New Delhi: Auto sales in India moderated in May with the country's largest car makers Maruti Suzuki, General Motors, Ford and TVS Motor posting declines in their numbers due to post-Budget price hikes, high interest rates and rising fuel prices. Hyundai Motor, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, however, witnessed sales going up. During the month, the country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp registered its highest ever monthly sales. Maruti...
09:38 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The automobile industry has hit out at the petrol price hike saying the increase will hurt the sector which is already reeling under a slump. "Petrol cars are not selling as such already. With this record hike, the situation will go from bad to worse," Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) Senior Director Sugato Sen said. In the short-term, sales will be further impacted while in the long...
08:21 PM, May 23, 2012
Detroit/New York: Facebook may only have itself to blame for why General Motors rained on its IPO parade this week. GM announced the decision to drop Facebook paid ads on Tuesday in what was the first highly visible crack in Facebook's strategy and illustrated doubts about its perceived advantage over traditional media. GM's decision followed Facebook officials' failure to convince top marketing executives at the US automaker of the benefits...
02:06 PM, May 18, 2012
New York/London General Motors Inc's decision to stop advertising on Facebook may be a wake-up call for the No. 1 social network, but top advertising executives say it's far too early to know if the site will take off as an advertising platform. "There's a lot of potential but it's not a slam-dunk," said Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP Plc, the world's largest advertising agency. "Showing the impact of...
12:55 PM, May 18, 2012
Detroit/San Francisco: General Motors Co said on Tuesday it will stop advertising on Facebook, even as the social networking website prepares to go public, with a source familiar with the matter saying the automaker had decided Facebook's ads had little impact on consumers. The decision by GM, the third-largest advertiser in the United States, marks the first highly visible crack in Facebook's strategy and underscores doubts about whether advertising on...
02:31 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Global car manufacturer, General Motors (GM) is making a smartphone application which is said to revolutionise cars' navigation system. Named GogoLink, the app will be priced at $50 (about Rs 2,500). According to GM, the app will project smartphone's navigation system onto car's touchscreen dash board. Drivers can control the the system through the touch screen which will also show maps. Voice directions will further make drivers' task...
02:11 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: General Motors launched the Bharat Stage IV emission norms compliant variant of its multi utility vehicle (MUV) Tavera, priced between Rs 7.51 lakh and Rs 10.34 lakh (ex showroom Delhi). "With the help of this new Tavera we'll be able to now sell the vehicle in 13 cities where BS-IV norms are applicable. We hope that this vehicle will be leader in its segment," GM India President and...
02:23 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama during his last address before the Presidential elections on Tuesday night said for the first time in two decades Osama Bin Laden is not a threat to US. Obama said, "For the first time in last 9 years there is no American fighting in Iraq." While giving the State Union Address, Obama called for a fair shot economy, where everyone does their fair share. "Last...
07:59 AM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: General Motors India showcased its first two products from its joint venture with SAIC. The first is a premium hatchback called the Chevrolet Sail and the second is an MPV concept. The Sail hatchback will go on sale later this year and GM say that they have built this car for the emerging markets. Extensive research was carried out for over a year at GM's Technical Centre in...
11:40 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Detroit: The shortage of a specialty pigment that gives cars a glittering shine has prompted automakers to temporarily restrict orders on vehicles in certain shades of black, red and other colors. Major automakers, including Chrysler Group LLC, Toyota Motor Co, General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co use the pigment, called Xirallic, produced at only one factory in the world - the Onahama plant near the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station...
07:45 AM, Mar 26, 2011
Meet Robonaut 2, the first robot to go into space. A humanoid, the robot is designed to work like humans. ...
02:07 PM, Nov 02, 2010
Detroit: General Motors Co has begun testing applications that allow subscribers to its OnStar vehicle communication system to update their Facebook status verbally and to receive text messages audibly. GM, which registered plans for an IPO with US securities regulators in August, also plans a new advertising campaign for OnStar, a subscription service that connects drivers with a live operator at the touch of a button, it said on Wednesday....
11:37 AM, Sep 09, 2010
The gas-guzzling vehicle may soon become history as the company plans to phase out its production. ...
01:35 PM, Jun 09, 2010
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Of late, General Motors has been on a market recovery mode, offering service where no carmakers have gone, a three-year or 100000-kilometre warranty. ...
01:10 PM, Mar 31, 2010
Home-grown talent alone won't help automaker's complex global expansion. ...
01:47 PM, Mar 10, 2010
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