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Car bosses and the green debate

Rated 4 out of 5

Gavin Green, 22 April 2008 04:33

Hooray for that old warhorse Bob Lutz, a car boss prepared to speak his mind. Just before the Geneva motor show, Lutz – General Motors’ head of product and the most entertaining figure in the car industry – said publicly what he’d been telling many journalists privately for years. Man-made global warming, he reckoned, was ‘a crock of shit’. GM’s ...

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Opel cans Calibra Mk2

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Ben Oliver, 24 January 2008 18:21

The European Union’s proposed fines for carmakers who break its tough CO2 limits have already killed off a new Calibra, GM’s car guru Bob Lutz told CAR Online. General Motors is working on a new, small rear-wheel drive platform. It will spawn a new baby Cadillac which will slot in below the CTS saloon and be sized between BMW’s 1-series ...

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Opel Flexstreme

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Tim Pollard, 11 September 2007 03:13

Opel Flextreme: the lowdown Vauxhall’s European sister brand Opel showed off its surprise at Frankfurt today – the new Flextreme concept car. Under that voluminous monocab body lies GM’s E-Flex plug-in hybrid system. It’s the latest trend in hybrids, allowing up to 30 miles of zero-emissions electric operation, after which the diesel engine kicks in to recharge the battery. As ...

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GM's eco-concept

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Ben Oliver, 03 July 2007 06:17

General Motors will unveil a European concept car built on its radical new E-Flex platform at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The concept will feature radical styling, with a diesel engine acting as a generator for the concept’s electric motor. And General Motors is believed to be collaborating with urban electric scooter manufacturer Segway; the unnamed concept may be able to ...

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GM Hy-Wire

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Anonymous, 06 June 2007 07:31

The Hy-wire? Sounds like a circus act… Don't be fooled. It’s a very significant bit of technology. When General Motors unveiled AUTOnomy at the Detroit Motor Show five years ago, the oddly compelling hydrogen-powered chassis that looked more like an overblown and high-tech skateboard than the saviour of the motor industry, was seen as something as a watershed moment. Why? ...

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Vauxhall's World Environment Day Initiative

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Ben Oliver, 05 June 2007 06:43

Vauxhall is offering a hefty £1000 discount off your new car if you agree to scrap your old one. The incentive applies to all makes of trade-in, but only if you’re buying one of Vauxhall’s most efficient Corsa, Astra, Meriva or Zafira models. Which means no discounts on a VXR8. Most experts agree that the quickest way to cut vehicle ...

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