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SOURCES: GM Narrowing Engine Choices for '07 Saturn Outlook
Date Posted 08-12-2005

DETROIT — Sources close to General Motors have told Inside Line the automaker's new Lambda family of large crossover vehicles will be able to accommodate both V6 and V8 engines, as well as GM's new six-speed automatic transmission.

The first of the Lambda products, the all-new 2007 Saturn Outlook, reportedly will come equipped with either a 3.6-liter V6 or an updated version of the pushrod 5.3-liter V8, with GM's "Displacement on Demand" system installed to help boost EPA fuel economy, Inside Line has learned. GM also is considering whether to offer a hybrid gas-electric version of the Outlook and its sister models in 2008-'09.

The '07 Outlook also will be one of the first products to use GM's new six-speed automatic transmission.

The Outlook, which debuts in fall 2006, will be joined the following spring by the all-new 2008 GMC Acadia — the first car-based vehicle to wear the GMC badge — and later in the year by a successor to the Buick Rendezvous. The latter model, which will feature styling cues and inspiration from the Velite and Centieme concepts, also is expected to get a new name.

What this means to you: Buyers will be able to order GM's big crossover vehicles with a V8 engine — something you can't get in a minivan.