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GM Reveals 2011 Buick Regal for US; Two Gasoline Direct-Injection I-4s for Sport Sedan

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

GM is revealing the 2011 Buick Regal sport sedan to customers in the Los Angeles area today. The new Regal, drawing on work on the award-winning Opel Insignia, will offer two gasoline direct-injection engines and is directly targeted at competitors such as the Acura TSX and Volvo S60. The 2011 Buick Regal. Tags: Brief.

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Buick Regal GS Show Car Features Tuned Turbo 2.0L Direct-Injection Ecotec

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2010

GM is introducing the Buick Regal GS show car at the North American International Auto Show this week. We designed the Regal GS to explore the appeal of a high-performance variant of the Regal. We designed the Regal GS to explore the appeal of a high-performance variant of the Regal. The Regal GS show car.

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GM to Invest $20M in Bay City Powertrain Facility for Ecotec Engines

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2010

The Ecotec is GM’s highest volume, most-advanced four-cylinder engine program and powers products such as the Chevrolet Malibu and Equinox, the Buick LaCrosse and new Regal, and the GMC Terrain. Tags: Brief. Direct fuel injection has been a feature of many Ecotec engines since 2007.

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GM to Spend $483M to Increase Ecotec Capacity at Spring Hill Plant

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

with direct injection (DI) is found in the Equinox, Terrain, LaCrosse, Buick Regal, Chevrolet Captiva (Mexico) and Daewoo Alpheon (Korea). DI Turbo is used in models of the Opel Insignia (Europe), Buick LaCrosse (China), and Regal. Tags: Brief. The Ecotec 2.0L The Ecotec 2.4L

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GM Debuts First Turbo Direct Injection Powertrain in a China-Built Product

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2009

The Buick New Regal 2.0 The new powertrain gives New Regal buyers a choice of three engines. The New Regal intermediate sedan was introduced in China in December 2008. Tags: Brief. The new-generation 2.0-liter

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GM China Buick Production

Regal Resources Signs Farm-in Agreement to Advance Commercialization of Underground Coal to Liquids Process

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Regal Resources Limited, an Australia-based developer of an Underground Coal to Liquids (UCTL) process to convert low rank brown/coal lignite into hydrocarbon and gas products ( earlier post ), has signed a Farm-In Agreement with Greenpower Energy Limited through its wholly owned subsidiary MOL Gippsland Pty Ltd (MOL). Tags: Brief.

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Coal Commercial Water Convert

GM highlights 32-bit Freescale microprocessor in Buick Regal direct injection engine control module

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The 2011 Buick Regal’s direct injection Ecotec 2.0L Basic component set of the Buick Regal’s 2.0L There are 12 controllers interacting with the ECM on the 2011 Buick Regal including transmission, body, climate, and brake controllers. Tags: Engines Vehicle Systems. MPC5566 Block Diagram. Source: Freescale.

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Buick GM Engine 2011

GM Canada Investing $245M in St. Catharines Powertrain Facility for Production of 6-Speed Transmissions

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2010

The plant will supply transmissions to both the CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll and the Oshawa Assembly Plant for the Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain and Buick Regal. Tags: Brief. The new transmission is based on the proven design of GM’s current Hydra-matic 6T40/45 transmission.

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GM and JVs Set New May Sales Mark in China

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

Buick was once again led by strong demand for the Excelle lower-medium family, and new LaCROSSE and New Regal upper-medium sedans, which had combined sales of about 40,000 units. Tags: Brief. In just its fifth month on the market, the New Sail small car from Chevrolet registered sales of 7,616 units. to 105,395 units.

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SAIC Posts 57% Sales Increase in 2009 to Reach 2.72M Units

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2010

The new Regal, new Passat, new LaCrosse, Hao Rui and other launch vehicle enjoyed steadily climbing sales. Tags: Brief. Shanghai-Volkswagen posted vehicle sales of 728,000 units, an increase of 48.6%; Shanghai GM achieved sales of 727,000 units, an increase of 58.7%; SAIC-GM-Wuling sold 1.065 million, an increase of 63.7%.

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2009 Sale Li-ion 2010

GM’s Sales in China Surpass 1.5 Million Units

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Sales of both the Buick New Regal and new Buick LaCROSSE topped 6,000 units in October, while the Buick Excelle surpassed sales of 1 million units since its introduction in 2003. Tags: Brief. The passenger car joint venture sold 68,505 vehicles domestically in October, which represented an increase of 109.7

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China Sale Buick Minivan

Regal Resources Secures Funding for Underground Coal-to-Liquids Pilot Test

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2009

Australia-based Regal Resources has secured commitments to raise A$5.2 Regal will seek to acquire Magma Limited, the holder of UCTL patents via the issue of 100 million shares and 50 million unlisted 6 cent options. Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL). Process flow sketch for UCTL demonstration unit. Click to enlarge. million (US$3.7

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Coal Water Oil 2008

Shanghai GM Aims to Reduce Fuel Consumption 15%, Improve Performance 14% by 2015; New Engines, Prototype New Sail Electric Vehicle

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2010

The Buick New Regal 2.0L, Buick New Regal 1.6T, Chevrolet New Sail 1.2L Tags: China Electric (Battery) Engines Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins. The efficient S6 automatic transmission has also been adopted in several premium and luxury models. These products offer improved fuel efficiency of between 8% and 13%.

