General Motors will roll edition of the "charged" model Chevrolet and Cadillac

Concern General Motors in the next two years, will cease production of sports cars Chevrolet, Pontiac and Cadillac. According to the publication Automotive News, the first - by the end of 2009 - from the Cadillac lineup will disappear Sedan STS-V. This car is a 4.4-liter V8 engine with mechanical supercharger (469 hp) came to market in 2005, but high demand not used. "In just four months of sales over the new sedan CTS-V, we have implemented more machines than for the whole year sales STS-V", - said representatives of GM. Followed by the model of the production program General Motors will disappear Pontiac G6 GXP - and in a body "sedan", and in a body "coupe". These modifications were equipped with six-cylinder engine power of 252 horsepower, but their further manufacture in a crisis proved unprofitable, so the family has been exposed GXP overall decline in production. The brand of Chevrolet production model of the program will disappear Impala SS (with eight-cylinder motor) and the Cobalt SS - coupe and sedan, two-liter turbo engine that equipped with capacity of 260 horsepower. The reason for the termination of production - a sharp drop in demand for these cars. If last year for four months GM has sold more than 66 thousand "cobalt," including "charged", then in 2009 - only 32 000 units. Demand for the Impala model also fell twice - from 98.4 to 45 thousand cars. Recall that in April, a general downturn in sales of new cars in the U.S. was 34 percent - the worst figure in 30 years. First place in the four months took Concern GM, second place went to Ford, and the third - Toyota. Photos of Cadillac CTS-V