2013 GMC Sierra Denali 1500 Review By Steve Purdy - Autochannel (press release)

2013 GMC SIERRA DENALI 1500 AWD CREW CAB Review. When I mentioned at dinner the other night that I would be reviewing this beautiful pickup soon my tablemate, a lovely young PR gal, asked, “Why would anyone want to drive one of those things every day. ” Then I went on to extoll the virtues and the describe the sensation of getting up behind the wheel of a big, luxurious pickup and heading out for a long drive in one of these modern haulers. One of my most pleasant long-distance, solitary road trips in recent years, I told her, was a 19-hour drive to Jacksonville, Florida for the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in a Ford F250 Super Duty diesel. This week’s tester is the GMC Sierra Denali, top-of-the-line, medium-zoot, three-quarter-ton pickup. The traditional GMC tag line of “Professional Grade” is rather non-specific. Both Chevy and GMC 1500 pickups are large, competent, well-designed “light trucks” competing in just about the biggest selling segment of the vehicle market in the U. S. Main competitors, Ram and Ford F150, have been redesigned and updated since... We’re promised updated versions of Silverado and Sierra is this summer with no price increase on the Silverado and just a few hundred dollars up on the Sierra. Denali, as you probably know, is GMC’s top trim level and essentially a sub-brand for GMC that is also available in heavy duty models. While the base pickup with regular cab and long box starts at. Source: www.theautochannel.com