GMC

There isn’t much info attached to this photo released by the Dubai Police. It seems to show a heavily-modified GMC Suburban fit for almost military-grade use.

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The slow-selling GMC Terrain crossover has no place in a truck-centric brand, but it is here to stay, and the girlified line-up expands further with the 2013 GMC Terrain Denali.

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General Motors reports that sales of their Chevrolet Suburban increased by 34% this year compared to a year ago. And Chevrolet celebrated 75 years of the full-sizer with a little contest in the Middle East to find the oldest Surburban around.

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This “Ironhide” GMC Topkick truck model from the Transformers movies has been sitting on my display shelf for a while now. The truck can actually transform into a robot. Now you can win it.
Update: The winner is Anete T. Thomas.

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Oil prices are soaring and so is the greed of the local oil companies due to which fuel costs are rising. The massive impact from the recession has hit hard on the brains of the crowd; in fact so hard that their vision of the future is now so short term. As a result, this has led to many people playing “safe” by not falling prey to huge debts and its aftermath. They make more sensible choices and judge their financial stands way better. The recent increase in the number of econo-sedans and crossover jokes is a proof to this.

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This is the 2011 GMC Acadia Denali. It is the Denali version of the Acadia. The Acadia is a stretched midsize crossover that debuted in 2008. The Denali nameplate signifies a more luxurious variant of a GMC. That ought to cover the introductions.

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Yet another crossover SUV. The market is flooded with crossover SUVs. Here is the latest one from General Motors, the all-new 2011 GMC Terrain. It joins the Traverse, Acadia, Captiva and Cadillac SRX in the General’s civil war against the Ford Flex, Escape, Edge, Explorer and MKX, not to mention other brands. Cayenne, M-Class, CR-V, RAV4, Pilot, RX350, X-Trail, Veracruz, Tucson, Sportage…the list is endless. So what makes the Terrain any different in a sea of wannabe 4x4s?

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Recalls are boring news. They’re in fact so boring that we only cover them once in a while now. The number of recalls per month has actually reduced since the last time we did a rundown, by about 35%. Of course, the general media still chooses to sensationalise some recalls more than others, especially anything to do with Toyota. In the past two months, there have been recalls by Lexus, Land Rover, General Motors, Ford, Honda, Suzuki, Chrysler, Saab and even Mazda, the last of which is a hilarious one.

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The recalls were piling in hard and fast during this year. While we kept up with most of the ones which could’ve potentially affected car owners in the Middle East, we simply stopped keeping track around two months ago, because it became interminably boring writing up repetitive “recall” stories. However, we have a duty to at least highlight the ones which could matter, so here is a rundown of all the recalls in the last 60 days, most issued in the U.S. but which may also affect some GCC-spec cars. Consult your local dealer.

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General Motors Middle East has announced that they will be revealed three new 4×4 models at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Motor Show, namely the 2011 GMC Acadia Denali trim package, the all-new 2011 GMC Terrain, and the facelifted 2011 Chevrolet Captiva.

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