2002 SEMA: GM's Massive Outing Has SEMA been conquered? From the vast display of GM vehicles both from the company and from allied tuners, one might be led to believe it's at least had a flag or two planted in its backside. This year's display of 39 vehicles from General Motors made the company's latest credo plainly clear the company intends to become the platform of choice for tuners and aftermarket modifiers.
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Ford, Chrysler, GM Have Plans to Tune In In the 1950s and 1960s, Detroit automakers owned the youth market. In the 1950s, they built cars that could be easily converted into hot rods. In the 1960s, they produced muscle cars that kids dreamed of owning if they couldn't actually buy one.
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GM Eyes Performance By mid-decade, General Motors will be back in the performance business. Not since the 1960s has GM offered such a wide range of performance models. But while performance in the '60s centered on horsepower, the new performance models will include big boosts in horsepower, along with braking, handling and sometimes steering enhancements.
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GM Unveils Specialty Cars, Trucks at SEMA Trade Show Saturn will tempt the hottest custom market of all, that of tuner compacts, with its supercharged, roughly 200-horsepower Ion tuner coupe beginning in early 2004. The Ion will also have to earn its stripes in a class of high-powered compact cars monopolized by Japanese makes.
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More Horsepower After racing our 124HP 1997 SC2 in Showroom Stock for two years, we were ready for the switch to ITA and "more power" was one of the biggest reasons for the change. The draw of big power, monster acceleration, and tire-spinning torque was just too much for us to pass up.
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Saturn Primes Performance Image Tapping into the performance desires of its more youthful buyers, Saturn is cranking up a series of performance vehicles to help put some added zip into its public persona.
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