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CEO Dan Akerson will step down on January 15

General Motors has promoted Mary Barra from head of Global Product Development to be the company’s next Chief Executive Officer. Current CEO Dan Akerson will step down on January 15, 2014. Barra will be the first female CEO of the Big Three ...

Chevrolet sells a record 2.5 million cars in the first six months

General Motors has sold 4.85 million cars in the first six months of 2013, 3.9% better than last year. Of those, Chevrolet sold a record 2.5 million cars worldwide in the same period, up 1.4%. "Chevrolet is in the midst of the most aggres...

The stock was sold for €250 million

General Motors is making some of the biggest business changes in its history this week. It announced Mary Barra as its next CEO, will shut down most of the Chevrolet brand in Western Europe and will end Holden production in Australia. While it ann...

It will still distribute vehicles there

General Motors has announced that it will no longer build cars or engines in Australia by 2017 but still distribute vehicles there and in New Zealand. The Holden brand will continue to exist as GM’s Australian subsidiary but only be responsi...

There is still another half of the year to go

General Motors has retaken the title as the world's largest automaker through the second quarter of 2013, and Toyota has slipped to second place. It is the first time in six quarters that Toyota has lost its top position, and it is mostly attr...

Volkswagen is launching at the 80th Geneva Motor Show the newest generation of the Sharan, a family vehicle that has already sold over 600,000 units. From the exterior and exterior look to the engines, the 2010 Sharan has suffered a lot of changes. ...

Check the latest snapshots taken at the 81st International Geneva Motor Show  

Lexus will be launching at next week’s Geneva Motor Show the first ful hybrid vehicle for the compact segment. The CT 200h is set to start being produced in late 2010 and will be sold worldwide. The new model from Lexus was designed thinking o...

Pagani will be presenting at the Geneva Motor Show a special edition of the Zonda. The first pictures of the Zonda Tricolore, probably a one-off version, have been released on Pagani’s website. According to Evo.co.uk website, the Zonda Tricolo...

Show will have 900 cars on display

There will be 900 cars on display that this year's Geneva Motor Show on March 5, at least according to the event's organizers. And in an example of how important low emissions and fuel efficiency are in European motoring today, the organiz...