GMC announces plan to scrap the Chevrolet Avalanche
Posted: 04/13/2012
DETROIT - General Motors is scrapping the Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck.
The company sold 580,000 of the short-bed, five-seat trucks since rolling them out in 2001. They were a combination of SUV and pickup truck.
Sales peaked at just over 93,000 in 2003, but fell as buyers went for full-size "crew cab" pickups. Last year GM sold only 20,000 Avalanches.
GM introduced a full-size light-duty Chevy Silverado crew cab in 2004. The company says 65 percent of pickup trucks are now sold with the rear seat.
GM will sell the Avalanche through the summer of 2013. The truck is made at a factory in Silao, Mexico, which also makes the Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups.
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