Windsor Nissan – 1 owner car sales

Mega event on November 7th 2009 (Saturday) at Windsor Nissan. All first owner cars will be reduced for this event. Look  for the blue carfax logo on the vehicles and save $$$.

 

Venue:     590 Route 130

East Windsor, NJ 08520

 

Date: 7th November 2009

 

Windsor Nissan Car Sales

Another End To A GM Saga

The decision to wind up the production of the General Motors brand, Saturn, has brought in a period of anxiety to the minds of the people in the small town of Spring Hill, Tennessee. The withdrawal of the retailer, Penske Automotive Group, from buying the brand Saturn renders many jobless. Jill Lajdziak is one of those people who witnessed the whole lifetime of Saturn, from its pre-launch era to its death. Lasjdziak, who joined Saturn before the launch of the first car in 1990, continued with her contribution until its demise last month.

 

Lajdziak will take a vacation until her retirement from the General Motors Company at the end of this year, said the spokesman John McDonald. The job of bringing a great era to a close is left to the GM’s general manager of the retail sales support, Steve Hill.

 

The last few weeks saw a group of hopeful people keeping a close watch over the deal between the Penske Automotive Group and the GM. The withdrawal of Penske came as a shock to many as it was followed by GM’s announcement to stop the production of Saturn. The show comes to an end when the “dealers are able to sell their inventory and wind their dealerships down,” McDonald said.

 

Lasjdziak, who is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor of arts in business marketing and management, began her career with GM in the year 1980 as the district sales manager with Chevrolet. She became the manager of the retailer division of Saturn in 1986.

 

Her passion for cars grew from growing up with her father who was a Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealer in a small Wisconsin town. She started her small “career” by assisting her father in washing new cars at the age of three. When she was interviewed by Procter & Gamble at the early years of her career, who asked where she sees herself after a period of five years, she commented, “I want to be working for GM.” The interviewers reply to check out this option brought a major break in her career.

 

Twenty three years of Lasjdziak’s career was spent in the different managerial level jobs with Saturn. In 1999, her contribution got rewarded when she was made the general manager of this brand.

 

Today, the demise of Saturn brings a glorious end to the career of people like Lasjdziak.

Nissan’s New Global Car For The U.S. Markets

Nissan Motor Company has made plans for the manufacture of a new small global car that is to be placed below Versa, which is to hit the U.S. roads by 2010. The company spokesman stated that the U.S. is a major participant in their campaign to sell one million vehicles a year under the newly created low-cost “V platform” that includes four-door sedan, a five-door hatchback and a multipurpose vehicle models.

The “V platform” models will slowly replace the subcompact Micra from the non-U.S. markets. Currently the European Micra is manufactured at the company’s Sunderland plant in England and shares platform with the Japanese March.

The new car launch that will contain three-cylinder engine is part of the company’s attempt to capture the small A and B car segments that hold a major share in the present day sales, said Vincent Cobee, the V -platform manager. However, the company officials refused to comment on the official name or model of the upcoming car or the time when it will appear at the U.S. dealerships. It has made plans to produce the V- platform vehicles at five plants around the world, with the first launch in Thailand around March, 2010.

The shift is an attempt by the Japanese automaker to capture the small, fuel-efficient low-cost vehicle market from amongst its competitors. With the last year’s fall of the automotive industry, many companies like Mazda Motor Corp, GM, etc. have made a switch to the smaller models. Nissan has experienced a setback against the sale of its bigger vehicles like the Quest minivan and Pathfinder SUV the last year.

Last year Nissan introduced a stripped-down version of Versa with a 1.6 liter four-cylinder engine, priced at $10,620 including destination charges that became the low-priced American car. The Versa is physically larger than the Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris, its immediate competitors.

