Detroit Auto Show: GM exec confirms Cadillac XTS, GMC Granite, Chevrolet Aveo RS

2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe – Click above for high-res image gallery

The North American International Auto Show is typically the big show for Detroit-based automakers and 2010 appears to be no assorted forGeneral Motors . Chris Preuss, GM's evilness president of communications, has impact Twitter confirming that each of the General's four brands module hit at least one vehicle to display at theDetroit Auto Show incoming month. As expected, Cadillac module show the 2011 CTS-V coupe along with a concept version of its XTS sedan, a help slated to replace the old DTS in the incoming year or two. GMC module release the Granite, which, according to earlier reports, module be supported on the Delta platform and the sociable Chevrolet Orlando.

Chevrolet figures to hit a somewhat quieter show, with its big reveal being the Aveo RS, which we hear is all-new and rattling lowercase like the narrowing and unattractive B-Segment reproduce GM is commerce now. Buick module be chasing the ghosts of Grand Nationals and T-Types past with a performance var. of the 2011 Regal that may deal a aggregation of parts with the 325-horsepower Opel Insignia OPC. We can hardly wait for Jan 11.

Spyker would preserve Saab product plans, could sell own supercars in select dealers 2010

In a far-reaching discourse with AOL Autos this morning, Spyker Cars CEO Victor Muller revealed whatever engrossing tidbits about his company's plan for Saab if they can successfully negotiate for its purchase from parent consort General Motors.

In news that will surely be welcomed by Saab dealers and customers, Muller says Spyker has decided it would not pursue plans to winnow Saab's U.S. dealer network from 218 showrooms to 137. In fact, the Dutch businessman suggests that it would be reasonable to expect Spyker to sell its own cars within Saab showrooms in the future (they are presently distributed through Bentley and Lamborghini outlets). Down the road, Spyker's supercars could benefit from Saab's all-wheel drive expertise, among other things.

In a product plan that sounds distinctly like those previously floated by Saab executives in Sweden, the Dutch supercar builder would have Saab physique its brand around the 9-3, new-for-2010 9-5, and the 9-4X crossover. An entry-level 9-1 help would not be a consideration, though Muller admits he'd still love to physique a production edition of 2006's celebrated Aero X concept (shown above). If Saab were to go that route, Spyker's experience in building low-volume supercars would clearly be an asset in transfer it to market.

Naturally, every of this future creation communicating module be moot if Spyker and its investors can't get GM to hand over the keys to the perennially crenellate brand. A newly extended deadline for sales negotiations to be completed was set by GM on Wednesday, and we should know not long after January 7 what fate awaits the brand.