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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Well, I guess you needed to look at the bad first.
20% cut in White collar work force
Another 300k truck and suv units cut
Sale of Hummer
Little info ont he cars.
Like jake said, the Cruze will be Chevy's world car, and will have a 1.4turbo engine getting 40-45mpg highway, without the use of hybrid technology. Thats Prius gas milage for thousands less. It will replace the Cobalt, not join it. Cobalt name will disappear.
There will be a new Aveo replacement coming that will also be use this 1.4 engine getting more then 45+mpg. That will be the Fit/Yaris fighter.
The Buick sedan will replace the current LaCrosse, and will also be a world car. This car was designed by GM's Chinese Buick Division. It will bring Enclave's style and luxury into Buick's first not-made-for-old-peopole sedan. No more 3800's, no more 4spd autos, no more vinyl bench seats...
The new Equinox will have GM's new 2.3 liter 4cyl using direct injecton getting 30mpg or more with a GM (no more Toyota) 6 speed automatic transmission out of a car about as big as the new Ford Edge.
The Caddy SRX and Saab 9-4x will use a premium version of the theta platform, and also incorperate modern technology, with Saab possibly bringing in its BioPower turbo engines where they have made 400hp on turbocharged V6's using Ethanol fuel.
And just in case people still think GM doesnt have the cars with the best fuel economy, the 2009 EPA ratings are out
Cobalt XFE will be bumped to 37mpg (class leading)
Malubu and Aura with 2.4/6spd combo will get 33mpg (class leading)
GM trucks get the 6spd autos this year as well, bumping up thier already class leading fuel economy.
Oh...yeah and I forgot about this..
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Al,
Good info, thanks for sharing. That certainly makes things seem less grim... but I'm still skeptical about the execution of all of these projects. I would love to see GM come out with more cars that pull people away from the idea that foriegn cars are more reliable or more economical but past history seems to show that they just can't seem to get things done.