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Intake
dash next to the touchscreen,
leaving ample room for storage
in the center console.
GM has been criticized
for dull interiors. The SUVs
take style up a notch from the
pickups but still land below
best in class. The cabin is
more spacious, some of the
materials are a nice upgrade,
and stitching is accompanied
by piping on the seats. The
interior is brighter, with more
greenhouse and a first-ever
The 355-hp, 383-lb-ft panoramic roof. Wheel sizes
5.3-liter and 420-hp, 460-lb-ft range from 18 to 22 inches.
6.2-liter V-8 engines carry A big advantage of the new
over, but the active fuel architecture is its electrical
management system is bandwidth, which accom-
replaced by the more efficient modates more safety and
Dynamic Fuel Management. connectivity features. There’s
Don’t expect big fuel economy five times the data processing
numbers, though, as the new power of the outgoing model
trucks are bigger and heavier. to support vehicle diagnostics
Welcome news: The most fuel-efficient and over-the-air updates.
The clunky option will be the new Suburbans have 30 standard
gearshift stalk
is replaced Duramax 3.0-liter turbodiesel and optional safety and conve-
Tahoe RST with buttons. I-6 that’s available on all but nience technologies.
the Z71. It generates 277 hp There’s a standard 10.0-
Ride Control. The damping Air Ride Adaptive Suspension, and 460 lb-ft of torque. It inch color infotainment
system is standard on Premier which is an option on High becomes a club of one: GM is touchscreen plus an 8.0-inch
and High Country trims Country and Z71 models. Air alone in offering a diesel in a instrument cluster on top
and an option on Z71. The Ride offers load leveling at all full-size SUV in the U.S. trim levels or a 4.2-inch driver
chassis technology to reduce four corners of the SUV and The architecture is flexible information center on LS, LT,
bouncing, body roll, and vibra- can adjust the vehicle height enough to accommodate RST, and Z71 trims. A massive
tions can now be paired with by 4.0 inches. electric motors and batteries 15.0-inch head-up display is a
in the future if GM wants a segment first.
RST hybrid powertrain. But that For the back seat, there are
would not be in the first model available 12.6-inch screens
year. GM is expected to add on the backs of the two front
pure electric SUVs as well seats. Passengers can share
as pickups in the future, but screen content or go their own
those would be on a totally way. There is a built-in Wi-Fi
different, dedicated archi- hot spot and easily accessible
tecture for battery electric USB and power outlets, and the
vehicles. The bespoke electric system is Apple CarPlay and
platform will yield an electric Android Auto compatible.
pickup in the fall of 2021, CEO A Max Trailering package
Mary Barra said. Our expec- is designed to ease hitch
tation is for an electric SUV to alignment, monitor trailer tire
come later than that. pressures and temperatures,
For now, all will be mated and account for trailer length
to GM’s 10-speed automatic, in the blind-zone alert. A label
and we applaud the death of on the driver-side door jamb
the gearshift stalk, replaced will help calculate the vehicle’s
by tasteful buttons on the exact capacities. Alisa Priddle
