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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Ford launched the Escape Hybrid as a 2005 model (its Mercury Mariner and Mazda Tribute siblings showed up a bit later), so The General had some catching up to do in the green-car department. Even with $4/gallon gas ($6.13

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Visitor remark: Automakers are lacking a chance to promote extra EVs to ladies

Baua Electric

Saturn introduced a internet order referred to as “Novel Adventures” that featured 4 ladies in a retain membership interacting with a special Saturn in each episode. GM discontinued the Saturn logo two years then.

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Chevrolet will NOT buy out Chevy dealerships if they don’t sell EVs

Teslarati

This is yet another reminder that GM can be a dysfunctional family of brands, to say the least (look at Saturn). But unlike GM’s main competitor, Ford, it is unclear how they will change their dealership system to remain competitive in the coming years. Chevrolet Bolts on a dealership parking lot.

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Pioneering Calif. broker Bert Boeckmann dies at 92

Baua Electric

He informed Automobile Information in 2013 that he joined Galpin Ford on the urging of a pal and in the long run wound up staying longer than his pal. I vowed to make it the most profitable Ford store in America, and we did. 21, 1930, in South Gate, Calif., Boeckmann didn’t to start with plan to develop into a automobile broker.

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 21% in November; New Vehicle Market Share of 2.7%

Green Car Congress

Ford came in a strong second in the monthly hybrid tally, with 2,361 units sold, up 73.5% Total Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales were down 0.2% Sales of the Saturn VUE mild hybrid were down 31% to 134 units, for 9.8% The Saturn Aura sold 29 units, down 17%, for 2.0% The GS hybrid posted 37 units, down 11.9%, for 6.2%

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US Hybrid Sales Down 45.5% in April

Green Car Congress

Reported sales of hybrids in the US reported by Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan dropped 45.5% year-on-year in April to 21,735, despite full month sales for the new Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan hybrids. Ford posted 1,134 units of the Escape and Mariner Hybrids, down 40.5% Monthly US sales of hybrids.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

In an odd marketing twist, the new Ford Mustang Mach-E is an all-new all-electric car, but wears a hugely iconic name that is nothing like traditional Mustangs except for its horse badge and vigorous powertrain. For our discussion, Saturn dealers were the delivery and service point for GM’s aborted first electric car, the EV1.

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