G. David Felt
Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com

 

GM and Navistar reach Commercial Agreement

 

GM and Navistar have signed a long term agreement to co develop future medium duty Class 4/5 trucks for the Commercial Chevrolet truck line.

 

GM is excited to expand and grow their commercial line of trucks as they add to the fleet lineup of crossovers, vans, trucks and medium duty trucks. Navistar will add 300 jobs and invest 12 million into their facility to produce these new vehicles that will be sold under GM's Chevrolet division and Navistar.

 

http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2015/sep/0930-navistar.html

 

So then does this mean Chevrolet will have competitors to Fords F450, F550, F650 and F750 models?

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So then does this mean Chevrolet will have competitors to Fords F450, F550, F650 and F750 models?

 

From what I understand, there will be a Chevrolet Class 4 (4500) and International will get a Class 5 (5500) vehicle.  I'd imagine Chevy will want a 5500 model too, and may be the next offering.  I don't think there will be 6500 and 7500 models, unless this product becomes very successful quickly.

 

2018 seems like a really long time for this product to come out, and I don't like that GMC will not receive a 4500/5500 product.  This model will replace the current model International TerraStar - both GM & International will offer a vehicle on this platform, not sure if GM is sharing cabs and powertrains with Intenational or if International will have their own cabs and powertrains. 

Edited October 5, 201510 yr by GMTruckGuy74

I wish GM much better luck with them then Ford had.

It reassures me that they clearly mention in the article that they will be using GM engines.

 

So then does this mean Chevrolet will have competitors to Fords F450, F550, F650 and F750 models?

 

From what I understand, there will be a Chevrolet Class 4 (4500) and International will get a Class 5 (5500) vehicle.  I'd imagine Chevy will want a 5500 model too, and may be the next offering.  I don't think there will be 6500 and 7500 models, unless this product becomes very successful quickly.

 

2018 seems like a really long time for this product to come out, and I don't like that GMC will not receive a 4500/5500 product.  This model will replace the current model International TerraStar - both GM & International will offer a vehicle on this platform, not sure if GM is sharing cabs and powertrains with Intenational or if International will have their own cabs and powertrains. 

 

I understand that like many who have asked why not GMC? Yet I also understand the business point of making GMC the Truck Luxury end as to why Cadillac will not have a Luxury truck anymore. Focus on building a strong commercial line through one dealer and let the other have the higher end luxury business.

 

Will be interesting to see where GMC / Buick dealers end up in the next few years. I always loved and still do the GMC Professional Grade, but I can see the GMC/Buicks as being the luxury line of trucks SUV's over Chevy.

 

This also does not mean that GMC will not eventually get commercial trucks again. Only time will tell.