For propulsion, CV1 uses a 2.2-litre, DOHC inline-four attached to an all-wheel-drive system.It seems unlikely anything this radical will see production, but it's not hard to see how it will indeed "act as a catalyst for dialogue between Saturn and current or future customers.
From Oldsmobile came the Profile, and here we are probably getting closer to reality. The division meant to attract import buyers to GM is supposed to get one of the company's long-promised crossover vehicles, and that's what we're looking at here, since part-van, part-SUV, part-sedan is as crossover as you're going to get.
Profile is meant to play up the "Architectonic" nature of Olds future design and draw a line under its "precise ride and handling," all of which is powered by a supercharged 3.5-litre V6.This 5-person, all-wheel-drive sports sedan has a 60/40 split rear seat that slides back and forth and folds flat for cargo that can be loaded through the sliding rear doors of the hatchback.
Profile is Web-ready and GPS-capable and comes with voice-activated controls, so you can tell it to find the nearest golf course on the net and order it to take you there the quickest way because it can receive traffic congestion information.
Buick's LaCrosse is teasing us with features from the real world Rendezvous crossover vehicle that's due sometime next year. Here again, a sports sedan (the 4.2-litre V8 makes it so) has been constructed to act as a light cargo carrier with an open bed.