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Washington 2009: picture fun with the Saturn Flextreme

One of the guilty pleasures available during the quiet period before the public days of an auto show is taking pictures when no one is around. We've seen the Saturn Flextreme (and it's Opel cousin) before, but haven't seen it spinning around on the stand all by itself, just asking for a few shutter clicks. We obliged, of course, and present you with these images. We got a little carried away with the long shutter speeds and liked the trippy effects they created. Oh, to have our fisheye with us at all times. Technical details on this ... Read more →

Prize time: Opel Flextreme wins red dot design award Xavier Navarro

The Red Dot design award is one of Europe's most prestigious industry awards. Created under the aegis of the Design Zentrum North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, it has been awarded to the European cousin ...

GM's E-Flex vehicle to be called Electra in the UK? Sam Abuelsamid

Here in the U.S. market, the name Electra was used on big Buick sedans for more than four decades but it hasn't appeared in a new car showroom since 1990. It looks like the Electra could be be making ...

Euro-bound Volt clones will be built in U.S. Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme The internal debate over whether the upcoming Volt will be badged as a Chevrolet or an Opel across the pond has been decided. The first ...

Videos: a very close look at the Opel Flextreme Lascelles Linton

The Opel Flextreme diesel electric concept got a visit from reporters in a studio setting instead of at a busy car show. The video above and the one below the fold are very quiet, thoughtful looks at ...

VIDEO: GM's version of the Opel Flextreme reveal in Studio Stories 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There is a series of professionally-shot videos, called Studio Story, about the design, theory and then reveal of the Opel Flextreme at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The clip above, episode four, was posted yesterday, and shows a pre-strike Bob Lutz's stage performance from Frankfurt and the way the ...

Frankfurt 2007: Opel Flextreme live shots, unloading the Segways 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme concept The inclusion of a pair on-board Segway scooters may have been a questionable design decision for the Opel Flextreme concept, but the packaging was certainly well integrated. The back end of Flextreme has a compartment behind the ...

Frankfurt 2007 video round up: Opel, Mini, Verve 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This is the fourth AutoblogGreen video round up and we've got three more videos from the Frankfurt Motor Show. The above video takes a look at the Opel Flextreme with program manager Frank Weber. Frank says the production version of the car will have the lowest rolling resistance tires ever (they ...

Chevy Volt goes to Europe: Opel Flextreme Concept has ultra-low emissions of 40g/km of CO2 (!) and two on-board Segways 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Flextreme for a high-res gallery digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Chevy_Volt_goes_to_Europe_full_details_and_PICs_of_the_Opel_Flextreme'; We all got an early look at the Opel Flextreme after the images leaked onto the web the other night. In case you missed it, the Flextreme is ...

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