General Motors News

The White House turned up the heat in the General Motors bankruptcy case Wednesday, saying the government will not provide further funds to support GM's reorganization beyond July 10.

Michigan has snatched back a few of its fast-disappearing auto jobs, winning a high-stakes competition with two other states to build General Motors Corp.'s next-generation subcompact car.

Negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s unit Adam Opel GmbH to Canadian autoparts maker Magna are progressing well and should soon be complete, the head of GM Europe said in remarks released Saturday.

MANSFIELD - A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio.

Could Toyota Motor Corp. be mortal after all? For the third month in a row, Ford Motor Co.

General Motors auto workers prepare rows of the new Chevrolet Camaro for delivery, at the company's Oshawa Ontario facility April 8, 2009.

New York -- General Motors Corp. will face liquidation July 10 unless a federal bankruptcy judge approves the sale of the automaker's best assets to a new company, President and CEO Fritz Henderson testified today.

NEW YORK -- Harvey Miller, General Motors Corp.'s top bankruptcy lawyer, told a federal judge Thursday that opponents of the government plan to quickly create a new company were asking the court to 'play Russian roulette' with thousands of jobs and billions in taxpayer money and risk forcing a liquidation of the automaker.

Magna's board of directors is scheduled to approve on Tuesday a business plan for the acquisition of German carmaker Opel, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

U.S. sales at Ford and Chrysler last month offered sharply different views on the downtrodden U.S. market for cars and trucks, while General Motors Corp.

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Auto seating supplier Lear Corp said on Wednesday it would file for Chapter 11 in a reorganization supported by key secured lenders and bondholders and had obtained $500 million in bankruptcy financing.

The Environmental Protection Agency granted California and 13 other states a long-sought waiver under the Clean Air Act to impose their own tailpipe emissions limits.

Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will supply lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles to General Motors Corp.

Chinese carmaker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co plans to present a detailed bid for General Motors Corp's Opel unit in the next few days, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson leaves bankruptcy court Tuesday, June 30, 2009 in New York.

U.S. auto sales tumbled in June as the economy remained a deep concern for consumers, but Ford Motor Co posted far better results than other large automakers and shot ahead of Detroit rivals passing through federally sponsored bankruptcies.

Gov. Phil Bredesen said the state's offer to General Motors to build its new small car at the Spring Hill plant was a $20 million incentive package, and it obviously was not enough.

U.S. car companies General Motors and Ford say they are suspending operations on their production lines in Russia because the economic crisis is squeezing consumers' demand for new cars.

SHANGHAI: General Motors Corp. said Wednesday that sales in China jumped 38 percent in the first half of 2009, helped by strong demand for its minivans and other small vehicles.