JLFitzpatrick

Stupid and more importantly, a sad move. Rather than give up on a platform that people want to drive and cause further market erosion by providing big lathargic torque-steering pigs, why not develop light structurally sound RWD vehicle with driving dynamics someone like me would actually pay for, with Hybrid or small displacement Turbocharged technology that yields better mileage. Oh, that's right. Developing cars that match the image GM is trying to portray is NOT part of their business plan. And how many layers of idiotic management does it take to kill a company these days? Well, I'm guessing it will be less and less as the last few years of this company go by, with decisions like these.

Very VERY impressive design and appearance. This was the interior I had hoped they'd put in the Envoy someday. Only concern is the AWD version is pushing 5000 lbs, (FWD version is 4722 lbs.), but with only 247 lbs-ft of torque. Owning a Envoy XL 2WD V-8 at just over 4800 lbs but with 330 lbs-ft, this X-over combination may not feel as satisfying on the road depending on transmission gearing. With the weight of this X-over being as much as it is, while I'm glad they built it and it looks fantastic, I'm wondering if upgrades to the 360 platform would have been a more effective use of R&D. Of course with the 360 platform you wouldn't have gained the rear inteior room and useful trunk feature, unless of course they went to IRS which I would have loved to have seen with either the I6 or the V8. Still, I'm hoping this vehicle will be a big success for GMC, and judging from these pictures it should be.

Uh - Huh, well wake me when you at least drop the DoD 5.3 V8 in this thing. I'll bet the mileage will be close to the 3.5 I5 anyway.