Heard thru grape vine Suburban 2500 in 2016!!

I'll believe it when I see one in the showroom. According to the build sheet on my 2008, Chevy built only 5,867 Burb 2500s that year. Compared to probably 50,000-75,000 half-tons.

I'm a real car guy - I'm always checking out the cars around me. In the last 12 months, I've probably seen ONE other 3/4-ton GMT900 Burb/Yukon XL in my area. And this is SE Michigan, where 90%+ of folks drive American cars and trucks, and have lots of toys to haul - snowmobiles, ATVs, RVs and boats.

IMHO...that is the biggie in the Marketing ID person decision to kill
their 'King of the Hill' SUV Ford's Excursion gave the 8.6K Sub a run,
but it didn't make it for long

But, numbers are not the main thing and again IMHO

1933 is the first year of the Suburban and has the longest continuous running
marketing badge in automotive history. It is also the most recognized
badge in the world

Sooner than later...foreign badges *WILL* come out with a +8.6K GVWR full sized
pickup and SUV...to eat Detroit's lunch...again...if Detroit doesn't have this
already on showroom floors

We love ours and do see 2 other GMT900 3/4 tons running around our area (but never intheburbs). The economy and market for full sized SUVs in late 2000's was poor, so sales were down a lot, like 1/3 the sales compared to early 2000s. 2014 GM had 75% of the full sized SUV market and sold over 200k of them. Hopefullly they recognize the need for highher capability, especially given the 2015 Ecoboost Expy. A future model needs to have power levels of the 6.2L in the Denali/Escalade and most importantly receiver rating of 1400-1500 pounds!

Clues suggest the potential 2016 HD Suburban is fleet only and 5.3L only. Hopefully that is proven wrong.

I'd love a diesel 3/4 ton Burb. However, a 2015 version half ton with the equipment of my 2011 is already $10k higher than mine. A diesel would be $75k+ and out of my price range for the foreseeable future.

If they would only put the Duramax Allison in it. I second the 1400-1500# receiver.

I think there were some spy shots of the 8-lug Suburban not to long ago.

Most likely focused on the fleet - Government needs. When the Secret Service got done armoring the Prius for Obama, it did not do well.

Just read where it might be a 3500 Suburban...possibly 9200 or higher GVWR, which would make it a killer SUV!! Would eat into some of the HD crew cab market for sure!

Pic or it doesn't exist...

2016 models are right around the corner. I could see a gas version but not a Dmax/Ally.

BurbMan wrote:
Just read where it might be a 3500 Suburban...possibly 9200 or higher GVWR, which would make it a killer SUV!! Would eat into some of the HD crew cab market for sure!

How big of a step up would this be. Was the 2500 sub light. dosen't seem like a 9200 gvwr would leave a lot of payload.

How do you figure? My 01 has a GVWR of 8600 and weighs 6700 lbs with full fuel and me in it, so payload is around 2000 lbs. How much heavier would the truck get to increase GVWR to 9200 with the 6.2L gas? Doubt we will ever see DMax/Ally in a burb....

From Wikipedia:
Recent chatter on several GM enthusiast sites has made reference to a "Suburban 3500" (or 1-ton version) coming in 2016, which would be a GM-unique SUV, but so far GM has not confirmed or denied the existence of this program.

I would like to see a 3/4 ton Suburban with ratings along the lines of the 2500HD pickups. I'd love to see one with that could legitimately handle an 11,000 lb trailer with a family of 6 inside. Hopefully with a diesel under the hood! That's probably what it would take to get me really interested, because that is what we need.

I concede, however, that the market for such a vehicle is probably quite small. So I'm not holding my breath.