GM is postponing redesigning its large SUVs and full-size pickups as the market shifts towards more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Gas prices are way over $4 a gallon in many parts of the country, which is forcing many consumers to finally look at more efficient vehicles. This has forced many of the automakers to rethink their current production plans. GM, Ford, Toyota, Nissan, Honda and so on have all announced plans to decrease truck and SUV production in favor of more fuel-efficient small cars and crossovers.
GM has now announced that the life cycle of its current full-size trucks and SUVs is going to be extended. This means if you were hoping for a redesigned Chevy Silverado or GMC Yukon you are going to have to wait longer.
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Comments (15)
GOD they're idiots....
I LOVE WHINING !
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Posted by CKV | June 19, 2008 4:13 PM
Posted on June 19, 2008 16:13
The best part, is right under this article are links to these other articles..
Ford Shuts Down Expedition and Navigator Plant for Nine-Weeks...Slow Sales
GM is Going to Close Four Truck Plants and Maybe Kill or Sell HUMMER
Companies that do not adapt to the market deserve to lose business.
Posted by Garret | June 19, 2008 7:21 PM
Posted on June 19, 2008 19:21
My god that Escalade is hideous!
And people were paying $60k for one of these dressed up Suburbans?
Posted by Noya | June 19, 2008 9:53 PM
Posted on June 19, 2008 21:53
Look at GM grow a brain!
Posted by Tommy Boy | June 19, 2008 10:31 PM
Posted on June 19, 2008 22:31
aaahhhh, that truck looks like an extention to that building....
Posted by lowest iq | June 20, 2008 12:21 AM
Posted on June 20, 2008 00:21
Wait till you see the people that get out of it.
Posted by waldorf and statler | June 20, 2008 12:26 AM
Posted on June 20, 2008 00:26
Sounds like a good move.
Now, will they produce smarter products in time for them to save any semblance of market share? Time will tell.
Posted by kw | June 20, 2008 7:00 AM
Posted on June 20, 2008 07:00
FWD 4 bangers will take over the world.
Posted by cobaltssman | June 20, 2008 7:23 AM
Posted on June 20, 2008 07:23
^ Or AWD electic cars, we'll see. Who buys an SUV these days? Going to the gas pump and spending 150 dollars every 4-5 days isn't my cup of tea. I already think my G35 takes a lot of gas, I can't imagine what my neighbour goes through filling up his H2 hummer lol. I think trucks would be good with electric engines since what they need most is torque. The torque of an electric engine is at its maximum at 0 rpm and that would be perfect for trucks towing heavy objects. I'm predicting in 10-20 years, they only trucks on the road will be owned by those who actually use them (construction workers, contractors etc.) Not many SUVs will be out there unless we're able to find a good energy source to replace Petrol.
Posted by JohnBo | June 20, 2008 7:41 AM
Posted on June 20, 2008 07:41
Well i guess if we were all millionaires 4 dollars a gallon would be nothing, but in reality most people can't afford 4 dollars a gallon with suv's and trucks, so it's about time these companies started to adapt to change. I'd kill the Big SUV market altogether if i was one of these compaines.
Posted by SteelCity1981 | June 20, 2008 10:07 AM
Posted on June 20, 2008 10:07
Good move GM, now they can get those engineers/designers/accountants making new smaller vehicles.
Posted by gm0n3y | June 20, 2008 11:14 AM
Posted on June 20, 2008 11:14
What did they have to redesign? Other than the interiors with no head room at all if you are 6 ft+ (standard GM disease). They need to design a way to put the 6L80e into the trucks- damn, bet it bolts right in, solved that one.
Posted by J.D. | June 21, 2008 1:21 AM
Posted on June 21, 2008 01:21
This has got to be one of the ugliest cars (or trucks) since the Wagon Queen Family Truckster in the Lampoon movie "Vacation". In fact, maybe this IS the Wagon Queen Family Truckster.
By the way, both vans and SUVs are just versions of the same thing: the station wagon. We were sold down the river with the whole SUV mania. The sooner we get rid of these road hogs, the better. Kill the Escalade and all the other obese gas guzzlers. We'll be better off without them.
Posted by godZilla28 | June 21, 2008 6:59 PM
Posted on June 21, 2008 18:59
look at me, im going to drive an suv just to piss you haters off. if you can afford an escalade, you can afford gas.
Posted by ha ha | June 23, 2008 12:10 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 12:10
I don't care what gas costs I will never get rid of my new GMC Sierra
Posted by Joe | June 23, 2008 6:28 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 18:28