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Abandoned History: Cadillac's Northstar V8, Head Bolts and Gaskets Aplenty (Part I)

The Truth About Cars

The latter part of the Seventies ushered in downsizing subsequent to the 1973 OPEC embargo and emissions regulation. Luxury buyers wanted neither downsizing nor smog-strangled engines.& The elephant in the room all the while was a thing that kept many customers away from their Cadillac dealer, the reliability woes of the Northstar.

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The New General Motors Launches; Lutz Unretiring

Green Car Congress

The new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy Friday morning. Created from the old GM’s strongest operations in an asset sale approved by the Federal bankruptcy court on 5 July ( earlier post ), the new GM is built on four core brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.