2013 GMC Acadia shows up with slightly new look
02-08-12, 08:23 PM
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2013 GMC Acadia shows up with slightly new look
2013 GMC Acadia shows up with slightly new look
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http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2013-...photo-4803959/
General Motors has lifted the veil on its refreshed 2013 GMC Acadia at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. Designers gave the big crossover a slight redo with a new front valance, headlight details and new interior materials.
Up front, the 2013 Acadia boasts a new grille set into a more vertical nose (reminiscent of the Granite, anyone?), and buyers can now look forward to more attractive diffused LED daytime running lights on both projector and HID headlight-equipped models. At the back, the Acadia now wears wrap-around glass and a redesigned spoiler. GM has also thrown in a few more wheel design options in both 18- and 19-inch sizes.
Inside, the new Acadia offers upgraded materials, including details like French stitching and red ambient lighting. High-zoot models will boast aluminum trim work, as well.
More importantly, the 2013 Acadia will come with what GM calls the industry's first center air bag. The system is designed to protect drivers and front passengers in accidents where the impact is on the opposite side of the vehicle. The bag inflates from the right side of the driver's seat and stabilizes occupants during the crash.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/08/2...-chicago-2012/
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02-08-12, 10:03 PM
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Lexus Test Driver
Looks good. Has a clean, modern look to it. Interior is still a generation behind though.
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02-09-12, 10:12 AM
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Lexus Fanatic
Virtually everything GMC markets is already covered by Chevy-badged trucks and SUVs.
02-09-12, 02:40 PM
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GM appears to repurpose Saturn Outlook parts on new Acadia
GM appears to repurpose Saturn Outlook parts on new Acadia
General Motors unveiled the company's refreshed GMC Acadia at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show yesterday, and if you were paying attention, you may have noticed something curious about the vehicle. While the new Acadia looks considerably better than its predecessor, a few components of the design looked more than a little familiar. Upon closer observation, it appears that GM has simply repurposed elements of the now defunct Saturn Outlook crossover on the 2013 Acadia. Both vehicles seem to share the same wrap-around rear glass, back hatch, tail light openings and exaggerated, squared-off fender arches.
While the vehicles are differentiated by badging, tail lamps and a rear valance, there's no denying the similarities toward the vehicle's rear. Up front, both share similar fenders, though adjustments have been made for the varying headlight designs.
That's good news if you just can't imagine life without the Saturn Outlook.
GM isn't the only automaker to pull something similar. Parts sharing is a smart way to keep costs as low as possible, and recouping the design and manufacturing costs the automaker poured into the Outlook is a smart way to keep GM's earnings headed in the right direction. For example, Chrysler famously reused Dodge Grand Caravan tail lights in the first-generation Dodge Durango. We just aren't accustomed to seeing this sort of recycling on such a grand scale or after so much time has elapsed.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/09/g...on-new-acadia/
02-10-12, 06:01 AM
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GMC was once the purveyor of heavyweight trucks, at least when compared to Chevy, but there is considerable overlap in their products today. About forty years ago GMC began a tilt toward somewhat more luxurious products among lines that were otherwise identical. Today Chevy's bread-and-butter truck is the half-ton work vehicle, beloved of blue-collar fleet owners, while GMC's market tends to be more skewed toward the weekend warrior who wants the rugged image a pickup provides, but without giving up the woodgrain and leather he loves. There's not much separation between the two, but like Chevy and Buick, it's a difference in perception, if not execution.
There is a secondary reason for the existence of GMC as a Chevy clone: dealer marketing. Dealers of slightly upmarket GM cars (the BOP cars, Buick, Olds, Pontiac) wanted to be able to offer trucks, particularly in rural markets where pickups were a good portion of their sales. GMC rode to the rescue by offering a "notchevy" product that might otherwise be seen as "lowering the standard" of a BOP dealer's inventory.
There is a secondary reason for the existence of GMC as a Chevy clone: dealer marketing. Dealers of slightly upmarket GM cars (the BOP cars, Buick, Olds, Pontiac) wanted to be able to offer trucks, particularly in rural markets where pickups were a good portion of their sales. GMC rode to the rescue by offering a "notchevy" product that might otherwise be seen as "lowering the standard" of a BOP dealer's inventory.
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02-10-12, 04:59 PM
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