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Chevy’s Got a Crossover!

The General Motors Corp. is winning over customers with its trio of new large crossovers for its GMC, Saturn and Buick brands. But where is Chevyâ??s crossover? Among GMâ??s brands, Chevy was left with no crossover - one of the hottest segments in the auto industry today. To fill the void in the brandâ??s lineup, GM is planning to release a Chevy crossover, likely to be named the Traverse. The crossover will be using the same basic architecture as the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia and...

Cargo Space: Crossover Versus Suvs

Americans are known for their preference for large vehicles such as pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. Aside from having adequate interior room, light trucks are favored by many because of the amount of cargo that it can carry. But the size of these light trucks means that it would need a bigger engine which will obviously consume more fuel. The increasing price of gasoline in the United States and in the global market has led car buyers to stay away from these gas guzzlers...

Chevy Crossover Coming, Pickup Dumped

The General Motors Corp. is expected to build a full-size crossover for Chevy at the Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant, but plans for a pickup from the platform have been abandoned. GM is winning over customers with its trio crossovers for GMC, Saturn and Buick brands. The GMC Acadia replaces three of the 7/8-passenger vehicles on the Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealership network, the midsize GMC Safari, the long-wheelbase GMC Envoy XL/XUV, and the Pontiac Montana SV6. The Acadia features a spacious...

Ford Flex: the First Full-size Crossover Utility Vehicle

A new crossover is on its way, although this may no longer be surprising since it seems like every other automaker has a new crossover to present but according to San Antonio Express News this crossover is quite different. The crossover that the San Antonio Express News is referring to is none other than the 2009 Ford Flex which was introduced as the first full-size crossover utility vehicle at the New York Auto Show ---and this exactly what makes this crossover distinct from the rest...

Livin’ Large in Saturn’s Outlook Crossover

Enter the 2007 Saturn Outlook: A sleek, stylish and accommodating crossover SUV that feeds the needs for the big and husky as well as garners admiring approval from the artificially sweet and thin. Hopping into this Saturn is much easier than jumping into a comparably super-sized SUV. By using car-like construction for the Outlook's body, Saturn lowered the floor, so it's just one step to climb aboard. Many eight-person SUVs need running boards and a rope ladder to pull yourself up. The...

Livin’ Large in Saturn’s Outlook Crossover

Enter the 2007 Saturn Outlook: A sleek, stylish and accommodating crossover SUV that feeds the needs for the big and husky as well as garners admiring approval from the artificially sweet and thin. Hopping into this Saturn is much easier than jumping into a comparably super-sized SUV. By using car-like construction for the Outlook's body, Saturn lowered the floor, so it's just one step to climb aboard. Many eight-person SUVs need running boards and a rope ladder to pull yourself up. The...

The Big Crossover: the Saturn Outlook

General Motors is finally putting effort in the promotion of their subsidiary Saturn. The brand created to combat the increasing number of Asian car imports in the United States have been slightly neglected by General Motors in the past years. Recently though, the Detroit-based car manufacturer is taking steps to help the brand. One new auto model offered by the Saturn brand is the crossover Outlook which uses General Motors’ Lambda platform which it shares with the Buick Enclave and GMC...