General Motors, which has quietly been seeking a buyer for its medium-duty truck line, says it will cease production of the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC Topkick at the end of July. The automaker had not found a buyer for its medium-duty truck lineup after over four years of shopping it around.
Kodiak and Topkick faced extinction after the automaker announced that the factory where the engines were built in Tonawanda, New York, would close. Those powertrains were also used in marine applications.
The automaker had been trying to sell the line to Isuzu, but apparently those efforts have failed.
Their legacy will live on, however, as United States President Barack Obama’s Cadillac DTS-styled limousine actually rides on a Kodiak/Topkick platform.
