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Officially Official: Fisker buys GM's Wilmington Delaware plant

In Wilmington, Delaware this morning, Governor Jack Markell was joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Henrik Fisker (seen at right) for the official announcement about the purchase of General Motors' closed plant there. Fisker will re-tool the plant to build a new, more affordable plug-in hybrid sedan to slot in below its more luxurious Karma. The goal is to have the model sell for under $40,000 after federal tax credits. The current schedule is to have the car in production by the end of 2012 with volumes getting up to 75,000-100,000 ... Read more →

REPORT: The Sky has a limit after all, as GM Kappa production ends Jonny Lieberman

Old saying: The flame that burns twice as bright burns only half as long. Having driven our share of Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters, we can't honestly declare them to be brightly ...

Rendered speculation: Chevrolet Sky-Volt? Sam Abuelsamid

One of the many unfortunate casualties of General Motors' financial apocalypse is the loss of the Kappa platform, the small, rear-wheel drive architecture underpinning the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn ...

Rumormill: GM kills the Kappa II platform Jonathon Ramsey

The ruthless pruning continues, with GM Inside News reporting that the rear-wheel-drive Kappa II platform has gone to heaven before ever touching this mortal coil. Back in 2004, a vehicle line ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Dongfeng Citroen C2 to wear Kappa threads Alex Nunez

Click above for photo gallery of the Dongfeng Citroën C2 Kappa Dongfeng Citroën will reportedly show a pair of cars adorned with graphics inspired by soccer/sport apparel manufacturer, ...

Rumor Mill: Next gen Pontiac G6 will be RWD 3 years ago on Autoblog

Rumors abound within the hallowed halls of General Motors as it prepares to go through a major transformation that will include products designed to make the world take notice. For a brand that was once deemed "damaged" by car guy Bob Lutz, Pontiac is destined to make a huge splash at the upcoming ...

V6 Corvette rumors are rumored to be true! 3 years ago on Autoblog

Rumors of a V6-powered Corvette model have been floating around for years but weren't taken very seriously until Motor Trend decided to spend some ink on it a few issues ago and predict the six-cylinder model would revive the "Sting Ray" name. The model would basically be a Chevy-branded version of ...






Autoblog Podcast #156: Paukert comes back for more! 

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

 
 

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