{"id":57829,"date":"2009-12-01T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-01-09\/"},"modified":"2009-12-01T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T00:20:00","slug":"daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-01-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/57829","title":{"rendered":"Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.01.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"u-turn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/uturn\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/u-turn-banner.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-1\">\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/breaking-gm-ceo-fritz-henderson-steps-down\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/fritz-with-gm-sign-hand-on-head-630-getty_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/breaking-gm-ceo-fritz-henderson-steps-down\/\" title=\"View BREAKING: GM CEO Fritz Henderson steps down\" >BREAKING: GM CEO Fritz Henderson steps down<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Well, that was quick. Fritz Henderson, the recently appointed CEO of General Motors, is stepping down. Company chairman of the board Ed Whitacre (remember the &#8220;Satisfaction Guaranteed&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/viridian-joule-picked-as-winner-of-chevy-volt-paint-color-contes\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/x11ch_vt004_opr_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/viridian-joule-picked-as-winner-of-chevy-volt-paint-color-contes\/\" contest=\"\" color=\"\" paint=\"\" volt=\"\" chevy=\"\" of=\"\" winner=\"\" as=\"\" picked=\"\" joule=\"\" viridian=\"\" title=\"View \" >&#8220;Viridian Joule&#8221; picked as winner of Chevy Volt Paint Color Contest<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>2011 Chevrolet Volt in Viridian Joule &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery  The votes have been cast, the tallies tallied and the winner determined: Viridian Joule will be the official name of&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-2\">\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a class=\"uturn-thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/by-the-numbers-november-2009-strengthen-your-core-edition\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/hill_car1ab_thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a  title=\"View By the Numbers - November 2009: Strengthen Your Core Edition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/by-the-numbers-november-2009-strengthen-your-core-edition\/\">By the Numbers &#8211; November 2009: Strengthen Your Core Edition<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Hyundai up 46%, Nissan up 30% and all GM core brands positive  It&#8217;s pretty easy to stage a comeback when a prior year&#8217;s monthly sales are so dismal, but that still doesn&#8217;t dull the sheen off what&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Also of interest:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/hyundai-tops-the-list-as-the-most-fuel-efficient-automaker-in-th\/\">Hyundai tops list as most fuel efficient automaker in the U.S.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/review-google-maps-turn-by-turn-navigation-on-android-2-0\/\">Review: Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation on Android 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/autoblog-podcast-155-twas-the-night-before-the-la-auto-show\/\">Autoblog Podcast #155 &#8211; &#8216;Twas the night before the LA Auto Show&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/officially-official-volkswagen-amarok-pickup-makes-the-scene\/\">Officially Official: Volkswagen Amarok pickup makes the scene<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/scion-unveils-18-320-xb-release-series-7-0-will-debut-in-la\/\">Scion unveils $\ufffd18,320 xB Release Series 7.0, will debut in LA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/ford-loses-appeal-in-roll-over-case-must-pay-55m\/\">REPORT: Ford loses appeal in rollover case, must pay $\ufffd55M<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/uturn\"><small>Browse our archive of Daily U-Turn posts or subscribe to the RSS feed<br \/>\n<\/small><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-12-01-09\/\">Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 12.01.09<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:20:00 EST.  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