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.
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