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GMC is moving into the burgeoning compact crossover market with its brand new Terrain, which debuts this week at the New York Auto Show. GM will once again be touting the vehicle’s impressive fuel-economy, especially for the base 2.4L model, which is packed with a number of features to help reduce fuel consumption.

The compact crossover receives a fresh new look for 2010, characterized by bold, muscular fender flares, representing GMC’s new design theme. Surfacing is angular yet refined, with a strong and capable front-end appearance with squared-off edges.

Additional design features include a unique, three-element grille that is accented by chrome surrounds and projector-beam headlamps mounted in large, rectangular housings splashed with more chrome.

A new 2.4L four-cylinder engine that features direct injection is expected to deliver best-in-segment highway fuel economy of 30mpg (7.8L/100km), but to achieve this drivers will need to activate the vehicle’s ‘ECO’ model. At the push of a button, the Terrain’s torque converter in the automatic transmission lowers the lockup speed to 1,125rpm to help save fuel.

Also available will be a 3.0L direct injected V6 delivering 264hp (197kW). Both engines are mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, and are offered with either FWD or AWD configurations.

The Terrain will also be equipped with a number of features, including a rear vision camera, powered liftgate, Bluetooth connectivity, USB and MP3 playback, a seven inch LCD display and hard-drive satnav system, as well as standard OnStar and XM Satellite Radio.

Production will be handled at GM’s CAMI assembly plant in Ontario, Canada, with first sales to start in the middle of the year. Also on show at this week’s New York event will be the GMC Yukon Denali Hybrid SUV.
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  1. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 4/4/2009 10:19pm PDT

    Least the stylong makes it fit in with the other GMCs
     
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  2. ma_Chris avatar Chris Posted: 4/4/2009 11:42pm PDT

    i damn well thought this was another lambda variant....

    and would have commented that a 2.4L in a lambda would be the biggest pig since.. anything. ever. im pretty sure a pig pulling a freight container would handle better than that.

    but its a Theta.

    thank god i didnt make THAT stupid mistake [phew!]

    side note, pulling an all nighter studying for a monday exam. more delirious posts to come, as the new articles come up!

    cmon sid.. want some late night (or for you, mid afternoon) entertainment?
     
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  3. ma_Vinzer avatar Vinzer Posted: 4/4/2009 11:44pm PDT

    I still don't understand why they couldn't have just combined GMC and Chevy... How pointless this all seems, and don't bring up that GMC is one of GM's best-selling brands, GM is going under, and their future is increasingly grim, yet they have the nerve to introduce ANOTHER suv/crossover? Demand for the Acadia exceeded initial estimates, yes, but must they continue to milk this already dying cow for more? The Cruze could've been the start of turning things around, but no, they say, let's wait a couple more years. And in the mean time, let's continue to populate our failing brands with another crossover/suv... I don't get it.
     
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  4. ma_InkMaster avatar InkMaster Posted: 4/5/2009 12:41am PDT

    “a sense of tailored toughness and passionate craftsmanship.”
    -GM

    So... how much inches longer does such a manly car make you look?
     
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  5. ma_mburleigh8 avatar mburleigh8 Posted: 4/5/2009 9:53am PDT

    The fuel economy sounds good, but the interior still looks like cheap plastic crap,
    GM, look at the interior of the popular Lexus, and Acura interiors, People like leather+high quality.
     
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  6. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 4/5/2009 1:42pm PDT

    The fuel economy sounds good, but the interior still looks like cheap plastic crap,
    GM, look at the interior of the popular Lexus, and Acura interiors, People like leather+high quality.

    They do that for Denali versions, most GMCs have the pure truck image, until you pony up for more
     
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  7. ma_adamk avatar adamk Posted: 4/5/2009 1:57pm PDT

    Looks like GM stole the wheel arches off a Hummer H3 and pasted them on this thing as is, making the wheels look smaller than they probably are.

    Also the door trims look very cheap, unless it's just the photography. As stated above, GM and (even worse) Chrysler really need to spend some time sitting in Lexus and Acura products.
     
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  8. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 4/5/2009 4:40pm PDT

    Looks like GM stole the wheel arches off a Hummer H3 and pasted them on this thing as is, making the wheels look smaller than they probably are.

    Also the door trims look very cheap, unless it's just the photography. As stated above, GM and (even worse) Chrysler really need to spend some time sitting in Lexus and Acura products.

    Since GM still owns Hummer, it is not called stealing, called parts sharing
     
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  9. ma_adamk avatar adamk Posted: 4/5/2009 7:48pm PDT

    NND: true. But I guess there's so little brand equity left in Hummer, why not move "butch" wheel arches to GMC? Regardless, I still think they look a little ridiculous on an otherwise modestly sized vehicle.
     
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  10. ma_azlan avatar azlan Posted: 4/6/2009 1:45am PDT

    this is poo
     
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  11. ma_Chris avatar Chris Posted: 4/6/2009 3:40am PDT

    adam.. what a foolish thing to say. honestly. everyone knows you need huge flared wheel arches like that to allow for the 12" long travel suspension.

    oh wait.. its a car? never mind.

    but yeah.. thats whats going to happen with hummer. GMC is going to go more to the butch market (they are a truck only division after all) while hummer is sold as a pile of paperwork and names.

    and yeah the denali trims on GMCs are typically pretty nice interiors.. plus you have to remember this is effectively the exact same thing as the torrent and the Vue.. which i would imagine would have a pretty nice interior too (but the denali would be the nicest). otherwise, its just another SUV from GMC, and typically GMC's are the "tool" type vehicles (no i'm not making a jab at the typical GMC driver). its a truck brand. the base interior is going to remind you of the last time you were in a U-Haul truck.

    ...and typically thats a good thing.
     
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  12. ma_adamk avatar adamk Posted: 4/6/2009 5:59am PDT

    Chris: exactly, it's a beefed up car. I'm all for brand differentiation, once GM sheds about half of them. However, I'd hate to see some otherwise decent GMC designs become self-parodies, like '90s Pontiacs and their overabundance of meaningless lower body plastic cladding. A little design restraint can go a long way.
     
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  13. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 4/6/2009 7:21am PDT

    Least it will stand out in the crowd
     
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  14. ma_NaBUru38 avatar NaBUru38 Posted: 4/6/2009 9:10am PDT

    Wow, it looks so American...
     
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  15. ma_HudsonNY avatar HudsonNY Posted: 4/7/2009 7:48am PDT

    I never was a big fan of GM cars or trucks, but I really like this design. 30mpg doesn't hurt either! Did they say how much it cost?
     
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