General Motors tem lucro acima da previsão no trimestre

A General Motors teve lucro trimestral acima das expectativas, à medida que ganhou participação de mercado na América do Norte e em mercados asiáticos, mas desistiu da meta de atingir o equilíbrio na Europa no fechamento do ano por causa das condições cada vez piores na região. Executivos da GM ressaltaram que a montadora trabalhou para aumentar as margens de lucro.

A companhia teve no terceiro trimestre lucro líquido de US$ 1,7 bilhão, ou US$ 1,03 por ação. Analistas esperavam US$ 0,96 por ação, segundo a Thomson Reuters. Entretanto, o resultado está abaixo dos US$ 2 bilhões, ou US$ 1,20 por ação, de um ano antes. A receita subiu para US$ 36,7 bilhões, ante US$ 34,1 bilhões um ano antes. O montante está em linha com as previstas de analistas.

"A GM entregou um trimestre sólido (...) mão sólido não é bom o suficientemente, mesmo em uma economia global difícil", disse o presidente-executivo Dan Akerson em comunicado. Akerson acrescentou que a GM ainda precisa melhorar as margens de lucro, que foram de 6% no terceiro trimestre, abaixo dos 6,7% de um ano antes.

A GM se livrou da falência em 2009, depois de um resgate de US$ 52 bilhões com dinheiro público. O Tesouro norte-americano tem 32% das ações ordinárias.

Após o perigo de falência, Akerson e outros executivos disseram que a companhia cortou custos suficientes para ficar à prova de recessão e se manter sozinha mesmo em caso de um fraco mercado automotivo. Eles repetidamente apontaram a grande "balança de pagamentos" da companhia.

Nesta quarta-feira (9), a GM disse prever que o lucro ajustado antes de juros e impostos do quarto trimestre será similar ao do mesmo trimestre do ano passado.

No entanto, a companhia voltou atrás na meta para o fechado do ano na Europa, explicando que não mais espera atingir o equilíbrio no continente antes de reestruturar seus custos por causa da piora das condições na região, apesar de ter atingido este nível nos nove primeiros meses.

Na segunda-feira, a GM tinha anunciado que substituiria os altos executivos na Europa. "Obviamente temos desafios macroeconômicos para enfrentar", disse o vice-presidente financeiro Dan Ammann.

GM abre programa de demissão voluntária

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A General Motors anunciou a abertura de um programa de demissão voluntária (PDV) para todas as unidades do Brasil e também para os horistas da fábrica de São José dos Campos (SP), no Vale do Paraíba, a partir de terça-feira, 18. A medida, segundo a empresa, seria para “adequar o nível de produção”, mas não informa quantas vagas serão fechadas ao todo.

Veja abaixo o texto integral do comunicado

“A General Motors do Brasil decidiu abrir um novo programa de demissão voluntária para os empregados mensalistas de toda a empresa (5.047 trabalhadores) e horistas da fábrica de São José dos Campos (8.450 pessoas). As razões desta decisão são baseadas na intensa competitividade do mercado brasileiro de automóveis, além dos crescentes custos de mão de obra, matérias-primas e insumos em geral, além de uma concorrência assimétrica gerada entre outros fatores por uma guerra cambial. A GM acredita que com essa medida estará assegurando a continuidade de seus projetos futuros de forma sustentável e competitiva.”

O Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de São José dos Campos e Região recorda que, em agosto, a GM colocou 300 trabalhadores em férias coletivas, em meio a uma campanha salarial. “São medidas contraditórias, que não representam a realidade vivida hoje pela fábrica. A linha de produção está mantendo seu ritmo de 850 veículos por dia. Para se ter ideia, trabalhadores estão sendo chamados para fazer horas extras aos sábados”, afirma o presidente do sindicato, Vivaldo José de Araújo.

GENERAL MOTORS VENDE PARTICIPAÇÃO NA DELPHI

A General Motors anunciou a venda de suas ações Classe A da Delphi Automotive LLP (Delphi) Delphi por US$ 3,8 bilhões. "Estamos cumprindo nosso compromisso de reforçar e simplificar nossa operação", disse Dan Ammann, vice-presidente e diretor financeiro da General Motors Company. A GM terá um ganho contábil de aproximadamente US$ 1,6 bilhão no primeiro trimestre de 2011 relativos à venda das ações da fabricante de sistemas automotivo.

Fonte: Motor Dream

GM Korea says goodbye to Daewoo, hello to Chevrolet

GM Korea says goodbye to Daewoo, hello to Chevrolet


SEOUL: GM Korea Co, the South Korean unit of US automaker General Motors Co, will officially launch the Chevrolet brand in South Korea this week, saying goodbye to Daewoo, a name that has endured in South Korea for the past 28 years, Yonhap News Agency reported the company as saying Monday.



The name of the company will officially be changed to GM Korea from GM Daewoo also from Tuesday, it added.


"The change of the company name is an evolution from a company that does export sales and also domestic sales. We are a global company that works in Korea. This is a revolutionary pivot for us and an imperative decision," GM Korea president and CEO Mike Arcamone had said, introducing the new company name and the Chevrolet brand for the first time in January.

GM Korea has already introduced three Chevrolet vehicles in South Korea - the multi-purpose vehicle Orlando, small passenger car Aveo and Chevrolet's iconic sports car the Camaro - with their deliveries scheduled to begin late next month.

