Safety features are a hot topic these days, and most automakers are scrambling to offer the latest and greatest tech items to entice buyers. That includes General Motors and GMC, which is now adding new GMC Pro Safety packages to specific 2021 models.
2021 GMC Yukon XL pictured here.
Essentially, GMC’s previous safety tech feature packages, which include the Driver Alert Package, Driver Alert Package 1, and Driver Alert Package II, will be gradually replaced in GMC’s product lineup with what the automaker is now calling the GMC Pro Safety and GMC Pro Safety Plus packages.
However, these new packages are more than a simple rebranding effort. Rather, the content of the new packages also changes.
More specifically, the new GMC Pro Safety Package includes the following popular features:
- Forward Collision Alert
- Automatic Emergency Braking
- Following Distance Indicator
- Front Pedestrian Braking
- Intellibeam Auto High Beams
- Lane Keep Assist
- Lane Departure Warning
Meanwhile, the GMC Pro Safety Plus Package also adds in the following features:
- Lane Change Alert
- Side Blind Zone Alert
- Rear Cross Traffic Alert
What’s more, Pro Safety Plus adds in Rear Park Assist in certain models.
For now, the first 2021 model year vehicles to equip the GMC Pro Safety Package and GMC Pro Safety Plus package include the GMC Terrain, the GMC Acadia, the GMC Yukon, and the GMC Yukon XL. However, the GMC Sierra 1500, GMC Sierra HD, GMC Canyon, and GMC Savana do not offer either of the new safety tech packages.
That said, we imagine that the long-term plan will be to replace and rebrand the safety offerings for the entire lineup with the two new packages listed above.
Do the features offered in the new GMC Pro Safety Package and GMC Pro Safety Package Plus entice you? Do they play a part in your new-car buying process? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, and make sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more GMC news and ongoing General Motors news coverage.
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GM should also add a Dash Cam system tying the surround camera’s through OnStar into the drivers cell phone….should be able to do that with a software update ….looks like Amazon might beat GM to the dollars on this
All safety features should be included on all models. Do not divide the safety features into 2 groups just for the sake of Tying them to specific packages as a prophet engineering scheme. And make them standard equipment on all vehicles and the price per unit will Decrease just as it did with antilock brakes seatbelts.
Why does GM insist upon buyers paying Extra for safety features that are standard on other manufactures products, such as Honda, Toyota and Subaru. GM seems to always be late to the game.
Honda definitely has the same tiering scheme. For example, the Honda CR-V doesn’t have blind spot radar on the low trim. Same thing with Subaru, the Ascent is missing rear radar on the lowest trim, and is an option on the middle trim.
The new pro Safety Package Need to be added to the 1500 Denali. I have Drive a new GM Pickup every other year for 25 years than three years ago i bought a Ford 150 KR in 2020 i went back to a GMC 1500 Denali. In you are Shot changing the 1500 Byte Not Adina the pro Safety Package i am Gong back to the Ford F150. Keep ahead of Ford in want to keep customers
Having read the new issue with gm valves on corvette and pickups, GM had better concentrate on quality control over drivetrain technology. New designs that fall on their face is a good way to lose customers!!!
GMC Pro Safety Package is something that General Motors needs to offer across it’s fleet especially if they want to be competitive with the competition as these features will SAVE lives.
These are features that novice drivers and their parents look for as General Motors needs to make this standard equipment on some select premium models and optional for every vehicle it makes.. imagine these features with the integration of Alexa.
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Big vehicles, especially in this price range, shouldn’t have things like front/rear parking sensors and blind spot warning as extra charge items. Just as power steering, power windows, etc, became the norm over time, so should these safety items, esp when many lower priced vehicles have these features standard.
Do al 2021 Yukon Denali have adaptive cruise control