PREMiERdrum Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) Details starting to slip out on the 2013 GM trucks... The next-generation Chevrolet Silverado full-sized pickup will be 3 to 4 inches taller than the current version and will have a brawnier look when it debuts next year as a 2014 model. General Motors executives unveiled the redesigned Silverado to a few thousand Chevrolet dealers this month in Las Vegas. GM has added rear doors to the Silverado's extended-cab model to improve convenience for back-seat passengers, according to several dealers who attended. Some Chevy dealers say that the four-door feature -- available on comparable models of the Ram 1500 but not the Ford F-150 -- should lift sales of extended cabs, which typically account for less than 20 percent of dealers' Silverado sales. Dealers who saw the Silverado described its styling changes as evolutionary. "It's not a major change for an all-new model, but it'll be much bolder looking and have a lot more features," says Tom Durant, owner of Classic Chevrolet in Grape-vine, Texas, one of the nation's largest Chevy dealers. GM also will offer an optional 6 1/2-foot bed on its crew-cab Silverado. Current crew-cab models come with 5 3/4-foot beds. Ford and Ram already offer 6 1/2-foot beds on their crew-cab models. The next-gen Silverado's crew cab also will get several more inches of rear-seat legroom, dealers who attended the meeting said. That would eliminate a competitive disadvantage: Ford's crew-cab pickup offers 4 1/2 more inches of legroom than the Silverado's current crew cab. Ram's crew cab has about 1 1/2 inches more space. GM also will offer optional LED lights embedded into the bed rails, dealers said. DETROIT -- General Motors plans a luxury trim level for its next-generation Chevrolet Silverado pickup, its answer to the leather-swathed top offerings of its rivals. GM will name the model the High Country, according to dealers briefed on the plans during a national Chevy dealer meeting this month in Las Vegas. It's a response to the proliferation of high-end pickup models, such as Ford's F-150 King Ranch and Limited and Ram's Laramie Longhorn, which have sticker prices that can top $50,000. Ford, for example, now offers five luxury F-150 trims that account for nearly one-third of the nameplate's sales. http://www.gminsiden...m-level-113561/ GM's decision to offer a luxury-level trim for Chevrolet has been complicated by the fact that GMC is the company's premium truck brand. GM execs have been trying for years to create more separation between the two brands. GMC has had success with its Denali up-level trim on its Sierra 1500, the Silverado's platform mate. The Silverado's High Country model likely would compete in the same price range. Still, there should be room for luxury offerings from both brands, says Dave Sullivan, a product analyst at research firm AutoPacific Inc. Despite the shared platforms and powertrains of the Silverado and Sierra, the staunch allegiances ingrained in pickup buyers would prevent many from switching between the two, he says. "A higher-end Chevy gives GMC the ability to move up. And Chevy can also move up," Sullivan says. "There's no reason GM's volume pickup brand shouldn't have something to go up against" the premium offerings of Ford and Ram. Sullivan adds that the price of the Denali version on the next-generation Sierra 1500 could jump partly because of the expected discontinuation of the Cadillac Escalade EXT pickup, which shares the same platform and is priced at $64,055, including shipping. High Country resurrects the name of a package on the Chevy Blazer that GM offered in the 1980s. The High Country Blazer had gold wheels and badges with shiny black paint on the upper exterior that faded into gold on the lower body. http://www.autonews....4#ixzz27O2b71sc Edited September 24, 2012 by PREMiERdrum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 In summary, the new GM trucks won't look too much different, will be taller (!), and GM still isn't sure how to properly manage two "different" truck brands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Just rename GMC as 'Buick trucks', then can add more chrome and call them 'near-lux' pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Just rename GMC as 'Buick trucks', then can add more chrome and call them 'near-lux' pickups. ...and then import them to Europe as Opels? :poke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 To summarize: In about a year, the most important products manufactured by General Motors will be competitive with a 2010 F150. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 To summarize: In about a year, the most important products manufactured by General Motors will be competitive with a 2010 F150. ...as long as you don't compare interiors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 ...as long as you don't compare interiors. Exactly. Don't forget... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) ...and then import them to Europe as Opels? :poke: When I was a kid, one of the local gas stations had a "Buick" service truck. It was a mid '60s Chevy or GMC fitted with a '63 Buick Wildcat grille, Wildcat side trim, Buick emblems, chrome wheels and '61 Buick taillights mounted vertically. It even had the Buick bucket seats. Edited September 25, 2012 by Mark B. Morrow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneekr Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 To summarize: In about a year, the most important products manufactured by General Motors will be competitive with a 2010 F150. And one more generation after that, GM pickups will be competitive with a 2011 F-150 (with Ford's new powertrains). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerdude20 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Exactly. Don't forget... Doesn't look as bad as I remember. I think losing the horrid placement of the glove box would go a long way towards making it higher end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Well, you know that and a totally different center stack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Well, you know that and a totally different center stack. ...and from recent reports....the rest of the truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Well, you know that and a totally different center stack. ...and a new gauge cluster and dash pad and.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 To summarize: In about a year, the most important products manufactured by General Motors will be competitive with a 2010 F150. K-K-K-Ken is c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-kill me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet_91 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Yeah, real evolutionary styleing there GM... http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/01/2014-chevrolet-silverado-spied-our-best-look-yet/ :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 At the pace Silverado is evolving, it should catch the 2010 F150 by about 2014.... Ford must be so worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Oh you have GOT to be kidding me. GM included a SPY SHOT as part of a PRESS RELEASE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Oh you have GOT to be kidding me. GM included a SPY SHOT as part of a PRESS RELEASE? Drip feed?Hey look at me everyone....please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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