The new Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful and fastest production car ever produced by General Motors, with performance enabled by a new, supercharged 6.2 LS9 small-block V-8 engine.
General Motors is planning to put the well received 400-horsepower Chevy Camaro Concept into production as early as 2008. The muscle car will presumably be offered with a choice of a V6 and two V8 engines
US car sales plunged in June to a 15 year low, but a month-end clearance sale helped General Motors Corp retain its No 1 spot and steer clear of the wipeout many had feared, sending its shares higher.
YEONGJONG-DO, Incheon GM Daewoo Auto Technology said Thursday that it will begin selling its new G2X roadster, the famous Saturn Sky with a different badge, from next month. GM Daewoo aims to sell more than 400 units of the vehicle a year.
Continuing the small car race, the General Motors also wants to participate in the race. However, it has no plans to compete with Tata’s ultra-cheap car, the Nano, but definitely desires to roll out a small cars with improved engine technology and stylish features.
The company also states that the car will be designed keeping in mind all the emerging car markets. The designed inputs will be taken from India and the engines are being produced at the Bangalore facility.
General Motors announced long ago that Camaro prototypes wouldnt be camouflaged during testing and has been releasing so called official spy shots through its FastLane blog.
General Motors reportedly plans to import into U.S. the next-generation Opel Vectra station wagon rebadged as a Saturn. The main goal is to annually sell about 50,000 those Opels/Saturns
General Motors announced today it will invest $170 million in its Ypsilanti transmission facility for additional capacity to produce its family of Hydra-Matic six-speed rear-, and all-wheel drive automatic transmissions.
GM has latched onto E-85, an 85% blend of corn-based ethanol with regular petroleum, as the way into consumers’ hearts. On paper, it’s perfect. In addition to swaying those who want to be green, E-85 can provide the corn-belt, all-American image that Toyota’s hybrids will never be able to – no matter how many plants they build in the US.
Earlier today, we reported that GM CEO Rick Wagoner said the automaker plans to keep all of its brands, contrary to rumors that it might kill off 1-2 of them. Now, Automotive News is reporting that GM will indeed keep all of its vehicle brands, but will reduce the number of products each one sells.
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