Chevy Kodiak Discontinued Along with GMC Topkick

Goodbye Chevrolet Kodiak

After years of looking for a buyer, General Motors is scaling back its medium-duty truck line, and the company will not produce the Chevy Kodiak or the GMC Topkick anymore after next month.

General motors last month announced that it would discontinue franchise agreements with 789 dealerships, and with fewer places to sell its products, it appears GM must scale back its product lines.

Shrinking company, shrinking cars

Last week, GM announced that it would sell the Hummer brand, yet another sign that GM is scaling back on production of large vehicles. GM has already exhausted the number of unsecured loans it can take out, so it has moved on to new ways of saving money.

Consumers are increasingly turning to hybrids and more fuel-efficient cars. Of course, that means sales of large vehicles like the Chevy Kodiak and the GMC Topkick have slowed.

A word from General Motors

GM did issue a statement regarding its decision to stop producing the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC Topkick. However, the fact that they’d stop making them was pretty much all they gave us. Here’s the statement from GM in its entirety:

GM Statement Regarding Wind Down Of Medium Duty Truck Production

After four years of working with multiple potential buyers, General Motors has decided to wind-down its medium-duty truck operations. Production of the Chevy Kodiak and GMC Topkick medium duty trucks will cease by July 31, 2009.

What happened with Navistar?

Some avid followers of Gm news and truck news might remember that in 2007, GM announced that it would sell its medium-duty truck line, including the Chevy Kodiak and GMC Topkick to Navistar International Corporation. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Chevy Kodiak Discontinued Along with GMC Topkick"