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Jobs at last! GM, Chrysler hang out hiring shingle |
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Written by Big Block
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Friday, 03 December 2010 11:53 |
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After years of layoffs and downsizing, General Motors and Chrysler are hanging out the shingle for engineers and others-- 2,000 in all.
GM wants to hire 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan during the next two years to gain know-how into making more hybrid and electric cars, the Detroit News reports.
Chrysler said it will hire 1,000 engineers and others to create small and midsize vehicles in its partnership with Italy's Fiat. Chrysler is controlled by Fiat.
At GM, CEO Daniel Akerson announced the jobs at a factory where the arrival of the plug-in Chevrolet Volt was being noted. Dealers will start getting them this month.
At Chrysler, most of the new workers will be based at the company's Auburn Hills headquarters and technical center. Six out of 10 of the jobs will be on the payroll. The rest will be contract workers.
The News notes that the hiring news is not only good for Detroit's Big 3, but that suppliers have started hiring back workers as well.
Tens of thousands of autoworkers, executives and others were laid off during the recession. |
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Cadillac readying flagship above XTS |
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Written by Big Block
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010 08:24 |
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Cadillac’s XTS Platinum concept car introduced earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit might have looked and felt like a flagship model, but the crest-and-wreath brand apparently has another card up its sleeve.
General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. has reportedly green-lighted a larger and pricier Cadillac flagship – one that could compete more seriously against the likes of Mercedes-Benz’s S-Class.
To compete in that segment, Cadillac knows it would have to offer rear and all-wheel-drive. The XTS, set to debut for the 2012 model year, shares the Epsilon II platform with the Buick LaCrosse. It’s unclear just what GM would do for a range-topping rear-drive sedan platform since it doesn’t currently have anything suitable in its portfolio beyond the Sigma platform that underpins the CTS (Sigma II) and the lame-duck STS (first-generation Sigma).
GM does have a number of suitable powertrains for a larger vehicle, including the 6.2-liter V8 from the CTS-V. The XTS is likely to debut with only naturally aspirated and twin-turbocharged six-cylinder powertrains.
Look for the S-Class-rivaling Cadillac to debut for the 2014 model year. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 08:26 |
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Written by Big Block
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 14:14 |
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