Vuick Mule Test-Driven
August 24th, 2009 1:45 PM
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GM-volt.com‘s Lyle Dennis got a test drive of GM’s two-mode plugin CUV at GM’s recent PR event. First planned as a Saturn Vue (canceled due to the Saturn spin-off), then planned as a Buick rebadge (only to be murdered by Twitter), the two-mode plugin is currently homeless. Will it ever see the showroom floor? Which brand will it be sold as? How long will it take to restyle it in such a way that even the biggest fanboys won’t diss it as an obvious rebadge? Even GM executives probably don’t know yet.
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Will the new GM cars have a sill plate that says, Body by Twitter?
@slateslate: good question, as the Vue and SRX are in Mexico on different variants of the Theta platform. Perhaps the planned Saab 9-4X, the SRX's sister CUV, will get the hybrid?
Since GM has numerous versions of the same (mediocre) vehicles kicking around, it wouldn't be a surprise to see the hybrid system show up in one of those. The Vuick was probably too hip and exciting for the old folks who drive Buicks to appreciate.