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GMC Yukon XL 2015

GMC introduced the all-new 2015 Yukon, Yukon XL and flagship Yukon Denali fashions will supply extra functionality and refinement, with greater energy, new fold-flat rear seats and a quieter indoors. And way to a brand new own circle of relatives of superior EcoTec3 engines, the lineup is anticipated to supply the phase's satisfactory V-eight gas financial system.

Bold styling and superior technology - such as new protection and protection technology - help Yukon's extra functionality, even as a greater complete listing of fashionable capabilities and improved infotainment alternatives are designed to develop the attraction of one of the industry's maximum-famous significant SUV lineups. Combined Yukon/Yukon XL and Denali income had been up 24 percentage for the 8 months of 2013."We've engineered the Yukon and Yukon XL from the floor up, constructing on a robust legacy of functionality to take them to the pinnacle of the phase with wonderful refinement and practical era," stated Tony DiSalle, vp of GMC Marketing. "And in terms of the duties human beings depend on a significant SUV for, they do it higher than ever - and with greater fashion."Yukon and Yukon XL proportion design, architectural and powertrain factors, however Yukon XL has an about 14-inch longer wheelbase and is about 20 inches longer typical, imparting extra legroom for third-row passengers and nearly two times the shipment room at the back of the third-row seat.



"Although they're primarily based totally on a comparable architecture, Yukon and Yukon XL are unique merchandise that attraction to one-of-a-kind clients," stated DiSalle. "Versatility and spaciousness are valued via way of means of clients for each vehicles, however the Yukon XL is the selection for households with greater youngsters and people with life that require its precise mixture of passenger- and shipment-hauling capabilities. In fact, Yukon XL proprietors are greater than two times as probable to move passengers every day withinside the third-row seat."

New and improved product highlights of the 2015 Yukon lineup encompass:

  • Fold-flat second- and third-row seats that decorate shipment functionality and convenience - such as an to be had energy-folding characteristic
  • Approximately inches greater legroom for second-row passengers and less complicated access/exit
  • All-new shipment control machine
  • Available energy rear liftgate with more than one programmable peak settings
  • Standard 8-inch-diagonal shadeation contact display radio with improved IntelliLink and to be had navigation
  • Eight-inch-diagonal customizable motive force show with 3 to be had consumer subject matters and to be had head-up show (Denali fashions)
  • Multiple USB ports, SD slots and accent energy outlets - such as a 110-volt 3-prong outlet - to help digital gadgets of all kinds
  • Available Blu-ray/DVD rear-seat amusement machine with twin monitors on Yukon XL
  • Conversation reflect withinside the overhead console that offers a breathtaking view of the rear seats
  • Keyless access and push-button begin.

When it involves protection, the Yukon lineup includes new technology to assist shield the driving force and passengers before, throughout and after a collision. They encompass a ahead radar machine and the phase's simplest the front seat middle-installed air bag (fashions with bucket seats), that is engineered to offer extra safety to drivers and the front passengers in far-aspect effect crashes, in which the affected occupant is at the opposite, non-struck aspect of the automobile.Standard and to be had protection capabilities, relying at the model, additionally encompass ahead collision alert, the front park help, lane departure warning, lane alternate help, rear pass visitors alert, adaptive cruise manage, the front and rear automated braking, and GM's Safety Alert Seat. It gives directional vibrations to alert the driving force approximately capacity crash threats.All-new outside and indoors designs improve GMC's expert grade aesthetic with factors designed to be stunning and practical. The exteriors are sleeker and greater aerodynamic, improving performance at the dual carriageway and contributing to the brand new Yukon's quiet journey.

Bold styling cues encompass extraordinarily detailed, chrome-accented grilles matched with GMC's signature C-formed light-emitting diode lights motif, the front and rear. Projector-beam headlamps are fashionable on Yukon and Yukon XL. The unique Denali fashions are immediately identifiable via way of means of their signature chrome grille and precise outside appointments, such as one-of-a-kind high-depth discharge headlamps.

