The GMC Jimmy nameplate has been absent from production lines for the last several decades, with the full-size model discontinued in 1991, and the compact variant discontinued in 2002. Nevertheless, its legacy continues to inspire enthusiasts and artists alike. Recently, digital artist Carlos Hernandez breathed new life into the GMC Jimmy with a series of modern-day renderings, envisioning the SUV as a rugged, off-road-ready machine fit for the current market.
The renderings depict the GMC Jimmy in both a two-door and four-door body style, with each image capturing the SUV in some sort of adventurous setting, be it a snowy forest, sandy desert, or a dirt trail, all of which showcases the SUV’s imagined off-road prowess. Key design elements include a tall stance, large off-road tires, prominent wheel arches, and heavy-duty cladding that amplify the overall rugged appeal.
Stylistically, the renderings incorporate GMC’s latest design language found in its current crop of ICE-powered products. Highlights include C-shaped headlamp lighting signatures and a shark-fin-inspired side pillar.
The artist imagines this modern Jimmy riding on the GMT31XX platform, the same architecture that underpins midsize GM trucks like the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon, suggesting a body-on-frame structure capable of rivaling vehicles such as the Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler.
Of course, this isn’t the first time the GMC Jimmy has been conceptualized in modern form. Some custom shops have even built their own interpretations, such as Flat Out Autos, which offers a Jimmy-inspired SUV that rides on top of the full-size T1-based GMC Sierra chassis, sporting a shortened frame and custom details.
Notably, GM explored the idea of reviving the Jimmy nameplate as part of a midsize, body-on-frame SUV project. The vehicle was rumored to take aim directly at the Ford Bronco, and GM even considered offering the option for a V8 engine. However, the project was ultimately scrapped, leaving enthusiasts to dream of what could have been.
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Very nice. Make a Blazer version too. Beat Ford and Dodge into this class. They were leaders back in the day. Make them leaders again.
Agreed – slowing sales of the Bronco show that there is a limit to the 2/4 door soft top SUV market. Right now, the 4Runner is in a class of its own having a good mix of off-road readiness and practicality. This is the market GM should be jumping into and is also probably the most cost effective as they could based the SUV off a shortened Colorado/Canyon.
We can only dream with the current management team.
Sad but true!
YAWN, another lifted pavement pounding overpriced princess that no one will ever take off road. Just like the Broncos, Jeeps, TRXs, and Raptors
Give me a lowered stance, Syclone, or Typhoon!!
Build it! Looks good. Ford made it work with their Bronco.
I dig it! I’d change the grill a bit and the back window so it doesn’t look like a CRV’s back window. But that would be a sweet ride with a V8.
Choices were made on that b-pillar, lol.
They should do it.
Yes please!!!
I saw these on FB the other day.
There were more & different versions.
And let’s be clear, from what I understood from the FB post, these are AI generated. A human had nothing to do with them.
If I were running GM, these would already be on the streets.
Such a no-brainer.
Build on the 31XX-2 platform; offer the Turbo Max 4 and the inline 6 they were working on.
Have 2 door and 4 door iterations.
But GM is more concerned with satisfying their shareholders than they are their customers.
If you were running GM it would be bankrupt. Only a small handful of people want these, they wouldn’t sell. There is a reason every two door model is/has gone away or sells in single digits. Then you offer a four door version of a heavily off road focused model and after the small rush of people that buy them mostly as a DD, they realize how bad they are compared to others and sell them. Now you have a one generation run of a vehicle that cost the company Billions in development costs and you can see where this is going. This is not a no-brainer, it is common sense to not build it. Look at the Gladiator, Bronco sales have slowed as the newness is wearing off, and you look at the used market for those special off road focus models and they are the highest in terms of trade ins (Wrangler, Bronco, 4-Runner, etc). People buy them thinking they look cool and don’t think about the tradeoffs, two years later when they don’t use it off road and the commuting in them sucks they trade them in and they sit on the lot for the next schmuck.
As car guys we all like the old days with two doors and open tops and minimal bodies and big clearances, but it doesn’t sell long term and most don’t use them. Those later realize it was a mistake with the tradeoffs as a DD and move on and chalk it up as a midlife crisis. These wouldn’t sell or make money for GM which is a business…
Even this crossover fad will end. Likely once the Boomer women buying them age out of buying new vehicles.
I guess you haven’t looked at the market lately for the ’90s 2-door 2-wheel drive Tahoe. They are selling high and people love them. I’ve owned 2 and made money on both. Just like people say nobody wanted wagons.JUst like that 2 door Tahoe, if they made a 2 2-wheel drive version I know people who would buy one including me. Flat Out Autos in Oklahoma converts new Subs into 2-door Tahoes and they cannot keep up with demand. I know they are built in limited numbers but so were the 2×2 Blazers and Tahoes. Over the last 40 years, I owned 25 full-size 2-wheel drive Blazers plus S10s all were good sellers. The really nice customized full-size 2-wheel drive Blazers and Tahoes are selling for high 5 and 6 figures now. I’m in that business and have at least 10 calls a day for vintage wagons, CTS-V’s, OBS Suburbans, 4-door Tahoes, and so on. I had an LMR 900 HP 2014 CTS-V wagon and made money when I sold it. Every new wagon from dealer lots regardless of what people say about the long roofs not selling. Long Live Longroofs!
Something tells me you are either in GM management (and showing how completely out of touch you are), or you are absolutely clueless when it comes to the US auto market. If these things are such a bad idea, how come I see Toyota 4Runners everywhere? If Ford decided to make the Explorer a body-on-frame w-row SUV again, they would be selling them as fast as they could make them. Absolutely delusional comment!
Do it like Ford does the Bronco, 2-door & 4-door!!!!!
TMI is right even though people don’t want to admit it. Everyone on the internet always says “they need to build this!”. Nobody would buy this. 10,000 people maybe? Thats a pittance. Popular GM vehicles sell in the hundreds of thousands. Enthusiast live in a micro bubble. Cars sell as a macro level. GM would lose money on every unit of these sold.
“GM would lose money on every unit of these sold.”
Like they do on EVs?
10000 seems to be the target of most EVs gm puts on the market. This type of vehicle- if done right in 2 and 4 door formats offered in a good choice of trims would sell well over 200k units a year.
I like it !!!!
I would love to have a two door version of this vehicle. I think it would sell pretty well. The broncos are very popular where I live. I would buy one in a heartbeat.
Flat Out Auto in Arkansas makes new 2 door jimmys and blazers , very ccol
It would have the same problem as Gladiators and Broncos. And most other vehicles. High prices. I wouldn’t be able to afford it.
Another great idea GM will leave on the drawing board!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE are the CAR GUYS?????