They didn't just build the truck yesterday and decide it was a good
idea to release it.  It's been in the build phases for the past year
and a half before GM met this crisis.  They started production on it a
while back.  Since they already have sunk money into the project, why
scrap it?  Try to recover some of the cost of the assets instead of
throw it out the window.  In 2006 and 2007, Gas was still under $3/
gallon and big SUVs were popular.  Yeah, they speculated wrong...but
they really don't have any other option but to release what is already
built regardless of the economy we are it