Cobbee stated that the company has spent the past four years in pulling down the cost and weights to produce a small car. He expressed their plans to quit manufacturing March in Japan and outsourcing the job to plants in India, China, Thailand and another two markets that will produce around 200,000 cars a year. Cobbee, however, refused to comment on the plant that is to undertake the job of the U.S. models. The V-platform will bring about 50 percent more fuel-efficiency over Micra. The gasoline and diesel engines will be launched to cater to the needs of the market. The total number of parts will be reduced by 18 percent to cut down the costs and thereby, enhance the sales.

Lutz’s View Of A New GM

Robert Lutz, the vice chairman of the marketing and communications of the “new” GM, who was a keynote speaker at the 46^th Annual Northwood Auto Show’s kickoff dinner, mentioned the future vision of the company. He expressed the GM’s plans to return to the future of the automotive industry.

Robert Lutz, who first began his employment in GM in 1963, has led all of Chrysler’s automotive activities for twelve yeas and spent another twelve with the Ford, the last as the executive vice president of truck operations. GM re-appointed him in 2001 and even though he was to retire this year, he continues with his contribution to the “new” company.

He expressed his views about the automotive sector as, “I feel like the industry is on the cusp of a technological revolution.” He said the future lies in the latest technology and in EV like new Chevy Volt.

Lutz emphasized the excellence of the GM’s products repeatedly during his speech. “The world does not realize how great today’s GM products are,” he said. “Our products are equal or superior to the competitors.” The company is now on its way to a “may the best car win” ad campaign these days.

When it launched an ad that stated that the GM cars enjoyed a better mileage than the Toyota cars, the latter asked GM to withdraw the advertisement. Lutz said that he will race a Cadillac CTS-V against the comers with stock four-door cars to prove the Cadillac is the fastest sedan in the world as a part of the promotion program.

He utilized the opportunity to reveal the pictures of the latest models that GM is manufacturing or proposes to produce in the future such as the Cadillac CTS Sportwagon, GMC Terrain and Chevy Cruze. He also stated the company’s plan to produce the concept car, Cadillac Converj during the dinner meeting.

Lutz highlighted the Chevrolet Camaro during the meeting where the company focuses on the fuel-efficient models, even though V-8 is better selling today. The company is on the look out to break-even at those markets that they had struggled recently by aiming at the younger crowd.

When he was asked whether the company has plans to fight through the “Government Motor” image, Lutz commented that the role of Government is virtually nonexistent during the bailout period. “The way it is organized now it’s like any other company. The best way to shed that image is to make a lot of money quickly and buy back the government’s stock.”

Lutz is hopeful of the ability of the hybrid versions of bigger vehicles like the trucks and SUVs in meeting the future fuel economy laws of the country.

Impact Of Saturn’s Demise In Spring Hill

The decision to close down the GM brand, Saturn, by the company after the attempt to sell it to Penske Automotive Group fell through, came as a major disappointment to the people in the small town of Spring Hill, Tennessee.

The first car of the brand Saturn, a red S-Series that was launched in 1990 is still kept for display in the factory premises. The factory and the town have hosted many tours and reunions for the Saturn car owners as a part of their promotion programs. The City Hall has the walls decorated with the photographs of the old town of Spring Hill before and after the arrival of the brand, Saturn, depicting an era of development.

The residents and the Mayor credit GM’s Saturn for the major developments the town has witnessed over the period. But later, the locals saw GM rolling off Saturn from Tennessee in 2007 to replace it with the building of Chevrolet Traverse that is now on its way out. The company has made plans to transfer the production of Traverse to a plant in Michigan, closing down the Spring Hill factory.

This decision of the General Motors to wind up the factory has left the residents in a state of perplexity. A few, who had remained hopeful of Penske’s ability to revive the brand, were unable to understand its decision to pull away from the deal. Others are still in a shock over the fall of the auto giant GM that can leave many locals jobless. One of the local residents put the blame on the federal government calling it responsible for the fall of the automotive industry in the country.

