The Malibu is available in China with a 2.4L direct-injected 4-cyl. engine or 2.0L 4-cyl. with variable valve timing. Both are mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission.
The auto maker will assign four of the EVs to employees for short periods during the 14-week test period. Data from follow-on interviews will be used in developing the business model.
The KH shares the same platform as Hyundai’s RWD Equus luxury model. It is assumed it will be powered by the same engine lineup as the Equus, but specs will not be issued until the car's debut draws closer.
Reports of a new $1.2 billion manufacturing facility in India are “very exaggerated,” a spokesman says. Plans are to build Rextons from CKD kits at a Mahindra facility.
Rocha served as vice president-product planning and program management for GM Korea from 2006-2008 when the auto maker, operating then as GM Daewoo, was in the advanced stages of developing the Chevrolet Cruze.
Toyota says it is importing the vehicles from the U.S. because of the high Japanese yen relative to Korean currency, and so it eventually can fully benefit from the pending U.S.-Korea free-trade agreement.
Speculation by industry observers is that Arcamone’s departure from the auto maker is related to his dissatisfaction with an alleged GM plan to transfer some of its production from Korea to plants in Europe to...
Michael Arcamone oversaw the renaming of the subsidiary from GM Daewoo to GM Korea last year. The undertaking included the rebranding of all vehicles built by the company to Chevrolet.