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I realize I may be stepping on some toes, but please hear me out. The upcoming, new from the ground up, GMC Yukon is sure to be perceived by some as being too much…in size, that is. With fuel costs at an all time high and buyer sentiment shifting to smaller vehicles will the GMC Yukon be considered superseded even before it hits showroom floors in Spring 2006? Let’s have a look at many of the changes planned for the all new Yukon and then you can decide for yourself.

General Motors has been itching to release the Yukon and a host of other full sized GMC/Chevrolet models to the public as quickly as possible. Some find this odd, particularly since fuel prices are high and requirement for massive autos is on the decline. Still, there is good reason why GM wants you to take a closer look at imminent offerings including the 2007 GMC Yukon, their gigantic SUV:

• New from the ground up. Ask anyone who purchases large trucks and SUVs and they will tell you that owning one with the newest technology is often a deciding factor in purchasing a new model. GM is right on schedule with the update; however as with any “older model” auto now on the market sales usually decline as a new model is prepared for release.

• Engine efficiency. The 2007 Yukon’s two V8s will produce larger hp Than the previous engines, but they will register an increase in fuel use. How so? General Motors is incorporating Displacement on Demand technology, which deactivates some of the cylinders at low loads for increased fuel usage. You can recall a more basic version of this technology being applied to Cadillac models in the early 1980s ; that particular V8-6-4 technology was before its time and GM had to pull it back then as the engines failed to do what was reserved for them to do. Now, more than a generation later, General Motors has worked out all the kinks and has massively improved on the original idea.
• Safety. Roof mounted side curtain air bags will now be made available for all three rows of passengers. GM has been on a major offensive over the last half decade or more in stressing safety, a large seller for any vehicle. A better ABS system and StabiliTrak, GM’s premier handling system, will also be included.
• Technological improvements. Rear camera systems, power fold and tumble back seats, and an improved navigation system are some of the updates. The inside of the 2007 Yukon is really bigger than preceding models.

  While General Motors can only wish that fuel costs were lower, the company hopes that each of their new models can take a bigger piece of the shrinking big truck/SUV pie. With new models from Ford still a year or 2 away, the Yukon is balanced to cut into Expedition sales as well as take back sales lost to Lexus. Even with high fuel prices prepared there will probably always be a core market of folks that need a vehicle of the Yukon’s size; General Motors knows this and has updated their line of vehicles to keep pace.

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