USA’s biggest car manufacturer, General Motors, is scheduling a series of new vehicle launches for its four brands in the next 18 months. And the dominant theme here, both in passenger cars and trucks, will be improved economy figures as GM prepares its vehicle lineup to meet the more stringent fuel-efficiency standards.
For example, the Detroit automaker plans to introduce 8-speed auto transmissions and downsized turbocharged engines in its new pickups, and also intends to fit more models with the eAssist light-hybrid technology.
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Buick
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- Buick Details 2012 LaCrosse’s New 3.6-Liter V6 with 303HP
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- Buick’s 37mpg 2012 LaCrosses with eAssist Priced at $30,820, New V6 with 303HP also Available
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Chevrolet
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- All-New 2012 Chevrolet Colorado Pickup Truck Revealed in Production Guise
- GM Insists it Will Sell 10,000 Volts this Year but the Numbers Don’t Seem to Add Up
- Video: Sleeper 1978 VW Beetle Packs a 5.7-liter V8 Super Punch
- GM to Launch New CNG Bi-Fuel Pickup Truck in Late 2012
- Bob Lutz Says General Motors, Volkswagen and Hyundai are the World's New Big Three
- GM Debuts Automotive Industry's First Front Center Air Bag
- GM Idles Pickup Production Once Again to Reduce Inventory
- The Chevrolet Farm Truck is One Sleeper You Don't Want to Mess With… [Videos]
- Polk Says 2011 Non-Dedicated Hybrid Model Sales Down 1.5% Versus 2010
- Video: Chevy Camaro Dragster's Rear Axle Snaps at Lift-Off
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- U Spy: Land Rover Prototypes Snapped Running Around Death Valley
- Video: New Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Thrashed Around the Nürburgring
- GM to Manufacturer New Mid-Size Pickup in Missouri, and Two New Mid-Size Models at Former Saturn Plant
- GM Prepares All-New 2012 Chevrolet Colorado for Launch, but it won't Come to the U.S.
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- GM Details 2013 Malibu's New 2.5-liter Ecotec, Says it will Deliver More than 30mpg Highway
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Cadillac
- Rumors: 2013 Cadillac ATS Sedan to Receive New 2.0-liter Turbo Engine
- Cadillac Challenges Mercedes-Benz by Pitting the Escalade Against the C-Class [Video]
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- Report: GM May Build a Production Model Inspired by the Ciel
- Guess Who’s Back Again? Bob Lutz Returns to GM as Advisor
- Cadillac Claims to Have Made the 2012 Escalade More Difficult to Steal
- Cadillac Points its Guns at Ferrari with New CTS-V Coupe Ad
- Video: Cadillac CTS-V and Corvette ZR1 Lingenfelter Play Around on the Track
- Video: Jay Leno Meets the Cadillac Ciel Concept
- New Cadillac Ciel 4-door Convertible Concept Wows Pebble Beach Crowd [Photos + Video]
- New Cadillac ELR: GM Officially Confirms Production Version of Converj EV Coupe
- Report: GM Seriously Considering but has Not Yet Decided on Production of Cadillac Converj Coupe
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- GM to Cut its Platforms by More than 50% in the Next Decade
- 2013 Cadillac XTS Luxury Sedan Confirmed for Sale Next Spring, will be Based on the XTS Platinum
- 2013 Cadillac ATS: First Official Photo of GM's BMW 3-Series Rival
- Hennessey Reveals Monstrous 1,000HP Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
- Cadillac Prices 2012 SRX with New V6 from $36,060
- Cadillac Introduces 2012 SRX with New 308HP 3.6-Liter V6 LFX Engine
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- Mystery Scoop: Is this the 2014 Cadillac ATS, a Future Buick or Something Else?
- GM Recalls More Than 7,500 Trucks and SUVs Over Separate Gearbox and Steering Issues
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