Following in Chrysler's recent footsteps, GM has decided to kill off the next-generation Tahoe and Suburban, which includes their hybrid versions (which weren't selling) as well as equivalent GMC and Cadillac models, Inside Line reports.

"It would have been very difficult in today's environment to spend a couple of billion dollars to do a replacement," GM Vice Chairman Robert Lutz, head of product development, told The New York Times on Sunday. It's not clear yet if GM will kill the current models ahead of their scheduled replacement time in 2011, though Inside Line was ready with a prediction on that one: "Look for the classic truck-based sport-utility vehicle to completely vanish from the American landscape over the next 24 to 36 months."