Spy Shots: GMC Acadia
Spy shooter Brenda Priddy has struck again! The Detroit News is sporting these spy shots of the GMC Acadia, one of the many crossover vehicles to come out of GM's various stables. The Lambda platform upon which it sits will also host the Saturn Outlook and Buick Enclave, which will be launched later this year with the Acadia and early 2007, respectively. No word yet on the powerplants, but GM execs say that the platform can accommodate GM's V6 and V8 engine.
[Source: Detroit News]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
RossL 10:32AM (4/06/2006)
Wow! It looks just like ... every other large SUV on the road today. Meh.
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Corey W. 10:43AM (4/06/2006)
Why does Saturn need a large crossover vehcile?? :-(
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MikeW 10:46AM (4/06/2006)
Transverse 90 degree V engines [8]
Doesn't anyone at GM remember the dustbuster minivans.
Or will they actually use a longitudinal installation. that might work.
See Cadillac SRX
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small-wee-wee 11:02AM (4/06/2006)
Great another SUV, just what we need.
Thanks GM for your amazing innovation.
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Dustin Tarditi 11:02AM (4/06/2006)
Wow - this so fits a vacuum in the market!
Way to go guys!
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Tad 11:12AM (4/06/2006)
I have only 2 things to say:
#1 - Because you can tell under all the body cladding?? I wish I had your X-Ray vision, because I would really like to see what kinda lines that puppy has.
And to everyone else...Whats selling for GM right now is trucks and SUV's, so if its working for them and its gonna make more money why the heck not?
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Paul 11:40AM (4/06/2006)
great but will the wipers work
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somethingtotalkabout 11:40AM (4/06/2006)
They'd feel better if it was a Toyota.
I can imagine what they might say if it had a Toyota on the hood:
"oh wow! Watch out loser domestics, Toyota is going to kick your A%*!"
or
"what an innovative product. Too many good things to say about this vehicle. So much better then any SUV the stupid domestics make. Toyota cares sooo much about the consumer while American companies are evil and deserve to go bankrupt and put millions of greedy people out of jobs! Down with the US economy and slap tarifs on GM products even though they're made in the US! They don't even make cars in the US anymore while Toyota and Honda do!!"
I could go on.. but I think I just took away the comments of about 4 or 5 trolls that will hop onto the article.
oh.. and why did I not bring up Honda? Because I actually like Honda vehicles and their fans. They're not crazy like Toyota fans.
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tony belligerent 11:48AM (4/06/2006)
Actually, what's selling now for GM is the Impala, and Cobalt. People don't need (or generally want) large SUVs. The "I have two kids so I need seating for seven" trend is over.
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bernie 11:52AM (4/06/2006)
GM isn't going to heal itself churning out
cookie cutter SUVs.
Their TOTAL lack of creativity boggles the mind, quite
frankly.
Hey - I've got an idea, says one of the four people
left in the marketing department, let's create MORE 10 mpg behemoths that look exactly like our other 25 gas guzzling behemoth models! Then we'll run ads touting how many low-volume shitboxes we sell that get 30 mpg so we can sound green!
Yeah... that's the ticket.
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RossL 11:59AM (4/06/2006)
btw, we already know what the Acadia's cousin, the Buick Enclave, is going to look like:
http://www.duemotori.com/racingnews/autoimg_queue/6815.jpg
The concept, not surprisingly, was much more distinctive:
http://common.weblogsinc.com/common/images/3060000000051424.JPG?0.9715740694849505
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Paul 12:03PM (4/06/2006)
Bernie
I agree. where in america can the people smart enough to help gm and ford be found. they just dont exist.
its clear to everyone that these guys are still living in the past.
gm, ford and all american manufacturing is evil and deserve to disappear. just look at the products and you cant not agree.
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mpeng 12:14PM (4/06/2006)
It's not like the 'Daewoo Arcadia' sold in Korea that had the remarkable resemblance to the 2 gen 4 door Legend?
