GMC Envoy, Chevy TrailBlazer, Saab 9-7X Ending Run in December

We knew it was coming, we just didn’t know it would be in time for Christmas. GM is closing its Moraine, Ohio, assembly plant Dec. 23. That’s where the GMC Envoy, Chevy TrailBlazer and Saab 9-7X SUVs are produced. The plant was expected to close in early 2009, but this sad new reality facing 1,100 workers moves the date up to 2008.

GM had already accelerated the closing of this and other plants, initially scheduled for the summer of 2010. The recent consumer shift from SUVs and trucks to smaller cars has made a gigantic impact on every automaker’s SUV plans. However, these three SUVs specifically were aging models that were not due for upgrading.

The TrailBlazer and the Blazer before it have been around since 1983. It seems 25 years of the line were enough.

GM to close Ohio SUV factory Dec. 23 (Detroit News)