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...US-style vehicles such as the Chevrolet Suburban and Ford Expedition never translated — too big, too expensive and too ugly....
...They said he had 15 vehicles, including seven Chevrolet Suburbans and a Hummer, as well as two private jets he owned through corporate entities....
...The plant is running flat out, working three shifts a day from Sunday night to Saturday, making engines for vehicles including Chevrolet’s Suburban and Tahoe sport utility vehicles, for which sales are booming...
...The FSO factory is currently owned by Ukraine’s Avto ZAZ but has been mothballed since last year, when the last Chevrolet Aveo rolled off the production line....
...But the vehicle which won last year’s challenge was very much a civilian one: a General Motors Chevrolet Tahoe sports-utility vehicle nicknamed the “Boss” in honour of Charles “Boss” Kettering, the founder...
...A new generation of GM’s large SUVs – the Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon and Escalade – were prominent and much of GM’s stress was on larger, more traditional American vehicles....
...He cites a steady improvement in the time taken to assemble a vehicle, from 48 hours in 1998 to 35.8 hours this year. He says he is determined to bring the figure down to 30 hours by 2007....
...Sales volumes of the other vehicles are meeting targets, according to GM and to several suppliers, and both Chevrolet and Pontiac gained share in the car market last year....
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