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| | GM Daewoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | A yet-unnamed SUV (codenamed C100), based on the Chevrolet S3X concept developed using the GM Theta platform, is scheduled for an early 2006 release. | | | On November 25, 2003, the design center was relocated to the new 2-story building at the Bupyeong headquarters and assigned the task to style a new SUV based on GM's Theta automobile platform to be released in 2006. | | | Under the supervision of Dr. Ulrich Bez, Daewoo developed its own models not based on any GM platform. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Daewoo_Motors
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| | Encyclopedia: PATAC |
| | GM Daewoo's design center also works on a car based on the Theta platform. | | | Theta is General Motors new crossover SUV automobile platform. | | | It is a design and engineering center in Shanghai, China and is involved in engineering for GM products, including the GM Theta platform and Saturn VUE. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/PATAC
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| | kauai.ca - GM Theta platform |
| | as a long-wheelbase variant of the Theta platform that underpins the Chevrolet Equinox, the Pontiac Torrent and the Saturn Vue. | | | Chevrolet T2X is a concept car designed by GM Daewoo's development center located in Icheon, premiered at 2005 Seoul Motor Show and based on GM Theta platform. | | | We couldn't find any results for GM Theta platform in Books. |
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http://www.kauai.ca/GM-Theta-platform/reference/fullview/wikipedia/1039167
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| | GMInsideNews Forums - 2007 Korean VUE and Aussie GTO |
| | GM has given its operations in Australia, Holden Ltd., the assignment of designing a new generation of rear-drive cars on a platform called Zeta. | | | GM will build on GM Daewoo's engineering work on the Theta vehicle when it develops the next-generation Vue in North America, says GM's Wilkinson. | | | Meanwhile, GM India is producing GM Daewoo's Lacetti cars from kits. |
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http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=8912
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| | Suzuki's VUE - Page 2 - SaturnFans Forums |
| | Theta is General Motors' new crossover SUV automobile platform. | | | It is not surprising that Susuki could use theta as it is being prooed for use in Cadillac and Hummer. | | | The platform was developed by GM and Suzuki Motors, but a substantial part of work for upcoming 2006 Theta-based models was done by GM Daewoo and GM's Shanghai, China engineering operation, Pan-Asia Technical Automotive Center. |
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http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/showthread.php?p=611144
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| | Autonet.ca - Equinox is a smooth operator: Well here we go again. Another compact sport utility vehicle. This time from ... |
| | GM has also just launched a website that will explain the finer points of children's safety seats to consumers (www.chevy.com/childseats.) The Equinox also has no less than five cup-holders (you just knew it would), as well as a height-adjustable rear parcel shelf and, apparently, more rear seat legroom than the Mercedes S-class. | | | It's the all-new 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, which, according to GM, fills the space between the Trailblazer/Envoy and the recently departed Tracker. | | | The advantages of this system over the traditional hydraulic arrangement include weight saving, better fuel consumption and, according to GM officials, a more precise feel. |
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http://www.autonet.ca/DriverSource/Stories.cfm?StoryID=11692
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| | The (unofficial) General Motors Truck Blog |
| | The archaic GM stock radio was ripped out with a Kenwood DVD/CD/MP3 receiver, with a flip-out LCD display. | | | Unlike other GM concepts at SEMA, this truck is very much unlikely to roll as equipped from Flint Assembly anytime in the future. | | | Based upon a Nova Bus prototype from the late 1990s, it sports a low-floor from the front doors to the rear doors, therefore eliminating the need for any wheelchair and/or entry assist mechanisms. |
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http://gmtblog.blogspot.com
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| | MySA.com: Business |
| | The other reason GM might have delayed giving the Equinox to Chevrolet was to give Saturn dealers a head start with their version of this vehicle, known as the VUE. | | | GM says the 185-horsepower engine features a "broad torque curve for confident merging and passing," and that the transmission "has an adaptive learning capacity to ensure shift quality is maintained throughout the vehicle's service life." | | | Perhaps it was contractual agreements with Japan's Suzuki, which provided the Tracker platform to Chevy, that kept GM from developing a car-based SUV like the Escape, which is based on the platform of the Mazda 626 sedan. |
