Following right on the heels of GM’s launch of its revamped full-size SUVs into a shrinking market segment plagued
by rapidly rising fuel prices, Lutz kicks off his GM podcasting career with, among other things, a discussion of the
market for full-size sport utes, GM’s new SUV fuel saving technologies, displacement on demand, and the future of
crossovers. According to Lutz, we can expect GM’s new gas/electric hybrid system to make its first appearance in the
big SUVs sometime in 2007.
Lutz repeatedly emphasizes that there’s a real need for big SUV’s from people who need either the size or the towing
capability. No argument there, I have one for towing. The question is how much of the 750,000 units/year market is made
up of people with that “real need.” I see a lot of SUVs with receivers that have never seen a ball mount. I’m just
saying.
Get the Lutzcast here.
[Via GM FastLane]