The 2016 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali junks truck generalizations with upscale styling and plentiful innovation.
The full-estimate pickup truck fragment is a standout amongst the most focused in the business, and GMC has dependably needed to fight with well disposed flame. The contrasts amongst Chevrolet and GMC trucks used to be negligible, however GMC is attempting to separate itself with a heavier accentuation on styling, and proceeded with endeavors to inspire itself upmarket from standard Chevy. The majority of that is really obvious in the 2016 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali, leader model of the brand's half-ton truck line, and part of an intensely revived 2016 Sierra lineup.
The planner truck?
General Motors beforehand attempted to recognize Chevrolet and GMC by situating the last as a more upscale brand. While that is still in power, GMC is additionally attempting to utilize outline to separate it from its kin image, and whatever is left of the full-estimate truck crowd. Outside configuration is the top motivation behind why buyers pick a GMC, the organization says.
So while the Sierra was all-new for 2014, GMC gave it an entirely critical facelift for 2016. All demonstrates get new grilles and headlights, and the Denali highlights a redesigned form of the model-signature chrome grille network. It likewise gets all LED headlights, taillights, and mist lights, albeit all Sierra models get in any event some LED lighting. The new, square-jawed sash works pleasantly with the parts of the truck that haven't changed, and has a much greater effect than the generally gentle changes made to the Sierra's Silverado kin.
Within, GMC cars is attempting to separate itself through more noteworthy utilization of premium materials. It's utilizing genuine aluminum trim no matter how you look at it as opposed to gleaming plastic, and the specimen Sierra Denali's dashboard was secured in pleasant delicate touch material, with perfect columns of sewing, which is getting to be automaker code for "look the amount of exertion we put into not making this inside appear to be modest."
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The inside is surely a pleasant spot to be, and the configuration is a great deal more tasteful than that of the top Chevy Silverado, the High Country. It's a long way from Spartan and, thankfully, it's not the sort of climate that requests a cowhand cap. Notwithstanding, the Denali inside didn't feel a great deal more extravagant than those of a portion of the midlevel Sierra models that were additionally close by for this test drive.
The Denali gets the greater part of the contraptions, however. New for 2016 are force running sheets that likewise express rearward to give less demanding access to the front of the bed. Set up of the simple gage pack and little computerized presentation that is standard on most models, the Denali likewise gets a 8.0-inch show arranged between the standard simple speedometer and tachometer. This shows things like outing and route data, vehicle diagnostics, and rate and mileage readouts.
Like most GM vehicles, the Sierra Denali accompanies a 4G LTE framework, including a Wi-Fi hotspot that can bolster up to seven gadgets.