General Motors recently opened up (just a little) about its plans for the GMC truck/SUV division.
Future
The most speculative news surrounds the Granite, a proposed Scion xB hatch-box lookalike. If produced, the Granite would share the same platform as the front-wheel drive Chevrolet Cruze — a significant departure from the maker of large pickups and SUVs. GM management has gone back and forth on deciding whether to produce a vehicle like the Granite; if it’s given the green light, it likely won’t hit the road until 2013, at the earliest.
Current lineup
GMC’s Canyon pickup receives a stay of execution until 2012, when its production is scheduled to end. Although GM is working on a global replacement for the Chevrolet Colorado, there are currently no plans to sell that vehicle in the United States.
No big news for the hot-selling, midsize Terrain SUV, aside from a rumored Denali trim level. Set to be restyled in 2013, a possible hybrid is on the way one year later.
A Denali trim level of the Acadia was added recently, but the large SUV continues mostly unchanged for 2011. A more significant update to the lineup will come in 2012, when the 3.6-liter V-6 is replaced by a 3.0-liter V-6.
Although it was rumored that the next generation of the Yukon and Yukon XL would move to the Lambda platform (that underpins the Acadia), body-on-frame fans won the argument. The next-gen Yukon, due around 2014, will likely share components with the next Sierra pickup. By then, GM may rework its two-mode hybrid system for better efficiency in towing and hauling.
Compressed natural gas will likely become optional on the Sierra pickup for 2012, and a refresh is due in 2014. The Sierra heavy-duty pickups were reworked for 2011, and will generally follow the timetable for other Sierra upgrades through 2014, with a slight delay.
But GMC’s Savana van will be among the first of the lineup to be CNG-compatible, starting in 2011. It soldiers on as the marque’s lone van offering, against an increasing number of smaller, more efficient competitors.
via Automotive News (Subscription required) courtesty of Motor Trend
GMC has a strong line-up this year. Personally, I would want a GMC car just because the vehicle-designs would really remind you of transformer robots. I’m really glad that the company is improving their truck line-ups.
They are excellent vehicles.
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