GMC Acadia Denali arriving soon, confirmed on GM exec's Twitter feed
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Back when U.S. car shoppers actually purchased the GMC Yukon in big numbers, the division's Denali designation meant that you were getting the crème de la crème of large SUVs. One summer of $4 gas later, and we were getting the impression that the name would fade away with sales of the once popular SUV.
If a sliver of news gleaned from Buick GMC Communications Group Manager Dayna Hart's Twitter feed is to believed, we're going to see another Denali, but the new one will differentiate the top-shelf Acadia crossover from its lesser brethren. The Tweet simply says "Denali version of Acadia approved and coming soon." If you head over to Hart's Twitter page, you'll have to scroll down a bit, just past news of her daughter's triathlon victory and just after some positive words about the GMC Terrain. Gotta love Twitter.
Adding the Denali name to the Acadia makes perfect sense. The Denali name has brought affluent customers into GMC showrooms in the past, and if done right, a gussied up Acadia could bring those customers back for a second tour of duty. We just wonder why it took so long for General Motors to get around to this.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
vespid82 10:36AM (9/04/2009)
Wow, and only FOUR YEARS after it's launch...
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Hamhock 10:57AM (9/04/2009)
No surprise -
It took GM 5 years to rebody a Holden in a Camaro. But on topic, I'm interested if it has a V8, maybe a bored out version of the LS4 designed for transverse applications? 400hp in this thing and I'd seriously consider it.
Dan 11:05AM (9/04/2009)
I recall reading that the Enclave was originally going to be offered with the 5.3 V8. The $4 gas panic put an end to that.
Trying to pass off a vehicle as large as the Lambdas as luxury doesn't fly with just a V6.
alex 11:38AM (9/04/2009)
more like 2 1/2 years, but hey, math is for losers.
inline6 11:50AM (9/04/2009)
The Acadia was new for '07. So try 3 years. See, now that the Envoy Denali is out of production, they can release the Acadia Denali without competing with themselves.
And the Camaro took 2.5 years to go from greenlight to Job 1.
But who needs their facts straight when it's GM they're bashing?
Other Man 1:06PM (9/04/2009)
If it does have a V-8, they will yank more sales than they probably would believe. Shoppers of such luxury SUVs still don't often care about fuel economy. How about the 6.2L from the Yukon Denali?
Still, this does make one wonder something. What about the Enclave? How can they put a premium GMC on the market and not expect there to be a blurred line between it and what's supposed to be the premium version, the Buick.
Hopefully an Enclave Super will follow soon. Perhaps make the 6.0L in the Denali and 6.2L for the Buick? That would justify a price hike for the Buick.
vespid82 1:12PM (9/04/2009)
alex, the Acadia was launched in 2006. 2010 model year vehicles have been out for a while now and since this was just "confirmed" with absolutely no specs or a press release or anything, I'm willing to bet it won't show til calendar year 2010. Therefore, I'm sticking with my four year statement. Not to mention the fact that I was sitting in a drivetrain engineer's test vehicle FOUR years ago in a Target parking lot in Madison Heights, MI, lol! So I guess being a loser (and a moron) is for you.
alex 2:29PM (9/04/2009)
first acadia was delivered dec 2006, but they didn't really hit dealer lots in any significant numbers until jan/feb 2007. so that's 2 years and 9 months.
PJ 3:34PM (9/04/2009)
"V8" doesn't say "luxury" to today's buyers like it did twenty years ago. After all, Mom's Explorer and Dad's Tahoe had V8s. Half of today's buyers don't know or care what's under the hood at all--"luxury" means having all the tech of a PC, a home theater, and a BlackBerry combined in your car.
Avinash machado 10:39AM (9/04/2009)
But still the Acadia will have to compete with the Enclave at the same showrooms.
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Dave 11:35AM (9/04/2009)
I seem to be in the minority, but I find the Enclave overstyled, almost silly looking, while the Acadia is a fairly clean design.
If I were in the market for such a vehicle, I wouldnt even consider the Enclave.
Judy Zik 2:30PM (9/04/2009)
Here we go again. More GM's that compete with GM's. Don't forget there will be a Caddy version too in a year or two. But the worst of this will be that this vehicle actually sits in most dealerships right beside the Buick. All we are missing is a premium trim line on the Chevrolet to complete the madness. If they don't confuse the life out of the customer they will end up competing with themselves.
Venom 10:47AM (9/04/2009)
This is ignorant.
This is the kind of nonsense that drove myself and others away from GM in the first place.
Slap some cheap bits and a new name on the same vehicle and then try to gouge the customer.
Good luck with that strategy GM.
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alex 11:44AM (9/04/2009)
It's a freaking trim level, get over it. Did the Sequoia Platinum drive you away from Toyota too? Oh it didn't? What a surprise.
Venom 11:46AM (9/04/2009)
I don't have a Sequoia retard so I don't know what you are talking about.
jv2k 12:07PM (9/04/2009)
Yea GM is stupid for offering another trim level. They should do what all the other companies do and offer just one.
220v 12:09PM (9/04/2009)
The Toyota Sequoia has a Retard trim package? Why is that not suprising...
alex 12:22PM (9/04/2009)
I wasn't implying you own a sequoia. I was implying that you bash GM by saying it's ignorant and it's driving you away from GM that they offer more expensive, luxury trim levels on models, but you probably don't bash Toyota (or any other other automaker, because they all do it) for doing the exact same thing. The Sequioa platinum was an example of Toyota doing the exact same thing GM is doing with the Acadia.
renshcp 1:33PM (9/04/2009)
@220v: ROFL +1
Pokey 3:16PM (9/04/2009)
Yeah, because nobody else offers multiple trim packages on their vehicles.
I already thought you were an idiot, now even more so.