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

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liter pile showed promptly that it was terrible, General Motors massaged, improved, and enlarged it into the HT4500 and finally the (not HT) 4.9-liter. The latter part of the Seventies ushered in downsizing subsequent to the 1973 OPEC embargo and emissions regulation. All the while, Roger Smith was at the helm at General Motors.

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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. Business as usual is over at GM.