The company plans to introduce an additional five Chevrolet vehicles here this year under what Arcamone has called an "unprecedentedly aggressive launch programme" designed to boost the company's domestic sales.

"This is a good change. It is in the best interest of customers, our company, its employees, shareholders, dealers, suppliers and indeed the people of Korea," he had said.

All new makeovers of former GM Daewoo cars will also come with the Chevrolet brand.
The only immediate concern for GM Korea and its officials is that many local customers, unfamiliar with the Chevrolet brand, may mistake their new vehicles as products by an entirely different or smaller manufacturer as, in South Korea, the name of a vehicle brand is almost without fail the name of its maker, a GM Korea official noted.


To prevent such confusion, the company is planning a massive launch event here Tuesday when it will also announce new marketing strategies that have "never been seen before" in South Korea for new Chevrolet vehicles, the official said.


GM Korea is struggling to increase its market share in South Korea to a double-digit number as it failed again to do so in 2010, though only by 0.5 percentage point.


The company currently is the third-largest of five automakers in South Korea, where over 80 per cent of the market is controlled by top automaker Hyundai Motor Co and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp.

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Buick History
Buick originated as an independent motor car manufacturer, the 'Buick Motor Company, incorporated on May 19, 1903 by Scottish-American David Dunbar Buick (who invented the overhead valve engine on which the company's success was based), Detroit , Michigan. Later that year, the struggling company was purchased by James H. Whiting (1842-1919), who moved it to his hometown of Flint, Michigan, and brought in William C. Durant in 1904 to manage its new acquisition. Buick sold his stock for a small sum upon departure, and died in modest circumstances twenty-five years later.
Durant after the acquisition of Buick soon became the largest car maker in America. Using the profits from this, Durant embarked on a series of corporate acquisitions, calling the new mega-corporation General Motors.
At first, manufacturers understand that General Motors competed against each other, that soon ended with Durant. He wanted to be a General Motors division to target one class of each purchaser, and in his new scheme Buick was near the top, only one was the Cadillac brand had more prestige.
In 1911, Buick introduced its first closed-body car,  four years ahead of Ford.  In 1929, Buick Motor Division launched the Marquette sister brand, designed to bridge the price gap between Buick and Oldsmobile, however , Marquette was discontinued in 1930.
Today Buick retains that position in the GM lineup. The target of the Buick was a client who wanted a comfortable car, but possibly not quite rich enough to afford a Cadillac or not desiring the ostentation of one, and I wanted a car on the market definitely above the norm. Buick is one of the oldest brands in the world, as the Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Peugeot, Cadillac, Daimler and the discontinued Oldsmobile.
Speculation  existed, however, as to whether GM will eliminate the Buick brand to cut costs. This followed the temporary suspension of GM's planned Zeta project to develop new rear wheel drive cars fitting the Buick market niche . GM also has started consolidating of Buick, Pontiac and GMC trucks into a single dealer franchises, which makes it simple to eliminate the Buick brand without leaving dealers devoid of product. However, with the development of the Zeta platform still ongoing (including the development of the 2006 VE Commodore and Chevrolet Camaro), it may be likely that Buick will survive still.
Buick began consolidating its lineup in 2005, replacing the Century and Regal with the LaCrosse (known as the Buick Allure in Canada), and the LeSabre and Park Avenue with the Lucerne in 2006. Both of its SUVs, the Rendezvous and Rainier were discontinued in 2007 to make way for the new 2008 Enclave, while the slow-selling Terraza minivan also was abandoned in 2008. That leaves the marque with just three models in the United States. There have been rumors about Edmund'seMotor Trend Buick will have a roadster sedan in 2010, which could mean that the marque survive beyond May 2009.
There is speculation that future Buick models will have interior and exterior designs with an increasing influence of China Buick. This is due to the overwhelming success of the Buick and a high reputation in China. Motor Authority has also written that it will introduce the Buick Excelle Buick in the United States in 2008.

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Cadillac History:
Founded in 1902 as Cadillac Automobile Company was purchased by General Motors and thirty years later had become a symbol of the high standard of luxury. Cadillac became a pioneer in automotive technology as several cars completely closed, and the automatic start replacing the old cranks and uncomfortable. During the First World War, the Cadillac aircraft engines had a technical, paying them 100% of its production capacity. In the year 1924 the Cadillac company offered a lot of color and chrome paintings, while other automakers offered only in black. In this decade, the automaker innovates once again by becoming the first company in the industry to use a designer, Harley Earl, in place of an engineer to design the bodywork of their Cadillac cars in 1927. The following year, GM has also incorporated two major companies producing car bodies for exclusive CADILLAC, Fisher and Fleetwood, which contributed greatly to the improvement of the line brand automobiles. In fact the methods of precision created by Leland, associated with pioneering the use of advanced technologies has created an image of quality and reliability around the brand Cadillac. Another factor that has contributed to increase the prestige of the brand was the fact that it has become the preferred artistic emerging class of Hollywood of the 20s onwards. The image of that era artists like Clara Bow, William Boyd, Joan Crowcroft, Dolores Del Rio and Marlene Dietrich, reaching in CADILLAC cars in the "Avant Premiere" of his films ended lending the brand a lot of "Glamour" the Hollywood of those years. Other classes also have embraced the brand's models were the heads of state, members of the nobility, magnates, artists and intellectuals from other areas renowned.