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I could understand them killing the Tahoe/Yukon line. But why build two different CUV lines of the same size?]]>May 9th 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/
Oh, wait...]]>May 9th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/Um... no there not for one thing the Acadia and other gm cuv's are fwd and not rwd like the Tahoe. Most people dont need a big tahoe but there are people out there that will use them and something like a Acadia just wont cut it. ]]>May 9th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/
"Um... no there not"

Um...yes they are! The Enclave, Acadia, Outlook are virtually the same size as the Tahoe and Yukon. For example, the Tahoe is 79" wide and 202" long. The GMC Acadia is 78.2" wide and 200.7" long.

If GM changes the Tahoe and Yukon to a unibody as the article suggest that they may, then it won't have the towing capabilities of the current design either. So what extra capability would a unibody Tahoe/Yukon have over a the Acadia/Outlook/Enclave? Both platforms would be unibody. Both platforms would be the same size.]]>May 9th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/May 9th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/May 9th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/
Unknown: I think you have a reading comprehension problem.

I CAN'T go drive a unibody Tahoe, and neither can you because it doesn't exist. The comparison is NOT between the current Tahoe and the Acadia/Enclave/Outlook. The comparison is between the proposed unibody replacement for the Tahoe and the current Acadia/Enclave/Outlook.

The Acadia/Enclave/Outlook engine bay is big enough for a V8. So I ask you again, what capability would a UNIBODY Tahoe (not today's body-on-frame Tahoe, but a UNIBODY Tahoe as described in the article) provide that the Acadia/Enclave/Outlook would not? Both would be unibody. Both would have far reduced towing ratings compared with today's body-on-frame Tahoe. Both would have very limited offroad capability.

There is a point to keeping today's body-on-frame Tahoe and the Acadia/Enclave/Outlook platform, since the body-on-frame Tahoe provides some capabilities (towing and modest offroad) that the Acadia/Enclave/Outlook does not have.

But if GM replaces the current Tahoe with a unibody Tahoe as the article suggested, then there is really no difference in capability between the two platforms.]]>May 9th 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/May 9th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/May 9th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/May 9th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/May 9th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/
The Arcadia, Outlook, and Enclave can do the same job, and better if we are talking about comfort. They also cost less....So, bye bye super sized SUV. ]]>May 9th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/
You obviously don't live in a state like Michigan where you see boats, campers, snowmobiles, and all types of trailers towed with these vehicles.

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Gentlemen, no I do not live in Michigan or Texas, but here in the Chicagoland area, these vehicles are usually not used for towing. I understand the towing capacity difference, but my argument is that most people in my area buy the bigger SUV's for status. These are their everyday daily commuters. The heaviest thing they carry are their lattes.]]>May 9th 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/
In Chicagoland - and NYC and DC and LA and SF and so on - where the journalists and politicians and bloggers live, nobody tows. Traffic is so bad you couldn't if you wanted to. DIY doesn't mean a bed full of framing and sheetrock, it means re-wiring your own switch. Box stores have cheap delivery. The roads are plowed and salted by the time you wake up.

So they look across the street and see a line of Explorers and Suburbans that never saw a day's work in their life, and conclude that that's how it must be everywhere so the government should ban the wasteful things.

America doesn't end at the city limits. If you ask me, it starts there.
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Has anyone ever seen an Escalade ever tow anything in the first place?

I can see the loss of the Tahoe being a problem for some. I live out near some horse farms and each one as some sort of large SUV for towing family and horse trailer but they are definitely the minority of purchasers of these beasts. Besides they survived before with out SUVs, i'm sure they can do it again. ]]>May 9th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/May 9th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/09/gm-may-divorce-trucks-and-full-size-suvs/May 9th 2008 11:50AM