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		<title>Goodbye Saturn, and Good Riddance</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/10/01/goodbye-saturn-and-good-riddance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[esterday, Roger Penske backed out of the deal he had struck with General Motors to buy the Saturn brand, ultimately signaling the end of GM&#8217;s two-decades old import-fighting brand. The deal was clever: Penske would buy all 350 dealerships and the Saturn brand, and GM would continue to build the current Saturn lineup for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AdAge Agrees, Says New GM Should Be Smaller</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/08/27/adage-agrees-says-new-gm-should-be-smaller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[hen GM filed its history-making Chapter 11 bankruptcy back in June, a new plan was immediately announced that would eliminate four of the company&#8217;s eight brands, restructure with a ton of government assistance, and so on and so forth. At the time, I wrote that while the new GM was definitely a step in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Mind: No Chevy Caprice After All</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/07/17/never-mind-no-chevy-caprice-after-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bob lutz caprice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chevy caprice cancelled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[g8 not becoming caprice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ell, so much for that. Only days after announcing that the Pontiac G8 would return to the U.S. market as a Chevrolet Caprice, General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz has announced that the rear-drive sport sedan is well and truly dead for the U.S. market after all. Sounds like the right hand gave the left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Strong-Arming Dealers, But That&#8217;s Not The Real Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/07/13/gm-strong-arming-dealers-but-thats-not-the-real-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[em>Automotive News reports that General Motors is strong-arming dealers into signing a statement opposing congressional legislation that would reverse the company&#8217;s decision to close more than a thousand of its dealerships. AN quotes a letter Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa sent to GM CEO Fritz Henderson as saying “It’s alarming to have GM corporate leaders force [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New GM: Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/07/11/the-new-gm-now-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gm bankruptcy over]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gm chapter 11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gm emerges from bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new gm bankruptcy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ new General Motors was born yesterday, shedding debt, dealers, disastrous products and I&#8217;m sure a few other alliterative entities I can&#8217;t think of right now. The new company is leaner, greener, less burdened by debt and with an even labor playing field that should &#8212; in theory &#8212; allow the automaker to compete in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Vibe-rations: GM to Discontinue Pontiac Vibe in August</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/06/18/bad-vibe-rations-gm-to-discontinue-pontiac-vibe-in-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[his just in: the Pontiac Vibe, a car that should have sold better than it did, will no longer be produced after August, 2009. In a statement just released, GM declared, &#8220;As part of its long-term viability plan and recent decision to phase out the Pontiac brand, General Motors has decided to discontinue production of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Finally Declares Bankruptcy; New GM Doesn&#8217;t Go Far Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/06/01/gm-finally-declares-bankruptcy-new-gm-doesnt-go-far-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/06/01/gm-finally-declares-bankruptcy-new-gm-doesnt-go-far-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gh in bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gm files chapter 11]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[fter months of buildup, loans, headlines, anticipation and more speculation about the what-ifs than one could ever have predicted, General Motors, the 102-year-old preeminent U.S. automaker, once holder of more than half of all U.S. domestic marketshare, innovator of countless technologies, has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11.
It&#8217;s about time.
While bankruptcy talk has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy: Chrysler Gets Out The Big Knives</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/05/14/bankruptcy-chrysler-gets-out-the-big-knives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/05/14/bankruptcy-chrysler-gets-out-the-big-knives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chrysler bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dodge dealers closing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[a title=&#8221;Automotive News: Chrysler seeks to shut down 789 dealerships by June 9&#8243; href=&#8221;http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090514/ANA05/905149979/1078&#8243; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;>Automotive News is reporting that Chrysler will eliminate 789 of its dealerships by June 9 according to bankruptcy court filings. This represents 25 percent of Chrysler&#8217;s current dealerships, and thousands of jobs. Furthermore, Chrysler will not be buying back the vehicles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bye Bye, Bob: Nardelli To Quit As Chrysler CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/04/30/bye-bye-bob-nardelli-to-quit-as-chrysler-ceo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakingofcars.com/2009/04/30/bye-bye-bob-nardelli-to-quit-as-chrysler-ceo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Buglewicz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bob nardelli leaves position]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[mong the many things announced today concerning Chrysler&#8217;s future is the news that CEO Bob Nardelli will retire as soon as the bankruptcy is over. In a statement, Nardelli said &#8220;Now is an appropriate time to let others take the lead in the transformation of Chrysler with Fiat,&#8221; continuing to say that &#8220;I will work [...]]]></description>
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