GMC Yukon Getting Price Increase In Australia

The 2025 GMC Yukon full-size SUV is just weeks away from its first deliveries in Australia, and it’s already been hit with a notable price hike. A $5,000 increase has sent the starting MSRP of the Yukon up to AU$174,990, which translates to about $111,000 USD as of this writing. With an asking price higher than that of the Australian version of the Lexus LX, the Yukon is very much being pitched as a luxury vehicle in Oceania.

“Due to ongoing foreign exchange rate volatility and cost increases, we have needed to review our pricing,” a GM spokesperson told Australian outlet Drive. The exchange rate issue GM is referring to is a sudden dip in the value of the Australian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar, from which it’s already recovered, but volatility remains.

The GMC Yukon is being marketed in the Oceania region through General Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV), which also markets Chevy Silverado trucks and the Chevy Corvette. For trucks and SUVs, it only sells upmarket variants like the Silverado ZR2, Silverado HD LTZ Premium, and GMC Yukon Denali.

The GMC Yukon Denali will be the first GMC model sold in the region and the region’s only full-size SUV from an American brand. This exclusivity, combined with the fact that it’s only available in the Denali trim with the 6.2L V8 L87 engine and four-wheel drive, is why it’s so expensive. Naturally, the biggest difference between the Australian model and the North American spec is right-hand drive, but it also comes with dual 12.6-inch LCD displays in the second row as standard.

Like every other GMC Yukon, the Oceania spec is produced at the GM Arlington assembly plant in Texas. After it’s shipped to Australia, Walkinshaw Automotive Group in Melbourne takes care of the right-hand-drive conversion. The same firm does RHD swaps for Ram trucks and the Toyota Tundra.