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Which Would You Rather? Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf? 

TheGMSource - The decision making officially begins today as we now know the cost of both the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf. Chevrolet had previously announced an 8/yr - 100k mile warranty on the battery pack used to power the Volt for up to 40 miles of gasoline free driving. At the time of the Volts warranty announcement we didn't yet know what warranty the Nissan Leaf would have. Well, today not only do we know what the cost of the Nissan Leaf is, we also know the cost of the Chevrolet Volt. We also know what the battery will be for the Nissan Leaf and we want to know all things considered...which would you rather?

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Chevrolet Volt On Sale For $33,500 This Fall 

TheGMSource - Chevrolet is so confident in the overall value of the Volt that the brand will offer a lease program on the Volt with a monthly payment as low as $350 for 36 months at Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price with $2,500 due at lease signing, including security deposit based on current conditions, which could vary at time of delivery.

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Chevy Volt Comes With 8 Year 100k Mile Battery Warranty 

TheGMSource - The Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range will provide customers with an unprecedented, standard, eight-year/100,000-mile warranty on its advanced, lithium-ion battery. It is the automotive industry’s longest, most comprehensive battery warranty for an electric vehicle, and is transferable at no cost to other vehicle owners.

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Hey GM - Can I Watch My Volt Being Made? 

TheGMSource - As you may have heard, Chevrolet announced earlier this week that buyers of the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 or ZR1 can choose an option to help assemble their cars’ LS7 or LS9 engines at General Motors’ Performance Build Center (PBC) in Wixom, Mich. The fun doesn't stop there. Buyers can also fly (or drive) down to Bowling Green, Kentucky to watch their Corvette be made and they also have the option of attend driving school in Arizona or Nevada, and take delivery of their vehicles at the National Corvette Museum.

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Chevy Volt Battery To Have Longer Powertrain Warranty Then Conventional Vehicle 

TheGMSource - We all know that GM will be looking to ride the release of the Chevy Volt as long as it can, hoping to capture some of the energy and bottle it up for future use. There are however, several question marks on the Volt, even though it is roughly 14 weeks away from the start of consumer sale. We don't know what colors it will come in, we don't know what options it will have, we don't even know how much it will cost. Perhaps the biggest question mark for customers other then retail cost is, what will the warranty be on the Volts battery pack? Today we're supposed to find out, but we've got a sneak peak at what GM's announcement will bring in just a few hours.

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First Scoop: Chevrolet Working On Two Caprice Police Vehicles 

TheGMSource - It's no secret to enthusiasts of both Pontiac and Chevrolet that buyers are screaming for a version of the Pontiac G8 to come states side. We know that the Chevrolet Caprice has been approved for police agencies around the country and has previously been said to remain a fleet only car.

TheGMSource has uncovered some new information that leads us to believe the Caprice may also be available for retail sale as well. The information is speculation and only speculation at this point but hear us out never-the-less.

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Three Chevrolet's Named "Ideal Vehicles" By AutoPacific 

TheGMSource - New GM will need the success of Chevrolet if it wishes to be a profitable, healthy company once more. Recently, the Chevy Camaro received an award from Edmunds.com, just one of several awards its won already. Today we can notch up one other honor for not only the Camaro, but also for the recently launched Equinox and Suburban.

Click the link and see what AutoPacific had to say on the winning Chevrolets.

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Silicon Valley Investing In Detroit Jump Start Company EcoMotors 

TheGMSource - I've been following EcoMotors since the companies inception just two years ago. Their technology is interesting and they have quite the collection of engineering talent to make their new groundbreaking engine technology come to reality. Several months ago it was rumored that EcoMotors was interested in purchasing GM's former Livonia Engine facility. As you know, Livonia produced the groundbreaking (at the time) Northstar V8 engine for Cadillac and premium Buick vehicles.

While the company has yet to secure funds to purchase the now closed GM facility, we do have new word on a big name investor that just pumped millions into EcoMotors.

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Chevrolet Preparing Major Volt Battery Announcement 

TheGMSource - Chevrolet is set to hold a press conference at 2pm Eastern time tomorrow (Wednesday, July 14th) at it's Browntown Battery facility in Browntown, Michigan. While details of the press conference, we do have a statement from GM on what to expect at tomororw afternoons press conference.

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Buick Shows The First 2011 Regal Commercial 

TheGMSource - Buick is back, that much can be said. At least it would appear that way. The company is riding the success of the Buick Enclave crossover and have recently enjoyed the success of the all-new Buick LaCrosse. Today, we get out first look at the all-new 2010 Buick Regal. Hit the jump for your first look at the commercial and let us know what you think.

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Chevrolet Giving Away 4,400 Volt Charging Stations To First Owners 

TheGMSource - Chevrolet announced today that the first 4,400 owners of the Chevrolet Volt E-Rev vehicle will be eligible to receive the required Volt charging station at no additional cost to them. The offering is made possible through the U.S. Department of Energy to install about 15,000 240-volt home charging stations in the United States.

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Bob Lutz Goes Political: Joins Republican Party In Michigan 

TheGMSource - Oh how we've missed you, Bob. My man-crush. The cigar smokin', stock sellin', helicopter flyin', recently retired, favorite automotive executive can now add one more title to an already long and exhausting list. In addition to being the best automotive executive in history (yes, history. Go ahead try to tell me different) Bob has recently announced his support for a Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan.

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Bob King Is The New UAW President 

TheGMSource - When UAW President Ron Gettlefinger announced his retirement last year Bob King was pegged as his replacement. King, who has lead Fords negotations for years has said he would like to end the concessions the UAW has agreed to in recent years in an attempt to keep Chrysler, GM and Ford out of bankruptcy. It worked at Ford, not so much at GM and Chrysler.

