Gm Flaunts Green Truck In Chicago
Chicago Auto Show has this green theme. And Detroits Big 3 wage war over other automakers is actually to prove that they are worthy of amassing praises concerning the production of environmentally friendly vehicles. But General Motors Corp. is putting more emphasis on the manufacture of green trucks.
At the prestigious auto show GM will showcase two trucks and a crossover sport utility. However the most captivating model as anticipated will be the Denali XT concept a hybrid pickup truck. The lowslung muscular carbased concept which boasts of its green credentials will be displayed at the show this Wednesday.
GMs GMC brand has been tailored with a sophisticated expert pedigree. But in flaunting the Denali XT concept the Detroit automaker intends to prove that GMC truck parts are evolving with time. The venerable truck brand wants to prove that improvement never sleeps.
Warrack Leach the Denali XT’s lead designer described it as a pickup for guys that pine for “a truck with badness but don’t necessarily need a truck everyday.” In other words there are more things that the truck intends to offer. Fuel efficiency improved power better handling superb ergonomics and enhanced truck capabilities are just few of the features of the pickup truck concept.
The Denali XT’s new 4.9liter version of the automakers V8 features fuel injection and active fuel management which when mated with the twomode hybrid system and E85 ethanol capability delivers a 50 percent raise in fuel economy over similar small pickup trucks. Another milestone about the truck concept is the coupling of the automakers twomode hybrid system with an E85 ethanolcapable engine. The concept’s new smallblock V8 features fuelinjection and active fuel management.
The truck is derived from the automakers Zeta rearwheel drive architecture that serves as the underbelly for the new Pontiac G8 sedan and the upcoming Chevy Camaro. It was designed and constructed by GM’s Holden unit in Australia where the notion of a modern truck that blends fuel efficiency sports car handling and function picture a weekend camping and racing across the dunes of the Outback is more commonly embraced reported The Detroit News.
Shoppers shift to small and fuelefficient cars continues. As such automakers are worried about the sales of their gassipping huge vehicles. GM was also worried. This is why the largest American automaker decided to tweak its truck DNA a bit rather than lose a significant slice of the market.
With the launch of the Denali XT pickup truck concept the Detroit automaker aims to further burnish its truck DNA to lure event the generation Y of drivers.
About the writer: Anthony Fontanelle is a 35yearold automotive buff who grew up in the Windy City. He does freelance work for an automotive magazine when he is not busy customizing cars in his shop.
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