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General Motors: It's Time for a Rebranding

General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingHave You Been To A Dealer Lately?Look at the Saturn Aura, Chevy Malibu, Pontiac G6 and Saab 9-3. They are all on the same platform Epsilon. Do they all look alike?RE: General Motors: It's Time for a RebrandingI guess you don't realize that the...

Tags: Branding, American Auto Industry, cost difference, General Motors Corp., car, Cadillac

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

2006 Buick Lucerne CXS

The 2006 Buick Lucerne CXS is not at all bad for a Buick. The top-of-the-range model it also comes in CX and CXL versions is spacious, with leather seats and a range of climate-control options, making for a comfortable ride. Technology features on our test model were numerous and usable....

Tags: Performance management, Digital music, Buick, Buick Lucerne CXS, Buick Lucerne

Product reviews 2006-05-05

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Auto Dealer Streamlines Communications and Reduces IT Support Costs by 70 Percent

With employee groups spread across multiple buildings, Seaside Buick struggled with internal communications. After joining the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Windows Small Business Server 2008, Seaside Buick launched a new company intranet to improve communication and collaboration, and reduce paper waste. The company was able to reduce IT support...

Tags: Information Technology, Communication, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management

Case studies 2009-10-08

Auto marketing wars: Nissan claims over 300 MPG

only if this happened a long time agowe wont have depended on foreign oil so much.. but better late than never...How many of those 230/300 MPG miles?How many of those 230/300 MPG miles were spent coasting downhill, driving at 25 MPH on a test track or other unreal world, hypermiling...

Tags: marketing, MPG, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Can eBay be your new car dealer and reduce GM's inventory?

EBay's grand experiment with General Motors Co. could be a novel answer to making the auto industry's dealership networks more efficient. GM and eBay said Monday that they will kick off an effort to allow consumers to click and buy new cars from participating dealers in California....

Tags: Car, eBay Inc., General Motors Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Photos: When GM's designs ruled the road

This week's bankruptcy news brings on a bought of nostalgia for GM cars from the 1938 Buick Y Job to the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-06-05

General Motors: It's Time for a Rebranding

Is the future of General Motors its most recognized brand? My gut feeling is yes. Associated Press is reporting that over 1000 auto dealers are going to be forced to close as a result of GM's restructuring, which will include the elimination of...

Tags: Car, Brand, Dealership, Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., Cadillac, Chevy, Branding, Marketing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Photos: Ford and Buick launch flagship sedans

A flagship sedan represents the best you can get from a given automaker. It should encapsulate the latest design ideas, powertrain components, and cabin electronics, leading the way for other models of the brand. At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, two such sedans, the Ford Taurus and the Buick LaCrosse,...

Tags: Sedan, Photograph, Ford Motor Co., Flagship Sedan, Manufacturing, Branding, Marketing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-01-12

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and ChryslerWell - Microsoft IS General MotorsDecades ago - Microsoft arrived - using a novel yet familiar business model.They rushed into new, immature markets with poorly designed products & aggressive marketing – and cornered us into accepting their design philosophies before we (or...

Tags: Microsoft Word, TVs, Word processors, TV & Home Theater, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler LLC, Microsoft Corp., General Motors Corp., TV

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler

Could Google, Microsoft and Yahoo be the equivalent of Ford, GM and Chrysler more than 60 years ago? That thought provoking question was raised by Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay, who cooks up weekend missives designed to make you go hmmm. The argument is an interesting one. Lindsay...

Tags: Google Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Chrysler LLC, Microsoft Corp., General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Jeffrey Lindsay, Internet, Portals, Venture Capital, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financing Startups, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?Chapter 11! Chapter 11! Can they hear me?Burn GM burn, your cars suck, your business plans suck, your management sucks, your inability to cut expenses suck. Stop begging for handouts and fix your own problems. GM is not the US economy, we have bigger...

Tags: Australian Federal Government, General Motors Corp., car, MPG

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

Building Windows, not walls

Building Windows, not wallsBuilding Windows, not wallsHooray for ZDNet duplication! Now we only need 5 more articles about this subject which will coincide with ZDNet agenda.[i]will reinvigorate Vista's image and make Microsoft less of an Apple chump.[/i]As of lately the chump has been Apple with their failures. This ad...

Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, wall, Building Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Seinfeld

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Car makers are doing all they can, you and I are the problem

Enclave, courtesy Buick. The very nice man at the Auto Alliance did not accuse me of being stupid, nor did he even accuse you of being short-sighted. But that's the bottom line. The auto manufacturers have been making high mileage cars and bringing...

Tags: Car, Charlie Territo, Americans, Taxes, Free Trade, Fuel Cells, Financial Planning, Finance, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Rule change: we're playing corporate greenmail now

Canada is the first to offer a ransom. The government there will give GM money if GM will keep Canadians employed. So the rush to subsidize what might be a viable efficient new car from GM...or might not be, is clearly on. It's not expected the current...

Tags: Canada, Clean Technology, General Motors Corp., Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for cars

Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for carsI don't get it[i]The most interesting part of the story is that the existing gas stations would not need to be modified to distribute hydrogen.[/i]I thought H2 is in gas form at normal temperature and pressure.How can they use an existing fuel pump to pump H2...

Tags: Liquid Nitrogen, hydrogen tank, nanotechnology, Combustion, hydrogen, O2 Plc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Server 2008: The Windows Workstation we always wanted

As discontent over Windows Vista (with or without Service Pack 1) continues to swirl, Microsoft is gearing up to launch on February 27 the "other" Windows: Windows Server 2008. Even though it is built from the same core as Vista, Windows Server is different from Vista in a number of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, General Motors Corp., Jason Perlow, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Workstations, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-26

2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid

Photo gallery:2008 Chevrolet Malibu HybridThe 2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid gave us a strong sense of déjà vu. We read the accolades accorded to the gas-only version, the 2008 Chevrolet Malibu, after its launch late last year, which reminded us of the good press received by the Saturn Aura the year...

Tags: instrument-cluster, Malibu Hybrid, Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, Chevrolet, hybrid system

Product reviews 2008-02-20

Children. Be very, very afraid.

I am sitting in on a presentation by Sam McQuade, a professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. He has a fascinating line of research at RIT on K-12 and cyber crime and victimization. Anybody remember my story from my first days out of school? I wrote it...

Tags: Professor, Hacking, Security, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2007-10-03

2008 Saturn Vue XR

Saturn is on a roll, proving that it can turn out decent models in a variety of segments. Its Aura sedan was voted the 2007 North American Car of the Year at this year's Detroit auto show; its Sky and Sky Redline roadsters have been smash hits; its Green Line...

Tags: Performance management, Vue, Vue XR, Saturn, Saturn VUE, Saturn Vue XR, BMW X3, performance

Product reviews 2007-09-06

Poll: should iPhone be freed up and accessible via any carrier?

Poll: should iPhone be freed up and accessible via any carrier?Only in the US ...I seriously don't understand why you people allow cellphone carriers to lock you in like that. I thought the US was THE country of free market economy?Over here we used to have deals like that, with...

Tags: Cellular Phone Service, Apple iPhone, carrier, phone, cell phone, Apple Inc., Time!

Discussion threads 2007-07-14