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http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA03.01J.AllAboutCars0403.18afd29b.html
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| | Pontiac Solstice Forum - GM: You can't kill your heart and live |
| | This is an interesting article on GM, what GM did to itself when it killed Oldsmobile, and why killing Buick next isn't really the answer to their problems. | | | Aside from the trailblazer clones, GM seems to have done a decent job of differentiating their SUV's, and having a good cross section of vehicles to meet current and near term market demands. | | | The Equinox is bigger, uses a GM powerplant (3400 China sourced V6) and has truly distinct styling. |
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http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/printthread.php?t=895
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| | VWvortex Forums: Yet another GM deriative |
| | Seems odd that GM chooses to have 6 versions of the Trailblazer, potentially 6 versions of the Theta platform (Vue, Equinox, Opel, Pontiac, Suzuki, Isuzu) and yet only has 1 version of their highly capable SRX platform which is probably their best SUV. | | | Supposedly, a Saab prototype on the SRX platform was developed, but canned in favor of the GMT360 architecture in order to please Cadillac. |
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http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?cmd=print&id=1458928
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| | Opel Antara GTC, for "Gran Turismo Crossover", page 1 of 2 |
| | Unlike the previous generation, the new Frontera will be derived from GM's unibody Theta platform, hence the Antara GTC abbreviation for Gran Turismo... | | | Even more, Automotive News (autonews.com) quoted GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz (12/9/2005) saying that "the Antara Concept will be identical to the future Saturn Vue", which should be built in the USA in a "few years" time. | | | in Korea, at GM Daewoo, for a launch around the end of next year (GM owns, amongst its international brands, Opel, GM Daewoo, and 20 percent of Suzuki). |
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http://www.motiontrends.com/2005/m09eng/gmanta/antarapage1.shtml
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| | CanadianDriver's New Car Buyer's Guide: Chevrolet Equinox |
| | It’s a cousin to the Saturn Vue, riding on GM’s Theta platform as the Saturn does, but with its wheelbase stretched 150 mm, and with a different engine. |
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http://www.canadiandriver.com/overviews/2005/chevrolet/equinox.php
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| | AutoWeek - The Auto Enthusiast's Online Resource |
| | Maybe that's why we like the Equinox so much: Chevrolet started with the same GM global Theta platform that underpins the Vue, then produced a solid, decent compact sport/utility vehicle. | | | Granted, the optional V6, auto-trannied Vue (standard or Red Line) is the most powerful pick of the Theta litter, with 250 horses and 242 lb-ft of torque on tap from its engine (borrowed from Honda), but that combo will also cost you the most, starting at $22,980. | | | Seems like it was while driving a PT Cruiser, which—no matter how much GM protests—is exactly what this vehicle is, in Chevy clothing. |
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http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=100105
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| | 4Car Feature - Future models (2008) - from Channel 4 |
| | New-generation ranges, both on the GM Epsilon platform, along with Cadillac BLS and related models, all to be produced at the Opel factory in Ruesselsheim. | | | To be rear-wheel drive, sharing platform with Cadillac CTS. | | | Will have an entirely different, more sporting character to the Passat-based luxury GT arriving a year earlier; small rear seats differentiate it from Audi TT. |
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http://www.channel4.com/4car/future-models/2008-4.html
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| | SaabCentral Forums - If I wanted a chevy I'd buy a chevy.... |
| | The Subaru B9 Tribeca is on a GM platform as well. | | | The 9-6X just may have been "displaced" by another platform currently dubbed the 9-5x and based on the GM Theta platform that currently underpins the Saturn Vue and Chevrolet Equinox (and Pontiac's upcoming Torrent, due this fall) | | | In any case, the 9-7x is not just a GM SUV with "SAAB" stamped on it, and I can't believe we're still having this debate. |
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http://www.saabcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30831&page=3
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| | Trollhattan Saab: 9-6x Archives |
