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Originally Posted by Ming

Well it certainly wasn't for lack of people like me asking for this in fan forums like GMI since around 2004 or earlier (around when it became apparent that GM was starving its cars for trucks and SUVs and getting a bad reputation for it while Toyota and Honda were building up their image as the default makers of reliable and fuel efficient small cars).

But "no one wanted small cars and everyone wanted trucks and SUVs" back then, if you ask Bob (with his typical hyperbole).

Negativity aside, I am very hopeful for this shift of focus, even if GM management was pulled kicking and screaming into it. I just hope we don't see any small car plans scrapped by the quarterly earnings mentality when or if gasoline prices dip down to levels where SUVs and Trucks start selling better for a few months in a row.

I don't think GM should scrap any plans. I really hope they update GMT900 on schedule. My plan is to purchase a 2012-2014 Avalanche to replace the 07 in my driveway (or a Suburban if Avalanche has ceased to exist). I don't think I'm GM's only truck customer that isn't planning on downgrading anytime soon. Either that or give me a truly full-sized RWD station wagon (the Holden Sportwagon isn't) packing some flavor of the Chevy small block.