Earlier this year, General Motors unveiled the all-new 2020 Sierra Heavy Duty pickup, framing the overhauled workhorse as the most capable truck that GMC has ever built. The next-generation GMC Sierra Heavy Duty is bigger, stronger, and better-equipped than the previous generation, making for a stout competitor in the heavy-duty segment. Now, GMC Chief Engineer Marissa West is highlighting some of the new Sierra HD’s features in the following two-minute video.
The video includes narration from West, as well as some fantastic footage of the new GMC Sierra HD doing what it does best.
No doubt about it, one of the Sierra’s headline features is its 35,500-pound tow rating via fifth-wheel/gooseneck, a figure made possible when equipped with the 6.6L L5P V8 turbo-diesel Duramax engine and ten-speed automatic Allison-branded transmission. The combo produces 445 horsepower and 910 pound-feet of torque, which, stuffed into the Regular Cab, dual-rear-wheel 3500HD model, helps to achieve the impressive tow rating.
The 2020 GMC Sierra comes with a new towing camera system as well, with side and rear cameras in place to maneuver the truck straight from the infotainment screen. There’s also an optional trailer-mounted camera that will look straight through behind the trailer to see the road behind it, and an integrated gooseneck and fifth-wheel hitch design to boot.
We got a chance to tow 30,000 pounds with the 2020 GMC Sierra HD back in August and walked away impressed. The experience proved just how smooth the truck is under towing, with minimal cabin vibrations and secondary motions, as well as linear power delivery.
Indeed, the 2020 GMC Sierra comes with new frame enhancements to help it achieve all that capability. The enhancements also boost performance and ride quality too.
There are further insights into the new 2020 GMC Sierra on offer here as well, so hit play and check it out. And don’t forget to subscribe to GM Authority for more GMC Sierra news, GMC news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
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Until GM makes its own electric truck , no gas or Diesel powered GM truck can match the 1.2 million pound load that the Ford F-150 electric has pulled. GM, you will lose the EV truck market if you don’t hurry!
Ford has lost the sales lead, when you combine both of the GM model pickup truck sales. Also, the most stolen vehicles are the late model GM pickups, proving that even criminals don’t want to steal a Ford as much as as a Chevy or GMC. Once the 2020 gas engine 2500 and 3500 pickups with the much higher 6.6 liter gasser gets widely sold, it will become the favorite, for a huge percentage of buyers. Ford has had problems with the 5.4 liter and even though it had a higher max torque at 2800 RPM than the GM 5.3 liter V8, Ford used a plastic guide strip for the timing chain which often breaks inside the engine, creating havoc. Trucks with gas engines should be expected to last for at least 300,000 miles without serious engine problems. My buddy dropped a piston in his F-150 with a V8 in his 2012 with only 84,000 miles ( 135,000 Km ) for his granny type of urban driving of 60 miles per day. Why does Ford use cheap parts in a truck that costs $35,000 at the low end? Why does the camshaft lobes wear out on a Dodge Ram with the 5.7 liter Hemi V8 with as little as 25,000 miles on them? This cheapo parts problem of any brand, hurts the brand for years. Stay away from the F-150 for the years 2011 to 2015, as not only the above mentioned cheap parts problem but the software Ford used for about 4 model years before they were the last company in the world to switch over to use the Blackberry QNX software that every other car maker in the world uses, including Rolls Royce, Ferrari and all the Korean car makers. Look at how many billions that is has cost Boeing to ignore and rush an very faulty software problem to the market for the Boeing 737 MAX. The test engineers warned Boeing in writing but the bean counters ignored it and now are paying the very heavy price. Boeing risked my life as i flew on the 737 MAX in September last year, between the 2 crashes of the MAX in August and October that year. Oh, yes, the software of the Boeing 737 MAX was sub-contracted out to a software team based in India……BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPEST… Short the Boeing stock and make some money.
Hehehe. And you actually believe Ford will certify their buying public to pull that kind of weight and warranty it? They will be limited by the max tow rating like every other vehicle. GM did the same stunt with pulling that gantry crane cradling that gigantic boat. Looks great but not what any vehicle is built for. I agree GM “appears” to be running behind Ford on an electric powered truck but we will never know what the General has on their drawing boards and in the works. We’ll see what these UAW negotiations did to move the development of that project along. Until MANY consumers with lots of cash in hand demanding electric vehicles, development will be slow. It’s very expensive and technology, especially battery development is moving along at breakneck speeds. Jumping on the bandwagon and locking yourself into a particular platform can stunt your future product growth and development. Much like computers, as soon as you build it, it will be obsolete the next week.
Saw one of these today. It was white and d@mn was it good looking!!