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General Motors + Jesse James = Hydrogen?
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Yes, it may be hard to believe, however I feel a golden opportunity by the General to flex their muscles in the hydrogen market is upon themselves and in a very mainstream way. On the popular show featured on "The Discovery Channel" Jesse James went out of his way on "The Tonight Show" (dated 10/06) to make mention he had thought of an idea to have his hit show invent a vehicle that runs on hydrogen....and only hydrogen yet still beat BMW's land record for top speed. General Motors would be a fool to pass up such an opportunity. Flex your muscles, share some (but very limited) knowledge that we know on hydrogen with the show and start paving the…
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If Zeta Came To North America Which Vehicles....? 1 2
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If Zeta were to come to North America in some form or another, which vehicles would you like to see be derived from the architecture? You only have until Model Year 2008 (so, release in late '07 at the latest). Lets hear it, and why would you do it?
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EDIT: Damn, already posted... I just can't read http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...japan_toyota_18
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A dealer here is advertising buy a new chevy truck/suv and make no payments til 2007. First off, I'm laughing because 'another manufacturer' did this before and it still receives criticism around here, LOL...but I'm wondering if this is just one dealer that dreamt this up here local, or is this a new GM sanctioned sales tactic/gimmick. Is a GM deal or just a local thing? If it is a GM deal, this hits a new low in incentive tactics! If not, the dealer is darn desperate to move all those gas sucking trucks and SUV's!
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GM in talks with Romanian govt on investment Last Update: 8:27 AM ET Oct. 6, 2005 Marketwatch.com story BUCHAREST (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Corp. (GM) is discussing a potential investment in Romania with the government, a General Motors Europe spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires Thursday. The spokesman, Marc Kempe, declined to elaborate on the nature of the investment. The Romanian government said last month that it is trying to persuade U.S. auto makers General Motors and Ford Motor Co. (F) to open new production units in Romania or buy Daewoo Automobilia Romania, the local plant of South Korea's defunct Daewoo Motor Co. The Romania…
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What do die-hard GM fans make of this recent article posted on Wired.com? It's amazing how many people don't actually want to give GM a fighting chance in the market place. http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cars/index.bl...ntry_id=1237739 Friday, 30 September 2005 Toyota on Top Now Playing: Pearl Jam Although hybrids are currently less than one percent of total auto sales, two investment gurus believe that sales of gas-electric vehicles will enable Toyota to pass GM and become the world's biggest vehicle manufacturer. I attended the Investing for Clean Energy in Oregon event yesterday, where Roger Ballentine, the president of consulting firm Green …
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By Jamie LaReau Automotive News / October 03, 2005 DETROIT -- General Motors is shuffling top management in its performance division as it pushes to reorganize product development on a global scale. Mark Reuss, 42, handed over the reigns of the performance division to 25-year GM veteran Bob Kruse, 49, effective Oct. 1. Kruse retains his position as executive director of GM North America vehicle integration. Reuss replaces Matt Tsien, 45, as executive director of GM North America vehicle systems and a 25-year GM veteran. Tsien is now executive director for global central engineering. Reuss, who has worked for GM since 1983, had been executive director of GM's pe…
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I was on GMInfonet today looking at some vehicle specs when I noticed that they finally added XM Radio to the option list. We were also told that if you have a 2006 vehicle with a new style OnStar antenna, a chip just needs to be added to allow your vehicle to recieve the XM signal. XM Radio Canada service begins December 1st. As of today GM Canada vehicles can be ordered with XM Radio.
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Which GMT900 Debut Are You Most Looking Forward To
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These are just for the full size SUV's that are set to be rolled out on this years auto show circuit. The General will release information on the Tahoe Tuesday, September 20th and C&G will have the information asap. We want to know which full size SUV you're most looking foward to seeing and why!
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By Jason Stein Automotive News / October 03, 2005 DETROIT -- General Motors is confident that its Saturn Vue Green Line will save fuel -- at a price that makes it easier for buyers to swallow the extra cost of a hybrid. Mark LaNeve, GM North America vice president of vehicle sales, service and marketing, says a premium of $1,000 to $1,500 is "in the neighborhood" of what GM will charge for the gasoline-electric hybrid scheduled to arrive next summer. Other automakers, such as Ford, Honda and Toyota, charge a premium of $3,000 to $5,000 for their hybrids. A front-wheel-drive, four-cylinder version of the 2006 Saturn Vue has a s…
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Canada Losing It's Cost Advantage Over US Plants
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TORONTO (CP) - The highly regarded factories of General Motors of Canada are in danger of losing their long-standing labour cost advantage over GM's American operations, an executive of the world's largest automaker said Monday. GM Canada's new three-year agreement with the Canadian Auto Workers, ratified by union members during the weekend, "drove some cost where we'd rather it hadn't," said Al Green, vice-president for personnel of GM Canada. GM won non-wage "offsets" - notably a reduction of health-care costs - to the contract's annual pay increases of 1.5, one and one per cent, plus inflation protection, for its 19,000…
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Reuters / September 29, 2005 MILFORD, Mich. -- General Motors sees value in unprofitable hybrid vehicles and is boosting efforts in their development, the Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said on Thursday. Lutz acknowledged the world's largest automaker has lagged in the development of hybrids, which twin a gasoline engine to an electric motor and batteries to boost fuel economy. "That will change very quickly as we roll out our various categories of hybrids, but right now we're not where we ought to be," he told reporters at a GM event here. Chairman Rick Wagoner has said in the past GM will not make unprofitable vehicles. However, Lutz said there is no…
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this video in my opinion is better than every single picture of the car put together :lol: ENJOY :CG_all: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Featu...rticleId=105876 if it doesnt work the first time (connectivity issues) click refresh and try again.
