I would be interested to hear if GM ever formally explains the rate increase. It might be on YouTube somewhere. It would be a great question for Mr. Pickup to ask one of the GM engineers that they seem to chat with on the internet. If someone comes across this, please post it. My guess is they wont discuss it, but you never know. It could be that the strategy of, while outperforming the competition at the weights up to its max rating, that didn't sell enough trucks. The only way to compete in the sales arena was to be competitive on the spec sheet, and not just the hp and torque spec. They had to wait for this new model to upgrade the pickup to get there. This new HD looks to be very impressive on a lot of different fronts. Even though my '18 pulls everything I ask of it without issue, it makes me want the new model. Guess that is the idea.
