SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — GM’s Chevrolet announced the launch of its “Never Give Up” campaign yesterday. Starting this month, a single car will be donated for every 1,000 vehicles sold as part of the campaign. Barry Engle (president of GM International), Kaher Kazem (president and CEO of GM Korea), Yoo Jeong-bok (mayor of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – General Motors Co. said Monday it has allotted 5,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles for South Korean consumers this year as the company moves to take the lead in the local electric car market. The upgraded Chevrolet Bolt EV can travel 383 kilometers on one charge of a 60 kilowatt-per-hour [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — GM Korea President Kaher Kazem addressed concerns regarding a possible pullout from South Korea at the company’s headquarters in the Bupyeong District of Incheon on September 6. As part of the face-to-face with the media, reporters were given access to the normally off-limits Design Center where they got a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, saw their sales growth in Chile slow down this year due to the won’s strength, a state-run trade promotion agency said Monday. In the January-July period, Hyundai’s sales in the Latin American market grew 11 percent on-year to 17,276 [...]
LONDON, Jun. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Burgeoning entertainment and media industry segments such as virtual reality (VR), e-sports and music streaming illustrate an intensifying focus on users and the vital role of “fans” as a source of competitive advantage. Photos accompanying this announcement are available at: http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/9eecacb2-8d35-4636-81cd-954fba664e5c http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/617d79af-ca18-42b1-8fe3-6a4a3094d32c http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/5cbd9156-5862-4cad-bcab-ff13a1fda1a9 http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/693e5612-be39-4d56-b8da-9dda33bf5615 According to PwC’s Global entertainment [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co., will again see domestic sales grow this year, its CEO James Kim said Tuesday, adding he was confident the company’s market share will breach the 10-percent mark for the first time in a decade. “I believe [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co., is set to launch its new Cruze compact car here next week, company officials said Tuesday. The Chevrolet Cruze will be unveiled at a ceremony in Seoul next Tuesday, they said. The new Cruze will mark [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Featured Wednesday at the Seoul Design Festival was the “Volcano Red” version of Chevrolet’s Camaro SS, the model often recognized as “Bumblebee” in the Transformers series (though in yellow with black stripes in the films). The hot red 453-horsepower muscle car, presented by GM Korea and spatial designer Kim [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Chevrolet Malibu and SM6 midsize sedans have been named safest cars of the year in an annual government safety assessment of new cars launched in South Korea, the transportation ministry said Monday. Both the Chevrolet Malibu and the SM6 received the highest points of 92.1 in the government [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – GM Korea Co., the local unit of U.S. carmaker General Motors Co., has started full-fledged exports of its all-new Malibu midsize sedans built in South Korea to the Middle East in a bid to expand its overseas markets, industry sources said Wednesday. GM Korea shipped about 900 Malibu units [...]