The locals are also wishing for a revival of the economy that can put back the things to its normal state. To quote a resident, Dinwiddie, who is confident of the future of Spring Hill, “I have to believe the plant is going to come back. It all depends on the overall economy. I hope that Americans start buying American products and start supporting the American auto manufacturing industry and if that happens, we’ll get a product in this plant.” He has sent invitations to President Obama and the auto recovery czar to have a tour of the plant, which he thinks will result in it being operational.

Whatever be the future of the plant in Spring Hill, residents are sure of their ability to wade through the times of misery.

Saturn dealers looking for exit strategies

The year was 1990 when Bob Maguire, started selling Saturn vehicles in Bordentown, NJ, they were the first on the board to open the dealership when Saturn contacted them in 1989 and adds now it is time too think of new business with GM announcement of Saturn closing down.

Bob Maguire says his two Saturn dealerships at Bordentown and Toms River will continue to be open and sell. Maguire, the co-owner of Maguire Auto Group quips, I will try to cultivate new business and confident that something will come up soon.”

With the announcement by General Motors of wind down of Saturn vehicles after the acquisition deal with Penske Automotive failed, it left 350 Saturn dealers across the country have been left in the lurch and trying to find exit strategies including Bob and Marcy Maguire for themselves and also for the workers. The on going events and trends means almost definite death of Saturn brand that was set up by Saturn to fight against the Japanese imports in the 1990’s and currently it is estimated around 13,000 jobs are at stake.

The exact business plan is still vague, and the steps being taken after the shutdown of Saturn operations in October 2010 is still being formulated, but for one thing, the business will be as usual. We are looking for new business and selling new Saturn vehicles to anyone who is interested to purchase the last ones in the breed. He does not close out the option of shutting down the two dealerships at Bordentown and Toms River a year from now and is keeping all options open. Currently the two dealerships employ 25 people each. Maguire further adds that it is not is ambition to close down the dealerships, but would be forced if no viable options come up and says they still provide gainful employment to all their workers.

Saturn launched in 1990 with its own exclusive tag line, “A different kind of Car Company” gained popularity in America by their low-key showrooms and no-haggle pricing. General Motor had launched Saturn with the hope that with the dent free plastic panels, it would attract the young generation with the hipper cars. It built the Saturn plant at Springhill, TN devoted to Saturn vehicles.

Although it attracted and drew huge crowds, the brand could never make enough money, although it was never disclosed how much the company made profit on the Saturn brand.

The Saturn customers brand base we have, have their culture of their own and there were never a customer that was unhappy with their Saturn vehicle they purchased from us and sadly it’s true.

The closedown events have come as a shock to everyone. GM had even agreed to keep 3 models running beyond 2011 and after which Penske have had to come up with their own products made by any other manufacturer.

There is very little hope that talks could be reopened without another supplier in place before the deal was signed according to Anthony Pordon, a Penske spokesperson. It would take several years to design new vehicles, especially foreign vehicles which meet US standards and Penske would beat risk selling no products once the contract with GM expires.

The production of new Saturn vehicles will be stopped as soon as possible. But no layouts are expected according to Sherrie Childers, GM spokeswoman. The Saturn owners can still go to their dealers for servicing and will be able to go to certified GM dealers once the Saturn dealerships close down.

Maguire said it was even true for his NJ dealerships. They would continue to be in business and would take care of Saturn customers who are in need of servicing. The close down announcement has come as surprise to everyone. In this damn economy it is difficult to forecast anything but we are doing the best as we can, according to Bob Maguire.

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The Best Grand Sport Car – Chevrolet Corvette

2010 Chevy Corvette

Chevrolet Corvette is the longest running brand name in the automobile world. The name started back in 1953 with 6 engines and two automatic transmissions. Corvette had won numerous awards of its sporty look and performance. With V8 engine added to Corvette in 1955, the car could hit 60 kmph in less than 6 seconds.

Over the decades, Corvette had passed through various phases and added new themes and names to it. The era of 60’s was known as muscle bound, 70’s defined high style, 80’s was the electronic aided era, from 90’s onwards Corvette was redefined and refined to compete the world’s best.

