2014 GMC Sierra SLT 4x4 Road Test - automotive.com
What It Is. GMC's heavily fortified all-new full-size pickup truck. A great truck, indeed, but its competition is moving much faster. America is only as strong as the trucks that haul it around. Full-size pickup trucks account for more than 1. 2 million sales every year. The more there are, the more you know that businesses are investing in their fleets, people are getting new tow rigs for their summertime bass boats, and customers are feeling a little easier about filling up this burly behemoths with greater... And with the influx of sales also come more competitive vehicles, better than their predecessors and hopefully better than their rivals to keep moving the goalposts back. General Motors sat still from 2007 to the new model year before finally redesigning its bread-and-butter full-size trucks. In the not-too-distant past, we remarked in our Quick Drive that a lightly optioned 2014 Chevrolet Silverado variant of GM's pickups caught up to its rivals but hardly surpassed them. This time around, we tested a 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT with nearly all the bells and whistles, hoping to get a second chance with the new GM truck. We also did so in heartland of America, Ohio, rather than our Los Angeles home base, as—let's face it—snow, potholes, rednecks, and country music make for a much better environment to test a truck than the... Source: www.automotive.com