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http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0.../C01-330449.htm Do you agree with the proposal, or disagree?
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http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/auto/RA2005.pdf pg. 8
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http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ecn?s=DPH
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Kerkorian: Give aide GM seat
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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp.'s board of directors is expected early next week to discuss a possible board seat for Jerry York, a key aide to billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, according to people familiar with the matter. Kerkorian, who owns a 9.5 percent stake in GM, said last week that he plans to buy more shares and may seek representation on the automaker's 11-member board. While Kerkorian has not publicly identified his choice for the board, people close to the situation say the 88-year-old casino mogul now is pressing GM to install York as a director. GM spokeswoman Toni Simonetti declined to comment. York, the former chief financial off…
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Along with showing us the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Avalanche, they also had the 2007 Cadillac Escalade and 2007 GMC Yukon Denali there for us to see. The Yukon has a unique front end with a small Envoy resemblance. The back end is much nicer than the Tahoes and the honeycomb grill looked amazing. The Yukon had 20 inch chrome wheels. The Escalade was literally jaw dropping. The whole vehicle is stunning. The front is a large Cadillac type grill with (I dont know how to explain this in words) Buick-like port holes on the fenders along the front doors. It has a large Cadillac symbol on the grill and huge chrome wheels. It was a very deep red colour. We wer…
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Link: http://www.autoextremist.com/page2.shtml#Rant Detroit. On Monday, the Motor Press Guild announced the results of its first independent national survey of automotive journalists ranking the public relations operations of major automobile manufacturers. MPG, a non-profit organization headquartered in Los Angeles, is the nation’s largest professional association of automotive journalists and public relations practitioners. The survey was conducted among MPG’s more than 400 journalist members plus another 100 nationally recognized automotive writers who are not MPG members – and it represents the largest and most comprehensive study of automotive public relations per…
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Alfa's Return To US Happens In '07
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Thanks to ItaliaSpeed.com for this news tip. http://www.italiaspeed.com/2005/events/peb...pider/2908.html
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FOR RELEASE: 2005-09-28 General Motors of Canada and Canadian Auto Workers Reach Tentative Three Year Agreement TORONTO, Ontario - General Motors of Canada reached a new tentative three-year agreement with the Canadian Auto Workers today that reduces GM of Canada's overall structural labour costs during the life of the agreement. "The agreement we reached addresses many of the issues that GM raised at the outset of these negotiations and provides the means for GM and the CAW to continue our drive for more efficient, productive operations while reducing our overall operating costs." said Al Green, GM of Canada's vice-president of personnel and ope…
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GM, CAW far apart as strike looms
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Negotiators for the Canadian Auto Workers union and General Motors of Canada Ltd. are still far apart on key issues as the clock ticks toward tomorrow night's deadline for a settlement in contract talks, CAW president Buzz Hargrove says. The auto maker, which has still not agreed to meet the pattern agreement the union established with GM rivals Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. and DaimlerChrysler Canada Ltd., wants to outsource about 400 jobs in Oshawa, Ont., and has not indicated that new investments the union wants at some operations are on the way. "There's no indication whatsoever that General Motors is going to table the pattern," Mr. Hargrove t…
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FOR RELEASE: 2005-09-27 Design Focus Earns CCS Prestigious Membership DETROIT, MI (Sept. 27, 2005) - The College for Creative Studies (CCS) has become the first art and design college to join the prestigious Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) consortium. The invitation to join – typically reserved for renowned university engineering programs - signals the automotive industry’s recognition of design’s importance in the evolving vehicle development process, PACE officials said. “This is a testament not only to how important design has become to automakers, but to how creativity is shaping the world we live in through products …
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GM needs only 2 big SUV plants Automaker plans to shift production to full-sized pickups By Jason Stein Automotive News / September 26, 2005 DETROIT - In the face of high gasoline prices, General Motors is counting on improved truck sales to offset modest expectations for its large SUVs. GM plans to build the next generation of its full-sized SUVs in two assembly plants, rather than the current three. But the automaker expects total full-sized truck capacity to stay about the same. GM will allocate more capacity to its full-sized pickups, chiefly the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra. GM built about 1.7 million full-sized trucks and SUVs in North Amer…
