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‘THE REDESIGNED Chevrolet Lumina (foreground) and its coupe
‘ among GM's impressive roster for 1995.

_ Pro

OVERDRIVE

” “TE YEAR 1993 will be

'- rernembered as the year of
‘renewed hope”’ in the .

_ automobile indusiry:.

** Despite the fact that our

* economy struggled to recover, the
automotive companies — .”
‘especially those with roots in
‘North American soil — made
‘huge strides forward. . -

-The Big Three finally began to

make money in 1993, and the
‘media started writing positive

- things about the auto industry for
the first time in a while.

_...’ Many exciting new products hit
‘, the market last fall, including such
. highly praised cars as the new

_ 1994 Honda Accord, Ford
Mustang, Chevrolet S-series truck,
- vand the Mercedes-Benz C-Class
sedans. | .
“The good news is that this is not
‘the end of the story; there are still
‘many more promising vehicles to

- > arrive over the next few months.

-+ The world’s largest car com-
‘pany, General Motors, is prepar-
tng to win back customers this

., year with its impressive line of

new 1995 models being readied

ising year for

before summer: the highly praised
Oldsmobile Aurora luxury sedan;
the uniquely styled Buick Riviera
coupe; the redesigned Chevrolet
Lumina family sedan; and its
coupe stablemate, the Monte
Cario.

Other upcoming additions to the
GM lineup include Camaro and

_ Firebird convertibles, hot-rod Im-

pala SS sedan (based on the
Caprice sedan), and Saab 900 tur-
bo/convertible models (more
details on the Saabs next week).
The Northstar V-8 equipped

’ Olds Aurora and V-6 powered

Buick Riviera have already been
previewed by many journalists,
and promise to be serious con-

_ tenders to the likes of Lexus and

BMW tnodels.

The Aurora model in particniar
is important for Oldsmobile, since’
it signifies the beginning of a new
Oldsmobile division. Olds is fol-
lowing in the footsteps of Saturn
in an effort to become the next,
customer-friendly market leader.

The two luxury models are im-
portant image-enhancers for GM, .
but Chevrolet's newly redesigned
Lumina and Monte Carlo models’
(to arrive in late spring) are more
significant in terms of market
penetration because they compete
in the high volume mid-size sedan
segment currently dominated by

’ the Ford Taurus and Honda Ac-

cord, co
The Monte Carlo name has

‘been res:irrected to replace the

slow-selling Lumina two-door
coupe models. of

The details have not been con-
firmed, but GM has released some

‘ preliminary information about the

new mid-size models. Both cars
will feature dual airbags and ABS

’ as standard equipment, along with

improved versions of the proven
3.1-litre V-6 (now with 160
horses), and a 3.4-litre twin cam
Y-6 engine (210 horsepower).
Whether the new Lumina

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stablemate, the Monce Carlo, are

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sedan’s smoother looks and new
character will steal sales away
from the class-leading competitors
remains to be seen.

North America’s second largest
automaker, Ford, has many
interesting debuts to show off over
the next several months as well,
Starting with the cute, yet sieek,
Ford Aspire model (replacing the
Festiva), moving onto the pro-

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