<VV> End Of GM Performance Division

[MSYVairs at aol.com]

This was in the "GM Inside News" section this morning.......
 
Have asked but have had no response yet from my contacts about future  
actions as it pertains to the Heritage Museum vehicles and in particular the  
Corvair's.
 
Bill "Swamp-Rat" Hadley
Baton Rouge,LA
 
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Breaking News: "V"  Series and "SS" Series Engineering Division Disbanded 
 
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Source: Automotive News special  email alert

Jamie LaReau - Automotive  News - February 18, 2009 - 5:05 pm ET 

DETROIT -- General Motors, focusing on  mainstream products in a battle to 
survive, has scrapped a unit that produced  high-performance vehicles. 

GM today  disbanded High Performance Vehicle Operations, which is based at 
the company's  suburban Detroit technical center, and redeployed its engineers, 
said spokesman  Vince Muniga.

"All high-performance projects are on indefinite hold,"  Muniga said. "The 
engineers are moving into different areas of the organization,  and they will 
work on Cadillacs, Buicks, Chevrolets and Pontiacs."

The unit created low-volume vehicles for  GM's divisions designed to appeal 
to enthusiasts and bolster the company's  image. Products included V-series 
Cadillacs and the Chevrolet Cobalt SS, HHR SS  and a V-8 version of the Colorado.

Muniga said there are no plans for high-performance versions of  upcoming 
cars.

The move is in the spirit  of GM's viability plan delivered to the U.S. 
Treasury Department on Tuesday. In  the plan, GM said its future-product focus is 
on fuel- efficient cars and  crossovers. It also pledged to increase its 
current offering of six hybrids to  14 by 2012 and to 26 by 2014. GM also boosted 
its request for federal aid by as  much as $16.6 billion.

The High Performance Vehicle Operations unit could be reinstated  once GM 
regains its financial health, GM's Muniga said.

"These guys are pretty good at what they  do," Muniga said, "They are moving 
into different areas to work on core  products."

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