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By Jason Stein Automotive News / September 26, 2005 DETROIT -- General Motors is considering diesel engines as an option on some models of its next-generation SUVs, GM's top truck executive says. Gary White, GM vice president and vehicle line executive for full-sized trucks, says GM is mulling alternative fuels for SUVs built on its GMT 900 architecture due next year. "Diesels certainly would be considered a viable option sometime during the life cycle of this truck," White says. "We've got some pretty aggressive emission standards coming, and when you move those into the SUV category, the emissions are even more stringent. We've got…
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Lutz: Better cars not enough Turnaround also requires reining in retiree costs By Daniel Howes / The Detroit News Charles V. Tines / The Detroit News Lutz says, "I don't think it's going to take 20 years to turn around, but it's not going to happen in 20 months." If it's possible to be positive and negative about General Motors Corp.'s fortunes, Bob Lutz is both. "I don't for a minute believe that what we're doing is not going to work," Lutz, GM's vice chairman for global product development, told me Thursday. "The image turnaround of General Motors is under way. But there is a lag effect." Yes, there certainly is. That turnaround depends …
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Union president in Canada says strike against GM p
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TORONTO - The president of the Canadian Auto Workers union said Saturday that labor talks with General Motors Corp. have left him pessimistic and a strike could follow if things don't improve. CAW President Buzz Hargrove has set a strike deadline for Tuesday at midnight. "On the major issues that face us, we have made absolutely no progress at all," he said. Under the CAW's pattern bargaining with the three largest U.S. automakers, the union presses the other two to accept the same deal after it reaches financial terms with one company. A deal was reached first with the Canadian unit of Ford Motor Co. and matched by DaimlerChrysler AG's…
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GM says Toyota quality is down I think GM has Toyota in its crosshairs, and after seeing some future cars GM is coming out with, it looks like GM is finally getting its act together, and forgetting about Ford and Chrysler and going after Toyota. Could this be the start of the next big rivalry?
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By Jason Stein Automotive News / September 19, 2005 FRANKFURT -- General Motors' next-generation mid-sized vehicle architecture will be able to accommodate engines from around the world, a high-ranking GM executive says. That means fuel-efficient diesels could come to North America from Europe by the end of the decade on the Epsilon 2 architecture, Hans Demant, managing director of Adam Opel AG, told Automotive News at the Frankfurt auto show last week. "The next-generation of Epsilon in North America will have full access to all of the European powertrains," Demant said. "When you look into the (Chevrolet) Malibu today or the Pontiac G6…
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/21/business...9&partner=TOPIX By DANNY HAKIM Published: September 21, 2005 DETROIT, Sept. 20 - General Motors plans to market its next generation of large sport utility vehicles by promoting their gas mileage. Talking about fuel economy in commercials for vehicles like the Chevrolet Suburban might seem counterintuitive, particularly since large S.U.V.'s get mileage in the teens at a time when Americans have become more sensitive to what it costs to fill up. But G.M. executives said they would stress improvements that have been made in fuel economy for the large S.U.V.'s that will begin arriving in showrooms early next ye…
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GM wants to cut costs, improve supplier relations
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DETROIT - General Motors Corp. presented suppliers Thursday with a new plan the automaker hopes will improve its relationship with them while cutting its purchasing costs. Under the plan, which will be in effect from the last quarter of this year through 2007, GM will set cost-cutting targets for individual parts rather than setting overall corporate cost-cutting targets for 250 to 300 of its top suppliers. GM spokesman Tom Wickham said suppliers have criticized GM for setting overall cost-cutting targets for supply companies even if they were meeting GM's targets for some of their individual parts. Under the new program, a supplier that makes three or four sepa…
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FOR RELEASE: 2005-09-23 Great Lakes Chevy Dealers featured in corn maze Ohio attraction shows Silverado truck carved into corn field, educational display on GM commitment ethanol-fueled vehicles Napoleon, Ohio - Visitors to northwest Ohio this fall can visit the Great Lakes Chevy Dealers' Corn Maze at Leaders Fun*Time Farm in Napoleon. The maze, carved out of a seven-acre corn field, features the designs of the classic Chevrolet bowtie logo, full-size Silverado pickup and "link" to the Web site GreatLakesChevyDealers.com. "This marks the 9th year we've created a corn maze, and it's our first in working with the Great Lakes Chevy Dealers,…
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I don't know if this has been mentioned lately, but I was at my local Chevy dealer this morning and I noticed that all the 2006 models were wearing the GM badge. Are these going to be on everything or only a select few? I know that some Chrysler products wear a small Pentastar on the passenger front door area, but never knew why for that either...
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Looks a bit like the Uplander in this pic from Autospy.net Korea http://autospy.dreamwiz.com/board/bbs/tabl...upload/c100.jpg
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Lutz Goes Pod Castin'!
