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Monday, May 12, 2008 --- 68 days ago http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f60/first-rwd-impala-spy-pics-63681/
| *First RWD Impala spy pics?*
*OpEd by MonaroSS*
*This may well be the LaCrosse prototype being used as a mule for Impala underpinnings.
Or perhaps it's a secret Alpha Platform mule - see post 48. *
http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-four-cylinder-prototype.html
At the above link at leftlanenews.com is a story entitled; "GM begins testing turbo four-cylinder engine in large cars". But is there more to this story?
They suggest, "According to a check of the prototype's license plate information, the car is registered to Saab and was built by Holden. The car is also listed as having a 260 hp engine four-cylinder — the type GM officials have hinted might show up in the Pontiac G8 and other large cars."
However I have a different speculative opinion. I gave an undertaking to Bob Lutz not to divulge any secrets he my let slip to me in emails we exchange, but this does not cover my suggestions to him. Six months ago, when the whole "will Impala be RWD or FWD" was being discussed widely I sent Bob a suggestion. I said that if I were him I would challenge my engineers that if Zeta and EPII are so flexible then why can't Impala be offered both as a FWD/AWD transverse engined vehicle AND a longitudinal engined RWD vehicle.
He never commented on the idea, which was not unusual, as I had asked him not to tell me any secrets. But the above story made me wonder, when I saw this prototype was built by Holden who are responsible for GM's RWD car ... |
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