{"id":327668,"date":"2010-02-16T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/16\/no-surprise-gms-next-generation-of-large-suvs-reportedly-due-b\/"},"modified":"2010-02-16T15:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T20:58:00","slug":"no-surprise-gms-next-generation-of-large-suvs-reportedly-due-by-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/327668","title":{"rendered":"No Surprise: GM’s next-generation of large SUVs reportedly due by 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: SUV<\/a>, Truck<\/a>, Cadillac<\/a>, Chevrolet<\/a>, GM<\/a>, GMC<\/a><\/p>\n

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75th Anniversary Diamond Edition Chevrolet Suburban<\/small> –<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/em> Click above for high-res image gallery<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

SUVs have traditionally been healthy profit-earners for General Motors. Though sales dropped by 25 percent in 2009, sales are picking up once again and exports remain strong, all making a good case for the revamping and keeping the truck chassis. Work had been idled<\/a> on the GMT900 architecture’s replacement while GM went through its bout with Chapter 11 and fuel prices spiked. Moving the Tahoe, Escalade, Yukon, and Suburban to a version of the unibody Lambda platform had also reportedly been considered<\/a>. In the end, buyers opting for the big SUVs really want and need what they do; from three rows of seats to truck-strong towing and heavy-duty four-wheel-drive systems, so General Motors is apparently keeping the basic formula, confirming to Automotive News<\/em> that all current versions of GMT900 have a future. The fact that GM SUVs are practically ubiquitous as congressional transporters probably doesn’t hurt the case for revamping the full-size SUV line, either. After all, Capitol Hill has a massive stake in GM, and they might as well get some new armored Escalades for politicians publicly stumping for small, fuel-efficient cars, right? <\/p>\n

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Gallery: Chevrolet Suburban 75th Anniversary Diamond Edition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[Source: Automotive News<\/a> – sub. req.]<\/p>\n

No Surprise: GM’s next-generation of large SUVs reportedly due by 2013<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: SUV, Truck, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, GMC 75th Anniversary Diamond Edition Chevrolet Suburban – Click above for high-res image gallery Listen to enough of the bloviation, and you’ll start to believe that full-size, traditional SUVs are the root of all evil. While the hue and cry has gone up far and wide branding these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Listen to enough of the bloviation, and you’ll start to believe that full-size, traditional SUVs are the root of all evil. While the hue and cry has gone up far and wide branding these truck-based vehicles as four-wheeled carcinogens, there are enough legitimate reasons to purchase a Chevrolet Suburban<\/a> or Cadillac Escalade<\/a> that General Motors is going ahead with the next generation. <\/p>\n