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Spy Shots: Chevrolet Camaro Convertible spotted in Michigan

Posted: Mar 12, 2010

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Spy Shots/Renderings

A member of the Camaro5 forum yesterday spotted a Chevrolet Camaro Convertible driving around Madison Heights in Michigan with its top down.
He writes:
Well I was driving this evening and saw this (in Madison Heights, MI at 12 Mile and I-75) convertible mule driving the opposite way I was. So I quickly turned [...]

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Lutz: Hybrids and electrics are future, U.S. to profit on GM’s loan pay back

Posted: Mar 12, 2010

Filed under: GM, Industry News

General Motors Vice President Bob Lutz, who is scheduled to retire his position on May 1, recently said GM will keep making big trucks and SUVs because U.S. buyers demand them, but a major portion of them will be gasoline-electric hybrids. He also said that the Detroit automaker will pay back its bailout loan at [...]

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2012 Chevrolet Malibu redesign unveiled in patent drawings?

Posted: Mar 11, 2010

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM

Like we stated before, today is all about cars being leaked through patent drawings. Just when you thought we were done showing you stick figures of future models, patent drawings of what is said to be the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu have popped up online. Best thing about these etch-a-sketch drawings?
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Report: GMC Sierra Denali Heavy Duty four-wheel dually planned

Posted: Mar 11, 2010

Filed under: 2011 Releases, GM, GMC

If the new 2011 GMC Sierra Denali 2500 Heavy Duty isn’t heavy duty enough for you, than you may want to hold out a bit for the new four-wheel model due out later this year. According to sources that spoke with PickupTrucks.com, GMC plans on introducing a dullay version of the Sierra Denali in the [...]

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Chevrolet marketing revamp is well under way

Posted: Mar 11, 2010

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Industry News

According to top execs at Chevrolet, the brand is in the midst of a major marketing revamp. The new campaign will feature the carmakers line of vehicles and the phrase ‘excellence for everyone’, though that will no be the company’s new tagline. “You will really like it,”, said Mark Reuss, president of GM [...]

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Whitacre: GM will pay back roughly $8 billion of government loans before June

Posted: Mar 10, 2010

Filed under: GM, Industry News

General Motors Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre said today that the company will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June, quicker than the Detroit automaker originally promised. In December, Whitacre said that GM would pay back its government loans by June.
“I believe we’re going to beat that [...]

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Mark Reuss: Chevrolet Cruze coupe may show up… soon

Posted: Mar 10, 2010

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Industry News

Earlier today, president of General Motors North America, Mark Reuss held a live Webchat to talk about the state of GM North America.
Besides a bunch of industry question Reuss was asked whether or not there will be a Chevrolet Cruze coupe in the future. He responded:
2 door cruze is a nice idea, and it may [...]

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Detroit automakers angered over Toyota’s PR trashing their quality records

Posted: Mar 10, 2010

Filed under: Chrysler, Ford, GM, Industry News, Toyota

While Toyota’s recent issues might at first seem to be a reason for Ford, GM, and Chrysler to pop the champagne, there are those in Detroit who are privately in fury over what is perceived as calculated and misleading attempts by Toyota’s PR people at trashing the quality of records of the American manufacturers in [...]

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2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition Unveiled

Posted: Mar 10, 2010

Filed under: 2011 Releases, Chevrolet, GM

Getting the road-only Corvettes closest to their Corvette track-only siblings seems to be Chevrolet’s main goal. In 2006, the Corvette Z06 was introduced as the closest connection to the Corvette race cars ever. Of course, then came along the Corvette ZR1 and closed that gap even further. Today, Corvette continues its track-to-street transformation with the [...]

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2011 GMC Sierra Heavy Duty gets 6.6L Duramax diesel V8 and Denali trim

Posted: Mar 10, 2010

Filed under: 2011 Releases, Breaking, GM, GMC, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Joining the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado Heavy Duty pickups is the new, redesigned 2011 GMC Sierra Heavy Duty – and for the first time ever GMC will be offering its high-end exclusive Denali line on a heavy-duty GMC pickup so you can go to work in style with some bling on your truck.
Besides the new design [...]