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  Ford and GM sign agreement to jointly develop nine-speed and 10-speed automatic transmissions

  16 April 2013 / 15 comments

  It’s official – Ford and General Motors have signed an agreement to develop new automatic transmissions together. Both companies will design and build nine- and 10-speed automatic transmissions for cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks. The [...]

  
  

   

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  SPIED: Next-gen Chevrolet Captiva caught testing

  14 April 2013 / 22 comments

  Hang on a minute – that’s a Chevrolet Orlando, isn’t it? Well, not quite – under the body of this test mule, captured by our European spies CarPix, lurks something rather different. We know GM is [...]

  
  

   

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  Chevrolet Prisma sedan teased – a Sail for Brazil

  13 February 2013 / 6 comments

  This is the upcoming Chevrolet Prisma sedan that General Motors Brazil has released a solitary teaser image of – essentially, it’s a Sail for the Latin American market and a four-door version of the Chevy [...]

  
  

   

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  GM and SAIC gunning for Indonesian car market

  29 January 2013 / 6 comments

  The fast growing Indonesian car market has caught the interest of General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC Motor Corp. Both parties are in talks to form a joint venture to sell vehicles in the [...]

  
  

   

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  Opel brushes off report of probable PSA takeover

  11 January 2013 / 2 comments

  Opel has dismissed a French newspaper report that quoted government officials as saying PSA Peugeot Citroën may buy the General Motors subsidiary, says Automotive News Europe. The report, which was published on the website of the [...]

  
  

   

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  Opel Adam electric version axed due to high costs

  9 November 2012 / 1 comment

  Automotive News Europe reports that Opel and Vauxhall have stopped development of an electric-powered version of the Adam city car. The Adam EV was supposed to inherit its powertrain from the upcoming Chevrolet Spark EV, but Opel [...]

  
  

   

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  GM, Ford collaborating on fuel-efficient 9- and 10-speed transmissions – GM for FWD, Ford for RWD

  1 October 2012 / 16 comments

  There was a time when we thought seven gears was overkill; now we have Audi, BMW and Lexus offering eight-speeders. And it’s not going to stop there, for now General Motors and Ford are jointly [...]

  
  

   

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  Spyker gives GM extension to respond to Saab lawsuit

  27 August 2012 / 2 comments

  Spyker NV, which has filed a lawsuit against General Motors seeking more than US$3 billion in damages on behalf of Saab Automobile, has agreed to GM’s request to extend the deadline to respond to the [...]

  
  

   

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  Spyker sues GM for US$3 bil over Saab’s demise

  8 August 2012 / 1 comment

  Spyker NV has filed a complaint in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan against General Motors, on behalf of Saab Automobile, seeking US$3 billion in damages. The Dutch automaker acquired Saab [...]

  
  

   

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  Isuzu denies quitting GM diesel engine joint venture

  7 August 2012 / 0 comments

  Isuzu Motors has denied a report by Nikkei that the company plans to exit a diesel engine manufacturing joint venture with GM’s Opel subsidiary and cut European workforce by 10%. The report also said that the Japanese [...]

  
  

   

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