Car Blog Green » high-performance http://carbloggreen.com Wed, 09 May 2012 09:33:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Writing on the wall: GM shutters high-performance vehicle division http://carbloggreen.com/writing-on-the-wall-gm-shutters-high-performance-vehicle-division http://carbloggreen.com/writing-on-the-wall-gm-shutters-high-performance-vehicle-division#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:11:00 +0000 http://carbloggreen.com/writing-on-the-wall-gm-shutters-high-performance-vehicle-division/ How does GM prove to the U.S. government that it can be a viable company again? By ditching high-performance vehicles. In the Viability Plan/$16.6 billion request submitted to Congress this week, GM said it would focus on eco-friendly cars and hyped up the Volt in many ways. The flipside of this is that GM’s High Performance Vehicle Operations team was disbanded. That means that development of cars like the low-volume Chevrolet Cobalt SS (above), the HHR SS and the V-series Caddies have been stopped. Engineers from the HPVO will move to other products in the Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet and Pontiac lineup. Maybe, GM says, if GM gets back on its feet, the HPVO unit might be pulled back together. Let’s hope that if it does, the meaning of “performance” will equal green, not just fast. [Source: Automotive News (subs req'd), Autoblog ] Auto Blog: Etc. , GM , Green Daily Writing on the wall: GM shutters high-performance vehicle division originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green

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