Archive for the ‘Cruze’ Category

General Motors’ new global small car, the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, already has the weight of the company's hopes on its shoulders, but news that GM is planning to delay the North American launch of the car threatens to weaken anticipation for the highly-efficient small sedan before it even hits the streets.

According to a new report, GM has delayed the launch of the Cruze by three months until the third quarter of 2010. Rising development costs are creating serious liquidity problems at GM but the automaker insists the delay is to ensure a perfect launch.

One benefit is that the extra three months will allow GM to produce all variations...

Two weeks ago, TheCarConnection toured GM's design studios for a sneak preview of the future cars and crossovers planned for Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick. We've shared the Buick 2012 and Cadillac 2012 portfolios with you, but what's in store for GM's moneymaker?

At its core, the 2012 Chevrolet lineup is getting smaller and smaller. And greener. And if you were to see the upcoming versions of the Spark, Aveo, Malibu, Camaro and Orlando we saw in GM's Warren styling studio, you'd see a fork in the design road. The compact Chevys of the future are getting a more blocky, Transformers-informed design language, while bigger sedans like the...

Decades after GM wouldn't listen to Edward Deming (the father of the Toyota Way, the Japanese manufacturer's secret production sauce), General Motor's Gary Cowger, GM's group VP for global manufacturing and labor relations, is on the PR train talking about the company's vision for new production techniques. General Motors calls its new factory method for building small vehicles profitably in North America ... get ready ... "interbuildability."

According to Automotive News, the concept is better known among competitors simply as standardization. Obviously, GM is not the first to hit on the idea. As Chrysler learned it its Belvidere,...