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So would this be a conversion/coachbuilder or would GM be offering a true replacement for the Astrovan? 189615[/snapback] It's a conversion body based on the two-door chassis-cab, built by a third party but orderable through GM Fleet, something like a panel-van. You can find it in the 2007 MY Fleet guide.

Oh yes. The 6.0 L V12 Biturbo M275 AMG produces 604 hp and 738 lb-ft. Peugeot's 5.5 L V12 diesel produces 690 hp and 885 lb-ft, but that is primarily a racing engine itended to beat Audi's 641 hp, 810 lb-ft racing V12.

www.carfolio.com Far from exhaustive but a useful compendium of specs for vehicles from a wide period and provenance.

Not the last Rodeo either. The original Rodeo.

Ven must be thinking "Man, that looks dark for 9 pm." Pretty much all of North Dakota, Montana, Washington, a big chunk of Minnesota, and part of Michigan and even Maine are just as far north. Which begs the question - who on C&G lives further from the equator? Any advances on 47 deg 30 minutes?

So it is. Not as old as I thought.

If you can make the switch then I'd recommend you do so, if not for the environment, then just to put the squeeze on big oil.

My mistake. The Victorian government did offer a state funeral. I believe Irwin however was offered a state funeral by more than one Australian government.

Curiously Brock was competing in an Australian replica of the Daytona coupe designed by the other (older) Peter Brock. Naturally this version was based on the powertrain of the Holden Monaro.

I have to disagree with JamesB. Despite our own interests far more Aussies knew about and respected Steve Irwin than they did Peter Brock, even if they only knew him as the "Croc Hunter". Irwin was also a more recent celebrity than Brockie and thus more in the public mind. Brock will be a great loss to the motoring community and Holden in particular, but will not be mourned as widely as Irwin. I doubt a state funeral will even be offered. On another note this will be another, potentially devastating, blow road racing after the Targa Tasmania accident when a car plowed into spectators.

Errr, wrong Peter Brock, or perhaps simply the wrong Daytona Coupe replica. http://borland.netvelocity.com.au/about/daytona.php Datyona Sports Cars Pty Ltd has a domain, but no current site. "Richard Bendell's Daytona Cobra Coupe, based aesthetically on the Shelby original, runs a MoTeC equipped LS6 engine and Tremec close ratio gearbox, and competes in Marque Sports and Rally races."

Check it again. This is effectively for replacement parts. or badges that someone else may think it cool to put on, say, a Solstice or Camaro.

Is this April again? http://www.dimoramotorcar.com/

They used to, before the socialists deliberately killed the french industry. This is as big as, and in some measurements bigger than, a Mercedes CL-Class.

As a concept it is probably not based on any platform. They don't have to meet any regulations and are usually only one-offs, often assembled by outside contractors. Something put together just for this project or a handy available chassis will do. This is merely a styling exercise which may hint at a future compact Chevy being developed by Daewoo on the new European Global Compact Architecture (also known as Global Delta). It helps if you consider Delta not as an solid structural design but rather a set of objectives or design parameters, such as "transverse 4-cylinder powertrain, compact footprint etc.), for which the European Architecture Development Team will provide a specification and common structural components; from which Daewoo (and later Opel) will then develop vehicles around.

That depends on whether there will be a three-door Chevrolet hatch elsewhere. While Opel (and thus potentially Saturn) has the Astra GTC, the 3-door Optra has not eventuated, despite being shown to Korean media; and as you can see this concept is another 5-door like the Optra5/Reno.

It's just the big wheels. Allowing 4" for the massive front wing it would be about the same size as the 5-door Astra or European Civic. Larger 5-doors tend to be fastbacks.

It's a little smaller than the Jeep Compass, a little lower than a Hyundai Tucson, and a lot lower than the Element. Most compact crossovers are either much smaller (Ford Ecosport etc.) or bigger. Since the Focus in question a fastback rather than a 2-box hatch the Qashqai is closer in size to small compact wagons such as the Vibe and Spectra5 than a regular 5-door compact.

Errr, this is the WTCC race version. Expect to delete the agressive wings, ground effects and extended arches from the production Global Compact. The US version (if even related) is also unlikely to be a 5-door hatch. (PS NOS, those images won't load here unless they're in your cache. Better get the originals from GM).

Zurich/Paris — An athlete takes centre stage: The exciting racecar study WTCC Ultra will be the highlight of the Chevrolet Europe presentation at the Paris Motor Show from September 30 to October 15, 2006. The ready-to-drive concept car was developed by a GM team around the globe. It is the optical vision of a new touring car generation and takes the Chevrolet body language to the extreme. The compact Chevrolet WTCC Ultra (length/width/height: 4,325/1,905/1,570 mm) will celebrate its world premiere on the Chevrolet stand in Hall 5.2 of the Expo in Paris. http://auto-report.net/WordPress/?p=221#more-221 The WTCC Ultra will be the focal point of the Chevrolet stand in Hall 5 at the Paris Expo, and is much more than just a styling study. For beneath the bold, muscular exterior, styled by 25-year old designer Ewan Kingsbury, is a fully working vehicle, that's not just ready for the road, but raring to go on the racetrack. The concept clearly illustrates Chevrolet's commitment to using GM's global resources. Kingsbury himself works for GM in Australia, while development work on the concept was carried out in the UK, Germany and Switzerland. The Ultra's engine was built in Korea, and the prototype was assembled in Japan. It's equipped with a 190 PS common rail turbodiesel engine, based on the 2.0 litre unit that will debut in the Captiva SUV and Lacetti models next year, and unlike most motor show styling studies is a fully-working vehicle, with performance to rival high performance petrol cars. The concept exists as a vision of a new generation of World Touring Cars, and follows on from the success of Chevrolet's WTCC race team, which took its second victory of the season earlier this month at Brno in the Czech Republic. British driver Rob Huff successfully held off championship leader Andy Priaulx in his BMW, and set the fastest lap time, to lead from the first lap.

More powerful yes, but ethanol doesn't have the energy-density of gasoline, so mileage and range will never be as good. However ethanol and bio-diesel are 100% guaranteed to replace gasoline at some point in the future, especially for people who like the sound and performance characteristics of an ICE, no matter how readily available fuel cells and hydrogen become.

Astro Body is a van body for the Colorado and Canyon.

Once again the sweepspear was the sweeping "spear" of chrome along the side of some Buicks, not the windowline mirroring the shape of the fender which was common to many cars around the world in the '50s and '60s.

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