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http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/podcast/lutz3.mp3
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Kerkorian To Eye Board Seat
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Kerkorian's Tracinda Plans to Boost Stake in General Motors, May Seek Representation on Board NEW YORK Sep 21, 2005 — Tracinda Corp., the private-equity firm owned by billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, said Wednesday it plans to boost its stake in General Motors Corp. to as much as 9.9 percent and may approach the world's biggest automaker about getting representation on its board. The Beverly Hills, Calif., investment group has been steadily growing its stake in GM while continuing to downplay suggestions that it is looking to increase its influence over the company. Kerkorian, formerly the owner of movie maker MGM Mirage, has a history of wrestling with…
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Singer Tom Wait Sues GM
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Singer-songwriter Tom Waits said Thursday he has filed a lawsuit against a unit of automaker General Motors Corp. and a German advertising agency for allegedly using a soundalike in a series of European ads. The 55-year-old singer, whose distinct, gravelly voice has won him two Grammy Awards, filed the civil lawsuit this week with a state court in Frankfurt, listing Adam Opel AG and the advertising firm McCann Erickson as the defendants. Andreas Schumacher, Waits' German lawyer, said the singer was approached numerous times about doing the ads last year, but declined, citing a policy of not doing commercials. He said the firm then hired a so…
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So what is it folks? 1 2
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The picture on the front page says it all. So what do you all think? What is it that C&G has the information to?
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GM Tv said that they will debut the GMC Yukon on October 5th, and the Cadillac Escalade sometime within the first weeks of November!! They also have the Avalanche ready to show us..., but that girl is standing right in front of it!!! I expect they will debut those in January since they are due out second quarter.
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By Jason Stein Automotive News / September 20, 2005 DETROIT -- General Motors' next generation of SUVs will debut with significant gains in fuel efficiency, safety, sophistication and design, the automaker promises. But GM doesn't think that will mean a huge spike in sales. GM, which unveiled its 2007 Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe as well as the GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade to journalists on Tuesday, is projecting sales to maintain current levels. "It is realistic to assume the segment won't grow," said Robert Lutz, GM's vice chairman of global development. GM says it owns 60 to 62 percent of a 750,000-unit segment and leads…
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I JUST SAW THAT IN THE CAR AND DRIVER MAGAZINE TEST THE 2006 CORVETTE Z06 AND HIT THE 60MPH IN 3.6 SECS AND THE 1/4 MILE IN 11.7 SECS WITH THAT SPECS I THINK THAT THE CORVETTE Z06 CAN EASILY BEAT THE DODGE VIPER,FORD GT AND FERRARI F430 WHAT DO YOU THINK'
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http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/news,v...rtid=48858&pg=1 September 17, 2005 Industry Report: Brand Management Costing GM Too Much Money by Trevor Hofmann , Canadian Auto Press Does the General Really Need GMC when it already has Chevy Trucks? What's the best selling full-size pickup truck in North America? Ford's F-150, of course! Well, maybe not. While widely reputed as not only the best selling pickup truck but also the best selling vehicle in both Canada and the U.S., Ford sells fewer F-150s than rival General Motors sells of its half-ton contender. Say what? Yes, it's true. Ford had built and delivered 534,659 F-150s as of Wo…
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"We Never Meant To Embarrass Toyota" GM Says 1 2
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You've heard of the wedding crashers. How 'bout the party crashers? Toyota Motor Corp., riding high and living large thanks to its status as the most profitable automaker in world history, spent $800,000 to rent out Chicago's Millennium Park Thursday fora VIP-only dealer event. Since the park opened a little more tha a year ago, tourists have flocked to see its fountains, Frank Gehry architecture and Cloud Gate, a 110-ton, beanshaped stainless-steel sculpture. Luckily, General MOtors Corp. came to the rescue of bummed-out sightseers shut out of the park. A cadre of GM reps showed up and handed out Fisher-Price slide viewers with images of the Cloud Gate…
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I picked up a bunch of '06 GM brochures the other day.....two of them being the 2006 G6 brochure and the 2006 Cobalt brochure. In the G6 brochure, on the page that is titled "Larger. Smarter. Faster. Pick Three" and about 15 pages into the brochure, Pontiac claims that the GT models feature "...mores standard power than Audi A4 or BMW 323i." BMW hasn't sold a 323 model since the early 2000's. The standard 2006 BMW 325i has 215 horsepower....clearly MORE than the GT's 3.5L V6. In the Cobalt brochure, on page 5, talking about the SS coupe and sedan, GM advertises a "Tuned Sport suspension and a fully synchronized five-speed AU…
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By Ann Job / Special to The Detroit News IRVINE, Calif. -- For three days in late August, it was Girl's Day Out in Southern California, with massages, makeovers, golf lessons, cooking instructions -- even test drives. Far from a showroom, General Motors Corp. invited women only -- and their girlfriends, daughters and moms -- to get behind the wheels of Hummers, Saabs and Saturns at a special marketing event. It was the latest attempt by the automaker to get a key group of consumers behind the wheel of its vehicles and, over time, jump-start sales. With GM's U.S. market share continuing to drop, and well below 20 percent in parts of southern Californ…
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Reuters / September 12, 2005 SEOUL -- GM Daewoo Automotive & Technology Co., South Korea's third-largest automaker, will acquire the main plant of the former Daewoo Motor firm on Sept. 30 in a move to boost its capacity, GM Daewoo said on Monday. The Pupyung plant, located in Inchon, west of Seoul, had been left out of the 2002 deal in which General Motors and partners took a majority stake in some of the assets of bankrupt Daewoo Motor. GM Daewoo had previously agreed to buy the plant, which is now operating separately as Daewoo Incheon Motor Co. Ltd., this year when a number of conditions -- including reducing labor strife -- were met. "Our sharehold…
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I can only shake my head and sigh. First there was the Equinox Then there was the Torrent. Now the Grand Vitara. I am sure GM must have some logical reason that Suzuki should get a version of the hottest selling Chevy to have come out in years. Please tell me there is. Did Suzuki badger and cajole GM? Did they threaten? Is there some legal reason that GM has to hand the keys to the Equinox over to them? Isn't it bad enough that the Verona and Swift + are already cross-shopped? I can only weep for the future of this company. Clearly, nobody in Detroit gets it. Hyundai and Kia are no longer bit players, let alone Suzuki. This can only serv…
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Can One Man Save GM?
