2014 GM Truck Info

[Dadoffourgirls]

The GM 2014 Order Guide is published.

There is no extended cab HD (2500 or 3500) for 2014.

There is no 2500 Suburban/Yukon XL for 2014.

[ronhuntfish]

Looks like the short bed CC now comes with a 36-gallon fuel tank, and the payload numbers are up a bit. Too bad the 6.2L DI engine is not available yet. It surprises me that they have taken so long to make that available in the HD trucks. I really hope the extended cab comes back in 2015. Is Ford going to be the only way to get an extended cab now?

Nobody panic... There will be regular, extended and crewcab models. Also you can get the 6 1/2 ft box with the 1/2 ton crewcab, instead of just the "shorty-short" 5' 8" box it has now.

The Burb and Tahoe will come out shortly after the PU. Sorry, no more Avalanche for those fans.

[JIMNLIN]

APT wrote:
I go here.

Thanks. I have no idea why my old link in favorites stopped working.

[sky_free]

Looks like the short bed CC now comes with a 36-gallon fuel tank, and the payload numbers are up a bit. Too bad the 6.2L DI engine is not available yet. It surprises me that they have taken so long to make that available in the HD trucks. I really hope the extended cab comes back in 2015. Is Ford going to be the only way to get an extended cab now?

[APT]

I go here.

[JIMNLIN]

anyone have a working link to GM's online ordering guide. I've had it in favorites for years but now all I get is "cannot display webpage". Even links on a google says the same thing.

Thanks........Jim

[Lessmore]

BenK wrote:
Suburban is the longest running nameplate in automotive history

Popular Mechanics...75 Years of the Chevrolet Suburban

The History of the Suburban

But, GMC has some dozy's working for them...the ID person (they normally pull in
salaires in the +500K/year in large corporations) decided to dump the Suburban
nameplate for Yukon XL...and that 'new' nameplate just a few years old...

They also ruined the 2500 Suburban by hand cuffing it's towing ability with a
weak link...that dumb 1,000 lb receiver limit

I considered ordering a new Suburban in '97. Didn't. Last year I checked out the prices (Canadian) for a new Suburban....felt dizzy and had to sit down.

No wonder I rarely see new Suburbans around much more. GM has priced them out of the market.

[monkey44]

BenK says: "More 'car' attributes than 'truck' these days..."

Yes, that's what we said earlier ... a truck now looks like a car with a bed on the back ... even two full-size seats inside now and a shorter bed on those dual cabs.

Plus, you sit inside you can't tell the difference from a car - fluff carpet, high-end music, padded everything, bucket seats, plugs for ET stuff, little storage boxes for everything. Electronic controls for Heat and A/C that fail but have ten positions when we only need two (temp control is pretty simple, we're sitting in a closet, not a basketball court) ... Plush, plush instead of work, work. Electronic controls that fail often and cost a fortune (4x4 switch for example = $600) when a floor lever works just fine and never fails when you're in the back-country and really NEED it, need it, not just want to use it ...

We like comfort as much as the next person, but if someone offered me a truck-truck for $20 grand less than those $55K packages you can automatically get at least the $10K inflated price off without the fluff and frills instead of a car-truck, we'd be driving new already.

And we're not saying take away the engineering and safety and stability, we're saying take off the six-grand for the 'fancy interior' packages and give us one 'function package' ... like heavy shocks, E tires, and extra springs, wide mirrors, good lights and stronger brakes, a tranny cooler, ... forget the fancy leather and the ten huge and loud speakers and six way seats (heated???) -

Four small speakers reach two feet from the mount-bracket to my ears just fine, and I generally move my seat ONCE when I buy the truck and sit in it for the first time. So all that fancy seat motor movement is an expensive waste of money. Believe me, I know how to pull that manual lever if my leg gets a twitch in it after a thousand miles ...

Most of the trucks today are so "the same" it don't really matter much between them for quality. It's more the eye-candy part that sells it anyway, I think. So, folks, we don't really care who builds it, just offer a Truck Model instead of a Car Model and ship it our way, then go cash the check. Make us happy campers.

[BenK]

Yes, noticed that and that the writing is on the wall for Detroit to have their
lunch eaten, again, by foreign badges...

Of course the half ton market is the main course with the most margin and volume

Where foreign badges have made significant inroads into the traditionally Detroit
full sized pickups and SUVs

Now Detroit has walked away from a 'King of the Hill' marketing position of the
+8K GVWR SUV market place

Maybe the Italians will see the light and offer a RAM SUV in the +8K GVWR range

Is it just me, or is all of the fluffy pickups and SUVs no longer used for
what they are supposed to be for? More 'car' attributes than 'truck' these days...

[APT]

Dad didn't say no more Suburban. He said more 2500 Suburban for 2014, AKA, the handcuffed one. 🙂

[BenK]

Suburban is the longest running nameplate in automotive history

Popular Mechanics...75 Years of the Chevrolet Suburban

The History of the Suburban

But, GMC has some dozy's working for them...the ID person (they normally pull in
salaires in the +500K/year in large corporations) decided to dump the Suburban
nameplate for Yukon XL...and that 'new' nameplate just a few years old...

They also ruined the 2500 Suburban by hand cuffing it's towing ability with a
weak link...that dumb 1,000 lb receiver limit

[Passin_Thru]

I hate 4 door pickups and short beds. I'm going to buy a MH and a Toyota pickup. I'm not happy with Chevy anyway, what a maintainence nightmare. Cheap hoses, connectors, electrical glitches and Chevy won't pay for warranty work.

[camperforlife]

Take a look at the incentives on the extended cabs offered today. They are throwing money at the extended cabs to move them.

[mkirsch]

The "no extended cab" has to be a temporary thing.

It wouldn't be the first time that GM had a "staggered" platform release.

[monkey44]

JMHO - but the extended cab is the most versatile 4x4 model ... Std Cab has no room inside and the dual-cab is too long, unless it has the very-short bed on it, which means no TC's will fit (not a lot care about that, of course, except us TC guys)

But, that dual-cab only option will surely bum out the Monkey if this one ever takes a dive on me.

Seems odd to drop a line like that - but I remember when Gm dumped the Safari van line too, which I thought was their best van.