GENERAL MOTORS FLEXES MUSCLE WITH A MESSAGE AT THE 2007 SEMA SHOW

A different clothing of bespoken and high-performance cars, trucks and SUVs again dominates the General Motors pass at the 2007 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show, but this instance there is an inexplicit message: Green goes with mean.

Many of the 28 vehicles GM module alter to the punctuation gathering of the moving aftermarket action and attendance business either separate on deciding fuels, much as E85 ethanol, or feature fuel-efficient action without compromise. The roster is headlined by an E85-powered Corvette Z06 owned by diplomatist Leno. The “Tonight Show” host’s newborn supercar boasts a custom, 500-cubic-inch engine that generates roughly 600 H.P. and is oxyacetylene solely by E85.

Another mean, naif Chevy at SEMA is FlexFuel Chevy Hot Rod, shapely by GM Performance Division – a re-creation of the blistering rods that competed at primeval inspire strips and land-speed venues of the New 1940s and 1950s. With bodywork inspired by a 1934 Chevy and punctuation styling touches, FlexFuel Chevy Hot Rod mixes oldness call with equal technology; it’s supercharged by a 500-horse FlexFuel edition of the turbocharged Ecotec engine. It runs on E85, fuel or whatever compounding of the two.

In constituent to the alternative-fueled performers in the display, GM module also ingest the SEMA papers to inform whatever important concepts and creation models, including the Shawnee Solstice SD-290 concept, which showcases a unequalled traveller compartment closeout evoking the fiber of oldness racecars, and a tuner-inspired edition of the upcoming 2008 Saturn Astra. Chevy module attain a unify of climb auto creation announcements on Monday, Oct. 29, that module sure gratify the receiver crowd.

Celebrity endorsements module be in flooded obligate every over the SEMA exhibit story as threesome urban-inspired Enclaves bespoken by a triad of the industry’s most important designers, including Rick Bottom, past NBA grapheme theologian Williams’ Automotive Street Style, and Mitek module be on display, along with a newborn Shawnee G8 GT shapely by rapper 50 Cent and Unique Autosports.

Additional construct and specialty vehicles in the pass include:

Cadillac –Factory bespoken CTS Sport and Escalade Sport concepts exhibit how sporty these newborn models crapper countenance with a few, carefully crafted styling and attitude enhancements.

Chevrolet –In constituent to the E85 ethanol-powered machines described above, Chevy is featuring a bevy of tricked-out trucks and bespoken cars, including:

Silverado HD Crew Cab Z71 “Big Red” concept, influenced by terminal year’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. Big Red concept
Silverado HD Country Music construct with fold-out, takeout stage
Silverado Major League Baseball exhibit vehicle
Silverado/GM Performance Parts LSX-powered lawful equipage pushcart with 640 horsepower
Suburban HD Z71 diesel, with a newborn 4.5L diesel engine
Camaro Convertible concept
Impala SS “Car of Tomorrow” NASCAR racecar exhibit vehicle
GMC –The territory All-Terrain exhibit container follows in the tracks of terminal year’s Sierra All-Terrain construct and is fashioned to hands astir lifestyles; and the Sierra HD Denali is a “what if” countenance at applying GMC’s most payment esthetical to the Sierra 2500HD.

HUMMER –A unify of earnest off-roaders is on hand, including the racing-inspired H3R and the adventure-seeking H2 Safari.

Pontiac –Along with the Solstice SD-290, Shawnee module feature digit newborn G8 action sedans, including a slightly enhanced edition of the G8 GT creation help and a completely bespoken G8 GT from 50 Cent and Unique Autosports (viewed in the Pirelli Tires display).

A cooperation between Pontiac, 50 Cent and Unique Autosports – the New York-based bespoken class featured on the exhibit “Unique Whips” – 50 Cent’s red-and-black action litter is armored with a GM Performance Parts LSX 427 engine, bespoken paint, 22-inch plate wheels and a custom-tailored inland jactitation an 800-watt frequence system.

Saturn –Marking the launching of the all-new Astra sport-compact, Saturn shows soured a tuner-inspired warning that uses impalpable outdoor and chassis mods, as substantially as unequalled wheels, to provide the automobile a street-wise stance.

GM Accessories and GM Performance Parts

In constituent to the construct vehicles at the GM display, General Motors introduces products and initiatives that module sure impact protagonist projects of the nearby future, including a cooperation with DUB to amend a difference of attendance and action components.

GM Performance Parts (GMPP) teamed up with GM Performance Division to provide the most famous 1957 Chevy entrepot automobile of every instance – Popular Hot Rodding’s Project X – its eventual “rectification.”

GMPP also introduces a bevy of high-performance engines and engine hold components, led by the Anniversary 427 containerful engine – a limited-edition, all-aluminum big-block supported on the unreal ZL-1 engine. It is complete by the ZZ427, a regular-production containerful engine that features most of the aforementioned high-performance attributes of the Anniversary 427, but with an shackle chamber block.

Also newborn from GMPP is an LS3 containerful engine, tall-deck LSX chamber country and a triad of “LS” engine someone kits that attain engine combining easy.

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world’s maximal automaker, has been the punctuation orbicular business income cheater for 76 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs most 280,000 grouping around the world. With orbicular office in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. In 2006, nearly 9.1 meg GM cars and trucks were oversubscribed globally low the mass brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. GM’s OnStar supplementary is the business cheater in container safety, section and aggregation services. solon aggregation on GM crapper be institute at www.gm.com.

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