What GM van would you like to see made?

What GM van would you like to see made?

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CHRISTOPHER MCGRAW: So now we're going to talk about vans a little bit. I just threw you guys three dura-vans. They're concept sketches that-- let me see if I can give this-- I'm going to give this guy some credit-- @wb.artist20 made. So we're talking about if they made the A-Team van today.

BYRON HURD: [LAUGHS]

CHRISTOPHER MCGRAW: That's what this first one is. The other two, one, we have a Chevy Astro van concept. And the third one is an Escalade. [LAUGHS] It's basically an Escalade-based caddy van. And so my question to you is if you could bring back and see one of these brought to production-- because there wasn't really a caddy van like that. If you could see one of these brought to production, the GMC Vandura, a.k.a. the A-Team van, the Chevy Astro van, or the Cadillac Escalade-inspired caddy van, which one would you choose?

JAMES RISWICK: I mean, the Cadillac is-- oh, look at the front door. Oh, no.

[? BYRON HURD: ?] [LAUGHS] Yeah--

JAMES RISWICK: I mean, where does the engine go? [LAUGHS]

BYRON HURD: Where do your-- where do your legs go to get out? I mean, that's worse than like a-- that's like sprinter or transit van levels of awkward egress. Like, you'd have to turn your entire body sideways, then step out with your left leg, and then follow it with your right, kind of slide down.

JAMES RISWICK: Oh, no. It's also kind of Japanese looking, like one of those like HiAce, Japanese market vans.

BYRON HURD: Yeah.

JAMES RISWICK: And so they'd probably love it in Japan for that very reason.

BYRON HURD: I think I actually like-- the nose of the Cadillac, I think, might actually be my favorite of the three. It's just everything behind it that gets really scary.

JAMES RISWICK: It's no more ridiculous than the Escalade. I mean, it's the same-- it obviously [INAUDIBLE]

CHRISTOPHER MCGRAW: It's the same.

BYRON HURD: Yeah.

JAMES RISWICK: But yeah.

BYRON HURD: I mean, I guess if they're electric, then it doesn't matter where we stick the nose, except for how you get in and out of the vehicle. That is a challenge with some of these.

JAMES RISWICK: That is probably the most, like, coherent looks kind of realistic of them all. The Chevy, personally, I would have gone with the HD front end on that to really go-- to really bring it home.

BYRON HURD: [LAUGHS] Yeah.

JAMES RISWICK: I think because just for the humor, I would want to see the Cadillac. But I think the GMC is probably the one that could-- I could see most working. And honestly, you know, maybe like the Sienna Woodland, which is the outdoorsy version of the Toyota Sienna without actually really offering much of an improvement at all. Maybe if they did sell something like that, maybe that could-- people would like that more than, you know, an Acadia.

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