7Mary3 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 A few of us have been talking about the future of the 650 and 750 Super Duty after 2009 when 'Blue Diamond' comes to an end. Does anyone have any ideas about the GM mediums? GM was supposed to have sold the assembly lines for the medium duty trucks to Navistar, who was going to manufacture the trucks for GM commercial truck dealers. Word I am hearing now is that the deal is off. GM is still building the trucks in the Flint MI. plant as of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfeg Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 The mediums seem like the mostly forgotten step children of Detroit. Their parents like what they bring in, but do not seem to include them in their plans. Producing them in dedicated plants is not attractive in the current enviorenment, but then it is not practical to put them (as now configured) in a light truck plant. And margins might be getting thinner with more competition from others that are trying to grow in the market. I do not want to see the domestic mediums go away, but that is a possibility when the costs of maintaining dedicated plants and updating/upgrading product are balanced with revenue. I feel that the GM mediums are most at risk of going away now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 http://www.leftlanenews.com/change-of-hear...k-business.html Well, Navistar won't be buying GM's medium duty truck line anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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