The giant of the motoring industry, General Motors, who own brands like Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Pontiac and Buick, have reveasleda line-up of new car £. Only last month General Motors recovered from 40 days of bankruptcy where the US Government invested $50 billion into the company, of which is now 60% owned by the taxpayers.

Now that they have got out of danger from bankruptcy, the car manufacturer is looking for new ways to help increase business. Within the past week, they have released details about the new ways they will be selling their cars. A trial method they are running from August 11th is selling the new cars on eBay, the online auction site.

On August 11th, General Motors invited a select group of 100 consumers to join them at their proving ground in Detroit. The point of the event was to promote their ideas, plus their new range of cars for a number of their brands. After they recovered from bankruptcy, the company took a long hard look at their car models and decided to make some changes.

Currently the majority of their cars are large, gas guzzling tanks that although have been popular in the past, they are not so much now. To try and attract younger and greener customers, they have created a series of new models for their brands that are smaller and more fuel efficient.

One of the cars that was announced is the Chevrolet Volt which is expected to become very popular. This car is said to be set for release in 2010, it’s already become very popular because of how many miles per gallon it can manage. Currently the car is estimated to be able to do 230 miles per gallon which is a huge amount and it drastically reduces the running of the car.

The other big announcement for new cars is the new model Cadillac. The announced model is going to be a small sports sedan and will come with either 4 wheel or rear wheel drive. This new car is going to be smaller than the popular CTS model.

During the event, a number of planned changes were announced by General Motors, all of which are expected to take effect within the next 3 years. Some of the plans said included doubling the amount of cars in Buick’s range, giving them a total of 6 models. We’ll have to keep one eye open to see what cars are released first and what sort of effect they have on General Motors’ market share. I just hope we in the UK will get some of these new models coming to the contract hire market. Currently if you are after leasing a large American car, you have to get a Chrysler lease. Alternatively, you could just opt for cheap van leasing considering they are the closest to a Chevrolet, size wise