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The latest rumor from GM's rear-drive pipeline pegs the Pontiac version of the new, zeta-platform Camaro as a Firebird, not a GTO as had been reported. This from a guy who knows a guy. For what that's worth. [GM Inside News]


Next-Generation GTO Could Be a Four-Door Coupe

Edmunds Inside Line is reporting a new GTO could be ready by mid-2008, possibly as a (wait for it) four-door coupe. Pontiac has yet to decide on where the new model would be assembled — and what role GM's Holden division will play. What...


GM Rethinking Rear-Drive, Zeta Platform

What's better than a competitor's success to change a company's tact? Its own. GM's Zeta platform, about which the company has been teasing us with visions of new, rear-drive Camaros and Buick Grand Nationals, may be getting yet another look by GM...


Frankenstein Continues To Go Greek: GM's New RWD Platform To Be Named Alpha, Get Pieces Of Kappa And Zeta

According to the Road which bends in a Winding manner, the General's set to debut a new small-to-medium-size vehicle platform that the automaker's calling "Alpha." They're claiming the new franken-platform's going to incorporate pieces of the...


Report: Buick Velite Convertible to Join Zeta Party Fashionably Late

If you've been wearing out the old cardigan waiting for a new convertible based on the 2004 Buick Velite concept, you'll want to hold on 'till decade's end. That's when Buick will likely get its rear-drive droptop, says one GM prez, reports Car...


More on GM's Zeta Lite Platform, New Rear-Wheel-Drive Models

According to an article in Automobile, there's a possible new twist on GM's plans for a new generation of rear-wheel-drive muscle cars. Pontiac's five-year scheme appears to include producing one such car as a 2010 model. The article dovetails...


General Motors Death Watch: Zeta Platform Killed

General Motors announced today it is x-ing out plans to bring a new line of cars based on its rear-wheel-drive Zeta platform to North America. The move, which will reportedly free resources aimed at speeding to market a new line of full-sized...


Will Pontiac Go With the Screaming Chicken or the Goat?

Will dealerships resemble flaming aviaries or well-gnawed gardens when Pontiac gets its own version of the Zeta-platform coupe? It sounds like the GM division's leaning toward another iteration of the GTO moniker, according to Car and Driver....


The Camaro Is An Aussie Brickhouse: The New 2006 Holden Commodore VE SS

Pssst. Want to see the next Camaro, GTO, Impala SS, Buick Grand National, etc., etc.? No can do. But we can show you those upcoming (and prospective) cars' closest Australian relative. It's the new VE Commodore from The General's Aussie...


2011 Buick Lucerne With Rear-Wheel Drive Is Not Dead Yet

Automakers are gnashing their teeth over how to deal with the second malaise era looming over us like an 800 lb gorilla with a stolen banana. The General's combatting the murky fog by playing switcheroo with some of its product plans —...


GM's Midsize Rear-Drivers Due in 2010

Hey kids, it's time to start those drifting lessons. A report from the Line that is anything but external says new rear-drive midsize cars from GM are on the way. General Motors will launch a range of such cars based on its new Alfa platform in...