the image of GM 's dealerships and to serve as an ..... had just lost Pontiac or Saturn or Hummer , and here comes GM with this big-money program to
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Innovation spurs Serra's growth
He was hired in 2007 after retiring as GM 's corporate vice president of advertising ..... 2009, the group closed two Saturn and two Hummer stores. "We lost the No. 1 and No. 5 Hummer stores in the country and the No. 2 and ..... stores are a deliberate diversification from GM . Serra would like to add Ford and Nissan
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GM seen planning global reorganization to tackle 'fiefdoms'
and packaged goods markets. GM hired executives from Keebler ..... S., Europe and Asia. As GM has tried to consolidate operations ..... has also eliminated brands. GM shut down Oldsmobile in 2004 ..... eliminated Pontiac, Saturn and Hummer .
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Piech crowns 20-year VW turnaround with Porsche takeover
through bankruptcy to restructure. Chasing GM After overtaking Toyota as the world's ..... last year, Piech has his sights set on GM . His plan is to sell more cars than the ..... leaner. General Motors Co. shuttered the Hummer , Pontiac and Saturn brands and sold Saab
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Piech risks overreaching with Audi's Ducati purchase
stake after their partnership failed. VW is aiming to overtake GM and fend off Toyota to become the top global carmaker. From ..... Land Rover to become leaner. General Motors Co. shuttered the Hummer , Pontiac and Saturn brands and sold Saab as part of its bankruptcy
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Porsche targets rich Nigerians' love for luxury
said Emmanuel Ngala, an IT consultant who owns a Cayenne SUV and is buying a 911. Porsche's sales target for 2012 is 100 ..... alongside some of its most crowded slums. On one street, a Hummer drives past a tramp sifting through a dustbin. The car park
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GM Wooing its 'Orphans' (3/19/12)
Battle plan GM 's strategy for keeping Saturn Pontiac and Hummer drivers in the family ..... call them orphans and GM has two point seven ..... these trade in figures GM retain 31% of Saturn ..... owners and 37%. Of Hummer owners. For Saturn
Battle plan GM's strategy for keeping Saturn Pontiac and Hummer drivers in the family. That's next. Hello and welcome to auto news now I'm just to Snyder Tom quarterback is on assignment. They call them orphans and GM has two point seven million of them. We're talking about people -- saturn's body acts and -- three brands GM eliminated during its restructuring in 2009. And 2010. As Automotive News reporter Michael highest rates in today's print edition. GM CEO Dan Akerson sees the quest to retain these drivers as a protracted. War. He knows that this isn't just a few years. Effort I mean this is going to be several years or -- gonna have to have a strategy for trying to keep these people. As you can see from these trade in figures GM retain 31% of Saturn owners last year. 39% of Pontiac owners and 37%. Of Hummer owners. For Saturn the retention rate is even higher than it was in 2007. Keeping Saturn buyers critical. -- just says GM is steering Saturn customers to more than 400 select dealers. Hoping customer and retailer will build. -- relationship. And the dealers to our offer -- service providers understand they have to do things a little differently so one dealer we talked to introduces. New Saturn customers of the service manager for example on and that's one way. They just wanna make him feel more comfortable -- more welcome. Typical customer might. By the way the retention rate was weighed down for Hummer . In 200761%. Of those buyers stayed within the GM family. Automotive News is out with our annual ranking of the 125. Biggest US dealership groups. Not too much movement at the -
Dealer has a fairy-tale career in the shadows of Disney
GM ," since I had a couple of GM dealerships. That brought me to ..... customers who did not follow the GM brands after that. I think GM learned that lesson because it ..... for them when they shut Saturn, Hummer and Pontiac. You were NADA chairman
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GM wooing its orphan owners
providers in 2009, after GM killed the quirky brand with the loyal following. GM killed Pontiac and Hummer at about the same time ..... critical to our success." GM initially offered a year ..... to Saturn, Pontiac and Hummer customers. The last of
