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GM Kills High Performance Vehicle Operations
Edmunds ^
| 2/18/2009
| Daniel Pund
Posted on 02/19/2009 5:20:32 AM PST by paul544
The next shoe has dropped at General Motors and it has landed squarely on performance-car enthusiasts. Just when things were getting really tasty, GM has disbanded the High Performance Vehicle Operations unit of the company's Performance Division.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automakers; corvette; generalmotors; gm
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GM finally makes cars that are finally the equal or better than the rest of the world and they kill the program. Sometimes the image gained from these kind of cars is worth more than the profit they directly generate.
I also don't doubt that they killed the least enviro friendly cars to placate Dear Leader.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:20:32 AM PST
by
paul544
To: paul544
This basically kills future development of the ZR1, CTS-V and all SS models.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:21:19 AM PST
by
paul544
(3D-Joy OH Boy!!!)
To: paul544
Does this mean the end of the Corvette? Actually, they get pretty good gas mileage.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:21:26 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: paul544
well, there’s another nail in GM’s coffin.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:22:17 AM PST
by
txnativegop
(God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
To: Travis McGee
![](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1232/565537899_7bf4dd61a2.jpg?v=0)
No, but it will be significantly downsized.....
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:23:31 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Zimbabwe has removed 12 zeroes from its currency. We need to remove ONE from the White House......)
To: paul544
I bought a 2005 C6 Vette new. Flawless fit and finish, no rattles, and it’s had no problems whatasoever. And...the worst mileage I got was 19 in town, with the overall average being in the low 20s. 29+ on the highway.
Now, that’s what those clowns should have been doing for years. Too bad the MBAs allowed them to build the other GM trash that’s on the road.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:23:34 AM PST
by
Da Coyote
To: paul544
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:23:44 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: Travis McGee
yes, they do. Mine was getting 32 mpg.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:23:47 AM PST
by
brivette
To: Travis McGee
The hubby has a 1972 Corvette that gets 22 mpg... as long as he keeps his foot out of it... :)
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:23:48 AM PST
by
gieriscm
(07 FFL / 02 SOT - www.extremefirepower.com)
To: Anoreth
Car news. Anything you’ll miss?
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:23:48 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
("Global leadership means never having to say you're sorry." ~IBD)
To: paul544
GM = Government Motors
To: paul544
Looks Like this might be the time to purchase a Corvette!
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:24:24 AM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: paul544
Have they canceled the Cheve Tahoe yet?
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:25:39 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: paul544
The socialists will tell you what you're allowed to drive now:
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I will just buy foreign performance cars from now on, I guess.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:26:31 AM PST
by
traditional1
("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery")
To: paul544
Just when Jeremy Clarkson found an American car he liked, they kill it.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:26:59 AM PST
by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: traditional1
Damned popups!
![](http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb214/traditional1/newliberalcaridea.jpg)
LOL
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:27:41 AM PST
by
traditional1
("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery")
To: paul544; sully777; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; muleskinner; ...
Ping!....................
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:27:59 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Zimbabwe has removed 12 zeroes from its currency. We need to remove ONE from the White House......)
To: paul544
GM will not survive as a private company if it does not build cars that sell. That should be obvious to the central planners in Washington as well as GM execs.
To: Musketeer
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:31:41 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: windsorknot
That should be obvious to the central planners in Washington as well as GM
Obvious, is obviously relative.
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posted on
02/19/2009 5:34:04 AM PST
by
wita
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