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May 19, 2008
 

Autos Insider Newsletter

Your weekly insight into the world of autos

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During the 1960s the Rover P6, despite many clever innovations, was plagued by mechanical problems

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The new Matrix offers the functionality of an SUV, the style and performance of a sports car, and the affordability of a subcompact sedan

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  Inside: This Week in Autos
In his cover story this week "GM: Live Green or Die," Detroit bureau chief David Welch does a deep dive on GM's efforts to develop new, more fuel-efficient technologies and cars, and comes away with as many questions as answers. Welch gets inside the company's traditionally insular and conservative culture to show the challenges that CEO Rick Wagoner and Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz have had in playing catch-up with Toyota's fuel-efficient vehicles. But he points out that the company needs to "cram 10 years' worth of testing into two" in order to deliver on Wagoner's promise of having the electric-powered Chevy Volt in showrooms by 2010. The fear is that they fail to do so—or even worse make it happen but that one of their competitors beats them to it. Elsewhere this week, we looked at what car makers are doing to cope with the growing number of graying Boomer buyers and columnist Ed Wallace once again ripped into the oil companies, government and investment banks for saying that the real reason behind high gas prices is speculation and greed. Last, we reviewed the surprisingly good Pontiac G8. Enjoy.
Charles DuBow
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