Berlin — All three bids for General Motors Corp.'s Opel unit have shortcomings and a bankruptcy filing might still be a better option, Germany's economy minister was quoted as saying Sunday.

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This week’s #carchat was well-attended, despite the finale of American Idol. Honestly, I haven’t seen one episode of Idol — ever — so totally understand why some of us car people can get together for a different sort of pursuit … Read More

General Motors Corp. borrowed $4 billion in additional federal aid Friday, which is $1.4 billion more than originally requested, to avoid running out of money, the automaker said late today in a regulatory filing.

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Here’s an ominous observation we stumbled across on the New York Times website – want to have a stab at what all those map points are for? Number of Hummers for sale across the US? The location of every unused … Read More

While Chrysler touts the benefits of “quick-rinse” bankruptcy — something GM is expected to soon enter into as well — Ford is in the middle of one of its most aggressive new product roll-outs in years.

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General Motors bondholders risk being blamed for forcing the automaker into bankruptcy court now that the UAW has tentatively agreed to concessions 11 days before a government restructuring deadline.

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This is the first time we have covered the Aptera 2e here in the pages of rightpedal. This is partly because we have not quite known what to think of the three-wheeled lovechild of a small airplane and a motorcycle. … Read More

Mecum Auctions just wrapped up their 22nd annual Spring Classic last weekend in Indianapolis and Corvette sales were rather brisk during the five day event. We counted 146 Corvettes available on the docket with 68 selling for a total of … Read More

Washington — The Obama administration said today it would set aside $50 million in federal stimulus money for worker retraining in communities hit by auto industry layoffs.

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Volkwagen’s been one busy company lately. They’re revamping their entire Golf lineup to improve refinement and reduce overall build cost as they transition to the MKVI, and the latest update is to the Golf Estate - known in the US … Read More