An aftermarket wheel shop in the Mexican city of Culiacán has shared photos of a custom GMC Sierra Denali that it recently completed for a customer – but the truck in question is no standard Sierra Denali.
While General Motors discontinued the Regular Cab version of the GMC Sierra in the United States and Canada, it still sells the two-door truck in certain foreign markets. In Mexico, the GMC Sierra can be ordered in a Regular Cab body style, but it’s only available in a single base-level trim. It seems as though this customer approached the shop, JC Wheels, and asked them to convert his Regular Cab work truck into a full-blown Denali – in turn creating what is probably the world’s only T1-generation GMC Sierra Denali Regular Cab.
This custom truck has a chrome mesh Denali grille, chrome mirror caps, chrome side assist steps, Denali badging and the chrome 22-inch factory Denali wheels. The Denali conversion probably would have been quite pricy to execute, as it would have required JC Wheels to either have a donor truck for the Denali parts, or to order them from a GM dealership – neither of which seem like very affordable options.
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We’d be even more impressed if this truck had Denali-style interior add-ons as well, such as heated and ventilated leather seats, perforated leather upholstery, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and a Bose premium audio system. Unfortunately, JC Wheels didn’t share photos of the interior, so we’re not sure if this truck has also received a Denali-style cabin overhaul, or if it’s still standard work truck fare inside.
While we realize Regular Cab trucks like this sell in very small numbers in the United States, it’s hard to be a bit jealous seeing GM continue to offer Regular Cab pickups in places like Mexico and the Middle East. With that said, would you buy a Regular Cab version of the GMC Sierra Denali if GM offered it in the U.S. or Canada? Let us know by voting or commenting below, readers.
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Looks sharp! I would buy it if sold in the U.S.
Poor original owner I bet they stole the original for all the parts to make that one like that, Yes that’s what they do over there Sorry fellow Mexicans I know because I see it everywhere
You can just but these parts from the dealership. It’s not that hard.
Nice too bad so few would sell.
Build them by special order only in U.S. Why build them in configurations that regular cab buyers don’t want. Whole issue is crazy. Never heard any reason from gm why these are not sold in U.S. just people’s theories.
The reason is sales. They don’t build things that people aren’t buying.
It isn’t worth it.
But they’re already building them in AT4 and Elevation for the Middle East.
I would say there is little regulations on those going to the Middle East. Odds are no crash test. Emissions or CAFE. That is a ton of money alone that would need to be spent on a couple thousand trucks.
It’s CAFE. It’s been explained multiple times, but the OP refuses to believe it. From 2012, CAFE is based on the footprint or area under the truck. The RCSB is too small yet is too heavy since it has the same parts.
Places in the Middle East/GCC that care are on older CAFE versions so they don’t care.
How does Ford sell a regular cab short bed then?
SCW makes a good point. How is Ford able to sell a Reg. Cab short bed in the U.S.? Does the CAFE standards only apply to GM?
Bolt says otherwise…………..
They sold over 20k Bolts in just the first half of the year. That’s actually not bad for a pricey little car like that.
So what would you think the take rate would be on a rcsb truck seeing that GM sells what 800K or more full-size trucks per year, bet it would be better than the bolt without the losses that each bolt carries.
When I bought a new ’89 GMC pickup, I had to special order it. I wanted short bed, 2 wheel drive V8. The dealer only had 4wheel drive, 8 ft. bed. He told me, “Nobody buys what you want”. I replied they can’t buy it if you don’t have any. Same thing happened in ’97 and 2003 when I special ordered Chevy trucks – – the dealers only want to stock the most expensive trucks with all the options, even though buyers don’t want or need 4X4 or 8 ft bed when they never haul anything more than a case of beer.
I’m currently shopping for a white or red low mileage 2018 LT and/or Z71 2018 regular cab 4×4 because I’m an empty nester and love the sportiness of this configuration. Would simply love to special order one (Chevy or GM) if offered. A High Country or fully loaded LTZ Z71 with 6.2L and 10 speed transmission would be awesome.
