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GMSA’s R8.7 Million Sponsorship

Cricket Eastern Cape and General Motors today announced the signing of a further 3 year sponsorship of the successful Warriors Cricket team worth R8.7 million. The Chevrolet Warriors represent the successful hopes and dreams of the Eastern Cape population as they ‘carry the can’ for all sporting codes having been the most successful sporting code [...]

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Port Elizabeth Bakkie Tops for 62 Months

NAAMSA vehicle sales statistics for May indicate continued support for an elevated sales trend with a total of 39 176 sales recorded for the month (including non-detailed sales by importers). This places year-to-date sales 24,6% ahead of 2009 although consideration must be given to the fact that the first part of 2009 was when the [...]

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Caroline Thomas

General Motors South Africa (GMSA) recently announced the appointment of Caroline Thomas as the new Product Communications Manager as of 1 June 2010. Thomas joins the communications team after a three year stint in the company’s Planning Department where she was responsible for product planning. She began her career at GMSA as a graduate-in-training in [...]

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Hummer Wind Down

“The announcement by General Motors that it will wind-down the HUMMER brand will have no impact on our operations in South Africa”, said Denise van Huyssteen the Communications Manager for GMSA & African Operations today. “While we will no longer distribute and sell HUMMER vehicles in South Africa, we remain fully committed to looking after [...]

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GMSA Water Saving Initiatives

General Motors South Africa has initiated a number of water-saving initiatives in its two Port Elizabeth plants in order to reduce consumption per vehicle produced. Since the drought in the region has intensified, the company has been looking at ways to meet Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s call for industry to reduce its consumption by 25%. [...]

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The GM Robot

WASHINGTON – NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in both the automotive and aerospace industries. Using leading edge control, sensor and vision technologies, NASA and GM engineers and scientists came together through a Space Act Agreement at NASA’s Johnson Space [...]

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Chevrolet Cruze

The Chevrolet Cruze, GMSA’s new offering in the high volume ‘C’ segment of the passenger car market offers value for money and exceptional build quality and safety. These combine with economy of operation and highly competitive parts pricing to provide a recipe for low total cost of operation over the life of the vehicle. The [...]

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Chevrolet Cruze World Car of the Year Finalist

The Chevrolet Cruze is one of 10 finalists for the World Car of the Year award, as selected by a jury of 59 international automotive journalists, based on their experience with each candidate as part of their professional work.  The jury members constitute a balance of representation from Asia, Europe, North America, South America, as [...]

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NAAMSA Figures – GMSA Comment

With Passenger vehicle sales of 1 904, together with light commercial vehicle sales of 1 995 and 123 deliveries of heavy trucks, Port Elizabeth based GMSA maintained its position as the third largest vehicle manufacturer in South Africa in January. The company’s market share for the month at NAAMSA was 11,8 %. The Corsa Utility [...]

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Dynamic Hot Hatch

The Chevrolet Aveo  RS show car is destined to be one of the show stoppers at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. It features a European-inspired hot hatch look designed to appeal to young enthusiasts, and hints at the next-generation Aveo. Longer, wider and more spacious than the current production Aveo, the Aveo RS [...]

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