General Motors recently announced it will offer XM Satellite Radio standard on all 2008 Buick, Hummer and Saab models with quality Saab radiator. Besides these new models including the Chevrolet Malibu, Silverado, Tahoe, Cobalt, Corvette and Impala, Saturn Vue, Outlook, Aura and Sky, GMC Acadia, Yukon and Sierra, Pontiac G5 and Solstice. A total of 50 model year 2008 GM vehicles equipped with XM satellite radio, which will be presented with a 3 month free trial. Rick Lee, General Manager of General Motors said: "XM Satellite Radio is one of the most successful entertainment offerings ever launched by General Motors.
XM has broad appeal, with a growing number of customers requesting service in their new car or truck. During the 2008 model year, General Motors will build more than 2.5 million vehicles with XM. "It 's been that GM was the first time the XM Satellite Radio with the Cadillac in 2001 and currently a producer produce more than six million vehicles with XM. Satellite providers are really a way for their radio with pre-installed in cars to attract more customers. Currently, XM and Sirius have exclusive agreements with major carmakers.
GM to cut more jobs for General Motors, the manufacturer has announced plans to cut one shift at a truck plant in Pontiac due to lower demand for pickup up. These job losses lay off hundreds of workers under a GM spokesman, Tom Wickham.He also said that some workers of the establishment of the second round will be fired in May, but now with the European Union remains how many employees are affected. Some workers could be transferred to the second round in the first quarter to help with staff. The plant has about 2,700 hourly workers who worked on the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups.
United Auto Workers Local 594 President Gloria Morgan no comment on the matter. The news came days after GM announced it would lay off 767 permanent workers at the plant in the Detroit area in December of other damage due to slow sales of its two sedans: the Buick Lucerne and Cadillac sales analyst DTS.Chief GM General Motors to leave the chief analyst Paul Ballew said he left the company as senior vice president of consumer insights and market research for country insurance in Ohio. Mr. Ballew has long been the director of global market and industry analysis and would have resigned in early November.
GM executives said in a statement, said: "During his 10 years in the company, Paul is a leader on the world market of GMOs and the team of industry analysis. His knowledge of the sector is enormous. his advice and perspective will be missed. Currently the company has not yet been found to replace Mr. Ballew, according to GM spokesman Tom Wilkinson. Mr. Ballew was a part of GM in 1999, but before that he was a partner and senior director of JD Power and Associates from 1995 to 1999.
