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GM's SUVs May Get Smaller  

Posted May 9, 08 2:55 PM CDT in Business    Editor's Choice

(newser) – General Motors has long used truck chassis as the foundation of its largest SUVs: the Escalades, Tahoes, and Yukons. But with fuel costs going nowhere but up and stricter fuel standards on the horizon, GM is considering switching those models to lighter car-sized underpinnings when they come up for redesign in 2012, Left Lane News reports. Is the 90’s mega-SUV a dying breed?

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GM's SUVs May Get Smaller
Ford Explorer America is introduced at the North American International Auto Show Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 in Detroit.   (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)
GM's SUVs May Get Smaller
The Escalade featured in the TV show "The Sopranos" is shown in this undated file photo.   (AP Photo)
GM's SUVs May Get Smaller
The company crest shines off the grille of an unsold 2007 Escalade at a Cadillac dealership in the northwest Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colo., on Sunday, May 6, 2007.   (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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