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FORTUNE Tuesday, September 6, 2005 By Alex Taylor III "Are we serious about a coupe and convertible?" demands the chairman of General Motors as he reviews proposed Cadillac body styles. "Or are we just going to talk about it for five years?" The mood at the 7 a.m. Friday product meeting at GM’s Design Center, north of Detroit, tenses up a few notches, which is just what Rick Wagoner intends. Everyone here knows that the company is in trouble. But as Wagoner studies the projected images of cars and trucks in development, he wants to be sure his team understands that each arm of GM has to get faster, smarter, sharper—now. Wagoner zeroes in on a …
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Total Value Promise Now Includes Popular On-Star..
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DETROIT, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- OnStar announced today it has added a significant and new subscriber service to its industry-leading in-vehicle communications portfolio. The new "only GM" service, OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics, automatically performs hundreds of diagnostic checks on four key GM vehicle operating systems -- the engine/transmission, anti-lock brake, airbag and OnStar. The vehicle is automatically programmed to send the results via email to the owner each month. The unique email report also provides maintenance reminders based on the vehicle's current odometer reading, remaining engine oil-life and other relevant vehicle ownership and OnStar sub…
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personaly i hate the Aveo i liked the metro beter? soi think suzu should bring back the 3 cylinder beast( :P ) and sell it for 7,500 with nothing but a radio Also im trying to figure out how to make a poll
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OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics Service: Here's How It
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Enrollment Enrolling in OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics is quick and easy. OnStar subscribers can enroll either through our enrollment website (onstar.com/vehiclediagnostics) or by simply pressing the blue OnStar button in their vehicle and talking to an OnStar Advisor. Newly enrolled subscribers will receive their first OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics email report within a few hours after the vehicle is driven following activation for the service. The OnStar system in the vehicle will continue to send vehicle data to OnStar about every thirty days, depending on driving habits. Although the data call usually is completed within a few minutes, the vehicle ignition must remain in …
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Is this actually on the market yet? It's based on the Holden. Buick Royaum (China):
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crusing lots today I saw the new 06 Grand Vitara. VERY NICE. Nice interior. Exterior is a nice chiseled shape. Whole vehicle seems well made. Cabin seems spacious, very sporty looking. Yes, that's the new GM 3 spoke steering wheel. Seat cloth seems nice. In fact, its the nicest Suzuki interior I've seen and the whole Grand Vitara makes the Equinox and Vue seem like regurgitated puke in terms of looks and quality appearance. A lot sportier looking than an Escape. Engine is a 2.7l v6...not sure what that's from. Pricing was good and warranty is always good with Suzuki. I know this should go with worldwide marques boards, but i thought it would get mo…
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http://www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=54443 Since there is a copyright on this article and it is only available for subscribers, I will just quote the following three paragraphs: "Six months after General Motors halted plans to use its Zeta rear-wheel-drive car architecture in North America, the company has revived the program. " "Queen said initial plans for Zeta stretched the architecture beyond its limits for some North American vehicles. "We needed to reassess and reconfigure the program," he said." "A GM spokesman said no product plans have been approved and that GM still is studying design themes, performance ch…
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C&G Spy Shots: The Rear Of Zeta 1 2
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Forget Beta, Here's Zeta! Yesterday, C&G brought you the very first spy shots of the Holden Commodore from Australia. That spy shot featured a front 3/4 view of the RWD architecture and also left a few readers in doubt that this was infact the Zeta architecture due to the massive padding and "roof rails" that were so blatantly obvious on these testers. As you can tell in the spy pic down below the RWD Holden Commodore will draw heavily from the Holden Torana concept shown just last year in Australia. The Torana wowed crowds with its athletic stance and it's aggressive styling prompting enthusiasts to beg "When will Beta be made?!" Holden has obviously styl…
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By Greg Migliore Automotive News / August 30, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=13195 DETROIT -- Automakers are opening their vehicle fleets and wallets to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. General Motors said it is donating $400,000 to the American Red Cross hurricane relief fund, and the GM foundation will match employees' collective donations up to $250,000. GM also is making 25 vehicles available to the Red Cross to deploy as needed, according to Hilary Spittle, GM's spokeswoman for corporate responsibility and philanthropy. Ford Motor Credit Co. will allow customers affected by the hurricane to defer two vehicle payments. …
