04/07/2008 10:31. With gas prices rising, every car manufacturer is eager to scale down their models. But what is in the pipeline, cannot easily be stopped. As was the case with GM's new family of SUVs that was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2006. But fortunately, the General had already started developing a new architecture for crossover vehicles.

The new crossover family comes right on time, since GM can just step up the ladder in the crossover segment, that shows an important growth from 450,000 vehicles in 2002 to more than 600,000 in 2007. The first models that came on the market were the 2007 GMC Acadia and Saturn... // Washington Times