• The Wall Street Journal , Friday, September 19, 2008 10:45 AM

General Motors is holding off on plans to bring a Chevrolet-branded "multipurpose vehicle" (MPV) called the Orlando to the U.S. and instead will start selling the Pontiac G3 subcompact car in the U.S. next spring. The G3, closely based on the Chevrolet Aveo already on sale in the U.S., will be built in South Korea.

The Orlando is an MPV based on GM's compact-car architecture but would have been capable of seating seven people. The vehicle may have been considered an odd proposition to U.S. consumers, and may be better-suited to the European market where MPVs are common. In the U.S., larger minivans, such as the Toyota Sienna or Dodge Caravan, are popular alternatives to MPVs.

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