2010 Chevrolet
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major redesign, a vehicle is said to begin a new "generation."
The Suburban 2500 is available in LS and LT trims in both 2WD and
4WD. It can seat up to nine passengers in its three rows of seats.
The 2500 comes standard with a 352-hp 6.0-liter flexible-fuel V8
engine mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission. All-disc anti-lock
brakes, traction control, side curtain airbags and GM's StabiliTrak
electronic stability system with rollover mitigation are standard.
DETROIT — Facing a prolonged downturn in sales of full-size trucks
and SUVs and the likelihood of a permanent erosion in their volume
and market share, General Motors executives last May canceled the
CXX program — the planned replacements for the Chevrolet Tahoe and
Suburban and their siblings at GMC and Cadillac.
A story in Sunday's New York Times quotes GM Vice Chairman Robert
Lutz, head of product development, as saying: "It would have been
very difficult in today's environment to spend a couple of billion
dollars to do a replacement."
The next-generation Tahoe and Suburban, along with successors to the
Yukon and Escalade, were slated to begin arriving in 2011 as 2012
models, supplier sources told Inside Line. GM originally had
earmarked $2 billion to completely redesign the big SUVs and retool
its assembly plants to build them.
It is now unclear whether the current models, which went on sale in
early 2006, will continue in production until 2011 or will be phased
out earlier. GM has announced plans to close one SUV plant in
Janesville, Wisconsin, consolidating SUV production in Arlington,
Texas.
Through the first nine months of 2008, Tahoe sales were down 30
percent.
GM earlier this month said it would kill the midsize Chevrolet
TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy and Saab 9-7X in December because of plunging
sales.
GM is not alone among the Detroit-based automakers facing a sea
change in buyers' vehicle preferences. Chrysler last week said it
would discontinue its full-size Aspen and Durango SUVs at year-end,
including just-released hybrid editions.
Inside Line says: Look for the classic truck-based sport-utility
vehicle to completely vanish from the American landscape over the
next 24 to 36 months. — Paul Lienert, Correspondent
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