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Things are looking interesting for the specialty American manufacturer GMC – both from the ICE-powered and EV point of view, actually.
Over in the ICE-powered sector, the GMC Canyon happily travels alongside the popular Chevy Colorado in the mid-size pickup truck sector after the third generation was introduced for the 2023 model year. The Sierra and Sierra HD show their luxury side with Denali models or explore the roads and trails untraveled with the AT4X and AT4X AEV Editions.
Oh, and the GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 finally got slated for a summer start of deliveries with better specifications and performance, as well as a lower starting price of $97,500. Moving to SUVs, the 2024 Acadia sibling of the 2024 Chevrolet Traverse was presented all-new for its third iteration at the 2023 North American International Auto Show. Above and below the mid-size crossover, the refreshed GMC Terrain and Yukon plus Yukon XL are also coming – and the US company has already kicked off the teaser campaign for both.
However, there's one Cinderella who hasn't gotten any love recently. That's the GMC Hummer EV all-electric behemoth, which kicks off from $96,550 as a pickup truck or SUV and hasn't impressed much of the North American audience since it was introduced for the 2022 model year. A multitude of issues plagued it, of course. The initial rollout was horrendously slow, and most of the early adopters soon gave up on the idea of a Rivian R1T or Ford F-150 Lightning.
Then there was also the backlash against its potential environmental impact – a 10k pound elephant won't be easy to build sustainably, right? Sure, the company would very much like to brag about its 82,885.07% surge in sales for the first three months of 2024 compared to Q1 of 2023. But that's hardly any consolation because it delivered 1,668 examples compared to just two! However, there's also a light at the end of the tunnel.
During the quarter, the GMC Hummer EV placed mid-pack below the Ford F-150 Lightning (7,743 units, up more than 80%) and Rivian R1T, which sold 30% less (2,400 units, according to GM Authority) but above the Chevy Silverado EV WT and Tesla's Cybertruck. Alas, seeing how the latter would ramp up production as fast as possible to meet demand, it wouldn't hurt if GMC took some time to pamper the Hummer EV for the 2025 model year, right?
In that case, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators has come up with a few ideas thanks to Nikita Chuicko, the virtual artist better known as kelsonik on social media, who thinks that now is the right CGI time to make the GMC Hummer EV behemoth cooler. His advice? If he was a GMC corner office head honcho, the Hummer EV would immediately get a set of larger, aftermarket-style concave and darkened wheels along with some contrasting red and yellow colors.
Oh, and the GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 finally got slated for a summer start of deliveries with better specifications and performance, as well as a lower starting price of $97,500. Moving to SUVs, the 2024 Acadia sibling of the 2024 Chevrolet Traverse was presented all-new for its third iteration at the 2023 North American International Auto Show. Above and below the mid-size crossover, the refreshed GMC Terrain and Yukon plus Yukon XL are also coming – and the US company has already kicked off the teaser campaign for both.
However, there's one Cinderella who hasn't gotten any love recently. That's the GMC Hummer EV all-electric behemoth, which kicks off from $96,550 as a pickup truck or SUV and hasn't impressed much of the North American audience since it was introduced for the 2022 model year. A multitude of issues plagued it, of course. The initial rollout was horrendously slow, and most of the early adopters soon gave up on the idea of a Rivian R1T or Ford F-150 Lightning.
Then there was also the backlash against its potential environmental impact – a 10k pound elephant won't be easy to build sustainably, right? Sure, the company would very much like to brag about its 82,885.07% surge in sales for the first three months of 2024 compared to Q1 of 2023. But that's hardly any consolation because it delivered 1,668 examples compared to just two! However, there's also a light at the end of the tunnel.
During the quarter, the GMC Hummer EV placed mid-pack below the Ford F-150 Lightning (7,743 units, up more than 80%) and Rivian R1T, which sold 30% less (2,400 units, according to GM Authority) but above the Chevy Silverado EV WT and Tesla's Cybertruck. Alas, seeing how the latter would ramp up production as fast as possible to meet demand, it wouldn't hurt if GMC took some time to pamper the Hummer EV for the 2025 model year, right?
In that case, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators has come up with a few ideas thanks to Nikita Chuicko, the virtual artist better known as kelsonik on social media, who thinks that now is the right CGI time to make the GMC Hummer EV behemoth cooler. His advice? If he was a GMC corner office head honcho, the Hummer EV would immediately get a set of larger, aftermarket-style concave and darkened wheels along with some contrasting red and yellow colors.
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