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GM Europe’s clouds of uncertainty.

July 1, 2009

Welcome to another chapter in the strange world once called GM Europe. Within a week the deal for Opel with Magna International and their  Russian partners seems on the rocks. Saab is waiting for a loan from the European Investment Bank and is seeing production slow in comparison to orders.
GM has rankled negotiations by insisting [...]

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Is There Hope for the Sky & Solstice?

May 12, 2009

Saturn will be either sold, or shut down. Pontiac has one more production year left, and the story ends there. It’s a pity when perfectly good cars like the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky are destined to vanish from the automotive landscape. For fans of GM’s two seater sports cars, there is a glimmer of [...]

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No Saturn Astra for 2009

January 28, 2009

Here’s an odd one. According to Autoblog, there will be no 2009 Saturn Astra for sale. The reason? Too many 2008 Astras are still sitting on dealer lots. Talk about an inventory problem. I am disappointed that the Astra is not selling well in North America. I think the Astra is the best small car [...]

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Pixar and Opel make real life friends for Lightning Mcqueen

July 21, 2006

Those crafty marketing guys over the big pond at Opel have hooked up with Disney and Pixar to create animated versions of real life Opel models, just like the stars of Cars the Movie. They’ve even created a micro site similar to the Cars site, with screen savers, wallpapers and a colouring book for the [...]

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MG “Smart” roadster

April 21, 2006

Over at Planet Euro, they’re talking about this new MG roadster. It’s being built by an organization called The Kimber Group who are trying to resurrect the MG brand, using technology source from the Smart brand. While I applaude the effort, perhaps they could look back to the seventies & realize that this shape has [...]

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