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Welcome to World News. Tonight, Game on at GM. The auto maker speeds through bankruptcy. But can the new General Motors ever succeed? From ABC News headquarters, this is World News with Charles Gibson.

 

Good evening. In the pilots of an automotive time trial, GM went 0 to 60 speeding through bankruptcy in just 40 days. Coming out today, all lightning fast! But now comes the hard part. With sales down and driver’s demands changing, GM faces considerable challenges. The stakes are high for taxpayers. The government has invested $ 50 billion and own 61% of the new General Motors. A new General Motors that is certainly a lot leaner, half as many brands of cars, 25% fewer employees. Christ Bury is in Detroit again this evening. Christ?

 

Good evening, Charlie. After around-the-clock race by bankruptcy lawyers, coffee gave way to champagne today. And here at company headquarters, they celebrated a leaner, more nimble new General Motors. Today, GM executive showing off the shiny models they’re banking on, insisted the new company will hit the road running. “The bottom line is business as we’ve known it and as we’ve headed up today, business as usual is over at General Motors.”

 

A much smaller GM emerged from bankruptcy with blinding speed. “Both GM and the US government wanted this to move quickly. Both of them put a lot of pressure on, so that it did.” The government, now majority owner, gets a new GM stripped of costly old obligations. Instead of eight core brands, four, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, GMC. To be built in fewer factories, by a smaller workforce, sold in far fewer dealerships. For the first time, GM’s hourly labor cost will roughly match those of foreign competitors.

 

Today, GM trying to look truly different announced to deal with ebay to test online sales. Executives engage customers on Twitter. At this dealership near Chicago, enthusiasm over a new model and a new beginning. Charlie? Christ Bury reporting from Detroit tonight. Thanks to you and GM will have a new name. It’s now the General Motors Company instead of Corporation. But it’s gonna take more than a new name and a reorganization to make the company profitable. They need cars that grab people’s imagination. Our Bill Weir has gone to Detroit to see what’s on the drawing board. Best job at a bankrupt car company? Designer! A sketch today could be a car in a showroom in about 4 years.

 

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