Martha Randolph Carr: Rick Wagoner has been laid off. The newly former CEO of General Motors was forced out by the Obama administration after failing to present a workable strategy in exchange for a request of $16.6 billion in additional taxpayer dollars on top of the $14.4 billion the company already received. The unemployed CEO was tasked with reducing the debt over the past three months and creating a plan that would further that resolve over the coming months. Instead, the debt load increased.

General Motors is hoping to jump-start its revival by guaranteeing car buyers that if they don't like their new Chevrolet, GMC, Buick or Cadillac, they have 60 days to bring it back for a full refund.

General Motors will open a new information technology innovation center in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler and begin hiring what will eventually be 1,000 high-tech employees to staff the new location beginning in April, the company announced Wednesday.

DETROIT - On its 100th anniversary, General Motors workers cheered as the company revealed the electric-powered car intended to make GM a vehicle technology leader.

The sun has a certain glow as it rises over the edge of the desert. As its rays lick the soft sand, it glows with a red hue the color of a freshly cut rose. Its warmth releases a soft breath on the dew of the green grass where Chuck Jordan stands, quickly drying the wet stains on his dark shoes.

DETROIT - General Motors Corp. revised its loss for 2005 to $10.6 billion — $2 billion more than it reported in January — citing higher costs it anticipates for its broad restructuring and the bankruptcy reorganization of Delphi Corp.

DETROIT - General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, said Tuesday it lost $1.1 billion in the first quarter, clobbered by rising health care costs, lukewarm response to some new models and special charges.

 General Motors is celebrating 100 years of being in the car business. Since 1908 “GM” has been a powerhouse of innovation, design, and quality. General Motors has built the trucks America was built on. GM has survived the Great Depression, two World Wars, and the ups and downs of a fickle economy.

As expected, automakers from around the globe are rolling out their heavy artillery for the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), which opens to the public in Detroit, Mich., Jan. 13. The media was allowed in earlier this week to give you the goods, which we’re more than happy to do.

March 20, 2005

By Scottsdale standards, a proposed $1.5 million subsidy for the auto dealers on McDowell Road seems paltry.

Mesa will take a closer look at motorized play vehicles that have already been banned by Phoenix and Tucson. The Mesa Police Department is preparing a report on scooters and pocket bikes for an upcoming City Council discussion.

Power Pontiac Buick GMC became the sixth car dealership to flee south Scottsdale's McDowell Road Motor Mile, and experts say each dealership lost is a big hit to the city's sales tax revenue.

A company plans to launch a used-car showroom later this year along the Scottsdale Motor Mile, an area that has seen the loss of multiple traditional dealerships that have either closed or moved elsewhere.

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is selling its storied Jaguar and Land Rover businesses to India's Tata Motors Ltd. in a deal that will net the U.S. automaker $1.7 billion - roughly a third of the price it paid for the two luxury brands.

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co., the world's second biggest automaker, said Tuesday its sales fell 5 percent last month as consumers shied away from large purchases.

Many years ago, when you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in south Scottsdale who believed any of its car dealers would ever not be there, I learned from a friend how to shop along Scottsdale’s Motor Mile.

The Scottsdale Motor Mile has lost some big names in recent months - Toyota, Nissan and Audi are all gone.

DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. reported a third-quarter loss of $284 million on Thursday, dragged down more than $1 billion in losses at its North American division, and said it is developing a restructuring plan that will include "significant" U.S. plant closings and staff reductions.