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Chrysler filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 1, 2009 [94] followed by General Motors a month later. [95] On June 2, General Motors announced the sale of the Hummer brand of off-road vehicles to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd., a machinery company in western China, a deal which later fell through.
June 19, 2009: Deadline for filing all objections to the sale of General Motors. June 22, 2009: Deadline for making competing bids in the auction of General Motors' assets. June 25, 2009: Final hearing on the bankruptcy loan. July 10, 2009: Deadline for completion of the sale, requested by the U.S. Treasury and General Motors. [9] [10]
On February 18, 2009, General Motors and Chrysler again approached the U.S. government, in regard to obtaining a second bridging loan of $21.6 billion (£15.2 billion). $16.6 billion of this would go to General Motors, while Chrysler would take $5 billion. General Motors agreed to shed 47,000 jobs, close five plants, and axe 12 car models.
General Motors Number of jobs cut since recession began: 107,357 The entire auto industry felt the pain of the recession -- U.S. car sales dropped from an average 16 million a year in 2005 to 11 ...
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General Motors was financially vulnerable before the automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010. In 2005, the company posted a loss of US$10.6 billion (~$15.9 billion in 2023). [ 17 ] In 2006, its attempts to obtain U.S. government financing to support its pension liabilities and also to form commercial alliances with Nissan and Renault failed.
General Motors lays off about 1,000 workers, cutting costs to compete in a crowded automobile market November 15, 2024 at 8:53 AM FILE - The Chevrolet logo is seen at a new and used vehicles ...
General Motors disputed its conclusion, and stood by their original figure of 13 deaths after the report was released as of June 3, 2014. [18] By the end of September, Reuters stated in an article that 153 deaths were linked to the faulty ignition switch. [ 19 ]