The latest Corvette by Chevrolet is available in 3 models: Base, Z06, ZR1. The latest base model offers removable roof coupe and convertible body style. The later 2 models are ultra high performance models with fixed roof coupe. All three models are action-packed with high performance engines starting from 6.2 litre, 430 horsepower and V8 technology. The ZR1 moves the earth with its V8, 638 horsepower and six gears manual.

The car boasts off about its superfine interior design accompanied with all gadgets and functionalities. In short, the new Chevrolet Corvette creates raves with the combination of comfort, strong performance, affordability, style and fuel economy.

Chevrolet Corvette has claimed many awards and accolades for its performance, design, best vehicles, etc. Some of the prestigious ones are: JD Power award for quality score and 5^th best vehicle, Strategic Vision’s 2009 Total Quality Awards for best sports car 2009, Corvette ZR1 will be covered in new Sony Playstation game.

Corvette had received Grand Sport 1^st drive accolades:

Road & Track: The new Grand Sport a ZO6 Lite is best known as a bargain. It provides you the best foot to the floor drop the clutch and feel the awesomeness launch control. This will be the best Corvette for your money spent.

Car and Driver: the car is a power house which can easily withstand serious time track race and it is impressive that it runs soft on the track. The power brake provides great strength to break the rear tires loose.

Corvette is one of the best performance bargains on the road. The car matches pretty well with the Porsche 911 GT3, which is twice expensive in comparison.

The Chevy Colorado with V8 Engine

If you are a truck enthusiast, you would know a formula, select a compact truck, install V8 engine into it, lower and screw the suspension tight, retune brakes and streeing. When you end this process, the machine will look like Colorado ZQ8, 2009 model. It will be a real pleasure to drive.

Chevrolet Colorado 2009 is a complete engineering transformation of Colorado. It is claimed that it’s a full power in small space. Best power handling and sporty style. The truck is loaded with 14.5:1 ratio for a quick response and provides you the best sneaky radius for the turn. You will feel a difference in driving around the corners.

The redefined and retuned steering and suspension had made Colorado ZQ8 a preferred truck for two lane high and mountain roads with tight lanes and reducing radius turnings, Colorado ZQ8 is a pure precision and transition vehicle. It is enhanced to the level of sport driving.

You are safe while driving at high speed as the brakes are front disc/rear drum with higher stopping power; all this because of the twin-pistons discs. The discs are tortured to stop the power house 4013 pound Colorado to a stand still. The vehicle is having 4 channel ABS system, stops straight, yaw control to balance the uneven load in the rear.

With the bigger wheels and lower stance, the new look, makes the Colorado look better, sleeker and trimmer.

The latest V8 engine provides full throttle to the giant, and reaches 0 to 60 mph in less than 7.67 seconds, which is exception in its segment. The 2000 rpm kicks the truck to 67 miles per hour on highway and to reach 70 miles per hour, it generated 2200 rpm, with best fuel efficiency.

The Colorado ZQ8 is a legitimate 5 passengers capability, with enough leg-space, shoulder room for three passengers at the back and with a seating configuration of 6 passengers.

The interior of the truck is not very special, it is very simple in looks and a generous use of plastic and control panel for audio and HVAC systems.

All the sport truck enthusiasts will appreciate the Colorado ZQ8, a classic machine of American street with great performance and dynamic capacity, a power house on need. The sporty style and convenience features make it a young family car.

The 2009 Colorado ZQ8 price range starts at $23,330, a standard model with 2.9-liter 4 -cylinder engine and all the standard safety equipment included. To add the sport package in it will amount to additional $3,935 to the price. Further, heated leather seats will add another $1,495, and a sunroof for $695; with rear lockers and destination charges added, the retail price zooms at $ 30, 475. With the buyer’s market trend, the beast can be afforded at $26k and after that just drive it away.