sunrunner_pei
12-16-2007, 03:10 PM
Filed under: SUVs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/), GMC (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gmc/), Pontiac (http://www.autoblog.com/category/pontiac/)
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With the Torrent dropped from Pontiac's long-term plans as the brand returns its focus to performance-oriented cars, GM appears to already know how and where it'll replace the small SUV. The answer was unveiled back in November when GMC introduced the Terrain (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/28/gmc-terrain-debuts-in-kuwait-retitle/) in Kuwait. Like the Saturn Vue (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/17/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-saturn-vue-red-line/), the GMC Terrain is essentially a badge-engineered Opel Antara; and now the Terrain is coming to the US, according to an Automotive News report that's set to hit the wires tomorrow. Due as a 2009 model, the Terrain will be GMC's first foray into the compact SUV segment. As you can see above, the division's branding looks right at home on the Vue/Antara bodywork. The long-in-the-tooth Chevy Equinox can't be hanging around much longer, either, and while GM has denied plans to do so in the past, we've got to believe the Chevy Captiva (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/03/03/geneva-auto-show-chevrolet-releases-captiva-crossover/) version of the Antara is waiting in the wings to carry the Equinox moniker forward. At least we hope that's the case.
[Source: All Cars All The Time]
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With the Torrent dropped from Pontiac's long-term plans as the brand returns its focus to performance-oriented cars, GM appears to already know how and where it'll replace the small SUV. The answer was unveiled back in November when GMC introduced the Terrain (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/28/gmc-terrain-debuts-in-kuwait-retitle/) in Kuwait. Like the Saturn Vue (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/17/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-saturn-vue-red-line/), the GMC Terrain is essentially a badge-engineered Opel Antara; and now the Terrain is coming to the US, according to an Automotive News report that's set to hit the wires tomorrow. Due as a 2009 model, the Terrain will be GMC's first foray into the compact SUV segment. As you can see above, the division's branding looks right at home on the Vue/Antara bodywork. The long-in-the-tooth Chevy Equinox can't be hanging around much longer, either, and while GM has denied plans to do so in the past, we've got to believe the Chevy Captiva (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/03/03/geneva-auto-show-chevrolet-releases-captiva-crossover/) version of the Antara is waiting in the wings to carry the Equinox moniker forward. At least we hope that's the case.
[Source: All Cars All The Time]
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