Automotive News Discussion

[WRXtranceformed]

The new Sierra is dropping today with a visual facelift.  Not sure if there are going to be any other innovations but I'm curious to see.

I'll be watching pretty intently.  Starting to look at maybe upgrading my truck.

http://www.gmc.com/trucks/2019-sierra-15...C_01032018

Power tailgate

You see the whole video on the tailgate?  Integrated step, seat, work station, fold in...power...  I LOVE IT.   I am climbing in and out of my bed constantly (I actually use my truck for truck stuff  ) and sometimes wish for that bed extension even with my long bed.

My first impression is that the Sierra is hideous though.  The current F150 is soooo much cleaner..

I did, it's really clever.  I was definitely seeing all kinds of butthurt about it on social media posts from Ford fanbois, saying it's going to rust out, etc.  I think it's a really cool innovation though.  

But did you notice the option for a carbon fiber composite box?!?  That was super interesting to me.  I don't know realistically how that would compare to steel in terms of heavy loads dropping on it but the weight savings is going to be obvious.  They said this Sierra was already going to be significantly lighter than the last one even without the carbon box due to more aluminum bodywork (hood etc)

I am definitely not completely sold on the front end but I don't think it looks terrible.  I'm just kind of hoping that they don't carry those headlight design cues over into the next generation of Canyon

The 10 speed 6.2L V8 option is also pretty crazy. Is 8 not enough anymore?