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<title><![CDATA[GM prices Chevy Spark EV below $20,000 after tax credits]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors will price its new Chevrolet Spark electric vehicle at $27,495, including destination charges and before federal tax credits, placing it among the cheapest EVs on the market. GM said today that it kept the sticker price at less than $20,000 after a $7,500 federal tax ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CFO says GM streamlining is 'on its way']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- As a banking adviser to General Motors when he was at Morgan Stanley, Dan Ammann got an upfront view of GM's spiral into bankruptcy in 2009 and subsequent restructuring. Now, more than two years into his job as CFO, Ammann acknowledges that he had only a faint idea at the time of how ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM seeks clean launch, regular updates for pickups]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mark Reuss, president of General Motors North America, says GM is staying vigilant on the June launch of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-sized pickups, its most important rollout since the company's 2009 bankruptcy. He says GM is closely monitoring suppliers to avoid bottlenecks that ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM designer knows crucial launches produce a love-hate response]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO -- Chevrolet designer Tom Peters describes the blocky, chiseled front end of the 2014 Silverado pickup as a "fist in the wind." The metaphor also could describe the resolve Peters needs to weather his critics as the lead designer for two of the most closely scrutinized vehicles on the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Akerson's global goal: Rebuild GM into an IT powerhouse]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors is hiring thousands of workers and spending hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild the in-house information technology capability it began dismantling nearly two decades ago. In recent years, the company had farmed out as much as 90 percent of its IT work, more than ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy will get a version of small Nissan cargo van]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE -- General Motors will rebadge a vehicle already on sale at Nissan dealerships so Chevrolet dealers can offer a small cargo van. GM said last week that it will sell a restyled version of Nissan's four-cylinder NV200 commercial van as the 2015 Chevrolet City Express in the fall of 2014. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM CFO: Cadillac won't chase 'volume at all costs']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 17:45:36 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors CFO Dan Ammann says Cadillac will steer clear of what he sees as a "volume-at-all-costs mentality" among competitors battling for the luxury sales crown. German luxury brands BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi have accelerated their new-model introductions as they seek to attract ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy pitches more than heritage ahead of key launches]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This year, Chevrolet is rolling out 13 new or redesigned vehicles, including some of its most important nameplates, such as the Silverado full-sized pickup, Impala large sedan and the seventh-generation Corvette. The busy launch schedule comes at a time of flux for Chevrolet marketing. The brand is ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['14 Silverado: More brawn, quieter ride]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO -- Chevrolet packs more power and torque, better fuel economy and a much improved interior into the first redesign of its Silverado full-sized pickup in seven years. Yet critics have panned the 2014 Silverado's exterior styling as too conservative. At a media launch here last week, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM delayed SUV rollouts to focus on pickups]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- The early-2014 rollout of General Motors' next generation of full-sized SUVs will come about three months later than the company had planned. In an interview this month, GM North America President Mark Reuss confirmed that the timeline was pushed back to ensure a "flawless" launch of ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Silverado hand-wringers should relax -- for now]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 12:15:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO -- There was hand-wringing, even some flat out panic, when General Motors unwrapped its next-generation Chevrolet Silverado in December. Many dealers, enthusiasts and writers questioned whether the pickup's design went far enough. There was also disappointment at the lack of a sexy ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reuss: Buick earns product pizazz]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Buick dealers still salivating over the Riviera concept that General Motors unveiled at last month's Shanghai auto show should take a deep breath: There's little chance that the flashy coupe will ever grace a Buick showroom. But they should view the Riviera -- which GM says points to the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM hires retirees to smooth launch of full-sized pickups]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors has enlisted about 100 retired GM engineers to help monitor the launch of its next-generation full-sized pickups, which are expected to reach showrooms next month. The retirees are working mainly at GM's Tier 1 suppliers to ensure quality on key subsystems, such as ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reuss wants a volume rwd Chevy]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Atop Mark Reuss' wish list for Chevrolet's lineup is a modestly priced, rear-wheel-drive sporty car to appeal to young drivers. "A really nice, light, rear-drive car that's inexpensive -- we know that rings a bell," the GM North America president told Automotive News last week. "That'd ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pickup preparations squeeze GM's profit]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- The pending launch of General Motors' first full-sized pickup redesign in seven years is expected to boost profits well into 2015. But getting the trucks to market is pinching the bottom line in the meantime. GM's first-quarter net profit dropped 14 percent, to $865 million, as ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy courts 'girls' on social media]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Boosting Chevrolet Malibu sales was deemed a top priority for Atlanta-area Chevy dealers when their regional marketing group set its priorities for 2013. But the marketing association, which represents 37 local Chevy dealerships, had reached a "saturation point" with its TV spots, says Greg Cole, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High Country is Chevy's high-price pickup hopeful]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 May 2013 20:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- With its redesigned 2014 Silverado, Chevrolet will offer its answer to a proliferation of premium pickups: a high-end truck badged the High Country. The Western-themed High Country will feature a beefy chrome grille with horizontal bars, halogen projector headlamps and front and rear ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM makes progress on Europe turnaround]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 May 2013 04:40:27 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[General Motors is making progress in restructuring its money-losing Opel/Vauxhall unit in Europe but there is still a long way to go. That was the verdict of analysts after GM reported Thursday that its first-quarter pretax loss in Europe narrowed to $175 million from $294 million a year earlier. ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM to buy historic Durant-Dort buildings in Flint, Mich.]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 15:35:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[General Motors has agreed to buy the original Durant-Dort Carriage Co. factory in Flint, Mich., a site GM North America President Mark Reuss calls "the birthplace of GM." GM plans to use the 133-year-old, 25,000-square-foot building as a showcase for its corporate history, Reuss told Automotive ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM's Europe loss narrows; overall Q1 profit drops 14%]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 07:32:39 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors' first-quarter net profit dropped 14 percent, to $865 million, as profits in North America slipped and losses in Europe eased. The profit for the January-March period marks GM's 13th straight quarterly profit since emerging from a U.S. government-led bankruptcy in ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM's Q1 net falls 14% on N.A. decline]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 07:30:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors' first quarter net profit dropped 14 percent, to $865 million, as earnings in North America slipped and losses in Europe narrowed. GM said product changeovers -- particularly the redesigned Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks -- dinged its North American ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big trucks, small cars lift GM's sales 11%]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 14:34:38 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors' U.S. sales grew 11 percent in April on a surge in demand for vehicles at both ends of GM's lineup: big trucks and small cars. GM sold 237,646 light vehicles last month, its highest April sales in five years. The automaker outpaced the industry for the fourth straight ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dealers grouse that stair-step plans are causing more pain than last year]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stair-step programs, the incentive plans that drive many dealers crazy, are causing more grumbling than they were a year ago. Several major retailers, including some of the largest dealership groups in the country, say stair-step programs are worse than last spring, when the programs set off ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Base '14 Vette priced at $51,995]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors has set the base price of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe at $51,995, including shipping, $1,400 more than the outgoing model. The base convertible will be $56,995 with shipping, $1,240 more than its predecessor, GM said. The pricing makes good on GM's promise ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chevy Spark gets 119-mpg rating]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- General Motors says its Chevrolet Spark EV will get the equivalent of 119 mpg in combined city and highway driving, the best efficiency of any U.S. car on sale to the public. The 2014 Spark EV, which will be launched this summer in California and Oregon, will have an EPA-rated range of ...]]></description>
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