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Re: Very mum on the Lambda platform.... Posted by jblake [Email] (#24) [Profile/Gallery] (more from jblake) on Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:06:33 In Reply to: Very mum on the Lambda platform...., MI-Roger [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:21:32 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
From the Detroit Free Press
The most contentious and mysterious of the new architectures is called Lambda, and it will fill GM's new assembly plant in Delta Township.
Lambda is still so sensitive within GM that executives refuse to acknowledge the program even exists.
Lambda began its life as a family of front- and all-wheel-drive full-size trucks and SUVs that would be built on a car-like structure to combine some of a truck's usefulness with the smoother ride of a sedan. The Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander are examples of such car-based SUVs.
That vision of Lambda sparked fierce internal debates at GM, because some executives feared it would create competition for the full-size pickups and SUVs that are GM's most successful vehicles.
Lambda will now form the genesis for a family of midsize vehicles, primarily SUVs. The first to go on sale will be a Saturn model in late 2006.
Lambda will also create the replacement for Buick's popular Rendezvous SUV, and potentially a lower-slung Saab model to complement the 9-7X SUV Saab unveiled at the New York auto show.
The original plan for Lambda included pickups and minivans, but both of those ideas are currently on hold, sources say.
Honda will introduce a car-based midsize pickup later this year, and GM may study its sales before deciding to build a Lambda pickup, Robinet said.
Lambda was also developed to spawn a family of minivans, but the extensive reworking of GM's existing minivans this fall may obviate the need for those vehicles, said Jim Hall, vice president for industry analysis in the Southfield office of consultant AutoPacific.
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