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General Motors announced today the opening its new Seoul Advanced Design  Studio in South Korea. The studio is based out of Seoul’s Gangnam area, which is considered not only the most stylish part of Korea’s capital.

“Our car designers get inspiration from life and Gangnam is a place where people worship design, style and fashion,” said Ed Welburn, GM Vice President of Global Design. “Our Korean designers will sample perfection every day surrounded by some of the top brands and fashion houses in the world and this ideal location will nurture their creative souls.”
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Owners of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles and customers in the market for used models will soon be able to check for unrepaired safety, non-compliance and emission recalls through Carfax, the companies announced Wednesday.

GM is providing millions of vehicle identification numbers (VINs) to Carfax for cars, trucks and crossovers with open recalls. Used car buyers and sellers will be able to access this information through Carfax Vehicle History Reports and at www.carfax.com/recall by May 1. Those VINs also include used Hummer, Saab, Pontiac and Saturn models – brands that GM no longer sells.

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General Motors today announced pricing for the new 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD and 2011 GMC Sierra HD.

Prices for the base Silverado HD start at $27,965. An upgrade to the proven Duramax diesel engine and Allison transmission combination will cost you an extra $8,395 (the same as in 2010).

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Making good on its promise to taxpayers in the United States and Canada, General Motors has announced it will make another payment on its bailout loans on Wednesday. GM will issue a payment of $1.19 billion to the U.S. and Canadian governments.

The early loan payment is just another step in GM’s plan to repay taxpayers a full five years ahead of schedule. GM made a similar payment to the U.S. and Canadian governments last December.

“Given the progress the company is making, GM has every confidence that the remainder of the loans will be paid in full by June 2010; five years ahead of schedule,” GM Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre said in a statement.
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If you’re someone that knows cars and hears the words “head-up display” you automatically think of a little projector that magically shows your speed limit and other information directly on small area of your windshield. Well, General Motors R&D is taking it a step further and is studying a new system that would be able to gather data from vehicle sensors and cameras and project images generated by ultra violet lasers onto the entire surface of the windshield.

What’s so new about this new head-up display technology? Imagine you’re driving in heavy rain or fog and can barely see the road. The new system can use compact lasers and the lane detection system to project a virtual road edge onto the full windshield to help driver’s stay on the road.

Combined with night vision technology, the new head-up display can also highlight objects, such as deer, for the driver – helping prevent potential accidents.

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