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BREAKING: GM Kills High Performance Development Teams

Agent009 submitted on 2/19/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:08:52 AM

16 user comments | Category: Misc News | Source: | SOURCE: www.autoweek.com

General Motors, focusing on mainstream products in a battle to survive, has scrapped a unit that produced high-performance vehicles.

GM on Wednesday disbanded High Performance Vehicle Operations, which is based at the company's suburban Detroit technical center, and redeployed its engineers, spokesman Vince Muniga said.

"All high-performance projects are on indefinite hold," Muniga said. "The engineers are moving into different areas of the organization, and they will work on Cadillacs, Buicks, Chevrolets and Pontiacs."

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Need4Speed

I guess if they need to get back on track then do what you gotta do...I'm sure at some point in another few years they will be back into the high performance mix!

— Need4Speed (View Profile)

Posted on 2/19/2009 9:23:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

downtoearth

Bring back Saturn Ion and L-series! Best cars ever made in history!

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Posted on 2/19/2009 9:26:39 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5   

HSCenterconsole

Does this means the current CTS-V will also be the last (at least for a little while)?

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Posted on 2/19/2009 9:26:48 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

fatandsassy

Hello Camaro are you out there. Are the ever going to produce the dam thing. Gm is just not looking very good these days.GO FORD! Taurus SHO, Mustang, Hybrid Fusion to kick Camrys ass, and the new ecotech motors. All without the need of the bailout.

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Posted on 2/19/2009 10:23:13 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

veyron1001

The ecofag motors is to appeal to the tree huggers while getting more power and less emissions. Europe and Asia have been doing this for years without the need to exaggerate this old technology.

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Posted on 2/19/2009 8:08:38 PM | | Votes: -3   

neutral

fatandsassy,

I saw Camaros on delivery trucks this past weekend. Don't get you facts mixed up, Ford is in just as bad a shape as GM, they just got money from creditors before the markets collapsed.

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Posted on 2/19/2009 8:51:51 PM | | Votes: 1   

91z4me

veyron your an idiot. How many Japanese manufacturers are using turbo, DI engines? How many are reducing displacement and engine size (raising fuel economy) yet still keeping performance up?

The only thing on this whole page that is old tech is your useless ass drivel.

— 91z4me (View Profile)

Posted on 2/19/2009 11:25:12 PM | | Votes: 3   

rallyss

the ecotech motors are GMs 4cyl not fords.

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Posted on 2/19/2009 10:25:40 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

holmstar

Brings to mind something about coffins and nails.

— holmstar (View Profile)

Posted on 2/19/2009 1:58:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Styles79

Sooo, does anyone know what impact that might have on HSV?

— Styles79 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/19/2009 6:57:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

91z4me

HSV is a division of Holden separate completely from GMPD. It will remain with little to no change.

— 91z4me (View Profile)

Posted on 2/19/2009 11:26:10 PM | | Votes: 1   

vwrules

Corvette is chevy performance beyond that not so much.

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Posted on 2/19/2009 8:40:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

neutral

Apparently you know little about GMPP and the tuners, or CTS-V, STS-V, Sky Redline, etc.

— neutral (View Profile)

Posted on 2/19/2009 8:53:19 PM | | Votes: 2   

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