Source: International Herald Tribune

Even a U.S. government bailout could not save three of the last remaining plants in the United States still making sport utility vehicles.

Reeling from its financial problems and a collapsing SUV market, General Motors on Tuesday closed its factories in this city and in Moraine, Ohio, marking the passing of an era when big SUVs ruled the road. The moves followed the shutdown last Friday of Chrysler’s factory in Newark, Delaware, which produced full-size SUVs.

The last Chevrolet Tahoe rolled off the line here in Janesville shortly after 7 a.m. in the 90-year-old plant, which had built more than 3.7 million big SUVs since the early 1990s.

Most of the plant’s 1,100 remaining workers were not scheduled to work the final day, but many showed up for an emotional closing ceremony. Dan Doubleday, who had 22 years on the job, broke down in the plant’s snowy parking lot afterward.

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