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Old 03-04-2004, 09:28 PM   #8
72c10step
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Originally posted by greatdaen

Why didn't GM build them? Those darn 'bean counters'. At that time, the 4-door was super hot and they couldn't make enough of them. The 2-door market was only 15% of the utility market and had been shrinking each year. The cost of developing the program and the production requirements didn't make sense to them. They decided they wanted the assembly line capacity to be for all 4-doors.

You would think that since No One makes a full size 2-door anymore, there would be a market. But then again, these are the same people that told my group in '95/'96 it would be a cold day in Haiti before the public would by an SUV with a pickup box - Avelanche, Explorer Sport Trac - or a 4-door 4x4 with a short box.

-dch
I just wish that there was some way to get them to change their minds about the 2 door SUVs. I guess I'll just have to settle with get a used older style 2 doors instead of a brand new one when I graduate from college next year.
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