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GM's SUVs May Get Smaller

Firm considers switch to car chassis

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2008 2:55 PM CDT

(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?

Ford Explorer America is introduced at the North American International Auto Show Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 in Detroit.
Ford Explorer America is introduced at the North American International Auto Show Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 in Detroit.   (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)
The Escalade featured in the TV show The Sopranos is shown in this undated file photo.
The Escalade featured in the TV show "The Sopranos" is shown in this undated file photo.   (AP Photo)
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.
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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