The largest US automaker General Motors which has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy will not abandon its headquarters in Detroit's Renaissance Center as part of its restructuring, the Detriot News reported on Monday.

President Barack Obama told Michigan's senior members of Congress during a call Sunday night that GM will remain in the RenCen, despite enticements from the city of Warren to move there, a congressional aide briefed on the matter said.

GM's design, engineering and other operations are at the Tech Center, about 20 miles northeast of its Renaissance Center headquarters.

Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said his main focus has always been GM's survival. GM would have "saved millions and millions" by moving its headquarters to the Tech Center in lower-tax Warren, Fouts said on Sunday night.

The mayor said he hopes the decision to remain in Detroit was not for the sake of "political correctness," to protect the city's image. "My mantra has been it's not about the image," he said. "It's about saving jobs and saving GM."

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says losing GM would be "absolutely horrendous."

(Xinhua News Agency June 2, 2009)