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Enter the Rumormill: upcoming Buick CUV may get 2-Mode hybrid powertrain
For all those weeping and gnashing their teeth over the loss of the 2-Mode Hybrid Saturn Vue, a ray of hope may be on the horizon from a seemingly unlikely source. According to a posting on GM-Volt.com, there's a possibility that an upcoming CUV from Buick could be granted access to the sophisticated hybrid technology that GM had initially intended for the latest Saturn Vue and was already supposed to be in dealer showrooms by now. The world got a sneak peek at the new Buick 'ute on a CBS News piece that featured an interview with GM's Ed ... Read more →
GM to discontinue mild hybrid Malibu, Vue, Aura for 2010 model year Sam Abuelsamid
2009 Chevrolet Malibu hybrid - click above for high res image gallery It's being reported that among the models that General Motors has decided to discontinue going into the 2010 model year are ...
Saturn Vue two-mode dead, Chevrolet Equinox hybrid unlikely to hit until 2011 Sam Abuelsamid
Saturn Vue Two-Mode hybrid - click above for high res gallery When word came in the last few days that General Motors had reached a tentative deal to sell the Saturn brand to Roger Penske, the ...
Saturn's future under Penske: electric cars might move to front of the line Sebastian Blanco
Saturn Vue Plug-in - click above for a high-res gallery Now that Penske has agreed to buy Saturn from GM, the big question is what will happen to the brand's vehicles. The agreement between the ...
Plug-in Saturn Vue not dead, will be revived (sorta) by 2011 Sebastian Blanco
For all the jokes about how Americans now own GM, it turns out that AutoblogGreen readers and GM executives think alike. In a poll we ran yesterday, the most popular choice for what to do with the ...
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GM hopes to sell Saturn by the end of 2009 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
That GM would sell Saturn has been floating around for what seems like ages now, but the most recent word from GM on the fate of the brand was that the "resolution" had been bumped up in the schedule to the end of 2009. GM just released a statement about the Saturn sale, saying that, "A number of ...
Saturn's death could hurt GM CAFE numbers 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Saturn Vue Hybrid - Click above for a high-res gallery The ultimate fate of Saturn as an automotive brand remains uncertain, pending the outcome of the offers currently being made to buy it from a shrinking General Motors. One thing is certain though, it will not remain a part of GM. One of the ...
GM ends Saturn brand in restructuring; PHEV Vue, we hardly knew ye 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Saturn VUE 2 Mode Hybrid - Click above to view high-res gallery As part of the big and updated Viability Plan that GM released today, GM has moved up the "resolution" of three brands - Saturn, Saab and Hummer - to the end of 2009. That means that some of the hybrids that we were promised - ...
Mahindra trucks - coming to a Saturn dealer near you? 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
According to John Perez, CEO of Global Vehicles U.S.A. Inc., his company was approached by a senior official at General Motors to see about selling the Indian vehicles in Saturn's 403 dealerships. Global Vehicles holds the contract to distribute Mahindra's line of diesel-powered pickup trucks here ...
Is the Saturn Vue Two-Mode hybrid DOA? Not yet 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to view high-res gallery of the Saturn VUE 2 Mode Hybrid We got a comment from a reader the other day on a post we published back in December indicating that the Saturn Vue 2-mode hybrid had been canceled. Our reader had placed an order for one of the new hybrid crossovers last ...
Chicago 2009: Propane-powered Saturn Vue Hybrid 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the propane-powered Saturn Vue Hybrid Tucked away in a corner of the Chicago Auto Show was a booth from Shell Gasoline, and included amongst the tuner vehicles was a Saturn Vue Hybrid that was converted to run on propane. Other modifications to the vehicle include a ...
Washington 2009: picture fun with the Saturn Flextreme 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Saturn Flextreme One of the guilty pleasures available during the quiet period before the public days of an auto show is taking pictures when no one is around. We've seen the Saturn Flextreme (and it's Opel cousin) before, but haven't seen it ...
No 2009 Saturn Astra - too many 2008 models still available 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Vehicle models have different life spans in different countries, and Americans are used to having new – or at least refreshed – cars pretty much every few years. One model that the U.S. will not be getting new in 2009 is the Saturn Astra. The reason is that Saturn still has a 139-day ...
Rendered speculation: 2011 Opel/Vauxhall Astra 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
AutoExpress has produced a couple of renderings of what the next-generation Astra will look like for Opel and Vauxhall. The new compact lineup is set to debut this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show before going on sale in Europe early next year. Unfortunately, it's looking increasingly likely ...
Saturn Vue Hybrids, Harley Tri Glide trikes, to lead Presidential Inauguration 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Warning: What you are about to read is not in the least bit environmentally friendly... yet, here we are anyway. Apparently, an epic convoy is set to lead the Presidential Inauguration, which is scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, one week from today. At around noon, President-elect Obama will utter ...
Leakage: The new Opel/Vauxhall Astra 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Leaks of new designs come from all over, and the source of this image is quite odd. It has appeared on a user forum of a Brazilian car magazine but shows the new generation of the Astra that GM Europe is getting ready. Now that its main competitors - VW with the Golf (Rabbit) and Renault with the ...
What will be the fate of the two-mode hybrid Saturn Vue? 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Just before the current financial crisis cropped up, General Motors sent out invitations to the media to come and drive the new Saturn Vue two mode hybrid. That event was supposed to happen this past week. But, just like GM's LA Auto Show press conference, the Vue drive was canceled to save money. ...
Saturn Vue Two-Mode hybrid delayed a few months 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to view high-res gallery of the Saturn VUE 2 Mode Hybrid We've been eagerly anticipating the launch of the two-mode hybrid version of the Saturn Vue but it now appears we'll have to wait a little longer. The Vue marks the first implementation of GM's two-mode hybrid in a smaller, ...
