July 31st will be the end of the production run of the Kodiak and Topkick Med duty trucks.
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July 31st will be the end of the production run of the Kodiak and Topkick Med duty trucks.
2018 GMC Denali HD 2500 L5P.
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I think it's only temporary though. My sources have told me that ISUZU wants to buy the Medium Duty Franchise but they are going to wait for 60 days before making the purchase. It has something to do with the UAW and contracts I guess. I think that is one of the reasons the deal fell through with International Trucks.
1998 Chevy k-2500 454 147,000 miles and climbing!
1993 Pontiac G/A Big Block 3.3 Liter 140,000 miles and still going too!
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Something on the evening news was saying they had a buyer. Isuzu wasn't mentioned, though that stands to make some sense.
'94 GMC 6.5TD K1500 4L80E 2-Door Yukon SLE 221K
'93 Chevrolet 6.5TD K2500HD NV4500 Std. Cab Longbed 187K
'85 Toyota 22R RN60 4x4 Std. Cab Shortbed 178K (Currently retired for rebuild)
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Sure hope there are Kodiaks into the future.
Great MD platform...it would be cool to see them morph into a serious single axle semi tractor offering with a behemouth Isuzu diesel with 500hp through 10forward gears...air ride...sleeper option...
2011 Chevrolet Tahoe 5.3L daily driver
- Previous owner of two 1994 6.5L K3500s, '01, '02, and '05 6.6L K2500s, '04 C4500, '06 K3500 dually, '06 K3500 SRW, '09 K3500HD SRW, '05 Denali
- Total GM diesel miles to date : ~950K
Missy Good Wench ( Moderator)
Yess I to hope that this fine line of "Little trucks" goes on.
My choice for a business class truck would be the Freightliner.
They can be ordered almost to suit your every whim.
I had a few years back speced out a business class with twin screws, small 13 spd fuller, full air, 350HP Cat
and all the goodies you could bolt onto it.
A custom protech pickup bed to top it off with a gooseneck hidout ball hitch.
The cost at the time was about $68K
Considering that the pickups were in the High $40k TO LOW $50k range, it was not a bad deal for sure for a very serious truck to use for towing etc.
6 place cab with all the creature comforts too.
GM offered a nice truck but the ability to totally spec it out was not there.
Robyn
(1) 1995 Suburban 2500 4x4
(1) 1997 Astro
(1) 2005 Suburban (Papa Smurf)
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