GMC Might Get Its Own Vehicle In The Future

GMC Avalanche please!

Syclone and Typhoon Please!

Hi! Remember me, guys?

Lovely auto that would have been a killer Avalanche upgrade. I suspect this will be something to attract the Compact market to GMC.

What platform was that built on again? ZEta?

What platform was that built on again? ZEta?

I believe so. Holden was heavily involved in designing the Denali XT.

Do you know the weight difference between the 6.2 and the 3.6TT?

What? Oh hai! Can I play?

It will possibly be an Alpha to spread the cost of that platform.

What? Oh hai! Can I play?

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What is that?

GMC Granite pickup, from 2011 I believe.

oh, rebadging the should have been Chevy Trax with a butch grille

Either GMC is going to get a ute of some sort, or a sport-ute of some sort. I don't know. There's evidence that seems to suggest that whatever this GMC-exclusive model will turn out to be will go either way.

Granite was a hot little ute.

Would be nice to see GMC finally get a unique model. No matter how they try to spin it all of their current and past models are warmed over at best, rebadged at worst, Chevrolets. Funny thing is GMC is trying to tout the Canyon as more different, and while it does go further than the last gen, its till shares the same interior, most body panels, and overall shape with the Colorado. The Terrain and Acadia go much further.

While the shape of the Canyon interior may be the same, the materials it is made from are higher level.

Devils advocate, is higher grade materials enough to differentiate the Chevy from the GMC? That has always been a question with me. In this case I think it is, but others here will clearly say no it is not enough.

Well, this is a new development, building a GMC with higher grade interior materials over a given Chevy counterpart. So I would say it should be more than enough.

As a GMC enthusiast, I hope this different model is worth it. If it was up to me, I would have given the Cadillac Escalade EXT to GMC instead (imagine the popularity of the Denali model). I could never figure out why the "truck" brand didn't get a version? I'm glad to see that General Motors is finally realizing that there is a need for a GMC-specific model not shared with Chevrolet. But I'm curious what it will be (and frankly, after waiting for the reveal of the Canyon, have little patience to wait for this news).

I am excited, I hope they bring out a new performance model. GMC could use their own Syclone & Typhoon models again.

Given the timing of this news, should we expect something for Chicago?

As a GMC enthusiast, I hope this different model is worth it. If it was up to me, I would have given the Cadillac Escalade EXT to GMC instead (imagine the popularity of the Denali model). I could never figure out why the "truck" brand didn't get a version? I'm glad to see that General Motors is finally realizing that there is a need for a GMC-specific model not shared with Chevrolet. But I'm curious what it will be (and frankly, after waiting for the reveal of the Canyon, have little patience to wait for this news).

This would be a great way to consolidate the Avalanche and Escalade EXT into a single model at GMC... then offer Denali versions for the Cadillac customers.

Given the timing of this news, should we expect something for Chicago?

Nope. GMC isn't listed on the schedule for Chicago.

Given the timing of this news, should we expect something for Chicago?

Nope. GMC isn't listed on the schedule for Chicago.

Speaking of which, time to make our spreadsheet.