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GM Buckles To Jalopnik Pressure, Reveals Slightly Less Grainy Images Of Upcoming Lineup

UPDATE: We used the "GM Buckles" line for purposes of humor. They really didn't "officially release" these pictures. They're from the same video presentation we saw earlier in the week. Just a wee bit more clear than the last set.

The clamor of every auto enthusiast outlet on the face of this earth was apparently too much for GM. They've just released slightly less grainy shots of what we showed you first Tuesday afternoon — the vehicles "Slick" Rick Wagoner revealed at Tuesday's press conference. Apparently none of the assembled outlets were able to figure out how we got our mitts on those shots of the 2011 Chevy Cruze, 2010 Cadillac SRX, 2010 Chevy Equinox, 2010 Saab 9-4X and an unnamed Buick sedan for 2010 — and of course we're not planning on revealing our slightly silly source. But, thanks to their demand for access, we now get an ever-so-slightly better look at the purported saviors of the GM sales world. Have a gander.

Spy Photos

6:14 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Ray Wert
2,605 views, 63 comments

Latest by dfwguy: What is the current styling obsession with fake holes in the fender. Portholes belonged on a 1949 Buick, (IIRC they originated there); putting them on anything with a SAAB badge is just plain wrong. My current SAAB, an 06 9-5 more »

saab 9-3x

Saab 9-3X Wagon Spotted Cuddling Next To New 9-4X

The folks over at Trollhattan Saab have dug up some images of another new Swedish surprise, the Saab 9-3X lifted from a presentation also showing off the 2010 Saab 9-4X. We're told to expect this new Saab 9-3X to debut at the Paris Motor Show later this year. More below.

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Spy Photos

8:40 AM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,243 views, 17 comments

2010 chevy cruze

Rick Wagoner Unwraps First Shots Of Chevy Cruze, Cadillac SRX

In the now-infamous press conference from General Motors this morning, Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner not only spelled out GM's strategy to save itself from impending doom, but also revealed pretty much every upcoming GM vehicle that hadn't already been shown to the public. This includes the first photos of the 2010 Chevy Cruze, 2010 Cadillac SRX, 2010 Saab 9-4X, and the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox. This comes in addition to official confirmation of the 2010 Buick LaCrosse, 2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe and 2010 Cadillac CTS Wagon. So basically, along with GM's own downsizing, they're also putting plenty of enterprising spy photographers out of business too.

4:40 PM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Mark Arnold
17,878 views, 67 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @leemikemphstn: Nice memories about the new car arrivals. For some models, like the first monster Boss Mustang, the actual time of the arrival of the car was advertised and we would faithfully gather on the dealer's lot to get the more »

industry news

GM Wants More Money, Fewer Employees; Cadillac CTS Coupe, Saab 9-4X Get The Green Light

GM announced in a press conference this morning that its turnaround progress was proceeding so well that significant layoffs were needed. Oh, and please, send money. But the more pressing concern this week is to come up with $15 billion through cuts to the cost of salaried employees, particularly among white-collar staffers, along with spending in areas like health care costs and dividend payments. As part of its second restructuring this year, the company also announced that the 2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe and Saab 9-4X have been green-lighted. Details on where the job cuts will hit hardest were absent, but if our job description had the word "truck" in it anywhere, we'd be dusting off the resume quick-like. More analysis after the jump. More »

9:01 AM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Andrew Stoy
2,179 views, 42 comments

Latest by Jones Foyer: Why have Saab anymore? I don't get it. more »

driving wisely

How To Use The New IRS Mileage Rate To Deduct The Cost Of Your Car

Unless you're an accountant or a salesman, you may not have noticed the IRS just upped the mileage deduction rate for privately owned vehicles to 58.5 cents per mile. Sounds like the perfect time to find out how far we could turn our daily driver into a government tax rebate on wheels. We've decided to use my daily driver as an example to see if we could, hypothetically of course, deduct as much as we're actually spending to drive it. Without further ado, here's our quick guide to deducting the cost of your car. More »

Feature

1:00 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By Andrew Stoy
24,511 views, 34 comments

Latest by n/a: Spent a college summer pushing business memberships for Sam's Club, getting reimbursed for miles. Used my motorcycle, at 55 mpg. Nice to stick it to the Wal-Mart man for a change... made big bucks for cruising between small towns. more »

industry news

GM To Get More Layoffs, Lose A Brand

According to the WSJ, GM's early-August board meeting is likely to result in layoffs affecting both blue- and white-collar workforces. They're also reporting GM is seriously exploring sloughing off another brand, either by outright closure or by placing it up for sale, a-la Hummer's "strategic review." We've put together a quick brand-viability scorecard breakdown after the jump for those of you playing along at home. More »

8:30 AM on Mon Jul 7 2008
By Andrew Stoy
4,019 views, 89 comments

industry news

Exchange Rate Puts Kibosh On Saab 9-3 Employee Purchases; More To Come?

