Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and President Obama’s chief of staff, gave the UAW the Gettelfinger during the GM and Chrysler rescue debate, according to former auto czar Steve Rattner ‘s new book. This could get messy. Especially because there’s more. More

Filed under: China , Technology , GM General Motors has reached an agreement with one of its primary Chinese partners, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp. (SAIC), on the joint development of powertrains for small vehicles. GM and SAIC will develop and produce a family of four-cylinder engines ranging from 1.0- to 1.5-liters with direct injection and turbocharging. The GTDI engines… Read the rest

Filed under: Concept Cars , Motorsports , Classics , Performance , Auctions , Specialty , Design/Style , Luxury , Racing As always, we made the annual trek to Monterey, California for Pebble Beach Week with laptops in tow and digital SLR cameras in hand to capture everything worthy of your time. As you can see by our assemblage of… Read the rest

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , GM , Canada The Detroit Free Press is reporting that General Motors has added a total of 6,900 jobs since the automaker emerged from bankruptcy in 2009. The news came out of a radio interview with Steve Girsky, GM vice president. Girsky said that a portion of that figure is made up of workers who… Read the rest

Computers were pretty well accepted in the American mainstream by the late 1980s , but the designers that GM had making their ECU cases appear to have gone with the 1956-vintage E-13B font in order to enhance futuristic appeal. More

The wonky lettering on this ’87 Maxima’s alarm indicator looked goofy, but at least drivers had no problems interpreting its meaning. Not so for this ’81 Pontiac Bonneville’s parking-brake pedal! More

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Chevrolet , GM , Rumormill Chevrolet 50th Anniversary Corvette Stingray Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery According to Motor Trend , which is citing unnamed sources within General Motors , the next-generation Corvette will come with a brand-new engine. Despite rumors to the contrary, it seems that Chevrolet’s halo vehicle will… Read the rest

First Drive: 2011 BMW Alpina B7 breaks the luxo-barge mold Alpina has made a business out of taking the best vehicles from one marque and making them substantially better than anything rolling off the assembly line. The Alpina B7 is easily the best 7 Series we’ve driven. Tesla reportedly raises $226 million with IPO of 13.3M shares Tesla reportedly… Read the rest

Filed under: Hybrid , Videos , Chevrolet , GM , Electric Consumer Reports checks out the Chevrolet Volt – click above to watch the video “What do you think about the Chevrolet Volt? ” It’s a question we get asked all the time. For most of us, the answer is, “I’m anxious to check it out.” The staff of… Read the rest

Filed under: Government/Legal , Technology , GM General Motors was the first OEM to install Mircroheat’s HotShot heated windshield wiper fluid system into its cars. That was in 2006. But the hot, wet good times didn’t last long, with underhood fires causing GM to recall almost a million vehicles in 2008 due to problems it claimed were caused by… Read the rest