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Joe Z 1:14PM (4/06/2006)
OK- Follow along now, folks. These new vehichles are large CROSSOVER SUVs. It is a market segment GM has been late to enter, but one it can potentially dominate. These things will be more fuel efficient, lighter, nimble, carlike, and modern that what GM has had in the recent past to cover this category (suck as the extended Trailblazer/Envoy). You won't need to opt for a heavy duty 4x4 to ensure winter drivability, as the base models will offer FWD. Additionally, they will be huge inside.
So greenies and GM haters alike- Isn't this what you've been crying for? This is the General's way of weening soccer moms out of 'evil' Tahoes and Suburbans. Sound better? Hell, they may even be low to the ground enough to make it easier for Mom to reach into the drive-thru window. Yes and in case you're wondering these domestic CUVs will SELL BIG. Now go off and pontificate about how sucky 4-speed automatics are again, mmK?
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Michael Karesh 1:18PM (4/06/2006)
Looks better than a Pilot or Highlander. GM does need a large car-based SUV, as such a vehicle will be larger inside than a TrailBlazer, ride and handle better, and get better fuel economy. If the powertrain performance, chassis, and interior packaging are good, then it will actually fill a hole in the market.
The only truly comparable vehicles right now are the Chrysler Pacifica and Ford Freestyle. The Pacific isn't packaged well and weighs too much to perform well. The Freestyle is packaged well but the interior is overly spartan and the engine is too small to perform well.
My reviews:
Pacifica: http://www.epinions.com/content_106095611524
Freestyle: http://www.epinions.com/content_157001027204
I agree that domestic vehicles could be better. But many people here vastly overstate the differences between mahy of them and the competition. Have people actually driven these cars?
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Nate Wesley 1:33PM (4/06/2006)
The concept cars they're based upon look unique, but did anyone really think they'd follow them to a tee? Anybody who thought that second Buick concept would have ever been built is looney. No headroom and no outward visibility...all for a hot design? Not even GM is that dumb.
You can fault them for building one that 'looks like every other SUV/crossover', but I've seen more Pacificas and Freestyles than I have B9 Tribecas.
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John 2:07PM (4/06/2006)
It looks to me like the Buick and GMC versions are going to look quite different from each other. That is good news. I rather like the looks of the Buick Enclave.
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Eric L. 2:54PM (4/06/2006)
I am all for platform sharing, but GM has so many divisions sharing various platforms it ends up being more badge engineering than actual platform sharing. While we have not seen the full production version of the Enclave, Acadia, and Outlook, if its like other GM shared platforms, they will have slightly different exteriors with identical interiors. For example, the center stack of the newer Chevy and Buicks....identical.
I am certain the domestic faithful here will say "but Toyota and Honda share platforms too." However, the Honda Pilot and Acura MDX (essentially the same vehicle) have completely different looking exteriors and interiors. Same goes for the the platform twins RX350 and Highlander. At least they justify the price premium for the upscale brand.
Maybe GM will realize they need to stop having their various divisions compete with each other, and make UNIQUE vehicles to differentiate each brand, when Toyota passes them up in a few years.
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Levi 7:26PM (4/06/2006)
As to the platform sharing, it's two completely different stories comparing Toyota/Lexus, VW/Audi, and Honda/Acura.
The Toyota, VW, and Honda brands 'share' platforms across two distinct nameplates. A luxury tag and a 'normal' brand.
GM on the other hand, uses the same platform for Saturn/GMC/Chevy/Buick/Cadillac/Oldsmobile/Pontiac/Hummer. And most of the time, you'd be hard-pressed to find any differences between them.
I'm all for 'choice' but do we really need 8 almost identical cars with different branding?
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x23 10:29PM (4/07/2006)
"13. It's not like the 'Daewoo Arcadia' sold in Korea that had the remarkable resemblance to the 2 gen 4 door Legend?"
or ... perhaps it is more like the Pontiac Acadia sold in Canada that had a remarkable resemblance to the Chevrolet Chevette. (and/or other completely random dissimilar cars since that's how Canadian Pontiac rolls.)
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