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[Title] => Chevrolet Optra Wagon: Family values
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Now that we’re being forced to come to terms with P50/liter gas (and who knows how much more it’ll be by year’s end), the car-buying market may well have to rethink its priorities.
[DatePublished] => 2008-06-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1125037
[AuthorName] => Andy Leuterio
[SectionName] => Motoring
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[ArticleID] => 312153
[Title] => GM reveals the car that will drive them out of trouble
[Summary] => The Chinese word for crisis is made up of two characters: danger and opportunity. This is because some cultures believe that both words mean the same thing. Now, unless you have been living under the only known tree in the Kalahari desert, or you are related to the former Iraqi information minister, you would have already heard that General Motors is in crisis. To avoid pointing out the painfully obvious, let’s not dwell on the danger part for now and head straight into the opportunity. But first a background.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1370511
[AuthorName] => James Deakin
[SectionName] => Motoring
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[ArticleID] => 284162
[Title] => GM’s local operations seen to expand 3%-5% this year
[Summary] => General Motors Automobiles Philippines (GM) is expecting the local market to expand by a modest three percent to five percent this year, GM executive director for ASEAN operations William Botwick said yesterday.
However, Botwick said GM has still has no plans to put up assembly operations in the country despite optimism of a growing market.
He explained that GM wants a "slow steady growth that is sustainable rather than a sudden growth."
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
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[Title] => Ten millimetres of heaven…
[Summary] => The rev meter needle of the metallic beige Toyota Corolla Altis 1.8 I was driving went steadily around the zone: 3000 rpm…4000 rpm…5000rpm…6000…6500 rpm. On the left side of the instrument panel, the speedometer needle, too, made its determined clockwise swing: 70 kph…85…100 kph…120…140 kph…
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133163
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[AuthorID] => 1486156
[AuthorName] => Manny N. de los Reyes
[SectionName] => Motoring
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[ArticleID] => 260866
[Title] => GMPh introduces new products
[Summary] => You have to give it to the local automotive manufacturers. Despite the ongoing fuel price increase crisis, they remain optimistic about the continued growth of the many segments that they compete in. Take General Motors Automobiles Philippines (GMPh), the domestic subsidiary of the world’s number one automaker, for instance. Last week, GMPh introduced not one, but two new vehicles that promise extreme driving pleasure and optimum power. But dig this, neither hark on diesel-like fuel consumption.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1274753
[AuthorName] => Dong Magsajo
[SectionName] => Motoring
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[ArticleID] => 258725
[Title] => GM not keen on joining MVDP
[Summary] => GM Automobiles Phils. is still not interested in joining the government’s Motor Vehicle Development Program (MVDP) due to the continuing low volume of automobile sales in the country.
In an inteview with The STAR, James T.L. Lim, president and general manager of GM Automobiles Phils., explained that it is still not the right time to join the MVDP because of low automobile sales.
However, Lim was quick to assure that GM is still optimistic about the prospects of the local automotive market.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-25 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 229332
[Title] => Chevrolet Optra’s record-setting month
[Summary] => General Motors Automobiles Philippines, Inc. (GMPh), the domestic subsidiary of the world’s largest car manufacturer, announced recently that its passenger sedan, the Chevrolet Optra, garnered the third largest sale recognition under the 1.6L compact class segment in the Philippines for the month of October.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Chevy Optra at the Tokyo Motor Show
[Summary] => At the 37th Tokyo Motor Show, mixing it up in a crowd of gee-whiz vehicles was one car that’s increasingly getting popular locally. Chevrolet’s passenger car bet in the local market, the Optra, was displayed at a prominent spot in the General Motors booth, where it stood alongside GM products like the Cadillac XLR luxury roadster, a screaming yellow Hummer H2 that’s perched above people’s heads, a baaaad Corvette and a Saab 9-3 Cabriolet Aero.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => Chevrolet Optra — The sleeping giant awakens
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One of the biggest ironies in the local car industry is the fact that the world’s biggest car company — the one with the most mind-bogglingly diverse line of nameplates, brands, models and variants — has one of the smallest market shares here. Sure, General Motors Automobiles Philippines (GMAP) has one of its best-selling vehicles in the U.S. market here (the Chevrolet Silverado), not to mention one of the best-selling brands in Europe (Opel) available locally as well.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1486156
[AuthorName] => Manny N. de los Reyes
[SectionName] => Motoring
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[Title] => "De javu" with the Chevrolet Optra
[Summary] => When Pinky Colmenares, motoring editor of the Bulletin, and I met at the Thai Airways Royal Executive Class Lounge of the NAIA prior to our flight last September 17, we could only smile and say almost in unison that it was going to be a "de javu" of a trip. After all, exactly a week ago we were bound for the same destination with the same route of flying in to Bangkok to be followed by an hour and a half shuttle to Pattaya for the same purpose — a test drive.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-01 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134827
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1805279
[AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
[SectionName] => Motoring
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