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You would think an SUV would be capable off-the-road right off the bat, but today, no thanks to the popularity of these types of vehicles among mainstream consumers who mainly buy them to drive on paved roads, automakers engineer and equip them to look like SUVs, but behave as close as possible to passenger cars. Makes sense.
- Chevrolet Unveils Z71 Off-road Package For 2015 Tahoe And Suburban
As promised last month, Chevrolet has added the Z71 off-road package to the 2015 Tahoe and Suburban SUVs, with the new models going on sale this fall in the United States. Read more »...
- 2015 Cadillac Escalade: This Is Really It, In 45 Screenshots And Video!
Big SUVs may not be as popular as they used to be back in the 1990s and 2000s, mostly because of politically correct notions, but the market is surely there and General Motors wants a large chunk of it with a trifecta of related models from its Chevrolet,...
- Gm To Shut Down Wisconsin Suv Plant Earlier Than Expected
In response to rapidly declining full-size SUV sales and the ongoing economic crisis, GM announced on Monday that it will not wait until late 2010 to close its Janesville, Wisconsin assembly plant as it had originally announced. Instead, the troubled...
- Large Suv Sales In America - 2007 Year End
For the fourth consecutive year, 2007 sales of full-size SUVs decreased in the United States. The 5% drop in 2007 equalled a loss of more than 31,000 sales as declines were achieved mostly across the board: at General Motors, Dodge, Nissan, and Toyota....
- Gm Hybrid Suv Pricing
It appears that a rear-wheel drive Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid will cost $50,490 in the States and a GMC Yukon Hybrid with all-wheel drive will cost $53,755 with the 4WD Tahoe and 2WD Yukon in the middle. This GMC page lets you select your build options for...
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GM Poking Around the Idea of Off-Road Variants of New Tahoe and Yukon SUVs
You would think an SUV would be capable off-the-road right off the bat, but today, no thanks to the popularity of these types of vehicles among mainstream consumers who mainly buy them to drive on paved roads, automakers engineer and equip them to look like SUVs, but behave as close as possible to passenger cars. Makes sense.
Understandably, there's room for improvements to satisfy a smaller but nonetheless, considerable segment of the market looking for more off-road capable versions. This is what GM did with its Z71 off-road package for the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban and the GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, adding taller and stronger shocks, stabilizer bar, skid plates, different wheels, body cladding and even an off-road high capacity air cleaner and front recovery hooks.
Read more »- Chevrolet Unveils Z71 Off-road Package For 2015 Tahoe And Suburban
As promised last month, Chevrolet has added the Z71 off-road package to the 2015 Tahoe and Suburban SUVs, with the new models going on sale this fall in the United States. Read more »...
- 2015 Cadillac Escalade: This Is Really It, In 45 Screenshots And Video!
Big SUVs may not be as popular as they used to be back in the 1990s and 2000s, mostly because of politically correct notions, but the market is surely there and General Motors wants a large chunk of it with a trifecta of related models from its Chevrolet,...
- Gm To Shut Down Wisconsin Suv Plant Earlier Than Expected
In response to rapidly declining full-size SUV sales and the ongoing economic crisis, GM announced on Monday that it will not wait until late 2010 to close its Janesville, Wisconsin assembly plant as it had originally announced. Instead, the troubled...
- Large Suv Sales In America - 2007 Year End
For the fourth consecutive year, 2007 sales of full-size SUVs decreased in the United States. The 5% drop in 2007 equalled a loss of more than 31,000 sales as declines were achieved mostly across the board: at General Motors, Dodge, Nissan, and Toyota....
- Gm Hybrid Suv Pricing
It appears that a rear-wheel drive Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid will cost $50,490 in the States and a GMC Yukon Hybrid with all-wheel drive will cost $53,755 with the 4WD Tahoe and 2WD Yukon in the middle. This GMC page lets you select your build options for...