Additional outside capabilities encompass:

  • New inlaid doorways healthy into the frame aspect openings in preference to over the pinnacle of the frame, drastically decreasing wind noise and contributing to advanced aerodynamics
  • Laminated windshield and the front door glass to decorate quietness
  • Lightweight aluminum hood and liftgate panels decorate performance via decreased typical mass
  • A fashionable rear spoiler at the liftgate homes a relocated rear window wiper this is hidden whilst now no longer in use
  • New trojan horse screw-fashion liftgate fingers take in much less indoors area than the preceding gooseneck fingers
  • Illuminated, energy-retractable help steps to be had on Denali
  • New own circle of relatives of 18-, 20- and 22-inch wheels, such as fashionable 20-inch wheels on Denali.

Inside, the all-new 2015 Yukon's exactly crafted indoors capabilities a quiet cabin, real substances and top rate infotainment choices. Examples encompass soft-contact device panel, console and door panel substances with stay sewing and practical use of ambient lights in practical areas, such as first- and second-row foot wells and the middle console. All fashions have a fashionable Bose sound machine, seats with twin-firmness foam and an ambient air vent designed to decorate consolation for the front-seat passengers.

Denali fashions characteristic energetic noise cancelation era to make the indoors quieter.There are greater garage alternatives withinside the new Yukon lineup, such as a compartmentalized middle console it is massive sufficient to keep a pc or iPad and has provisions for putting document folders and different organizational capabilities, specifically for clients whose automobile additionally serves as a rolling office.

The 2015 Yukon lineup promises extra functionality and extra refinement via new and improved chassis and suspension systems. A completely boxed body - composed of greater than seventy five percentage high-power steel - helps a quiet and managed journey. New shear-fashion frame mounts connected to the body drastically enhance stiffness and make a contribution to the Yukon's easy journey.

Compared with preceding fashions, the riding enjoy of the brand new SUVs is in addition improved with:

  • Wider rear song that contributes to a greater planted stance
  • Wheels which can be a half-inch wider, decreasing tire flex for advanced cornering performance
  • New, electric powered variable-help energy guidance machine complements gas financial system and tailors guidance help to automobile velocity
  • New 9.5-inch rear axle and fashionable automated locking rear differential
  • Standard StabiliTrak digital balance manage, tow/haul mode, trailer sway manage, vehiclemobile grade braking and hill begin help
  • New four-wheel-disc brake machine with Duralife™ brake rotors that provide as much as double the carrier life, together with brake pedal revisions that enhance pedal sense for stronger-feeling, greater assured braking performance
  • Denali fashions encompass third-technology magnetic journey manage, a real-time damping machine that promises greater particular frame movement manage via way of means of "reading" the street each millisecond and converting damping in only 5 milliseconds.

Advanced engine era

The all-new Yukon own circle of relatives is greater effective and green than before, way to the brand new EcoTec3 engine own circle of relatives, which debuted in advance this yr withinside the all-new 2014 Sierra. A 5.3L V-eight is fashionable in Yukon and Yukon XL fashions and an one-of-a-kind 6.2L engine is fashionable in Denali fashions, that is anticipated to supply the phase's satisfactory horsepower and torque.

The EcoTec3 engines characteristic ultra-modern technology, such as direct injection, cylinder deactivation, constantly variable valve timing and a complicated combustion machine, designed to make the maximum of energy, torque and performance throughout a huge variety of working conditions. More exactly managed combustion allows the brand new engines to run with a better compression ratio, which promises extra energy and performance.

Hydraulic engine mounts, digital throttle manage, adaptive exhaust systems, advanced aerodynamics and different technology assist the engines perform in four-cylinder mode for longer durations of time with Active Fuel Management, in addition growing performance.Both engines are matched with the Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-velocity automated transmission.The new Yukon own circle of relatives can be constructed at GM's Arlington, Texas meeting plant, and scheduled to start arriving at GMC dealerships withinside the first region of 2014.