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So true...Ford's got the SVTs, Dodge has the SRTs & SXTs. Why can't GM innovate like everybody else?
ever heard of the hydra-matic trans., that come in the GM CARS... that also with a little modification are ran on the front wheel dragsters.
You like badge names how about SS (Chevy), GXP(Pontiac),GT (Pontiac), RED-LINE (Saturn), z24(CHEVY),z28(CHEVY),z34(CHEVY),z71(CHEVY),Z85(CHEVY), WS6 (RAM AIR)(Pontiac), GS (BUICK)
AND OF COURSE THE GENERIC BADGES; LS, EXT, LT ...
YOU GET THE POINT.
You want to talk about some of GM's innovations... How about the concept of a concept car... Harley Earl.. ever heard of him... he was one of the greatest innovators in the 1900's when it came to automobile design and production... he was the lead coordinator at GM... a couple of innovations: a water sensor on convertibles that put the rag top up automatically when it started raining(on the first le sabre), do you like how low your car is... his design scheme was to make cars low and wide and smooth, like the corvette?... all fiberglass body... the first corvette had shaved door handles (well, it didn't have any), ever heard of tail fins like on the 57' Chevy or Cadillac?...ALL GM, ALL Harley EARL
one of his biggest innovations are how the cars are made/design today... he implemented the order of ... sketching a car, scale, and mold the car out of clay... GM was the first manufacture to make a fool scale clay model of their cars... GM also had the first "car show". They had a line of concept cars and preproduction cars, that they traveled around the country to show off
INNOVATIONS.
Sure all of that "innovation" was in the past but allot of them that i didn't mention are still around and or are coming out in the future.
GM is trying a little, not enough, but they are trying.
a couple of new things that i like about GM are:
COBALT SS- has a supercharger, nice appearance package
Aveo- good economical car(Small cars are whats in right now ie; scion, mini,pt cruiser)
Pontiac Solstice- not as powerful as it looks, but is still a nice car(and is also one of the fastest idea to product cars to make it into production)
CORVETTE- is the one of the best muscle cars for the money. great power, looks,innovations: push start, navi, auto adjust seats.
They are getting more into the sport-compact scene slowly but they are.
I like the big bodys they produce ie; escalade, h1,h2,Tahoe,
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over seas mergers ie: Opel, holden, saab, vauxhall
affils.: Toyota, Chrysler, Suzuki, fiat, Isuzu, Fuji, Subaru
THIS post is just me ranting, I don't mean to offend anyone its just late and i have nothing else to do...
but to say that GM isn't innovating is not to smart.. they are doing the same thing everyone else is doing.
power-plant (engines):
Eco-tech
northstar
vortec
hydra-matic
duramax
