Posted on 14 March 2009 by The Don

As General Motors continues to survive on taxpayer’s bailout money, it must be very careful on how and where it spends cash. That includes how the automaker spends money on future products already in the pipeline.
According to Motor Trend, the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is already done; however, General Motors has put the Z/28 on hold since it ran out of money to launch the car. General Motors has to be very careful where it spends its taxpayer bailout money since a car like the Camaro Z/28, which is expected to return a fuel economy of 13/19 mpg, will most probably be looked down upon during the company’s current financial situation.
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Posted on 25 February 2009 by The Don

First they pulled the plug on the Viper, now all the high performance V- Series line is on the brinks of extinction. GM needs to refocus their plans as they are truly struggling. They have made some terrible choices in the past build some terrible quality cars. Now its all about to change according to them. They are ready for a change and want to survive and so they are changing their priorities quickly. Good move or another disaster?
General Motors, focusing on mainstream products in a battle to survive, has scrapped a unit that produced high-performance vehicles.
GM on Wednesday disbanded High Performance Vehicle Operations, which is based at the company’s suburban Detroit technical center, and redeployed its engineers, spokesman Vince Muniga said.
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