| | Therefore, Saab will build the 9-5x on the GM Theta platform that underpins the Saturn Vue and Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac's upcoming Torrent, due this fall. | | | Of course, it will depend somewhat on the relationship GM has with Fuji, but here's hoping that the 9-6x will be tweaked a little to up the hp and more importantly, the torque curve. | | | On the other hand, it was reported just a few weeks ago that (GM Europe head honcho Carl-Peter) Forster said GM will create a global Saab crossover vehicle. |
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http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/9-6x
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| | Inside Line: GM Sprinkles Crossovers and Fewer Minivans Into its Future Line - |
| | Chevrolet and Saturn are planning to add smaller, cheaper five-passenger Theta spinoffs in 2008. | | | The compact four-doors would be aimed at new competitors from Chrysler and Ford as well as such recent Asian entries as the Hyundai Tucson. | | | DETROIT — General Motors' new Lambda architecture will be used for future crossover vehicles as well as a couple of minivans, supplier sources have told Inside Line. |
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http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=106189
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| | STLtoday - Autos - Auto Reviews |
| | To give Equinox’s 185 horses a bit of a kick, engineers reworked the intake manifold, tinkered with the computer controls, introduced an electronic throttle and buttoned this 3.4-liter to a five-speed automatic. | | | The all-new 2005 Chevy Equinox shares GM’s “Theta” platform with the Saturn Vue, but it's not obvious. | | | That seat’s 60/40-split back not only folds, creating a nearly flat load floor, but the entire rear seat also scoots fore and aft up to 8 inches, similar to a front seat. |
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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/autos/columnists.nsf/danwiese/story/DE47AD9C7427816486256EB600527812?OpenDocument
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| | CanadianDriver's New Car Buyer's Guide: Chevrolet Equinox |
| | It’s built on GM’s Theta platform, which it shares with the Saturn Vue and Pontiac Torrent. | | | The Equinox comes solely with a 3.4-litre V6 and five-speed automatic transmission, and is available in front- or all-wheel drive. | | | Although Chevrolet bills the Equinox as a compact SUV, it’s really quite large, with an overall length only 77 mm shorter than a Trailblazer. |
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http://www.canadiandriver.com/overviews/2006/chevrolet/equinox.php
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| | 2005 Pontiac Aztek Prices and Review |
| | Instead, Pontiac will offer the Torrent "crossover" based on the GM Theta platform as used for the Saturn Vue and Chevrolet Equinox. | | | No word yet on whether Torrent will employ the Saturn's "short" chassis and Honda-sourced V6 or the Chevy's longer platform and GM-built V6, but front-drive and AWD versions are confirmed. | | | It's similar to the Buick Rendezvous, but that model has a longer body with different styling, one-piece liftgate, and seating for up to seven instead of five. |
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http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/new/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/38214
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| | GREEN CAR JOURNAL ONLINE |
| | The S3X is based on GM's Theta platform, which underpins the company's Chevrolet Equinox and Saturn VUE sport-utility vehicles. | | | Heralded as the first vehicle to be developed entirely by GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co. (GMDAT), the S3X provides a glimpse of what we can expect from the new GM-Daewoo relationship, which was created when GM took over the company in 2001. | | | As if this weren't enough to roll into a single model debut, the S3X concept vehicle is powered by a hybrid drivetrain, indicating GM's continued interest and investment in the technology. |
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http://www.greencar.com/index.cfm?content=news&ArticleID=76
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| | American Metal Market: GM eyes hot-dip for Equinox body panels - Steel |
| | The alternative would be to use electro-galvanized steel, which is the conventional GM material for such applications. | | | The finish on hot-dipped panels has improved over the years, putting it into a position to challenge the electro-galvanizing process for exposed-panel applications on cars and trucks. | | | GM's China-built 3.4-liter iron-block/aluminum-head V-6 engines will be imported for use in the Equinox models, which will offer the option of front-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_2003_June_11/ai_103033949
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| | GM Rethinking Rear-Drive, Zeta Platform and Other Gossip: GM Stories : Jalopnik |
| | GM Wants Bricklin to Call the Whole Thing Off [internal] | | | Enhancing a bit of gossip floating around last month, AutoWeek is reporting Cadillac and Saab will build a mid-$30,000 sport wagon, known as the Cadillac BRX (Saab 9-4X). | | | GM Rethinking Rear-Drive, Zeta Platform and Other Gossip: GM Stories : Jalopnik |