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GM 2015 Buick Engine

General Motors continues incredible growth in China

Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2010

Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Latest news general motors Buick Buick Excelle Buick LaCROSSE Buick New Regal Cadillac Chevrolet Cruze Chevrolet Epica Chevrolet New Sail China FAW-GM GM China SAIC-GM-Wuling Shanghai GM. The company, along with its joint ventures, posted record sales in May buoyed by strong demand for the Chevrolet brand.

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GM enjoys record breaking year in China

Green Cars News

JANUARY 4, 2010

Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Latest news general motors Buick LaCROSSE Buick New Regal Chevrolet Cruze Chevrolet Lova Chevrolet Spark FAW-GM GM GM sales GM sales in China Shanghai GM SIAC-GM Wuling. GM and its joint ventures in the country announced that their domestic sales in jumped by a massive 66.9

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General Motors continues to thrive in China

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

It finished the month number one in sales among domestic passenger car manufacturers with sales of both the Buick New Regal and the new Buick LaCROSSE topping 6,000 units over the course of the month. Enjoying particularly strong sales numbers is Shanghai GM, with sales up 46.5

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EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

During his stay, Jerry regaled us with tales of his adventures with Spirit. Tags: EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA. Jerry and Spirit stayed with my Wife Andi, my daughter Mary and me this weekend. While he visited, we offered him use of an outlet which enabled him to charge up and get 100 MPG for his ride into town.

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GM Sales in China Up 66.9% in 2009 to All-Time High

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2010

Further contributing to the resurgence of Buick in China were the New Regal, which generated sales of 79,930 units, and the new LaCROSSE, which generated sales of 43,429 units in just six months on the market. Tags: Brief. The Excelle, which sold 241,109 units, remained the brand’s bestseller for the sixth consecutive year.

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2009 GM China Sale

GM Sales in China Increase 49.6% in First Eight Months to More Than 1.1M Units; Record Sales in August, Up 112.7%

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Sales of the new Buick LaCROSSE totaled 7,887 units in its second month on the market, while sales of the Chevrolet Cruze reached 9,812 units in its fifth month on the market and sales of the Buick New Regal exceeded 7,000 units for the third consecutive month. Tags: Brief. percent from last August to 88,711 units.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Studebaker Lark VIII Deluxe 4-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

The firewall tag says it's a 59V Deluxe, which the Standard Catalog describes as being built only for "special order sales, Marshal sales, fleet sales and sales outside the United States." The MSRP on the 1959 Lark VIII Regal 4-door sedan was $2,310, which comes to about $24,043 in 2023 dollars.

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GM China Sales Rise 38.0% in 1H09 to 814,442 Units

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

Sales of the Excelle lower-medium sedan remained solid at 115,877 units and sales of the New Regal continued to build since its introduction in December to 35,729 units in the first half. Tags: Brief.

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GM China Sale Minivan

GM Sales in China Achieve Best July Ever; Up 77.7% Year-on-Year

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2009

The total sales of the new LaCrosse and the new Regal in the upper-medium segment exceeded 10,000 units in July. Tags: Brief. Both Buick and Chevrolet set calendar year-to-date sales records. The new Buick LaCrosse set a strong early pace with 3,787 units sold in its first two weeks in the market. increase over July last year.

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GM China Sale Minivan

Hyundai Adds a Twin-Scroll Turbo to Sonata

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Buick Regal. Tags: Engines. Turbocharging and GDI are part of “Hyundai Blue Drive,” the company’s environmental initiative to continue industry leadership in fuel efficiency and sustainability. Comparison of Sonata 2.0T and Competition. Sonata 2.0T. Ford Fusion Sport V6. Chevy Malibu V6. Toyota Camry V6. Honda Accord V6.

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Hyundai Exhaust Waste Fuel Economy

GM Reveals 2011 Buick Regal for US; Two Gasoline Direct-Injection I-4s for Sport Sedan

Buick Regal GS Show Car Features Tuned Turbo 2.0L Direct-Injection Ecotec

GM to Invest $20M in Bay City Powertrain Facility for Ecotec Engines

GM to Spend $483M to Increase Ecotec Capacity at Spring Hill Plant

GM Debuts First Turbo Direct Injection Powertrain in a China-Built Product

Regal Resources Signs Farm-in Agreement to Advance Commercialization of Underground Coal to Liquids Process

GM highlights 32-bit Freescale microprocessor in Buick Regal direct injection engine control module

GM Canada Investing $245M in St. Catharines Powertrain Facility for Production of 6-Speed Transmissions

GM and JVs Set New May Sales Mark in China

SAIC Posts 57% Sales Increase in 2009 to Reach 2.72M Units

GM’s Sales in China Surpass 1.5 Million Units

Regal Resources Secures Funding for Underground Coal-to-Liquids Pilot Test

Shanghai GM Aims to Reduce Fuel Consumption 15%, Improve Performance 14% by 2015; New Engines, Prototype New Sail Electric Vehicle

General Motors continues incredible growth in China

GM enjoys record breaking year in China

General Motors continues to thrive in China

EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA

GM Sales in China Up 66.9% in 2009 to All-Time High

GM Sales in China Increase 49.6% in First Eight Months to More Than 1.1M Units; Record Sales in August, Up 112.7%

Junkyard Find: 1959 Studebaker Lark VIII Deluxe 4-Door Sedan

GM China Sales Rise 38.0% in 1H09 to 814,442 Units

GM Sales in China Achieve Best July Ever; Up 77.7% Year-on-Year

Hyundai Adds a Twin-Scroll Turbo to Sonata

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