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Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for GM) Click to enlarge. Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product development, made the announcement during the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan. The new five-passenger crossover will build on the success GM has had with the Buick Enclave. Source: GM Click to enlarge.
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mpg) would increase Detroit automakers’ gross profits by roughly $3 billion per year and increase sales by the equivalent of two large assembly plans. mpg, but only 6% if standards remain at the mandated 35 mpg. If GM had followed its own market research results over the last three decades, they would not be in Chapter 11 today.
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