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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. The system replaced the starter motor and alternator with a belt-driven motor/generator rig that generated five horsepower and 48 pound-feet. The Vue's platform outlived Saturn and still lives today, though.

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EcoCAR 3 competition to use Chevy Camaro as base vehicle

Green Car Congress

General Motors is continuing its partnership with the US Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory for the EcoCAR 3 collegiate advanced vehicle technology competition. Colorado State University. and will donate a Chevrolet Camaro to each one of the 16 universities that were recently selected for the exclusive competition.

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

The Truth About Cars

Things were unsettled around the far-flung GM Empire during the second half of the 2000s, to put it mildly, and North American Suzuki dealers were moving a significant amount of Daewoo-built iron in the immediate aftermath of Daewoo Motor America's demise. 2009 Suzuki Equator in Colorado wrecking yard.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

Green Car Congress

General Motors. Chevrolet truck sales increased 27%, led by increases by Silverado, Suburban, Avalanche, Colorado, HHR and Equinox. Non-core brand sales declined when compared with June as Pontiac dipped 7%; Saturn was down 21%, and HUMMER and Saab declined 26%. American Honda Motor Co., Monthly sales of hybrids.