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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.edmunds.com ...


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.

1 posted on 02/19/2009 5:20:32 AM PST by paul544
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To: paul544

This basically kills future development of the ZR1, CTS-V and all SS models.


2 posted on 02/19/2009 5:21:19 AM PST by paul544 (3D-Joy OH Boy!!!)
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To: paul544

Does this mean the end of the Corvette? Actually, they get pretty good gas mileage.


3 posted on 02/19/2009 5:21:26 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: paul544

well, there’s another nail in GM’s coffin.


4 posted on 02/19/2009 5:22:17 AM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: Travis McGee

No, but it will be significantly downsized.....

5 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......)
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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.


6 posted on 02/19/2009 5:23:34 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: paul544
The erstwhile division's website...

GM Performance Division

7 posted on 02/19/2009 5:23:44 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Travis McGee

yes, they do. Mine was getting 32 mpg.


8 posted on 02/19/2009 5:23:47 AM PST by brivette
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To: Travis McGee

The hubby has a 1972 Corvette that gets 22 mpg... as long as he keeps his foot out of it... :)


9 posted on 02/19/2009 5:23:48 AM PST by gieriscm (07 FFL / 02 SOT - www.extremefirepower.com)
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To: Anoreth

Car news. Anything you’ll miss?


10 posted on 02/19/2009 5:23:48 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Global leadership means never having to say you're sorry." ~IBD)
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To: paul544
GM = Government Motors
11 posted on 02/19/2009 5:24:11 AM PST by Musketeer
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To: paul544

Looks Like this might be the time to purchase a Corvette!


12 posted on 02/19/2009 5:24:24 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: paul544
Have they canceled the Cheve Tahoe yet?
13 posted on 02/19/2009 5:25:39 AM PST by Ditter
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To: paul544
The socialists will tell you what you're allowed to drive now:

I will just buy foreign performance cars from now on, I guess.

14 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")
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To: paul544

Just when Jeremy Clarkson found an American car he liked, they kill it.


15 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.)
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To: traditional1
Damned popups!

LOL

16 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")
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To: paul544; sully777; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; muleskinner; ...

Ping!....................


17 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......)
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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.


18 posted on 02/19/2009 5:30:24 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: Musketeer

bingo


19 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))
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To: windsorknot

That should be obvious to the central planners in Washington as well as GM

Obvious, is obviously relative.


20 posted on 02/19/2009 5:34:04 AM PST by wita
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