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November 26, 2007
 

Autos Insider Newsletter

Your weekly insight into the world of autos

NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY

GM's Plug-In Push



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NEWS & FEATURES
Bob Lutz, the Chevy Volt and the Easter Bunny
GM's Lutz says that the feasibility of the plug-in hybrid technology will be proven by next Easter and rivals will have egg on their face

REVIEWS
Honda Accord: America's Next No. 1?
More powerful, roomier, and better-looking than ever, the new 2008 Honda Accord is a potent challenger to the dominant Toyota Camry

NEWS & FEATURES • From Sports Car Market
Grand Lagonda
The 1934 Lagonda 4˝-Liter M45 Tourer is one of the most desirable of all classic, British thoroughbred cars

NEWS & FEATURES • From Gizmag.com
Renault Green Concept Goes the Distance
The Logan Renault eco˛ Concept has achieved emissions of 71g/km while traveling a distance of 172.2km on just 4.69 litres of biodiesel

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  Inside: This Week in Autos
Imagining GM as a soft, fuzzy, eco-friendly company is a little bit like finding out your chain-smoking, red meat-loving uncle has gone on the patch and turned vegetarian. Yet Chevy's plug-in hybrid technology was the focus of two of our stories this week. Chevy is clearly betting heavily that its investments in hybrid technology will allow it to leapfrog green rivals Toyota and Honda by staking a claim as the world's leading producer of green cars. What's more, it is concentrating not only on reducing gas mileage, it is also aiming at producing larger hybrids, believing that the majority of its potential customers—at least in the States—want to save money at the pump but don't want to give up size and power. Of course, a production solution is still several years out and GM isn't the only auto maker throwing millions at developing alternative fuel technology. But if GM can pull it off faster, and keep the MSRP price reasonable, it could return the General to its former unquestioned pre-eminence in the auto world. That's still a few years off, though, and GM's stock slide and the success of cars like Honda?s Accord, which we also reviewed very favorably this week, suggest that GM still has a long way to go. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Charles DuBow
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Let me just say before I go into this that Toyota, because of its emphasis on quality and "green" technology, the company has a target on its back when it falls short in either department. At this week's LA Auto Show, Toyota took the wraps off its new Sequoia SUV. It is bigger and thirstier than the old model. Huh? Toyota? closequote

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Is GM's Green Tech
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That's what Chrysler, Daimler, and BMW seem to think. They're all using GM's hybrid technology for their new trucks and SUVs