General Motors will restock Chevrolet with eight new or redesigned vehicles in the next two model years. And Cadillac continues its rear-drive renaissance this year.

But the full Robert Lutz effect at GM won't start until late next year. That's when the first car bearing the vice chairman's full imprimatur, the redesigned Buick Regal, appears. Until then, GM will produce cars bearing only his tweaks, such as the redesigned 2005 Pontiac Grand Am.
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Envoy, Envoy XL, Envoy XUV: The third Envoy variant, the XUV, debuts this summer.

The SUV features an electrically operated sliding roof over the waterproof cargo area, providing space to carry a grandfather's clock upright, for example.


The Envoy will be restyled and re-engineered for the 2007 model year.


Yukon, Yukon XL: The Yukon and XL will be redesigned for either the 2007 or 2008 model year.


Canyon, Sonoma: Production of the mid-sized 2004 Canyon pickup begins at the Shreveport plant in the fourth quarter. The Canyon and the Chevrolet Colorado are siblings.


GM will continue to build the Sonoma pickup for a portion of the 2004 model year.


Sierra: GMC's big pickup likely will be redesigned for the 2007 model year.


Safari: The rwd van was slated to die at the end of the 2003 model year. Its life has been extended into 2005.


Savana: Stability control will be standard on 15-passenger vans. The safety feature will be added midway through the 2004 model year.


HUMMER


H1: No major changes are expected.


H2: The H2 will be redesigned for the 2008 or 2009 model year, using much of the componentry from GM's redesigned full-sized trucks.


H2 SUT: The pickup version of the H2 will debut for the 2005 model year.


H3: A mid-sized Hummer developed from Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon architecture will debut for the 2006 model year.


Oldsmobile

Adios, Oldsmobile: After 107 years the 2004 model year will be its finale. All that remain in the lineup for its last model year are the Alero, Bravada and Silhouette.


PONTIAC


Sunfire: Pontiac will continue to offer the Sunfire on the current J-car architecture for the 2005 model year and possibly 2006 - splitting paths from its sister vehicle, the Chevrolet Cavalier. Chevrolet's Cavalier replacement, called the Cobalt, will be produced off GM's new fwd Delta platform for the 2005
model year.


Insiders say Pontiac has not decided what type of entry-level vehicle will fit the performance image the brand is trying to create.


Grand Am: The successor to the Grand Am will resemble Pontiac's G6 concept car.


The car will be developed off GM's mid-sized, fwd Epsilon architecture.


The Grand Am name will be dropped when the as-yet-unnamed four-door sedan debuts for the 2005 model year. A coupe will follow in early 2005, followed by a retractable hard-top model in the third quarter of 2005.


The new car will be aimed at the enthusiast crowd and is expected to be priced a few notches above the Grand Am.


A GXP version is likely in early 2006.


GXP is Pontiac's performance brand. Vehicles wearing that badge will receive horsepower, handling, steering and braking enhancements and a spoiler, bigger wheels and styling changes.


Grand Prix: The restyled, re-engineered 2004 model went on sale this year.


A GXP version arrives in summer 2005.


Bonneville: The 2004 Bonneville GXP goes on sale in early 2004, becoming Pontiac's first model under the GXP performance brand.


It features a 4.6-liter, 32-valve, double overhead cam Northstar V-8 engine with an estimated 275 hp and 300 pounds-feet of torque.


But the Bonneville's future is uncertain beyond the 2007 model year.


Solstice: GM continues to work on development of rwd architecture for small, low-priced cars, including the popular Solstice concept. Expect to see the sub-$20,000 roadster for the 2007 model year.


GTO: The much-anticipated rwd GTO based on the Holden Monaro arrives in November. The four-passenger coupe will be packed with a 5.7-liter V-8, producing an estimated 350 hp and 365 pounds-feet of torque.


Vibe: The Vibe will be freshened for the 2006 model year. In the long term, GM is looking for a V-6-powered vehicle for that segment and may replace the Vibe with a vehicle on the Epsilon mid-sized car architecture. The Toyota-engineered Vibe is offered with a four-cylinder engine.


Aztek: GM has no plans for a redesign. The end for the ugly-duckling vehicle likely will come in late 2004.


Sport wagon: Pontiac will get a sport wagon off the Lambda architecture for the 2007 or 2008 model year. Projected volume is 60,000 units annually. It will debut with a V-6, followed by a V-8 a year later.


Crossover sport van: For the 2005 model year, the Montana minivan will be replaced by a taller vehicle that will resemble an SUV but retain the cargo- and people-carrying features of a minivan.


SATURN


Ion: The 200-hp-plus Red Line performance coupe goes into production in the first quarter of 2004. The car will feature a supercharged 2.0-liter Ecotech four-cylinder engine producing an estimated 200 pounds-feet of torque. Red Line is Saturn's performance brand.


Mid-sized sedan: Saturn's Opel-derived L series will be replaced by a stretched sedan on Epsilon architecture for the 2006 model year.


L300: For the 2004 model year, GM has renamed the L series as the L300. Saturn will market wagons and sedans under that name as high-value models with a high level of standard equipment.


Vue: Starting with the 2004 model year, Honda will provide the engine for all V-6-equipped Vues. The 3.5-liter V-6 produces 250 hp on regular gasoline. By comparison, the Honda version in the 2003 Acura MDX uses premium fuel and produces 260 hp.


A Red Line model joins the line in the first quarter of 2004. No horsepower upgrade is planned.


Saturn will offer a hybrid powertrain for the 2006 model year. The system will use an electric motor at low speeds, switching to the four-cylinder gasoline engine. GM hopes to sell 10,000 Vue hybrids annually.


Sport wagon: Saturn will get a vehicle on the crossover fwd/awd Lambda architecture for the 2007 model year. Projected volume is 100,000 units annually. It will debut with a V-6, followed by a V-8 for the 2008 model year.


Crossover sport van: Production begins in late 2004 for the 2005 model year. As with other divisions' attempts to recast the minivan, the Saturn will feature front-end styling resembling an SUV but will retain the capabilities of a traditional minivan.
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Very interesting, just gave me a little bit of faith in them.

 

Anything that is scheduled to happen beyond 3 years is pure speculation, and should be taken lightly because so many things can still happen.

When something gets down to the 3 year mark, then it's pretty much going to happen unless the company implodes (ie: Ford, cira: Fall 2001).

That is unless your'e Chrysler. They tend to do their best most incredible stuff when standing outside Bankruptcy Court.

 

I'm assuming that the GTP will vanish from the Grand Prix line-up when its GXP version shows up?

Anyone else see a problem here?