General Motors has been quietly seeking a buyer for their medium-duty truck line for over four years now. Having not found a willing shopper, GM now says they will cease production of the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC Topkick by the end of July.
The Kodiak and the Topkick faces extinction after the automaker announced that the New York factory where the engines are built in New York would close. The automaker had previously been trying to sell the line to Isuzu, but apparently those efforts failed.
Incidentally, U.S. President Barack Obama’s limousine, while imitating a Cadillac DTS on the outside, is actually built on a Kodiak/Topkick platform. That would make it hard for GM to build more of the tank-like presidential rides. It would also mean the end of Ironhide in the Transformers movie series.
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I think that they should keep the KODIAK/TOPKICK for special order atleast.
Especially if it keeps IRONHIDE in the Transformer movie. The movie wouldn’t be the same without IRONHIDE
What a STUPID MOVE on behalf of GM! They kept on changing the name, brand all the TIMES confusing their loyal/potential customers!!!!!!!!
If they contintue to do that. We would buy our brand-new vehicle SOMEWHERE ELSE! No freaking expectation! Now, GM shall wake up and LISTEN to us, customers not the airhead, clueless executivee, designers whom they don’t know what in the world they are DOING!
If it were me working at GM. I’d DEFINIATELY WANT TO KEEP THE KODIAK Lines running reducing the pricey tag making the customer HAPPY, Period! It’s only way to keep your factory business up and running employing those employees.
I’ve alway wanted to see a Biscayne 2 door coupe returning back to GM. If you do. I’d definiately purchase it from GM. But unfourantely nope… So, I’m keeping my ‘69 Impala instead.
Thank for your time listening to our concerned comments and prespective.
Take care,
David
yo this truck is the shit its like 2 doge cummins 3500 turbo disele engines had sex and mad this gmc top kick engine bitchhes