2003 GMC Yukon XL with Quadrasteer - Automobile Magazine
There is just no way around the fact that GMC's 2500-series Yukon XL, the first of the big-boy SUVs to get four-wheel steering, weighs a ton (three, actually) with all that extra steering hardware along for the ride. Our 3/4-ton, four-wheel-drive Yukon XL with Quadrasteer was a behemoth, a big lug, a water buffalo, a veritable tugboat. And to accommodate the extra hardware, it's five inches wider in the rear than a two-wheel-steered Yukon XL. But as Tim Jennings said to me, his wife, "You can bitch about the weight of adding four-wheel steering, you can bitch about its fuel... It took just long enough coming to the SUV market for the Yukon XL to benefit from a few other welcome refinements, including a much-improved seat (though it still won't fully recline). Our utterly loaded test vehicle came equipped with the $1295 rear-seat DVD entertainment system, the $1170 AutoRide adaptive suspension, and the $4684 Luxury Equipment Group, which meant the seats also were swathed in extra-soft leather. When Quadrasteer was first launched, it came bundled with a bunch of extra equipment to help justify its hefty price. In the Yukon XL (I'll consider buying one when its unfortunate nomenclature changes), you'll see Quadrasteer listed on the options page by its lonesome, out flapping in the breeze for a cool $4495. This. Source: www.automobilemag.com
