GMC Yukon News
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The Cadillac Escalade may add diesel and gasoline V-6 engine options in the near future.
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Another Hybrid Study Misses the Point: It's Not About PaybackSometimes, you'd think that hybrid-electric vehicles were the most important development in the automotive world, if not the entire geopolitical sphere, in the last 15 years. They're not. More than a decade after they launched into the U.S. market, their market share hovers just south of 3 percent...
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Two-Mode Hybrid System: GM's Larry Nitz on Lessons Learned
The Two-Mode Hybrid system for large sport utilities and trucks hasn't exactly set the world on fire. In 2006, General Motors, Daimler and Chrysler (then a single company) announced a partnership, soon joined by BMW, to develop the Two-Mode Hybrid system for large rear-wheel drive vehicles. But...
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Roundup: Hybrid SUVs and Crossovers from Ford, Toyota, Chevy
Our reader Celeste wrote to ask us about available hybrid SUVs and crossovers, and we thought our answer might be useful for the site. At the moment, there are three main hybrid SUVs sold in the U.S. Each of them also has variations sold under other brands. All are likely to be durable, as their...
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Green Car Sales: Winners and Losers of 2009
It's beginning to look as if the worst is over for U.S. auto sales. The year that just closed was, in the immortal words of Queen Elizabeth II, an annus horribilis, with only 10.4 million vehicles sold, down 21 percent on 2008 and the lowest total since 1982. But some light seems to be appearing on...
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Four-Way Two-Mode Hybrid Project Ends, Lab Closes; Now What?
The Two-Mode Hybrid project was hailed as a model of technical cooperation when it was announced five years ago. But now the partners are going their separate ways, and the complex hybrid system may end up solely as a General Motors technology. GM said in late 2004 it would partner with Daimler and...
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The 2010 Chevrolet Corvette goes like stink. Its 430-horsepower, 6.2-liter V8 is the epitome of all-American performance. And that's just the base car. The supercar contender ZR1 model heads straight into the stratosphere. The Vette is an icon, and GM messes with it at its peril. So a throwaway line in Automotive News set hearts pounding and Corvette fans sweating: If it had to, General Motors would do a hybrid-electric Chevrolet Corvette to meet Federal fuel-economy standards. We think that's a great idea. Here's why: What would you say to a 750-plus horsepower Vette...with better gas...
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Is Bling the Best (Or Only) Way For GM To Sell Its Biggest Hybrids?
With the 2009 GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid adding bling to big hybrid SUVs, a strategy may be emerging for GM
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Two-Mode Troubles, or How GM Just Can't Catch a Break
They're selling slow, they lose a lot of value, and amidst the general gloom, GM's Two-Mode Hybrids are not the ray of hope they hoped for
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