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GM rejects second Saab takeover bid

Saab’s revival hopes have suffered two more blows, with General Motors knocking back another rescue package and Saab’s restructuring administrator admitting that he is losing patience in the ordeal.   GM, which owns the rights to the technolog

Opel working on large car to sit above Insignia

Opel – the German arm of General Motors – is working on a flagship large car to sit above the Insignia. Opel CEO Karl-Friedrich Stracke told German publication Tagesspiegel his brand has started development of a new large car. “We need a ca

Pontiac Finally RIP – Who knew?

Obits are rare in this business, thankfully, but as October bowed out an American icon quietly breathed its last gasp, aged 84. Considering the fanfare the automotive industry often whips up over colour-coding the door handles on an otherwise old and

Hummer sale failed

After the sale of the Hummer brand to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co.Ltd. fell through General Motors will wind down the brand. "Tengzhong  was unable to complete the acquisition,” GM said today in a statement. The Chi

GM Design Studio Europe

Part one of a series of videos giving a glimpse of what GM designers get up to in GM's Europe design centre in Germany. Worth a look.