General Motors and SAIC to jointly develop small engine and dual clutch transmission

General Motors has reached an agreement with one of its primary Chinese partners, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp. (SAIC), on the joint development of powertrains for small vehicles.

GM and SAIC will develop and produce a family of four-cylinder engines ranging from 1.0- to 1.5-liters with direct injection and turbocharging. The GTDI engines should cut fuel consumption by around 20 percent compared to similarly-sized engines with equivalent output.

The engine will be used in GM and SAIC vehicles in China and around the world, and to go along with the new engine, the partners will also develop a small dual-clutch transmission that should provide a 10 percent boost in efficiency over current six-speed torque converter automatics. Work on the engine and transmission will occur at GM's powertrain engineering center in Pontiac, MI and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center in Shanghai.

GM has yet to announced when the new powertrains will debut in production, but mid-2011 is a safe bet.

[Source: General Motors]

The American car market starts to be restored

The financial crisis which has burst in the world markets about two years ago, has struck notable blow practically to all industries.

The American car market leaves crisis

The US car market became one of the most suffered branches: following the results of last year sales of cars in the USA have fallen to a 27-year-old minimum.
However gradually the economic is restored from crisis. Also motor-car manufacturers who operate with 10 percentage growth of the American car market following the results of 2010 more optimistically look ahead.

Moreover, this week General Motors, along with Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., have informed, that are going to increase manufacture volumes in the USA. Now instead of a suspension of factories and dismissal of employees more and more autoconcerns start to come back gradually to pre-crisis levels of production.

The automobile branch is restored

Though, of course, now heads of autoconcerns do not hurry up to give optimistical forecasts. According to former economist GM, it is normal reaction to crisis. «Affairs and during recession of the beginning of 90th years of the last century similarly were», — he speaks. However, thus the expert adds, that it is required to the American autoindustry couple of years to return on pre-crisis levels of production of cars.

«This branch is restored, but slow enough rates», — the expert considers. By estimations of former economist GM, sales volumes of new cars in the USA will grow following the results of 2010 to 12 million units. In 2011 in States it will be already realised an order of 13 million cars, and in 2012 — about 15 million piece.
Such sales volumes aloud above indicators of 2009 when number of the cars sold in the USA it was reduced to 20% to 10,4 million units.

2011 Chevrolet Camaro

Company General Motors has made decision to begin a batch production of the most powerful updating of coupe Chevrolet Camaro — Z28.

As informs site Camaro5 referring to several top-managers of a motor-car manufacturer, on the conveyor such car will rise after the open version which release will begin spring of 2011. We will notice, that working out Z28 is already finished, however earlier the concern did not have means for end of tests, operational development and model start in a series.

As it was informed earlier, under a cowl "charged" Camaro there will be an eight-cylinder 6,2-litre engine with the mechanical supercharger, developing 556 h.p. and working together with a six-step mechanical or automatic transmission. It is expected, that with such power-plant of a coupe it can be dispersed from zero to 96 km/h for 3,9 seconds and pass a mile quarter approximately for 12 seconds.

The most powerful version Chevrolet Camaro will receive a new cowl with the big air inlet, executed in style of "cine" car Bumblebee from the second part of a film «Transformers», other lattice of a radiator, 20-inch wheel disks, a new back spoiler and, probably, any drawings on a body, like "racing" strips.

It is expected, that Camaro Z28 it will be made by the limited circulation, however the exact number of copies is not specified yet.

Citroen prepares "the computer supercar"

Company Citroen plans to start in manufacture "the computer supercar" GT which has appeared for the first time in game GranTurismo 5 for platform PlayStation 3, and the full-size breadboard model of the given car has been presented subsequently on the international motor show in Geneva in 2008.

As informs British edition Autocar referring to not named high-ranking sources in a motor-car manufacturer, all it will be collected six copies of this car, the permission to which release has already been given by the director for products and marketing Citroen.

It is expected, that the serial version of supercar Citroen GT will keep many lines of a prototype, including a futuristic design and some elements of a hi-tech interior. What power-plant will be used for this car yet not informed, however according to some information, the novelty will receive the eight-cylinder 500-strong motor of company Ford or GM. More detailed information about commodity Citroen GT will appear during car presentation on September automobile show in Frankfurt.

According to Autocar, cost Citroen GT will make about 1,1 million pounds sterling (about 1,3 million euro).

It is necessary to notice, that the "computer" version a superpenalty has been equipped by type doors "a wing of a seagull", 21-inch wheel disks, active aerodynamic elements and a hybrid power-plant on fuel cells.

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Daewoo G2X The Korean style of the Saturn Sky Roadster -

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Daewoo G2X on GM’s Korean accessory apparent the G2X auto at the Busan International Motor Appearance (April 28 until May 7). Besides the name, the Daewoo G2X is identical to the Saturn Sky Auto & the Opel GT Roadster.

Like its American brother, the two-seater G2X appearance a 177 horsepower, 2.4-liter engine. Equipped with a five-speed chiral transmission, the G2X hopes to allure burghal drivers in the 21-35 age bracket, a business official at the auto appearance said.

Pricing capacity were still actuality set and the archetypal is accepted to hit showrooms aural months, according to Korean officials.

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