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FOR RELEASE: 2005-09-05 GM Calls for Collaboration, Balance in Sustainable Development GM Public Policy chief Thomas Gottschalk addresses China 21st Century Forum BEIJING – GM Executive Vice President for Law & Public Policy Thomas Gottschalk called on “every element of society to play a part in making economic development sustainable,” and he advocated a balanced approach to ensure social and environmental progress keep pace with economic growth. “Real progress is possible only through the collective actions of governments and their citizens, organized as corporations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or contributing as individuals,” Gottschalk said a…
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Reuters / September 08, 2005 DETROIT -- The head of the United Auto Workers said on Thursday he was optimistic about reaching a negotiated settlement of General Motors' demands for cuts in union health-care and other benefits. But Ron Gettelfinger, president of the UAW, also said GM had more problems than health care and warned that the union may not be able to help "stabilize" the situation at the troubled automaker. "The UAW understands that health-care costs are a problem, not just for General Motors, but for every other American employer," Gettelfinger said in a speech to Detroit area business leaders. "We are willing to continue to…
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General Motors Rolls Out Employee Pricing Plus
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A deal General Motors employees can't afford to pass up has began rolling out. This special incentive offer is special to just employees of General Motors and differs from the regular Employee Pricing to all. GM employees who purchase select new 2006 vehicle get employee pricing PLUS cash of either $500, $750 or $1,000. The vehicles are listed below. $1,000 GM Employee Bonush Cash is valid through September 30, 2005. Incentive is valid on the purchase or lease of a new 2006 Buick Rainier and Rendezvous; Chevy Trailblazer and Trailblazer EXT; and GMC Envoy, Envoy Denali, Envoy XL, and Envoy XL Denali. $750 GM Employee Bonush Cash is valid t…
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FOR RELEASE: 2005-09-08 General Motors says Chicago is for Everyone Responds to the closing of Millennium Park by offering free rides and tickets to other high profile attractions CHICAGO - In response to the closing of Millennium Park, General Motors, the world's largest automaker, today is providing Chicagoans and tourists free rides and admission to some of the city's other world-class attractions. GM will be providing free rides in more than 40 of its newest cars and trucks -- and admission (where applicable and while supplies last) -- to the following destinations: Navy Pier (Ferris Wheel, Wave Swinger or Carousel) Field Museum (general admission) …
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By Jamie LaReau Automotive News / September 08, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=13270 DETROIT -- General Motors told dealers Wednesday that it will not extend its Employee Discount for Everyone program beyond September, company officials and dealers confirm. "It's just time for it to end," says an informed source. "We'll focus on our launch products." The source says GM will begin running advertising this weekend emphasizing the program's end date and promoting new GM products and 2006 models. A spokesperson for GM confirmed the program, which GM started in June, will conclude this month. The program includes…
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GM Increases Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
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DETROIT - GM efforts to provide relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are widespread and comprehensive. The GM family is deploying a number of resources to help victims of the devastating storm, and as needs are identified, actions and initiatives are expanding rapidly. Updates will be provided regularly on GM's media website (http://media.gm.com). Relief efforts by GM, the GM Foundation, and GMAC include the following: Cash & Pledges - GM has increased its total pledge to the American Red Cross to at least $1 million. This includes an immediate cash donation from the GM Foundation and GMAC, employee donations and GM Foundation matching funds--w…
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http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0.../C01-306262.htm Wednesday, September 7, 2005 GM gets tough in talks with the CAW General Motors takes a harder line on Canada labor costs than its rivals in contract negotiations. Detroit News staff and wire services General Motors Corp. is taking a harder stance than its U.S. rivals in negotiations with the Canadian Auto Workers as the union prepares to pick a target for the talks, CAW President Basil "Buzz" Hargrove said. "GM is much tougher on saying we can't add costs, we can't do this, we can't do that," Hargrove said. "You have to read all of this as a message. I…
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By Jamie LaReau Automotive News / September 05, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=54362 DETROIT -- General Motors will make fuel efficiency a key marketing theme, company executives say. "We need to go on the offensive," says Paul Ballew, GM's executive director of global market and industry analysis. "The facts support a very good claim on our part." GM will not increase its advertising budget to spread the fuel-efficiency message, Ballew says. Instead, he says, GM and its brands will incorporate the message in ads that promote the company's value pricing program. GM offers 20 vehicles that get 30 mpg or bet…
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By Jason Stein Automotive News / September 05, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=54370 DETROIT -- General Motors is moving quickly to realign its Buick-Pontiac-GMC retail channel, GM's top marketing executive says. Mark LaNeve, GM's vice president of vehicle sales, service and marketing in North America, last week told a group of Wall Street analysts that GM wants 80 percent of its Buick, Pontiac and GMC sales volume to be handled by one channel. "We've accelerated plans by two years to get there," LaNeve said. He did not disclose GM's time frame. As part of its restructuring plan in North America, GM has s…
