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    Mega-SUV em vias de extinção!

    A General Motors vai cancelar a produção dos novos SUV, que tinha planeado lançar em breve. É mais uma das medidas que a empresa norte-americana foi obrigada a tomar devido à crise no sector automóvel e, principalmente, porque os norte-americanos têm cada vez mais tendência para veículos compactos. Segundo a imprensa americana os modelos em causa são os sucessores do Chevrolet Tahoe e Cadillac Escalade.

    Ao New York Times, o vice-presidente da GM confirmou o cancelamento destes SUV:«Tendo em conta o cenário de crise, seria difícil investir alguns milhões de dólares a desenvolver modelos que à partida não iriam ter sucesso». Bob Lutz afirmou, ainda, que a decisão já tinha sido tomada no primeiro semestre deste ano, com o cancelamento do programa CCX, a nova plataforma destes modelos de grandes dimensões.

    Já Rich Wagoner, presidente da GM, garantiu que os modelos de pequenas dimensões são a prioridade do construtor, assim como o eléctrico Chevrolet Volt.
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    In a move that would have seemed implausable a decade ago, General Motors have cancelled a $2 billion investment program to update their range of full-size SUVs, the staple breadwinners of the 90s. Pulling the plug on Project CXX, which was set to underpin future versions of the Escalade, Yukon and Suburban, was unanimously approved by executives, ending 15 years of vehicles that defined the brand.


    “It would have been very difficult in today’s environment to spend a couple of billion dollars to do a replacement,” said Robert A. Lutz, G.M.’s vice chairman and head of product development. In a market faced with soaring fuel prices and consumer demand for more compact, more efficient cars; “reality had set in.”


    But with sales of SUVs steadily falling since 2004 and the company posting an $18.8 billion loss in the first half of the year, GM are in troubled waters. Share prices have seen drops of as much as 76 percent on the year - but they are by no means alone. Ford shares are down 70 percent over the same period, while Chrysler, like GM, may also loom on bankruptcy. But it is General Motors which has suffered and will suffer most, its passenger cars sold as loss-makers and its success dependant on its line of sport-utility vehicles.


    Lay-offs at GM plants are set to continue, with Janesville, the firm's oldest and most reliant on SUV production, being announced earlier this month as to close by Christmas. And if the potential merger goes ahead with flailing Chrysler, further job losses are expected, adding to the some 40,000 hourly workers already made redundant in the last three years. Hopes that a new small car could fill the production line at Janesville were dashed as GM made a committment to its Arlington plant for future developments.
    GM Chairman Rich Wagoner says development of smaller cars and lower-capacity engines will be sped up, also redeclaring the company's commitment to delivering the electric-drivetrain Chevrolet Volt by 2010.



    Further resources are being poured into development of the new Chevrolet Malibu and its crossover entries, the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia, as well as the continued development on hybrid systems.
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    #2
    E não iam também descontinuar os Hummer's? Ou então vender a marca?

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      #3
      Não teria tanta certeza

      How quickly we forget: Cheaper gas = higher pickup and SUV sales

      Pickup and SUV sales plummeted when gas hit $4 per gallon, and many thought these gas-guzzling segments would never fully recover. That may be true, but for now Americans are once again getting more comfortable with trucks and SUVs. Truck sales fell below 10% of overall vehicle sales back in May and June, but the price of gas falling from an average of $4.11 per gallon to $2.78 has helped the share of trucks rise to 14.1% of the overall market for September. Depending on how buyers react to the financial crisis, October could be even better as gas prices have continued to go down. SUVs have seen a smaller but still significant jump in overall share, going from 1.9% in May to 2.5% in September – a big improvement for a shrinking segment.

      Much of the increased interest in trucks and SUVs can easily be attributed to huge incentives on the hoods of these hefty haulers, but gas prices are a big factor, as well. And while most analysts feel the truck market won't recover until construction picks back up, we're sure automakers are happy to see an increase in sales for their most profitable vehicles, even if it takes a pile of cash on the hood to get them moving.

      http://www.autoblog.com

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        #4
        Originalmente Colocado por Metal King Ver Post
        E não iam também descontinuar os Hummer's? Ou então vender a marca?
        sim, a hummer ainda está à venda.
        Não parece haver muitos interessados

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          #5
          Originalmente Colocado por JRodrigues Ver Post
          Não teria tanta certeza
          caramba

          no entanto, temos que ter em conta, como o artigo diz, as promoções e cortes de preço brutais que estes modelos têm tido de modo a manter os números de vendas

          Com esta baixa do petroleo, deve haver ainda uns quantos a aproveitarem as últimas résteas do "american dream"

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