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Originally Posted by C/K Man
The 1/2 ton Suburban will soon be obsolete. Even if there were buyers for it, the new CAFE standards will be very hard to meet with vehicles like the 1/2 ton Suburban in the product mix. The 3/4 ton Suburban may be heavy enough to get past CAFE, but that vehicle is a slow seller and it doesn't make any sense to continue producting it on a unique platform. The real replacement is the Savanna/Express. BOF construction, much more room, and diesel availablility. Full size pickups will still be around too.
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The 3/4 ton Burb doesn't sell well, at least to me, because it doesn't have an engine. It used to have a 8.1, and I owned 3 of them, no diesel still, and the 6.0 sucks. So we just hammer a 6.2 Denali towing our 8K. Sure the 8.1 mpg sucked but it was the only game in town, now there is none. Hoping the little diesel saves the towing Burbs for us that need them.