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GM gearing up for big ad push for crucial new pickups: executive

The launch of General Motors Co's redesigned Chevrolet Silverado, the most important since the automaker's bankruptcy and $50 billion taxpayer-funded bailout in 2009, is on track and advertising for its full-size trucks should begin in a few weeks, a top GM executive said on Monday.Mark Reuss, head of GM's North American operations, said the launch of the 2014 Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups is going "really good" and there had been no hiccups to slow the rollout.Analysts estimate GM has invested $3 billion to $4 billion to develop the new trucks and related engines, and to revamp the plants where they are built. The last major redesign of the trucks was in 2006.Reuss said advertising for the new big trucks will not begin until there are enough on dealer lots to meet demand."We want to match availability with the marketing, so we've still got some weeks before we get everything to everybody that needs it," he told reporters after an event at which he announced the creation of a summer...

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