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Saturn Sky

The 2007 Saturn Sky is a nice new front-engine rear-wheel-drive roadster. The quite small engine delivers 177 bhp which takes the light car from 0 to 60 mph in just over 7 seconds.

GM Reports High Demand for 2006 Pontiac Solstice and 2007 Saturn Sky Roadsters

General Motors may build more Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters, Automotive News reported, citing Robert Lutz, GM’s vice chairman and global vice president of product development.

With orders for the low-slung two-seater backed up for several months, Lutz said, “It’s become clear that we need considerably more capacity… we are certainly studying a capacity increase.”

Demand for the Pontiac Solstice is at 35,000 units a year, Lutz told Automotive News. The Sky roadster is sold out through the end of the year and in some regions well into next year, Jill Lajdziak, Saturn’s general manager, said at a recent press event.

GM builds the Solstice, Sky and Opel GT at its Wilmington, Delaware plant. Opel has not yet launched the GT.

BMW Coupe Mille Miglia

BMW unveiled a concept car that evokes the styling of the company’s 1940 328 Coupe, uses modern racing technology and aerodynamics, and has the soul of the company’s latest road coupe, the Z4 M Coupe. Like modern sports and racing cars, the Concept Coupe Mille Miglia’s underbody incorporates modern aerodynamic techniques.

Higher Fuel Prices Spurring Honda To Spend Big On Small Cars

Because gasoline prices are topping $3 a gallon, Honda is back in its element.

CEO Takeo Fukui, investing aggressively in small cars and fuel-saving engines, is planning a clean diesel, a new hybrid car and a new assembly plant in the United States.

Honda’s plans suggest it wants to reclaim the industry’s eco-friendly high ground. No more will Toyota Motor Corp., with its popular Prius hybrid, go unchallenged as the world’s greenest carmaker.

Worldwide, the average Honda vehicle sold in 2010 will emit 5 percent less carbon dioxide than today, Fukui said last week at a press conference. That follows a 5 percent cut achieved from 2000 to 2005.
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Cool C-Buggy Concept Car From Citroën

C-Buggy is a small off-roader with a strong personality and original architecture.
A rough-and-tumble two-seater, the C-Buggy looks like a beach-ready cross between the Lotus 340R and Nissan Urge. Like those two sports cars, the little Citroën has open bodywork on its flanks, and it even shares the Urge’s yellow and silver color scheme.

Hummer H1 Gets Honorable Discharge

General Motors says its Hummer H1 - the big ute derived directly from the military Humvee - will end its sales run this summer. After a 14-year stretch on sale, under parent company AM General and later, GM’s newly minted Hummer division, the H1 sold for upward of $100,000-$140,000, attracting celebrity customers from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Missy Elliott.

GM has sold about 12,000 H1s, and plans to introduce more new models based on the full-size H2 and midsize H3 sport-utes to continue the brand’s off-road assault.