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GM starts work on new Performance and Racing Center in Metro Detroit
The facility is part of a $200 million investment GM announced last January to build a new 138,000 sq.-ft. test wing. At that time, the company announced work at four remote locations would...
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GM, Detroit organizations unveil shipping container home
The GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant and Michigan Urban Farming Initiative today unveiled the city’s first “shipping container homestead,” a shipping container that is going to be turned into a...
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Ford: Mark Fields to replace CEO Alan Mulally
Ford Motor Co. today officially announced Mark Fields will replace Alan Mulally as president and CEO. Fields, Ford chief operating officer, will replace Mulally starting July 1. DEARBORN, MI- Ford...
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Chrysler: Jeep drives U.S. sales up 14% in April
Chrysler today reported U.S. sales last month of 178,652 units, a 14 percent increase compared with sales in April 2013, and the group’s best April sales since 2007. All of the Auburn Hills-based...
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Ford confident in seamless transition from CEO Alan Mulally to Mark Fields
Ford Motor Co. is expecting the transition from CEO and President Alan Mulally to Mark Fields to be the best in the company’s famed history. Fields, chief operating officer, will replace Mulally...
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Ford: April vehicle sales down slightly
Ford Motor Co. today reported a slight drop in sales last month compared to April 2013. The Dearborn-based automaker says sales totaled 211,126 vehicles last month , down 0.7 percent from 212,584...
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GM's April sales appear unaffected by recall crisis
General Motors Co.'s ongoing recall crisis appears to be having little, if any, impact on its sales. The Detroit-based automaker today reported U.S. sales of 254,076 vehicles in April, a 6.9 percent...
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Mark Fields: The career path of Ford's next CEO
It's finally official. After years of speculation, Ford Motor Co. Chief Operating Officer Mark Fields will succeed Alan Mulally as the company’s president and CEO, effective July 1. Fields, 53, will...
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally leaves lasting legacy that successor Mark Fields hopes...
Alan Mulally will arguably be remembered for what Ford Motor Co. didn’t have to do more than what the company actually accomplished. Mulally, who will step down as Ford CEO and president July 1, led a...
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GM plant helping raise awareness of rare disorder; benefit concert Saturday
mployees of one of General Motors Co.’s largest Michigan production facilities are rallying together to help raise awareness of an incurable disorder that is impacting one of their fellow employees...
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Rick Haglund: How Lansing went from an Oldsmobile town to a Cadillac town
Oldsmobile had a glorious pas that included this 1966 Olds Toronado. Ten years ago last week, the last Oldsmobile, a cherry red Alero, rolled off the assembly line in Lansing.Coincidentally, my...
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Ford sells 500,000th F-150 with V6 EcoBoost, says big engine truck trend is...
Ford said Monday that for the fourth month in a row, more than 57 percent of retail sales of its F-150 light-duty trucks have been powered by V6 engines, and more than 45 percent of the sales have...
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Live updates as GM CEO Mary Barra addresses University of Michigan's Class of...
Follow along as more than 5,700 students graduate from the University of Michigan during a 10 a.m. commencement ceremony Saturday at Michigan Stadium. General Motors CEO Mary Barra is the keynote...
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GM CEO Mary Barra's commencement speech to U-M graduates similar to past keynote
General Motors CEO Mary Barra speech to University of Michigan students Saturday bore many similarities to a keynote she gave graduates at Kettering University the year before. More than 5,700...
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Warren Buffett praises General Motors' new CEO
Investor Warren Buffett says General Motors' new CEO would do a great job running any business, and she is the best person to handle the company's recall problems.OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren...
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Second GM engineering exec retires in recall wake
Another high-ranking General Motors engineer is leaving the company in the wake of its delayed recall of small cars with faulty ignition switches. Jim Federico, who most recently headed safety,...
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GM recalls 56,214 Saturns for gear shift problem
General Motors is recalling about 56,214 Saturn Aura midsize cars in the U.S. because the automatic transmission shifters can fail. The recall affects certain cars from the 2007 and 2008 model years...
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Fiat Chrysler: Jeep Grand Wagoneer returning in 2018
The Jeep Grand Wagoneer will return in 2018, according to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The vehicle, which ended production in the early-90s, was announced today during the automaker’s new five-year plan...
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FCA to double Chrysler brand vehicles, keep minivan
Currently, the Chrysler brand only offers the Town & Country minivan and the 200 mid-size and 300 full-size sedans. Through 2018, the company plans to launch a new compact “100” sedan and unnamed...
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Fiat Chrysler positioning Dodge as muscle brand, dropping minivan
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is taking the Dodge brand back to its performance roots. The automaker plans to add two more high-performance SRT models and drop the Grand Caravan minivan from the...
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