Article: The Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja column: Enclave is the beef, but where's hybrid?(Column)

Byline: Jim Mateja

Jul. 1--Two years ago General Motors ushered a handful of media into its design studios outside Detroit for a peek at what was coming in two to three years. Such events are prompted by consumers looking at current offerings and asking "Where's the beef?" The wraps are taken off a sampling of future products to assure the media -- and thus the public -- that better days are coming. Lee Iacocca mastered this when he ran Chrysler and unveiled countless renditions of the K-car to show the company was on the way back. On this June day in 2005, GM previewed the 2007 Aura replacement for the Saturn L-Series sedan, the 2008 remake of the ...

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