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• Automakers blow into Chicago with eye on future

  - 2007-02-09

  CHICAGO -- Automakers are in town this week to unveil some of their new cars and trucks at the Chicago Auto Show. Among them is General Motors, which is showing a new Pontiac sedan, the G8, which is unlike anything else the automaker sells. GM also...

  Tags: car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Pontiac, Saturn, sedan, SUV, Vue

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja column.

  - 2004-11-24

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 24--Got your car ready for winter? Aftermarket accessory companies have offered remote vehicle starters for years, devices that allow you to press a key fob to start the car parked ...

  Tags: car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SALES, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.

  - 2004-03-07

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 7--QUESTION: Is there a difference between an '04 Pontiac Montana van and an '05 Pontiac Montana "crossover sport van?" I feel GM is treating us like imbeciles, thinking we'll buy ...

  Tags: car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., hybrid, minivan, Pontiac, SUV, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Auto Notebook Column.

  - 2004-02-15

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--GM LOOKS TO PARTNERS TO IMPROVE AZTEK: There will be a 2005 model of the Aztek, the much-maligned, ugly-duckling sport-utility vehicle from Pontiac that, rumor had it, might fade from the scene ...

  Tags: Chicago, General Motors Corp., Kia Motors Corp., Pontiac, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Car Notes Column.

  - 2003-11-20

  By Jim Mateja and Rick Popely, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 20--Base price on the 2004 Kia Amanti is $24,995, not including the $540 destination charge. The Amanti goes on sale in late November as Kia's largest passenger car. It...

  Tags: Chicago, FINANCE, General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SALES, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.

  - 2003-03-24

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 24--CHICAGO--Aztek, hardly a candidate to win any beauty contests, will be dropped by Pontiac in December of 2004, according to Ward's Automotive Reports, a trade publication. Pontiac officials, however, insist...

  Tags: Chicago, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Mitsubishi Corp., Pontiac, sedan, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.

  - 2003-03-06

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 6--CHICAGO--Pierre Gagnon, chief executive of Mitsubishi Motors of America, was all smiles at the Chicago Auto Show. "We've experienced an 81 percent growth in sales in just the last four ...

  Tags: bond, car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SALES, Tribune Co., youth

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.

  - 2003-02-24

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 24--CHICAGO--The early returns are in, and four General Motors concepts on the auto-show circuit stand out as production hopefuls, according to Mark Hogan, group vice president of advance vehicle development. ...

  Tags: Chicago, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Pontiac, sedan, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.

  - 2003-02-03

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 3--CHICAGO--Not much in the way of new cars of late? Be patient a little longer. Pontiac will display the concept G6 at the Chicago Auto Show, the 2005 Pontiac...

  Tags: Chevy, Chicago, General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SALES, Tribune Co.

• Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.

  - 2002-11-14

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 14--You could feel the energy in the air. Executives were beaming. Rather than focus on safety, emissions and fuel economy, for a few moments they devoted full and undivided attention to...

  Tags: car, Chevy, Chicago, General Motors Corp., performance, Pontiac