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http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/gossip/gm/index.php
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| | Daily Edition: Oct. 12, 2005 - The Car Connection |
| | His prepared remarks were a litany of GM's product development plans, sketched in broad strokes and loaded with more statistics than any reporter without a tape recorder or a copy of the text could scarcely follow (and hope to get right). | | | It will likely be powered by a new 3.5-liter V-6 with 245 horsepower, with other engine options to follow. | | | Currently the GM-Daewoo partnership is creating a new crossover vehicle built on GM's Theta platform, which will be sold in Europe as the Opel Frontera and in the |
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http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/Daily_Edition/Daily_Edition_Oct_12_2005.S173.A9443.html
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| | Car and Driver - Chevrolet Equinox LT AWD - September 2004 |
| | The Equinox shares GM's Theta platform with the Saturn Vue. | | | We're not talking Audi TT cool here, but it's simple, clean, and highly functional—attributes that don't apply to many GM interiors. | | | Up front is the dash that every designer at GM should study. |
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http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=8431&page_number=1
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| | The Power Report :: November 2004 |
| | It is said to be built on a modified version of the GM Theta platform that carries the Chevy Equinox and Saturn Vue and will soon carry the Pontiac Torrent. | | | BMW has long been known for luxury and high performance. | | | The model is internally known as RFK2, and is said to have a “business-lounge environment.” The new model will likely be developed off the X3 or X5 platform, meaning it will focus on increased functionality. |
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http://www.jdpa.com/businessservices/automotive/publications/powerreport/200411/1104_ss1.htm
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| | Pontiac Torrent - definition of Pontiac Torrent in Encyclopedia |
| | It shares the GM Theta platform with the Chevrolet Equinox and Saturn VUE. | | | The Pontiac Torrent will replace the Aztek as the company's SUV in 2006. | | | The Torrent was introduced at the 2005 Los Angeles Auto Show and will go on sale in late summer, 2005. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Pontiac_Torrent
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| | Pontiac Torrent - Forums |
| | The vehicle was developed on GM's Theta vehicle platform, which also is used by the Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent. | | | Knowing GM, it'll have different styling, and a different price tag. | | | I still think GM shared Theta plans with Suzuki on the GV. |
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http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef2b615/22
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| | Cheersandgears.com - GM Platform Pages |
| | Curently, all platforms have not been completed, but will be uploaded as they are and the links on the left will reflect any changes. | | | The Zeta rear wheel drive platform is the most anticipated GM platform | | | The Kappa rear wheel drive platform births a slew of small, fun to drive cars. |
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http://www.cheersandgears.com/platforms/platforms.php
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| | CAMI Automotive - |
| | The plant currently produces vehicles based on GM's Theta platform for crossover SUVs. | | | CAMI Automotive is a joint venture producer of automobiles in Ingersoll, Ontario Canada with ownership split 50-50 between Suzuki and General Motors. |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Saturn VUE |
| | The VUE was available with a continuously-variable transmission (CVT) until GM cancelled it for 2005. | | | Its unibody platform is shared with the Chevrolet Equinox. | | | It is manufactured at the Spring Hill Saturn plant. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/S/SA/SAT/Saturn_VUE
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| | Opel suggests sporty future for crossover segment - 09/13/05 |
| | Based on GM's versatile Theta platform, which underpins the Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent crossovers in the US, the production Antara will have smaller wheels than the 20-inch versions on the concept car and will come in four-door form. | | | Equipped with a 212-hp twin-turbo diesel engine, the four-seat Antara is an exaggerated version of a production model that will be launched in the last quarter of 2006, said Bryan Nesbitt executive director, GM Design Europe. | | | Frankfurt, Germany - A design trend towards coupe-like roof lines was underscored last night with the unveiling of a new crossover concept from Opel, General Motors Corp. 's European division. |
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http://www.detnews.com/2005/insiders/0510/16/mcc-313224.htm
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| | 2005 |