Starting with the 2009 model year, Saab will no longer allow GM employees to purchase the 9-3 at a discount, citing current exchange rates that make the 7% price cut economically unsound. Saab sold about 23,000 9-3s last year, and the company claims approximately 1,500 of those were employee sales — though we think the total may be significantly higher based on the popularity of the 9-3 in Metro Detroit. If the numbers are accurate, the change would likely mean at least a 6% drop in future 9-3 sales. The bigger question is whether GM will stop at the 9-3 or begin slashing employee purchase discounts on all imported models. Vehicles that could be affected after the jump. More »

4:00 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Andrew Stoy
956 views, 15 comments

Latest by hermitizer: That's bad news for saab since the only really compelling reason to even think about it vs its competition (audi, volvo, even vw) is the employee discount. oh well. more »

2010 saab 9-3

2010 Saab 9-3: We Speculate, You Decide

Opel's release of the Vectra-replacing 2009 Opel Insignia is bringing with it speculation on other GM products built atop the Vectra's Epsilon platform, including the Saab 9-3. Which is where we think the impetus for the above potential p-shop, appearing on the Vince Burlapp Car Page just below those Mazda3 renders from earlier, may have come from. The 9-3's been built on the same Epsilon platform as the Vectra since 2003 and is getting seriously long in the tooth, even in the admittedly capable 2008 Saab 9-3 Turbo X form. So, we're really hoping the Aeronaut wannabes from Trollhättan get a chance to build the 2010 Saab 9-3 on something new. Especially because the Swedes have been holding things down so well on the concept front as of late, we're expecting big things from the new 9-3's styling, if not its mechanicals. More »

Spy Photos

10:40 AM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Wes Siler
3,054 views, 20 comments

Latest by LandofMinos, a p' p' piece from here and a p' p' piece from there: @turbo zero: My housemate's band toured with Blasko on many occasions. He has a 'thing' for her (who wouldn't?). She feels a little creeped out by him. more »

news

Saab 9-X BioHybrid Wins Specialty Concept Of The Year

The Saab 9-X BioHybrid has been crowned as the coolest car to never actually exist by 25 professional auto journalists at the Automotive Hall of Fame. The award, better known as the "Specialty Concept Car of the Year," was bestowed upon the 9-X BioHybrid due to its ultra-efficient 200 HP 1.4-liter BioPower turbo hybrid engine. Not only were the underhood goods touted, but the panel of journalists also loved how purty the 9-X BioHybrid looks, with its electronic power-sliding floor, ambient light design, instrument panel and more. Click through for the full release.

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2:40 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Travis Hudson
1,790 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: Looks good, hopefully it looks as good on the street as it does in the photos. The auto extending rear diffuser and spoiler are cool. more »

spy photos

2010 Saab 9-4X Copies Cool Kids, Laps The 'Ring

The 2010 Saab 9-4X was caught running round the Nurburgring today just like the big boys and while we're pretty certain the Audi (both of them) is (are) a pinch quicker, the 9-4X is definitely more economical. Word on the street is the new 9-4X will not only be replacing the porky Oldsmobile Bravada Saab 9-7X, but will be doing it with some form of "biopower" like the original show car. The crossover of Trollhattan is expected to be on sale some time in 2009 for the 2010 model year, but that didn't stop our KGP spies from spittin' words about this one — which you can read after the break.

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Spy Photos

11:20 AM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,863 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: Wow that's cute. more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Turbo Malaise Edition: Saab 99 Turbo or Turbo Trans Am Indy Pace Car?

It's pretty tough to beat the most menacing assemblage of Lucas Electrics ever put in one $150,000 package when it comes to Hell Projects, and even a horrifically hooned Skyline GT-R couldn't come close to the Lagonda in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll. In hindsight, probably nothing short of a Citroën SM could have made a stand against the Aston Martin; lesson learned for next time! Today we're going to put on our W.I.N. buttons and our boogie shoes and check out some classic Turbo Malaise Hell Projects (not to be confused with Turbo Mullet Hell Projects)...
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5:20 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,739 views, 68 comments

Latest by n/a: @waynecramp: I went to look at a BMW 7-series that I found on PCH. It was worse than I imagined, had to pass. more »

transformers 2

Transformers 2 To Include Chevy Beat, Saab Aero-X Concept?

Can you believe it? There's only a year left until the release of Transformers 2, and both Ray and I can hardly control our robogasms. Today brings news we may see the inclusion of the Chevy Beat and the Saab Aero-X concepts in the movie. More »

2:00 PM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Travis Hudson
4,653 views, 22 comments

down on the street bonus edition

Daily-Driven Saab 96 Thrives In Alabama

Seeing a San Francisco Saab 95 was cool, but how about a daily-driven Saab 96 in the rainy, rust-friendly city of Birmingham, Alabama? JSmith53 sees this Swedish survivor all over town and took a few shots for us.

