2018 GMC Terrain Poised For A Detroit Debut?
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The Wall Street Journal is alleging that the 2018 GMC Terrain will show face during the upcoming 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. The media days for the show are Monday January 9th and 10th, with some reveals happing the Sunday prior. GMC will likely reveal the 2018 Terrain the day before the auto show, foregoing a conventional press conference in the confines of COBO.
Sources familiar with the 2018 GMC Terrain say the design will take a much more rugged approach in an attempt to appeal to potential Jeep customers. GM has also hinted in the past it may take the GMC design in a more rugged direction.
The 2018 Terrain will share the (not so rugged) D2XX platform with the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, and it’s possible we will also see the inclusion of a new 1.6L diesel engine to the compact crossover’s engine lineup.
The current GMC Terrain crossover has been around since 2009 and hasn’t seen any major updates, save for a modest face lift for the 2015 model year. Despite the lack of attention, sales for the GMC Terrain have remained strong through its lifecycle, totaling a record 112,030 units in 2015 alone. With that in mind, the 2018 Terrain is a highly anticipated and crucial vehicle for the GMC portfolio, and will have some big shoes to fill with the phasing out of the old one.
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For those of us that have been patiently waiting for any news leakage or spy photos of the new Terrain atleast it’s confirmed for the 2017 NAIAS . That wasn’t a huge suprise though . Sounds like a 2017 summer intro for sales .
One reason I like the Terrain is because it doesn’t look like all the other cookie-cutter SUV’s . Some even said it had a Hummer like design , but I didn’t see it . Of course design language is subjective .
The good news is it sounds like it may still keep it’s one of a kind sheet metal .
I have owned two Terrains and love them both , the current being the 2016 Denali version . It will take something great for me to trade-in the one I own now . I will definately be checking it out in January .
GM has done a great job not letting any spy photogs catch site of this new Terrain but maybe now we will start getting a peek at it as the auto show gets closer . 🙂 .
A Buick-GMC dealership friend of mine saw a 2018 GMC Terrain prototype at a meeting in Michigan a couple of months ago. He said the new design is very attractive. It is not boxy or square like the previous model and is more similar in shape to the new Acadia. He predicts it will be a good seller. My assumption is the features and power trains will be similar to those in the upcoming Equinox.
It will be interesting to see what they do with it. I like the current one other than the oversize flared out wheel openings.
Well I’m gonna have to see whether if I’ll trade in my Terrain for the new one or I move on to the Envision or XC60