Yeah. The 2nd and 3rd gens look amazing. The prices people expect for one in a decent shape is too high for me to afford though. For a while, GM was planning on bringing the Holden Ute to the states as the Pontiac G8 Sports Truck. Unfortunately, they scrapped that idea when those horrible money troubles started to rear their ugly head and Pontiac closed down shortly after. Unfortunately, do to more relaxed fuel standards for full sized pickups, we'll probably never see light trucks here in The States again. So no more El Caminos, Rancheros, Rabbit Pickups or any car trucks of the sort. What's worse, true small and mid-size pickups are becoming a thing of the past as well. The Ford Ranger is no more. The Dodge Dakota is no more, and I fear trucks like the Tacoma and Frontier aren't going to be around much longer either. It's kind of sad.
I drove a new Silverado recently and I used to own a 2002. I really like my '02 but I would never buy one of the new ones. They are ridiculously large and they don't feel connected to the road whatsoever. There was a sweet spot where the large pick-up was and it probably ended with the batman headlight Silverado. The problem is that I priced a GMC Canyon which is the new "small" pickup from Chevy and it gets crazy expensive really quick. Starts $20,995 though so that's good.
Yeah. That's how they make a ton of money with trucks. They start out cheap but get more expensive the more you add on. It's part of the reason why GM decided to keep GMC around when they were trying to figure out which brands to kill off. Sure, they could easily sell all of their trucks under the Chevrolet marque, but when you can sell the same easily profitable truck under the GMC marque and make even more money off of it, it's a no brainer.The problem is that I priced a GMC Canyon which is the new "small" pickup from Chevy and it gets crazy expensive really quick. Starts $20,995 though so that's good.
I like the GMC look for a lot of things. I have a GMC Terrain for my wife and it's a nice looking car. Honestly what I would like to do is a 65 C-20 rust bucket like this one, but drop in a 350 where the 327 was. The original engine made around 220 hp, and this one will hit around 350. That would be a fun little truck.