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From TCC The chances of Delphi Corp. winding up in bankruptcy court are rising as the United Auto Workers balks at the concessions demanded by Delphi's management. Claudia Baucus, Delphi spokeswoman, said the company would not comment on the discussions with GM or the UAW. Richard Shoemaker, head of the UAW GM Department, also has declined to discuss the ongoing discussions with GM and Delphi publicly. However, according to accounts from local union leaders who attended the GM Council meeting in Chicago recently, Shoemaker noted Delphi's management has presented the union with a long list of demands, including sweeping cuts in wages and benefits. Delphi a…
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GM Teams Up With DCX & BMW To Develop Hybrids
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Munich/Stuttgart/Detroit - The BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler AG and General Motors Corporation today signed a "memorandum of understanding" governing the formation of an alliance of equals for the joint development of hybrid drive systems. The three global automakers are cooperating in order to pool their expertise for the accelerated and efficient development of hybrid drive systems. Objective: Development of a two-mode hybrid drive system The objective is to jointly develop a two-mode hybrid drive system that reduces fuel consumption while not compromising vehicle capability. While the base two-mode hybrid design will be common, each company will individually …
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FOR RELEASE: 2005-09-06 GMC's Trucks AND SUV's Named Official Vehicles of the NFL Professional Grade Vehicles Will Be Prominent Throughout Pro Football Season Detroit -- When the Pro Football Season kicks off on September 8 with a special edition of Monday Night Football, GMC's trucks and suv's will take their place in the NFL starting lineup as the official vehicles of the regular season. As part of the affiliation, GMC vehicles will be a prominent player on ESPN's Sunday Night and ABC's Monday Night NFL coverage, a key participant in NFL celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the Super Bowl, and throughout the season, the GM brand will have a dyn…
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By Brian Moody Date posted: 09-01-2005 http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drive...rticleId=107099 "The hot side stays hot while the cool side stays cool." "Tastes Great, Less Filling." "Strong enough for a man but made for a woman." Each of these familiar product slogans have the same hook — opposites that coexist. More to the point, they're opposites that complement each other to the point that they become the defining characteristic. And whether you're talking about a McDLT, Miller Light or a new SUV, it's the contrasts that make them interesting. The 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara masters two competing opposites that …
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Lack of '05 inventory expected to take toll on GM sales By Greg Migliore Automotive News / August 25, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=13151 DETROIT -- A summer of offering employee discounts to the public has cleared out plenty of 2005 models for the Big 3 -- a fact that will likely dent General Motors' sales for August, analysts say. Analysts expect Ford Motor Co. and the Chrysler group to post sales gains for August, as both automakers kept their employee discount programs for a second month. But August was the third month of the sales program for GM, which the automaker applied to most of its 2005 models. And with the number of &#…
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GM Promises to Stay in Front of Power and Fuel Economy auto123.com By Alex Law Aug. 31, 2005 In terms of offering consumers the most fuel-efficient models and the most high-performance models, it turns out that no company comes close to General Motors. It further turns out that this is not an accident, nor a temporary situation, nor a mantel (or a pair of mantels) that GM has any intention of giving up. So says Tom Stephens, who should know and be listened to on this point. Stephen is after all GM Powertrain's group vice-president (a capital "S" serious job inside the world's largest car company), and he is the man most responsible for develop…
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By Jason Stein Automotive News / September 05, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=54388 DETROIT -- Fill 'er up? Maybe not. In some U.S. cities last week, regular unleaded gasoline was selling for $3.49 a gallon. That means filling a three-quarter-ton Chevrolet Suburban's 37.5-gallon tank cost a wallet-whopping $130.88, or $62 more than in January. Hurricane Katrina's short-term impact on fuel prices highlighted a worst-case scenario for Detroit's automakers: As gasoline prices rise, the product mix could shift away from big SUVs - and profits could shift with it. The timing is bad for General Motors, which …
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GM's Lutz makes his mark with Solstice Sports car may be start of a risk-taking strategy September 1, 2005 BY MARK PHELAN FREE PRESS AUTO CRITIC http://www.freep.com/money/autonews/lutz1e_20050901.htm After four years at General Motors Corp., Vice Chairman Bob Lutz gets what he asked for. The 2006 Pontiac Solstice is Lutz's baby, and both Pontiac's future and his legacy ride in the little roadster. GM hired Lutz in 2001 to inject style and passion into a humdrum lineup. He challenged the company's designers to create an exciting sub-$20,000 sports car as the first step. The Solstice is that car. If it succeeds, Lutz's le…
