The truck world has been abuzz with the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado after its sly debut at Chevy’s truck centennial at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend in Trailboss guise. While we do expect to see the 2019 Silverado revealed in full at the 2018 North American International Auto Show, don’t expect to see GMC’s new full-size pickup make an appearance.
GM Authority has learned the 2019 Sierra will not show up in Detroit, Michigan, in a few weeks. We’d say that’s a smart call to maximize the news cycle; the new Silverado will be the shining star and only have the 2019 Ram 1500 to contend with at the show. Ford may surprise and show the 2019 Ranger, however.
Our intel also says to not look for the 2019 GMC Sierra at the 2018 Chicago Auto Show, either. We don’t have a clear calculation as for when we should see the new Sierra, but it will almost certainly be next year. Though, it may not even be at an auto show. If we were to throw a wildcard on the table, GMC could maximize its newfound partnership with Vail Ski Resorts and put on a separate debut at one of the company’s 13 North American resorts. Recall, GMC recently debuted the Sierra 2500HD All Mountain concept in Vail, Colorado, at one of the resorts.
Stay tuned for more information. The 2018 NAIAS festivities begin on January 13.
Comments
Probably a typo – you said you expect the Sierra to debut this year. There are less than 2 weeks left in this year. If that happens, it will definitely be in Detroit.
MichaelAllan,
Yep, you are correct. My mistake. The story has been updated to reflect next year, not this year. Didn’t mean to take us into 2018 already. I don’t have that kind of power.
Thanks for reading!
-Sean
I had not expected Detroit but had considered Chicago. But of late GMC has not been using Chicago as they have in the past.
One thing for sure it will be interesting as the GM will not share anything but the cab shell with the Chevy. It will have its own complete look much like the Colorado and Canyon differ.
I don’t know if releasing the next Sierra in the Rockies is a good move or not. Seem to make sense if was actually released with Mt. Whitney or similar in the background.
If I were to release them outside a show it would be in the Sierra mountains at Tahoe or Denali National Park.
Does these mean not going to be unveiled until after the Chicago show or maybe in the 6 weeks in between?
The sierra be unveiled at the Toronto auto show in February.
Is that an guess or a scoop? I live in Toronto and that would be great…. 1 reason it makes sense is that isn’t Canada like the only market where the sierra outsells the Silverado?
My guess would be the NY auto show then.
Sierra will debut in Detroit on March 1st