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Update: New GM + eBay = New Business Model!


By Matthew DeBord
Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 - 3:30pm

My post earlier today about New General Motors’ (GMGMQ) efforts to expand its relationship with eBay (EBAY) by offering new cars, rather than just certified pre-owned vehicles, for sale invited clarification from John Pyden, GM’s VP for North American communications.

  • Matthew DeBord has written about the auto industry for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Huffington Post, and Car Design News.

New GM + eBay = Dealer Death?


By Matthew DeBord
Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 - 10:40am

General Motors’ (GMGMQ) CEO, Fritz Henderson, was on the post-Chapter 11 bandwagon today, touting GM’s leaner, meaner prospects and insisting that the company will now build cars that people actually want on a fast timetable. But nestled in all the rah-rah was an announcement that GM will extend its partnership with eBay into new cars.

  • Matthew DeBord has written about the auto industry for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Huffington Post, and Car Design News.

Talking Gearheads: The Auto Market in 2015


By Matthew DeBord
Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 - 8:04am

As promised, Jim Motavalli and I have enagaged in Round 2 of what we hope will become a recurrent feature: periodic debates on issues related to the global auto industry. Jim regularly writes for the New York Times’ Wheels blog and contributes to a variety of other publications (see below for his full bio).

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  • Matthew DeBord has written about the auto industry for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Huffington Post, and Car Design News.