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EXCLUSIVE: The UAW Now Supports Three Tier Wages

TheGMSource - A few months back we were the very first to tell you that GM's new battery plant located in Browntown Township, Michigan was not under the control of the UAW. The new plant was able to duck UAW representation because the new assembly facility is not part of traditional GM plants.

Instead, the new facility is part of a new entity of GM created in bankrupcty called "GM Subsystem Manufacturing LLC." This allowed GM to hire its own employees and not have to go through the UAW. But, as we tweeted about last week, the UAW is no representive employees at the GM Brownstown location, which leads us to point out that the UAW now supports not only two-tier wages, but three tier wages as well.

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GM Shows Future Product In New Loan Repayment Ad

TheGMSource - General Motors has a new ad campaign, this you know about. I applaud the automaker for repaying the U.S. Government back, with interest on bailout loans given to the automaker when it emerged from bankruptcy. If you paid attention at the video outlining the accomplishment, you'll notice a vehicle not yet confirmed for production, but clearly part of the focus of the New GM.

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Losing Billions & Formerly Bankrupt GM Finds Millions For Advertising Deal

TheGMSource - Last year ahead of GM filing for bankruptcy they went on a major cut in advertising dollars. They pulled their name from popular sporting events, dropped corporate sponsorships in various media outlets and cut back in ad spending. We also reported back in April of last year that GM had lost its sponsorship of the fountain at Comerica Park where the Detroit Tigers play.

That lead the Illitches to "donate" the fountain to GM, Ford and Chrysler with the above logo. Today, we have news that might not sit well with some readers of TheGMSource.

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Fan Of Buick? Check Out This Dealer Trade In

TheGMSource - It's not often a dealership comes across such a gem as one that showed up at the former #1 Pontiac dealership in the world, Jim Causley Pontiac-GMC Truck. Well, lots has changed in recent months. Causley no longer sells Pontiac, they now sell Buick and continue to sell GMC's. A few days ago, a Buick rolled onto their lots as a trade-in on a new Buick model. What was traded in and how pristine is this Buick? If you're a fan of the brand, you're going to want to continue to read on.

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EXCLUSIVE: Former GM CEO Fritz Henderson Moving Out And Moving On

TheGMSource - The man that helped run one of the largest companies into the ground is moving out, and moving on we've learned. Fritz Wagoner Jr.'s house located in metro-Detroit has recently been sold to a family member of a powerful, popular family that has created their wealth here in Michigan.

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GM Loses $4.3 Billion From July To December

TheGMSource - We here at TheGMSource thought that bankruptcy was used as a means to clean one companies balance sheet so said company can show a PROFIT once it emerges from the courts protection. Well, GM has announced that it lost $4.3 Billion  from July until December of last year.

This begs the question: What was the point of bankruptcy?

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Exclusive: Bob Lutz Retirement Put On Hold

TheGMSource - We told you last year that Maximum Bob Lutz was putting retirement on hold after he announced plans to leave the company. Nobodoy believed us then because of the date we published the story. Yes, it was April 1st, and yes today is April 1st.

Last year we reported that Lutz was swayed from the Obama administration to stay on at the New GM (there's the story, read it for yourself) once it emerged from bankruptcy. Ok, so we had some of the details wrong at the time, that's what happens when you're dealing with a major company and sometimes an executive bigger then the company itself, much like Lutz is. 

What we did get right were two things: Lutz didnt' retire, and they did infact create a new job title specifically for Lutz, two things we called. Today, we're telling you again, Lutz' retirement is once again, on hold.

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Cadillac Extends U.S. CTS Brake Recall To China

TheGMSource - GM recently announced a recall of a few thousand Cadillac CTS model vehicles for issues with the brakes. While the recall initially was just meant for North America, we've learned that the General is also recalling models in China for the same breaking issue.

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 Cadillac DTS Unseats Lexus LS460 As Best Quality Car

TheGMSource - GM won big in the latest J.D. Power quality rankings. For the first time in several years a domestic car was named the overall best car in quality, it is the Cadillac DTS. It's the first time in more then a decade a domestic car was rated overall best quality. In addition to the DTS making an impressive showing, Buick also made great strides in quality.

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 Officially Official: GM NOT Using UAW Help In Volt Battery Plant

TheGMSource - About a month ago we wrote about a tip that ran across our desk that suggested GM was opening its new Brownstown Township Volt battery plant without the help of the UAW. Today, that rumor became truth as the Detroit Free Press reported that GM is indeed going to open the plant without the help of the UAW, and the UAW may never be in the plant at all.

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 Mark Reuss Makes Major North American Management Changes

TheGMSource - One thing has become increasingly clear since Ed Whitacre Jr., became GM's CEO. There's a great deal of pressure to either perform, or be replaced by somebody who will perform. Sort of how the saying goes "sh!t or get off the pot." Today we've learned a few people have either gotten off the proverbial pot on their own or they were forced off.

Not only were significant changes made today, but Mark Reuss, GM President North America declared that "this is my team" meaning he will bear the full brunt of any success or failure for GM North America. That has to be admired.

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 Ford Outsells GM For First Time Since 1998

TheGMSource - No need for us to cover the GM sales figures for the month as I'm sure you've already read about them on the Internet. However, Ford just released their sales figures and they are quite impressive to say the least. The company sold 43% more vehicles then February last year. This allowed Ford to outsell General Motors for the first time in more then a decade.