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• RIP: Chevrolet kills Monte Carlo

  In Chevrolet, GM / 28 February 2007 / 1 comment

  

  A member of the GM Inside News forum posted today that he received an email from General Motors announcing the end of the Monte Carlo. We rang up the General for confirmation and received word [...]

• Mercedes SL-Class Sports Package

  In Daimler-Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz / 28 February 2007 / 0 comments

  

  Mercedes Benz has released a new sports package for its SL-Class that includes styling enhancements both inside and out plus a few minor modifications to the car’s intake system and transmission programming. Setting apart cars [...]

• Geneva Preview: 2008 Jaguar XJ

  In FoMoCo, Geneva, Jaguar / 28 February 2007 / 0 comments

  

  Jaguar will be unveiling a freshened XJ at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show next week, which it hopes will help the large luxury sedan stay relevant until its replacement reportedly arrives in 2010. The changes [...]

• Chrysler and China’s Chery agrees to collaborate on small cars

  In Chery, Daimler-Chrysler, Dodge / 28 February 2007 / 0 comments

  

  DaimlerChrysler’s Supervisory Board today approved plans for a partnership with China’s Chery Motor Company to develop affordable, small vehicles. The news follows the announcement of a preliminary agreement between the two companies in December. Under [...]

• GM vehicles to star in "Transformers"

  In GM / 27 February 2007 / 0 comments

  

  General Motors this week confirmed four of its vehicles will be the heroes of “Transformers,” the action-adventure movie from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in assciation with Hasbro, slated to debut July 4. The company [...]

• Geneva Preview: Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera

  In Geneva, Lamborghini / 27 February 2007 / 0 comments

  

  Italian supercar maker Lamborghini will showcase the new Gallardo Superleggera coupe at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Thanks to increased power (an additional 10 hp) and a 220-pound reduction in weight (154 pounds for [...]