Chevrolet Van News

Recent town-hall uproars weren't just about health care. They were also eruptions of concern that the government is taking on too much at once.

Norman Vialle, the co-owner and general manager of Overland Park Jeep-Dodge-Chrysler, plans to remodel and almost double the size of the dealership's showroom.

Chrysler Group could again face the prospect of liquidation if legislation aimed at reversing its decision to terminate contracts with 789 dealers becomes law, a company executive said on Wednesday.

When Walker Tool & Die Inc. found its name at the top of the creditors list for bankrupt Checker Motors Corp., onlookers wondered if the supplier would ever see the $1.5 million it was owed.

The path is now clear for General Motors Corp. to leave bankruptcy protection in record time as a leaner company that is better equipped to compete in a brutal global auto market.

General Motors and Chrysler urged lawmakers Thursday to block legislation that would prevent them from consolidating their dealership networks, warning it would complicate their emergence from government-led bankruptcies.

Area Chrysler dealers got word Tuesday that a bankruptcy judge had upheld the midnight termination of their franchise agreements, though most had been preparing for weeks to lose their company shingles.

General Motors Corp. has agreed to reverse its decision to close 41 of the 2,100 dealerships it plans to shutter in bankruptcy, as pressure mounts on automakers to do more for their dealers.

The sale of Checker Motors Corp. to two Canadian automotive suppliers was approved Tuesday by a bankruptcy court judge in Grand Rapids.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday put the brakes on Chrysler's sale to Fiat -- at least for now -- indicating that the court will consider a longer-term delay sought by Chrysler creditors.

A letter-writing campaign to save a Saginaw-area car dealership was in its final hours Monday evening.

Peter van Schaik has been in the auto parts business for 30 years and he has one word to describe the current state of the industry - chaotic.

The Associated Press NEW YORK -- General Motors hopes to follow the lead of fellow U.S. automaker Chrysler by transforming its most profitable assets into a new company in just 30 days and emerging from bankruptcy protection soon after.

Canadian taxpayers will provide reeling General Motors Corp. with $9.5 billion in aid and take a 12 per cent stake in the once mighty automaker, which will seek court protection from creditors today.

The road ahead is unknown for area Chevrolet dealers. As bankruptcy looks increasingly likely for General Motors Corp., no one can say for sure what that could mean for dealerships in greater Akron, where consumers historically have been loyal to GM's Chevy brands.

General Motors Corp. moved Wednesday to package the assets of its European Opel and Vauxhall car brands for possible new ownership before top-level meetings with bidders and government officials in Berlin.

Canadian Anthony Pitelli says his rights and those of thousands of other lenders are being trampled by U.S. President Barack Obama, who has decided to reward the unionized workers who elected him with no regard for the rule of law.