First pre-production Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid rolled off the line and Aznom SASSICAIA takes the Fiat 500C a step further

Last Wednesday at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, the first pre-production Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid rolled off the line, according to a statement from General Motors Co.

But don’t expect to wager these pre-production versions at the dealerships as they won’t be sold there and module instead be utilised as test cases, which ensure that the quality targets by the Volt engineering team module be met. In the incoming few months, workers module be producing more pre-production Volts. The manufacturing engineers would then be examining these vehicles as the plant prepares to produce retail models. The Volt has a range of up to 40 miles on battery power. The Volt module go on sale in November and for the first year, GM expects to sell up to 11,000 units.
The tuning specialists from Aznom undraped their edition of the Fiat 500C – dubbed as the Aznom Fiat 500C SASSICAIA. The tuning collection features vegetation interior and outdoor styling accents and comes with a two-tone outdoor finish and a beige mat fabric hood.

The study of this model originates from the Italian wines of Tenuta San Guido; the vegetation is used to capture the ikon of the brand. For this car, Aznom utilized vegetation for the door mirror caps, the appendage of the luggage compartment and the lateral moldings. The automobile also has a difference of badges prefabricated from lustrous brass. For its interior, we see that the Aznom Fiat 500C SASSICAIA features full-grain leather on the door panels, control wheel, console and seats. Pricing for this edition has yet to be revealed. Aznom said that the automobile will be built upon request.

2011 Saab 9-5 Combi coming to Geneva and Former general manager of Hummer, Mike DiGiovanni, to retire on May 1

According to the latest reports from the Nordic media, it appears that the new Saab 9-5 Combi will make its official debut next year, at the Geneva Motor Show. And this is not all: Saab is also thinking a crossover based on the 2010 9-5 dubbed 9-5X which is due to come by the end of 2011. solon details to be revealed!
On May 1, Mike DiGiovanni, General Motors Co.’s chief income analyst and a former generalized manager of Hummer, module be retiring. The career of 62-year-old DiGiovanni started in GM in 1979.

His most recent position is as executive director of the company’s forecasting and mart research group, Global Market and Industry Analysis. This job entails overseeing income and production forecasting along with mart and industry analysis. DiGiovanni describes his stay in GM to have “been a daylong run.” He said that he isn’t Bob Lutz and he has no intentions to work until he’s 78. DiGiovanni’s leaving coincides with GM’s plan to split up the forecasting group. Under the reorganization, long-term thinking and strategy module be placed under Vice Chairman Steve Girsky, a former Wall Street auto analyst who also serves as one of the board’s directors. DiGiovanni has reportable to Girsky since March 1, when he became vice chairman. The psychotherapy group’s short-term-forecasting division, which handles monthly income and influences production, module report to Steve Carlisle, who was ordained vice president of US income operations this month, and Jim Bunnell, generalized director of network support. Market effectiveness module be merged with the US marketing team, which is led by Vice President Susan Docherty.