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1 hr ago | Automotive News

Pickup.com shootout is a salvo in ongoing pickup battle

The semiregular shootout is a competition between the latest half-ton pickups from Ford, General Motors, Chrysler Group, Toyota and Nissan.

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Related Topix: Ford F-150, Ford, Truck, Automakers, General Motors, Toyota Tundra, Toyota, Toyota Sr5, Nissan Titan, Nissan

5 hrs ago | MLive.com

University of Michigan unveils 'Generation' solar car in Detroit

University of Michigan's Solar Car Team unveiled the 2013 solar car, named Generation, in the Wintergarden of the General Motors Global Headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit Tuesday, June 18. The U-M College of Engineering students will race their solar car in the 2013 World Solar Challenge aA A' a week-long, 1,800-mile trek across the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Automakers, General Motors

10 hrs ago | The Detroit News

Car Show event honors vision of Wayne Cherry

Never one to mince words, retired General Motors chairman Bob Lutz blasted GM bureaucrats for constantly interfering in the creative process of the auto company's talented designers.

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Related Topix: Pontiac, Automakers, General Motors, Sterling Heights, MI, Pontiac Solstice

14 hrs ago | Bloomberg

EU Car Sales Drop to 20-Year Low as Joblessness Hurts GM Demand

European Union car sales in May fell to a 20-year low as rising joblessness caused by a recession in the euro region contributed to falling demand at PSA Peugeot Citroen , Renault SA and General Motors Co.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Automakers, General Motors, Italy, World News,

14 hrs ago | Bloomberg

GM Vows to Show China That Cadillac of Autos Isn't Audi

As Vincent Qiu weighed his options for buying a new sport-utility vehicle in Beijing, he was drawn to the Cadillac SRX.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Cadillac XTS, Cadillac, Sedan, Cadillac SRX, SUV, Cadillac ATS, Hybrid, Audi Q5, Audi, Automakers

Mon Jun 17, 2013

I-Newswire.com

Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment System Homeowners Best Defense for...

A home reverse osmosis water purification system is Southeastern Michigan's homeowners' best defense against dangerous impurities that a watchdog organization says may be present in the area's water supply.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Automakers, General Motors

Daily Mail

Jimmy Hoffa: FBI beings digging up Michigan field in search for union leader who disappeared in 1975

FBI agents have today begun digging up a field in Oakland Township, Michigan, after an aging mob leader claimed that Jimmy Hoffa was buried there.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Automakers, General Motors, Mafia, Federal Prisons, Prison

Insider Monkey

Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA), General Motors Company (GM): The Electric Vehicle Market Is Still Tepid

The release of Nissan Motor's Leaf EV line of cars has generated strong optimism for those owning the company's stock.

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Related Topix: Tesla Motors, Manufacturing, Automakers, Startups, Saab AB, Aerospace-Defense

Fortune

General Motors wants to be the '$150 billion startup'

General Motors' hiring of Randy Mott in February 2012 as the automaker's chief information officer had a lot to do, not surprisingly, with the breakdown of a crucial GM computer the year before.

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Related Topix: Automakers, General Motors, CIO News, Computers, Hewlett Packard, HP

Insider Monkey

General Motors Company (GM): Cadillac's 2013 ATS Has Changed the Game

Ford Motor Company has created one of the most impressive turnarounds in business history and leads General Motors Company in many ways.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Automakers, Aerospace-Defense, Saab AB

Detroit News

GM names new vice president of North America manufacturing

General Motors Co. said Monday it has named 33-year company veteran Gerald Johnson as its vice president of North America manufacturing, effective July 1. Johnson will replace Diana Tremblay, who the Detroit automaker last week named vice president of the company's new Global Business Services unit.

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Related Topix: General Motors, Automakers

MilitaryCity.com

WWII riveters return one last time to bomber plant

Wilma Rees, 90, of Arizona and her twin sister, Amelia Kizer, 90, of Nebraska, members of the American Rosie the Riveter Association , worked on B-17 bombers at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle during World War II.

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Related Topix: Automakers, General Motors, Belleville, MI, Ypsilanti, MI

BenzConnection

Buick And Opel Link To Become Stronger, Says GM Ceo

Buick currently sells three vehicles that were originally conceived as Opels, and by the looks of things there's set to be more.

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Related Topix: Coupe, Buick, Hybrid, Sedan, Buick Regal, Automakers

Forbes.com

Detroit's New City Czar Is Acting Like The Car Czar

Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr's 134-page assessment of Detroit's dire situation is patently bleak.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Automakers, General Motors, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Mad Men, Business News

Automotive News

GM poised to leap out of 'lease hole'

General Motors has a secret weapon in its bid to gain U.S. market share this year.

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Related Topix: General Motors, Automakers, Kenmore, NY

Automotive News

Lutz admires entrepreneurs, couldn't be one

Bob Lutz says nice things about Rick Wagoner in his new book, Icons and Idiots, but faults his former boss at General Motors for coddling "useless" executives.

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Related Topix: Automakers

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Automotive News

'14 GM pickups get strong projected resale values

The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, above, and GMC Sierra have higher projected residual values than those of all rivals in the full-sized pickup segment except the Toyota Tundra.

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Related Topix: GMC Sierra, GMC, Chevrolet Silverado, Chevrolet, Toyota Tundra, Toyota, Truck, Automakers, General Motors, Pleasant Hills, PA

The Hartford Courant

GM expands SUV recall to 480,000 for fire risk

General Motors Co is recalling about 231,000 sport utility vehicles that might be in danger of an electrical short that could cause a fire.

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Related Topix: General Motors, Automakers, Ansonia, CT

Insider Monkey

Car Recalls: The 10 Largest In U.S. History Include General Motors...

Do periodic headlines about car recalls catch your eye? You're not alone. Lately there's been quite a bit of noise in the automobile world about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S Department of Transportation.

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Related Topix: Automakers, Chrysler Group

Lansing State Journal

Lansing-area auto industry gearing up for hiring spree

The Lansing region is in line to benefit from an auto industry hiring boost. Automakers and their suppliers are poised to bring on new workers across the U.S. as the companies prepare for rising customer demand for new vehicles.

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Related Topix: Automakers, General Motors, Cadillac ATS, Cadillac, Sedan, Coupe, Hatchback, Convertible, Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet, GMC, SUV, GMC Acadia, Ohio

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