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Automotive News reports that Tom Stephens, General Motors' vice chairman of global product development, says the company has halted plans to produce a midsize unibody pickup for the U.S. market. The truck would have competed directly against the Honda Ridgeline.
In 2008 at the Chicago Auto Show, GM showed off the GMC Denali XT concept, a unibody architecture pickup with aggressive looks and lower body mass vs. traditional body-on-frame construction that could help save fuel by cutting weight.
Stephens says GM's research showed that fuel economy gains weren't going to be as high as expected and that customers would expect to pay less for a truck with fewer capabilities, but that target price was too low for the truck to be profitable.
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