The Lansing Delta Township Assembly, GM’s newest plant in North America, has begun building the newest addition to the Acadia line. Production of the Acadia Denali began last week and the first production models should be arriving at dealers as you read this. The first model to roll off the line is wrapped in the beautiful White Diamond color and was destined for Vadosta, Georgia.
The Denali trim level adds the traditional chrome honeycomb grill, 20-inch chrome wheels, monochromatic exterior paint, HID headlights, chrome interior accents, heated and cooled front seats, as well as a heads-up display. Unfortunately, the powerplant does not see any changes on this Denali model.
Nevertheless, there has been great demand for a Denali variant since the award-winning Acadia was introduced in 2007. Finally, consumers can have “the luxury and exclusivity that our customers demand in the Denali model,” according to Lisa Hutchinson, GMC’s Product Marketing Director.
Plant Manager Scott Whyrew said his team was excited to build the latest Acadia model. The Lansing Delta plant makes the entire Lambda family, including the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse.
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I think that they should have Turbo Charged the 3.6 for the Denali! Totally would have been the smart and exclusive option for this rig. Also, imagine a turbo 3.6 in a CTS…….. 🙂
Very true. Denali models should have – besides the extra fancy trim and features – an unique engine to the model range. Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as a turbo’ed 3.6 liter. Boy do I wish there was.
We do know that there will be a twin-turbo version of the 3.0 L LF3 with the pro code LF1.. but it probably won’t be here in time for an engine swap for the Denali.
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2010/08/gm-twin-turbo-engine-lf3/
Can’t wait til we see that 3.0L with dual turbos. That engine has been kind of a disappointment if you ask me, partly because of transmission tuning but a set of turbos definitely wouldn’t hurt it! I doubt that it would be enough to power the Acadia Denali though. Terrain Denali anyone??