Aside from the Ford Mustang, the Chevrolet Avalanche was the only vehicle under a domestic brand that was able to squeeze favor of the Consumer Reports judges as one of their Top Picks for 2011.
We’re not sure what makes the Avalanche so much more special than its platform mates such as the GMC Sierra, Cadillac Escalade or Chevrolet Suburban, but apparently CR — a publication which seems to have a raging hard-on for favor Japanese makes — knows what they’re doing.
Unfortunately, the multi-role truck doesn’t have much longer to live, as GM plans to put the vehicle along with the Escalade EXT out to pasture when the next generation of full-sized vehicles make their way to market starting late 2012.
Source: Consumer Reports
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Say gentlemen, the platform that the avalanche is built on is the same as the Suburban, Yukon XL etc. You mention or the author mentions the GMC Sierra. The Sierra is a pickup and as you know shares the same with Silverado.
Steve W
GM Certified Commercial/Fleet/Retail Sales
Over 33 years selling GM products
Steve — it sure is the same GMT900 platform used across the board — Silverado/Sierra, Suburban/Yukon/Escalade, Avalanche/Escalade EXT.
I was informed that GM will drop the avalanche after the 2012 run. Is this a possibility or just a rumor?
It probably won’t be dropped in 2013… but it will go away when the next-generation trucks and full-sized SUVs are introduced.
That said, I’m hopeful for an Avalanche trim level of the Silverado… which would just be a semantic difference in nomenclature, anyway.