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After steep slide, franchise and store numbers stabilize
elimination of the Mercury, Saturn, Pontiac and Hummer brands. Over the years, most of the franchise ..... their franchises, since Jan. 1, 2009. GM and Ford trimmed both dealerships and franchises ..... and its dealership tally slid 3 percent. GM had drops of 3 percent in franchises and
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Saab dealers rush to retool as bankruptcy unfolds
2009, when crisis-hit General Motors Co. announced it might kill the Swedish brand as it did with Saturn, Hummer and Pontiac. GM eventually sold it to Dutch sports-car maker Spyker Cars NV, today called Swedish Automobile NV. With sales
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The rules according to Bob Lutz
pundit for CNBC and works as a consultant for GM and Group Lotus. He also does lecture tours ..... heavily criticized. During his time with GM , the 'resident rock star,' as he was ..... collection includes an Aston Martin DB2, a Hummer H3, Pontiac Solstice and a Jeep Grand Wagoner
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The rules according to Bob Lutz
pundit for CNBC and works as a consultant for GM and Group Lotus. He also does lecture tours ..... heavily criticized. During his time with GM , the 'resident rock star,' as he was ..... collection includes an Aston Martin DB2, a Hummer H3, Pontiac Solstice and a Jeep Grand Wagoner
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Bergstroms' pledge: 'Treat everyone like guests'
John says. Today the group has 15 GM franchises. " GM is home," John says. "They gave us a chance." That GM concentration slammed the Bergstroms ..... and GMC, but their six Saturn and four Hummer stores were stand-alones. "Saturn
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Obama Hails Auto Gains (1/25/12)
Level of scrutiny by critics of GM and nobody administration and he calls a car atypical showcase for GM and comments that it's become ..... it here at auto news.com. GM also appealing directly to the ..... plant in Indiana once home to the Hummer . offering wholesale financing
Among those in the -- into a reasonable ordained as manager of GM's . -- Township Michigan assembly plant which makes that -- turning it and he -- -- now. GM CEO Dan Akerson is expected to defend this safety of the Chevy Volt this morning when he testifies before a congressional subcommittee. In prepared remarks Akerson says the bold has received quote. A disproportionate. Level of scrutiny by critics of GM and nobody administration and he calls a car atypical showcase for GM and comments that it's become a political lightning rod. He house panel is examining why did that took months to tell the public that a fight broke out weeks after the plug in hybrid let's crash tested. At hearings scheduled to start at 80 -- eastern he can watch it here at auto news.com. GM also appealing directly to the public. A source tells the Wall Street Journal -- maker will launch a national ad campaign todaymost Noble Energy available. Energy from the sources such as wind. Well GM is testing such a system and Google headquarters in Mountain View California. And it looks like it on star gets a signal -
It looks like the end for Saab
Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile. GM objected to supplying parts and ..... for Saab had to be approved by GM since the U.S. automaker still ..... with components. It seems like GM didn't want another competitor ..... way of Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Hummer , Saturn, Oakland and LaSalle
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North America car and truck production - 12/26/2011
314 H3 (trk.) 0 0 0 1,183 H3 SUT (trk.) 0 0 0 321 Total Hummer 0 0 0 1,504 Saab 9-4X (Mex. trk.) 0 0 457 0 Saturn Outlook ..... GENERAL MOTORS 55,020 210,113 3,089,341 2,565,616 GM incl. joint venture* 55,020 210,113 3,089,341 2,808
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North America car and truck production - 12/19/2011
792 H3 (trk.) 0 0 0 1,183 H3 SUT (trk.) 0 0 0 321 Total Hummer 0 0 0 1,504 Saab 9-4X (Mex. trk.) 0 0 457 0 Saturn Outlook ..... GENERAL MOTORS 63,702 157,020 3,036,248 2,519,111 GM incl. joint venture* 63,702 157,020 3,036,248 2,757
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Certified used-vehicle sales, Nov. and YTD
631 973 10,391 8,887 GM Certified ..... 1,722 1,787 21,300 23,164 Hummer ..... Saturn CPO program was incorporated into GM Certified February 2010 ‡Includes Saab