More on the delay of the plug-in Saturn Vue hybrid 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The other day we mentioned that it looked like the plug-in hybrid version of the Saturn Vue had been delayed as result of GM's current financial calamity. GM spokesman Brian Corbett gave ABG the following update about the status of the PHEV Vue program. "Our original statement said that production ...
Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid delayed to 2011 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
During the General Motors third quarter earnings (or lack thereof) conference call on Friday, company executives discussed the vehicle introduction schedule for 2009 and 2010. Several cars that had been expected to debut during 2009 have been pushed back to the following year, including the Saab ...
POLL: 2009 Green Car of the Year finalists announced 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The editors at Green Car Journal have announced their picks to succeed the Chevy Tahoe hybrid as the Green Car of the Year. The five finalists for 2009 cover all the bases including hybrid, diesel and really small. The vehicles up for the award include the Ford Fusion hybrid, the Saturn Vue 2 Mode ...
First Drive: 2009 Saturn Vue 2 Mode Hybrid 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to view high-res gallery of the Saturn VUE 2 Mode Hybrid We attended the New York-area "GM Collection" event this week, which is basically an opportunity for journalists to drive a variety of 2009 models up at Bear Mountain, an hour or so outside Manhattan. What we didn't know going ...
GM moves nearly 2,000 hybrids in September 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
In yet another dismal sales month here in the U.S., General Motors actually did better than many companies with only a 15.8 percent drop in September compared to last year. There were even some bright spots in the numbers with the Malibu being up 192 percent and the Vibe jumping 91.1 percent. GM's ...
Frankfurt 09 Preview: Opel releases teasers of the new Astra 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click for a high res gallery of the teasers We're still a month away from the Paris Motor Show which alternates every other year with the Frankfurt Motor Show. Nonetheless, GM has released some teaser images of the next-generation Astra which won't appear until Frankfurt in 2009. We've been seeing ...
GM Hybrid sales slowly picking up some steam: 1,629 deliveries in August 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/GM_Hybrid_Sales_Slowly_Picking_Up_Some_Steam'; General Motors is finally starting to regularly break out the sales figures for its hybrid vehicles and while the numbers are improving, they still look very weak compared to the competition. August was the ...
GM makes 9 of the 10 most efficient American cars 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Hey, always thinking that only Japanese and Europeans have a lot of fuel-efficient vehicle choices? American automakers also have fuel-efficient models in their lineup, usually based on "global" models designed for other markets, like GM does with its Opel/Vauxhall European subsidiary or its Daewoo ...
VIDEO: Larry Nitz talks about the plug-in Saturn Vue hybrid 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
During the recent Plug-in conference in San Jose CA, Matt Kelly of GMNext talked with Larry Nitz about the new PHEV version of the Saturn Vue. The PHEV Vue is still at least a year away and is based on the Two-Mode Vue that comes out late this year. The nickel metal hydride battery is replaced with ...
Next-gen Saturn Astra to be built in the U.S. 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
To say that the Saturn Astra has not been a roaring success would be an understatement of the highest order. It's not that the Astra is an awful car, in fact it's actually quite a nice ride. The problem is that GM literally invested almost nothing to bring it here. Aside from switching the units on ...
Spy Shots: New Opel Meriva caught in the wild 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The next-generation Opel Meriva has been caught testing on somewhere on public roads. The Meriva is a tall wagon based on GM's European B-car platform which also underpins the Corsa. The new Meriva was displayed in concept form at this year's Geneva Motor Show and the production version doesn't ...
VIDEO: AMP leaves drawing board, hits highway 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Advanced Mechanical Products (AMP), the company with plans to convert hundreds of Saturn Sky roadsters from gas to electric power, appear to have a prototype doing some on-the-road testing. A video on YouTube shows a black "AMP" whizzing down the road and the cameraman announcing "...wards [sic] us ...
GM's hybrid powertrain director gives PHEV update 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
A row of Saturn Vue PHEVs in Milford's building 16 garage GM may have been late to the party when it came to hybrids, but they are now throwing resources at a bunch of different parallel paths that including electric drive. There are already cars and CUVs with mild hybrid systems and full-size SUVs ...
Top 5 hybrid SUVs available today, number 2: Saturn Vue 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Saturn Vue Hybrid for a high res gallery The Saturn Vue was the first hybrid model from General Motors and has lived on through an entire model cycle. For 2008, the Vue was completely redesigned, though the mild hybrid system was carried over with few changes. We think that the new model ...
Saturn drops the Green Line moniker 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Two-Mode Vue Ever since the initial hybrid version of the Saturn Vue, the "different kind of company" chose to go its own way by badging its fuel-saving wares as Green Lines. This designation will be going the way of the Dodo in favor of the much more ...
Will Saturn bring the Agila mini-car to the US? 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Since Saturn has essentially become the U.S. arm of Opel, and all the new models (aside from the Outlook crossover) are essentially re-badged Opels, the big question is, "what next?" With sales of larger trucks and SUVs in complete collapse and carmakers scrambling to shift production to smaller ...
Retired autoworker converts early Saturn coupe to battery power 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for a high res gallery of Bob's Saturn EV Coupe Usually when I sit down at my laptop to write an article I find ideas after perusing my several hundred RSS feeds or the media sites from manufacturers, or going to a car show. Every once in a while they just sort of fall into my lap. Such was ...
GM having problems with Cobasys batteries in mild hybrids 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Saturn Vue Hybrid for a high res gallery It's no secret that General Motors' hybrid sales are nothing to brag about, especially when compared to cross-town rival Ford and, especially, cross-ocean rival Toyota. While the overall sales direction is positive, sales were most certainly ...
