Watch GM unveil the Silverado and Sierra at 10AM
At 10 am this morning GM will unveil two of their most important models for 2007. The Silverado and Sierra full-size pickups' debut will be broadcast live via GM's Fast Lane blog here and your auto-obsessed friends at Autoblog will provide full team coverage.These new GMT-900-based trucks represent the General's best efforts in the overly competitive full-size truck market, with much of the company's future dependent on their success.
GM is touting the new model's fuel efficiency, towing capacity, interior amenities and exterior styling as class leading and although we have already seen a variety of photos come out in the last few days, Gary White, VP of GM's truck division, contends there is much more to expect.
With the popularity of the GMT-900 line of SUVs, it seems that the General may have a winner on their hands and White acknowledges that these new models are a key component in insuring GM's future is bright.
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mark f 9:34AM (8/02/2006)
Anything that gets 12-14 mpg in real world 'work use' driving will be a 'big hit' for 6 months, followed by 4 to 5 yrs of declining sales and increasing rebates until the next model is introduced. If this is the management turnaround plan and "key component in insuring GM's future is bright", the stockholders are screwed, and GM market share and profitability will continue heading into that black hole. I'll bet Toyota finds GM's continued reliance on trucks and lack of competitive cars amusing, unfortunately.
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Toolz 9:49AM (8/02/2006)
The GMT-900 line is a hit? I work across from a Chevy dealer and I see a whole lot full of them along with the reported 60+ day average lot sit I'd say they've got a miss on their hands, styling is great, driving is nice, but come on a 4 speed still?
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Brendan 10:05AM (8/02/2006)
Ha ha ! I'm watching the webcast now. The wind noise on the microphone is so loud you can't hear anything !
Can GM get anything right ?
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SMALL PENIS TRUCK 10:05AM (8/02/2006)
EWWW WHY? Do everone a favor and DON'T WATCH THE UNVEILING.
YOU WANT THIS TRUCK IF YOU HAVE A SMALL PENIS
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All World Automotive 10:07AM (8/02/2006)
Let's hope they address the millage aspect of the new one. Only way to recovery.
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Juan 10:08AM (8/02/2006)
I just can't get used to the new headlights.
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James 10:14AM (8/02/2006)
I'm definitely not a truck fan, but these 2 trucks have the largest front grille I've ever seen on a vehicle. It's not very aesthetically pleasing if you ask me.
I actually think it looks too similar to the F-150 from pretty much all angles.
And I have to agree with post #2. There are plenty of new Tahoes and Suburbans sitting around Chevy dealerships lately, while Toyota dealerships can't seem to keep many of their vehicles much longer than a week (but everybody already knew that).
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Damo 10:17AM (8/02/2006)
10am in what timezone? (we aint all in the same timezone hehe)
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Tom Dietrich 10:18AM (8/02/2006)
This is all very funny, because chevy sells about 4x more trucks than toyota.
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Puff Chippy 10:27AM (8/02/2006)
Nice trucks but sheesh, can the GM guy doing the unveiling be any less enthusiastic? He seems so totally bored that I wonder if he'd rather be home eating Fruit Loops or watching Tom and Jerry or something. I'm getting sleeeepy...my eyelids are getting heeeavy...zzz...zzz...
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Agustin 11:18AM (8/02/2006)
If you need a full-size truck, you have to deal with full-size gas mileage. Having a full-size truck isn't an option for a lot of people. Mid-size and lowers just don't cut it.
My buddy's Honda Ridgeline, with all it's v6 glory, gets no better gas mileage than my Crew Cab Silverado. There just isn't too much you can do to save gas when you have that much weight to pull.
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G 11:37AM (8/02/2006)
"Ha ha ! I'm watching the webcast now. The wind noise on the microphone is so loud you can't hear anything !
Can GM get anything right ?"
Is GM suppose to control mother nature too? Dumbest comment I have read in a while.
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court 11:42AM (8/02/2006)
Juan - You are so right! The grill is way too wide and the lights are just weird.
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Typical GM Basher 12:11PM (8/02/2006)
Why would GM ever update these! I mean, it's not like I chastise them for having stale product anyway, and it's not like Toyota and Nissan have entered the market! WHY NO 6 SPEEDS! The GMT-900's are selling horribly, only 200,000 Tahoes will be sold this year! What were they thinking! GOD, GM, grow the fuck up and stop selling these! It's why you're going bankrupt!
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Kyle 12:13PM (8/02/2006)
Do you think Nissan will sue Chevy for ripping off their fender flares??? :)
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KT 12:17PM (8/02/2006)
Einstein commented:
"If this is the management turnaround plan and "key component in insuring GM's future is bright", the stockholders are screwed, and GM market share and profitability will continue heading into that black hole."
Do you really think they just decided to design this vehicle in the last 6-12 months? Can you be so dumb? For your sake, I hope not. They probably began working on this vehicle at least 2 years ago without the use of a crystal ball or time machine. Do any of you recall what gas prices were back then? Did any of you soothsayers predict Hurricane Katrina, Iran building nuclear weapons, oil prices skyrocketing and ExxonMobil reaping 10's of Billions of dollars per quarter? Well, if you did why they hell are you sitting there reading Autoblog?
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Silverado 1:00PM (8/02/2006)
This truck will sell if gas goes to 5 bucks a gallon. Apparently the poster's on this board are not truck owners. I have been waiting for this truck for over a year and can't wait until the sell date. This truck will get better gas mileage than anything on the market today. Truck owners buy for reasons over and above transportation, and we realize we are not going to get 40 mpg and a truck that will do the job.
This truck will go to no. 1 in sales of cars and trucks the first week it is introduced and mine will be one of the sales.
Ask any Chevy owner and they will tell you this truck looks sharp. The very reason the 2006 trucks sales are down is the intro of this truck, we are waiting.
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Brendan 1:03PM (8/02/2006)
"Is GM suppose to control mother nature too?"
That's the dumbest comment I have read in a while.
A simple mic sock would have solved the problem.
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jg 1:06PM (8/02/2006)
'Did any of you soothsayers predict Hurricane Katrina, Iran building nuclear weapons, oil prices skyrocketing and ExxonMobil reaping 10's of Billions of dollars per quarter?'
Yes. With republican oil men in the white house this was all predictable.
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ChromeWaves 1:17PM (8/02/2006)
#7 James said:
"There are plenty of new Tahoes and Suburbans sitting around Chevy dealerships lately, while Toyota dealerships can't seem to keep many of their vehicles much longer than a week (but everybody already knew that)."
Those Sequoias and Land Cruisers are just FLYING off the lots, right? TROLL!
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