I would buy or Order 1 today if the regular cab short bed with the v8 was available.
I drive an white ’18 LT Z71 crew and it isnt really sporty other than looks. Get the 6.2L if you want muscle. I do love the truck its my favorite one i’ve ever had. And it looks loads better than the ’19+
If I could get it with a standard trans and an 8 foot bed and the new multi tailgate I would buy it in a minute!!!
Yes, prefer reg cab long bed, drives better when towing, own a rclb w/t 2020, love the look but personally can do without bells and whistles
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I understand GM decisions – they don’t sell enough vehicles with a certain feature or features to warrant making them available in a specific market. It costs too much, it is affected by regulations we are not aware of, whatever, a large enough profit cannot be made even if thousands are sold.
But maybe that will be different in the future, that customization of a basic design will be simple and inexpensive. We can hope. For me, I dream of a real classic front bench seat with all the top of the line options (today only available with bucket seats and a console).
When RCSB were available, they were always white WT configuration. That’s one reason for low sales. GM pushing buyers to Ford and RAM. What else is there? We have 3 Chevy rcsb in family. Starting to get older time to update.
That looks nice, unlike the Ram that in standard cab version just looks goofy.
Nothing so special here…
Probably not I have a 2018 sierra 4door chrome package and like the extra room. Although I must say there is an original truck look to that one that is original
do it in a heart beat. had many short bead reg cab
Have anyone heard GM is opening the order books for the 2022 Yukon tomorrow
Now that’s a real truck. I hate all these overgrown 4 door monsters. If I ever win the lottery I’ll buy one.
Yes I would buy one if I could here in california but Chevrolet will not sell them here . So I am left with two choices buy a Ford or buy a Dodge Ram I chose the ladder because Of the hemi engine Ford only offers a 5.0 not powerful enough. Sorry Chevrolet after 45 years I am forced to Abandoned you .
Don’t feel bad. GM abandoned all rcsb owners.
Pretty cool but our custom shops have already been building custom single cab short beds. Shops like Phat Phabs, Extensive Metalworks have a long line of customers paying for these in the last few years but with much more custom work done.
C’mon GM. My ’14 Sierra RCSB gets much attention and I would like to upgrade. All the above interest shows the GM Bean counters dropped the ball on this one. Special order maybe? 6.2 option maybe? Hopefully from the new Oshawa assembly!
I like the extra room of my crew cab, but a regular cab short wheel base X31 with some aftermarket off road enhancements would be bad ass on trails. The crew cab with current stretched wheel base is a bit awkward on tight trails, especially attempting to turn around.
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I’m not a big guy and I usually drive alone. I’d definitely consider a regular cab Sierra.
When I ordered/purchased my 2014 Sierra Crew cab, I thought how cool to have a Denali trim version regular cab/short bed which was not available, only the SLT trim with the L83 V/8 6-speed. After 7 years living with my 2014 Sierra can’t help thinking how cool to own 2022 6.2 L87 with a 10 speed trans with all the leather interior trim. Still wondering….marketing guys?
Since it’s been a couple years since rcsb has been available in US, they should be in demand because of that time lapse. Would be like Camaro being available after 8 years.
Bought regular cab Chevys for the last 30 years. Dont intend to buy a new one unless regular cabs return.
I have a 2020 rclb 2500hd with 6.6 gas l8t, love the truck, it’s the exact opposite of a Denali being a w/t trim. Love the way it drives and love the over 8 foot bed, can put almost anything in it. I’d say its the closest you will get to that rcsb. But don’t loose hope cause 2 trucks ago I owned a 96 crew cab short bed 1500 that was a centurion, the trucks are out there just not always from gm
GM needs to pull their head out of the Sand. Yes there is a market for single cab pickups in the US not just work trucks.