| | sedan and convertible are expected to be redesigned for 2005, moving to a new platform that will be used for the | | | platform) and will also have a new name. | | | It will move to a new platform used by compact and midsize |
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| | GM Will Build Front-Drive Rivals for 'Cute-Utes' |
| | The Chevrolet and Suzuki sport wagons, due for the 2004 model year, will be the first vehicles added to GM's new Theta platform created for the Saturn Vue sport-utility coming out this fall. | | | Moving the Tracker and Vitara to a fwd crossover platform represents a major shift for the small sport-utilities. | | | But GM and Suzuki have seen a new generation of "cute-utes," such as the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape, outsell them as consumers seek car-like handling. |
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| | 2005 Suzuki Ignis? - Forums |
| | 5) 2006 or 2007 SUV on GM Theta platform (hinted at, not officially announced) | | | One might be a body-on-frame SUV to replace the Grand Vitara...and it looks like one might be this Ignis. |
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| | Chevrolet Equinox: Information From Answers.com |
| | The Equinox uses GM's Theta automobile platform and is produced at the CAMI Automotive GM/Suzuki joint venture plant in Ingersoll, Ontario Canada. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/chevrolet-equinox
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| | Automotive News Future Products |
| | Both fwd and awd models will be offered. | | | The redesigned 2004 Vitara sport wagon is expected to share GM’s Theta platform, which also is the basis of the 2002 Saturn Vue sport wagon. | | | The automaker could give the Theta-based sport wagon a different name and import the Vitara and Grand Vitara from Japan, allowing the company to offer a compact sport wagon and a sport-utility. |
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| | Saabnet.com: General BB Post: Saabs in Car and Driver |
| | It suggested that the 9-5 X would be a 2007 model, would be built on the GM Theta platform (same as the Saturn VUE and the Chevy Equinox), and may be built in a Daewoo plant in Korea. | | | According to CandD, the Subaru B9 Tribeca, which was going to spawn the 9-6 X, was determined to need too many modifications to be able to adapt a diesel for the European market. |
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| | 2006 Pontiac Torrent Road Test |
| | Mark Bilek Torrent, like Equinox, is another example of GM's half-baked product plan. | | | The vehicle is the right size, has lots of innovative features, and is well put together. | | | Your steering is numb, without any feel, A corner requires copious turns of the wheel. |
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http://auto.consumerguide.com/Auto/New/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/38883/Act/Roadtest
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| | '06 Redesgined Grand Vitara (Production Photos) |
| | But it does look like the future Zooks are going the way of the car based ute for sure. | | | It is a shame that they will use GM influence to come up with another hybrid. | | | The Ascender is built on the larger platform that sits under GM's TrailBlazer and Envoy. |
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http://bbs.zuwharrie.com/content/topic,12508.msg109162.html
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| | Plans Progressing |
| | For Suzuki, the new vehicle utilizes General Motors Corp.'s Theta platform (Saturn Vue, Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent) and replaces the aging XL-7 flagship, which started life as a stretched Grand Vitara SUV with body-on-frame construction. | | | The current XL-7 is made in Iwata, Japan, near Hamamatsu, but the decision to employ GM's Theta platform made it possible for Suzuki to use its only North American manufacturing facility, CAMI International Inc., a joint venture with GM in Ingersoll, Ont., Canada, that builds the 5-passenger Equinox and Torrent. | | | The as-yet-unnamed new vehicle is Suzuki's first true midsize utility vehicle, says Hirotaka Ono, SMC board member-overseas marketing. |
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| | Spy Photos: 2007 Suzuki SUV, More Theta Badge Engineering - Jalopnik |
| | According to The Car Connection, which has procured the first spy shots we’ve seen of Suzuki& newest SUV, it’ll be bigger than the Grand Vitara and ride on the Theta platform Suzuki developed with partner GM. | | | That means the unnamed joint will share underpinnings with the Pontiac Torrent, Chevy Equinox and upcoming next-gen Saturn Vue. | | | Spy Photos: 2007 Suzuki SUV, More Theta Badge Engineering |
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| | Waypath - Topic Stream: Cars > German Cars |
| | ET by Dr. Woo Carlos: Yes, the new A-platform VW cars are significantly larger. | | | VW Brand Group chief Wolfgang Bernhard has committed to cutting warranty costs by more than $580 million by 2008 as part of the company s drive to boost profits... |
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