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This is the reason I'm posting it here:
GM plans to build a small seven-seat van in Hamtramck for export to other markets, the source said. The van which will not be sold in the United States will be a next-generation variant of the Opel Zafira.
But this part is much more intriguing to me:
In an unauthorized revelation on Friday, UAW officials disclosed General Motors plans to produce a small rear-wheel-drive vehicle architecture code-named Alpha.
The revelation came as the UAW publicized GMs pledge to invest in future vehicles for 16 assembly plants a pledge the union won this week during its contract negotiations with GM.
GM will build two body styles of the new Alpha vehicle, which will begin production in 2011. GMs plant in Lordstown, Ohio, will assemble it.
GM has not unveiled a concept version of the vehicle, said a source familiar with the program.
Its an all-new architecture that does not exist in the portfolio now, the source said. It is in the compact area but bigger than the Gamma. Its more like a small entry-level vehicle that would be more luxury-inclined, like a BMW used to be.
The source would not say which of GMs eight brands would get the vehicle. GM executives have previously said that Pontiac would be the brand of choice for affordable rear-wheel-drive cars.
UAW reveals GM plans to build small rwd cars
GM plans to build a small seven-seat van in Hamtramck for export to other markets, the source said. The van which will not be sold in the United States will be a next-generation variant of the Opel Zafira.
But this part is much more intriguing to me:
In an unauthorized revelation on Friday, UAW officials disclosed General Motors plans to produce a small rear-wheel-drive vehicle architecture code-named Alpha.
The revelation came as the UAW publicized GMs pledge to invest in future vehicles for 16 assembly plants a pledge the union won this week during its contract negotiations with GM.
GM will build two body styles of the new Alpha vehicle, which will begin production in 2011. GMs plant in Lordstown, Ohio, will assemble it.
GM has not unveiled a concept version of the vehicle, said a source familiar with the program.
Its an all-new architecture that does not exist in the portfolio now, the source said. It is in the compact area but bigger than the Gamma. Its more like a small entry-level vehicle that would be more luxury-inclined, like a BMW used to be.
The source would not say which of GMs eight brands would get the vehicle. GM executives have previously said that Pontiac would be the brand of choice for affordable rear-wheel-drive cars.
UAW reveals GM plans to build small rwd cars
... Let's see, if Mazda5 and Rondo set a trend, GM may change its mind and make it available in the US as well by the time production kicks off.