5:00 PM on Wed Jun 4 2008
By Murilee Martin
952 views, 33 comments

saab turbo x

2008 Saab 9-3 Turbo X: First Drive, Again

When our fearless leader so elegantly blew the clutch on the only Saab 9-3 Turbo X in the country after the performance sedan spent a long tour of Europe and a hard day under the boot of Jan Magnussen, we thought getting an honest review of the car would be nigh impossible. We also thought Wert would never live down that new nickname — Chief Transmission Destroyer. But he has, and after the boss-man agreed to stay off the track until he got a few more heel-toe lessons, the fine folks at Saab invited us to sample the Turbo X again earlier this week at Saab's home-away-from-home — Boston. Having just returned from Beantown and some time reflecting on the drive, we have to admit, our world has been gently rocked.

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Feature

12:30 PM on Thu May 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
4,442 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: @contender: What? more »

novelties

So, What Is the Heidelberg Project?

Detroit: (pronounced /dɪˈtrɔɪt/) A place subject to automatic ridicule from anyone who has never been to the Motor City. Frankly, this ridicule is becoming tiresome. The idea of a vibrant, interesting, exciting Midwestern city is somehow divorced from this 300 year old berg. The complete discounting of Detroit is a shame of culture and possibility. Certainly, Detroit has its problems, but that betrays the underlying coolness that is this place. It operates much like a back room bar, if you don't know the secret code words, you never get the good stuff.

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1:20 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,857 views, 40 comments

Latest by ppiddy: Detroit has its charms, but damn I am glad I live 60 miles away. Too much crazy for me to deal with on a day-to-day basis. About a 90/10 mix of good crazy to bad crazy, but even more »

down on the street bonus edition

Saab 95 Survives San Francisco Streets, Plus Bonus Lancia

When WhatWouldJesseDo isn't working on his Datsun 411, Mini, Puma GT, or the Black Metal V8olvo, he's doing his day job across the Bay in San Francisco. That's a city in which most street-parked cars get scraped, bumped, and dinged with depressing regularity, yet plenty of cool old machinery still thrives on its streets. Here's a very clean Saab 95 and an equally clean Lancia Fulvia that Jesse sees regularly in North Beach.


3:40 PM on Fri May 16 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,274 views, 37 comments

Latest by n/a: That's likely my old 1965 Fulvia. I sold it and it's sister, a 67 Lancia Flavia 1.8i Pininfarina coupe, to a guy in Fairfield around 2003. He put the Fulvia up for sale on CL for triple what I sold more »

2008 saab 9-3 convertible yellow edition

2008 Saab 9-3 Convertible Yellow Edition: Saab Builds Another Wasp-Looking Drop-Top

Apparently the angry brand born from jets has a little bit of a secret — when it comes to pretty, happy and sunny colors, Saabophiles everywhere see the color yellow as some kind of a "code word." No, it's not like a foot-tapping-in-a-stall kind of thing — and we're pretty sure it's not a "P***y Magnet" kind of thing. No, apparently they just think "extra sunny" when they see it. That's what we're told anyway in the new release from the General's little Swedish meatball of a brand. While we're not sure what that means, we do know is the first-ever yellow version of the Saab 900 Convertible issued in 1991, as well as well-kept copies of the '97 version, both enjoy collector car status with meatballophiles. And now there's another little, yellow and different pill for the lovers-of-
Scandinavia to lust after — the all-new 2008 Saab 9-3 Convertible Yellow Edition. This new and angry wasp of a Saab's based on the 2.0T version of the 9-3 drop-top. In addition to the Lynx Yellow paint, this special edition of the 9-3 also gets some "Aero-look items" like 17-inch, five spoke alloy wheels and a subtle hint of a rear spoiler. We're expecting to see more of the new bumblebee later today, but check out the exclusive pic up top and some classic jet-birthed action in the gallery below. Of course you can always hit the jump for the full press release from the General.

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7:20 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Ray Wert
2,168 views, 34 comments

Latest by sos10: What excitement has a Saab to offer lately (or Volvo) just because they are (thought of as) Scandinavian? more »

novelties

Saabophiles' Delight: Vintage Turbos

When we showed you the 2008 Saab Turbo X the other day, we found out that more than a few of you are closet Saabophiles. And while we certainly respect the new Turbo X, there's just something about older Saabs that can't be replicated by a contemporary car. So for all you Swede fiends out there, here's a second look at that pretty little perfectly-restored 900 Turbo that the GM Heritage Collection brought along to the 9-3 Turbo X comparo test. And since we're at it, we've included a gallery of of various vintage Saab Turbos for your viewing pleasure.


3:20 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Mark Arnold
1,546 views, 62 comments

Latest by n/a: Doesn't surprise me it has 250,000 miles on it. The engines in those things are a work of art before GM de-swedified them, taking good care of it those things would last longer than the car. My first more »

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