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Kerkorian buys more GM shares By Jason Stein Automotive News / September 01, 2005 http://www.autonews.com/news.cms?newsId=13214 DETROIT -- Kirk Kerkorian has raised his stake in General Motors. Kerkorian-controlled companies agreed to buy 13.1 million shares of GM in three separate purchases in August, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Thursday. Kerkorian's companies -- Tracinda Corp. and 250 Rodeo Drive, both of Beverly Hills, Calif. -- now hold 9.53 percent of GM common stock, or almost 54 million shares. That is up from the previous holding of 7.2 percent. Kerkorian has said in SEC filings that his stake is for i…
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GM Reports 355,180 Deliveries in August
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H3 Drives Record HUMMER Sales Strong Start for Chevy HHR and Impala Pontiac Sales Up 7 Percent, Paced by Brisk G6 Deliveries DETROIT - General Motors dealers in the United States sold 355,180 new cars and trucks in August, down 16 percent from the same month a year ago. Car sales in August declined 15 percent and truck sales were off 17 percent. GM's August sales performance was in line with expectations following exceptionally strong sales in June and July, spurred by the highly successful GM Employee Discount for Everyone program. "We knew August was going to be a tough month given extremely tight inventories," said Mark LaNeve, GM North America…
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GMT800 Trucks Recalled
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DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. is recalling 804,000 full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles because of potential brake problems, federal safety regulators said Tuesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said unwanted application of the antilock brake system in some vehicles can cause increased stopping distances during low-speed braking and may result in a crash. Vehicles affected by the recall include the Chevrolet Avalanche and Silverado pickups and the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe SUVs. The GMC Sierra pickup and Yukon and Yukon XL SUVs are also affected. All 804,000 vehicles trucks are from the 1999-2002 model years, NHTSA said.…
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Reuters / August 30, 2005 DETROIT (Reuters) -- General Motors, which will soon roll out a new lineup of full-sized pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, acknowledged on Tuesday that it was worried about high U.S. gasoline prices. Paul Ballew, GM's director of global market and industry analysis, said the impact on sales of fuel-thirsty pickups and SUVs was something the world's largest automaker was "wrestling with each and every day." Speaking to a meeting of investors and Wall Street analysts he also said GM -- which is struggling to return its North American auto business to profitability -- had wrongly been portrayed as saying that high gaso…
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China losing cheap labor allure More U.S. companies find savings are drained by errors, shipping costs and engineering changes. By Ron French / The Detroit News STERLING HEIGHTS -- Hal Zaima was in love with China. The owner of KenSa, an auto parts supplier based in Sterling Heights, gazed at the other side of the globe and saw things of beauty: factories ready to make his automotive wire harnesses, a favorable exchange rate and a limitless supply of workers willing to work for pennies, with more getting off trains each day from the vast countryside. In fall 2004, KenSa sold its last American factory and was negotiating to form a joint venture in Wuhu, Ch…
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Here's the direct link to an August 22, 2005 Q&A between U.S. News & World Report and Mark LaNeve: "Q&A: GM's Marketing Chief" :angry: I sure hope he's not serious about 3 products for Buick.
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Nothing really shocking to tell you the truth, but does anyone have the story on this? I heard about it on the radio in Atlanta, but have not seen the story online. ***EDIT*** Production to slow at Doraville plant to 54 vehicles per hour. Layoffs expected.
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Rumors On Blue Devil, Sixteen, z06, H4 & More 1 2
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Thanks to C&G reader Dave for sending this information along. Rumors on the mentioned vehicles. Our insiders should have some fun with this. Orignial Thread
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I posted this before but print it out tell poeple what they dont want to hear and what are your comments on this article do you realy think the Toyota Prius get only 36mpg when it advertise 60. Is GM better than Toyota in Fact from this article they are Look at results how come my mothers Pontiac Vibe gets only 104 HP when it advertises 120 HP. (we use a normal shop dyno that has the rollers you drive your car on) but what if poeple who owned a Toyota read this would they think differnt of ther American Job stealing Automobile But what if it wasnt only toyota what about Honda or Kia or Nissian? Even BMW or Benz. I am tired of every week picking up the Sunday news paper an…
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Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050825/bs_nm/...gm_discounts_dc
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Reuters / August 25, 2005 FRANKFURT -- DaimlerChrysler and General Motors have clinched their deal to co-develop new hybrid vehicle technology, a GM spokesman said on Thursday. The partners had announced in December an agreement in principle to develop hybrids as they try to catch up with Japanese rivals on the fuel-saving systems that reduce harmful emissions. "We now have a binding and definitive agreement on development of a full hybrid system," the spokesman said, adding it took effect on Aug. 22. The automakers have said they will develop a "two-mode" hybrid technology that boosts both acceleration and fuel economy by 25 percent and…
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Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/sv/20050825/tc_sil...ey/_www12466179
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