Archive for February, 2010

Mario: Haiti relief efforts have special meaning

Mario with his classic Corvette Mario Murgado, President & CEO of Brickell Motors, a Buick-GMC dealership in Miami, Fla. Early start in the business: My love affair with the auto business started as a child growing up in Chicago. I used to go with my dad car shopping at an Oldsmobile dealership. He was raised in [...]

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Trent: Racing to the Finish Line

Trent Warnke, Development and Validation Engineer, Milford Proving Grounds Grab my boat shoes: I love any water-activity, whether it’s cruising on my family’s speedboat, wakeboarding or water-skiing. And My Oscar Goes To: Guy Ritchie. I like every one of his movies. Snatch, Fight Club and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are my top three [...]

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Alex: GMC & NFL Team Up for Haiti Relief

Editor’s Note: Alex Vitale works in Communications in GM’s Southeast region.   South Florida, with a Haitian population of almost 300,000, has been tremendously affected  by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. For the South Florida Haitian community, helping their homeland is a priority. It has also become a rallying cause that has brought together a [...]

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R2: Helping to make cars and plants safer

Editor’s Note: Since 2007, GM and NASA engineers have been working side-by-side at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex., developing advanced humanoid robotics.  The fruits of their labor were presented this week to the public in the form of Robonaut 2 (R2, for short).  The robot will play a key role in helping GM [...]

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