'Vette-powered Escalade or XT5 - Which Is the Future?

I would rock it

Roll bar is not attractive to me. Remainder of the truck is cool. Duratracs are not mud tires, but seeing as GM thinks SRAs are AT why am I not surprised...

 

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Edited January 29, 2016 by AgDoctor

Could do without the roll bar.

I actually like the roll bar. it is a nice throwback to the early 90's when they were all the rage. also a great place to mount a lightbar

The roll bar is a terrible addition... So 1990's... And the truck has nothing special on it just MT tires... You can get all of that stuff on a normal truck

Truck looks good and there really isn't anything different about it compared to any other Silverado or Sierra.

Whatever that roll bar / light bar or whatever that ugly ass thing is, it ruins the look of the truck.

 

Anybody have any specifics on the rear "Eaton" locker, like which model it is and is it really different than the current rear Eaton locker?

Those side steps also take away from the off-road capabilities by lowering the ground clearance. With a truck marketed toward off-road use, GM should have used something like the AMP retractible steps. They retract and fit the body line nicely in the rocker panel area. That would have been a better option to gain/maintain ground clearance in that area.

Edited January 29, 2016 by BlackZ71Silverado

So... side steps, duratracs, roll bar with lighting, and exhaust. Who reviews and approves these packages? Funny thing is GM will probably try and get something stupid like 10K for this package too.

 

If you are going to put duratracs on an "All Terrain x" package, wouldn't you level it and put 285/65/18's under it at least?

A front leveling kit (at the least) would have made sence since this truck is specifically marketed toward off-road use. This is the type of vehicle that would greatly benefit from a factory 3" lift, lower gears, wider stance, and taller tires that reallt were All Terrain tires (BFG AT/TA KO's) like the old GM "ZR2" package that was offered on the S10-Blazer, S10-pickup, and GMC Sanoma.

 

My S10-Blazer with the ZR2 package was the best vehicle I've owned when it came to off-roading and driving in the snow. The thing was unstoppable and would go just about anywhere within reason of coures. The factory 3" of lift really helped and the higher and wider stance was perfect. I would love to see that package offered on the Silverado/Sierra and would own one for sure. GM has had quite a few ZR2 'concept' trucks over the years and it would be great to see them finally put it into production. It would do much better than this new truck with the 1990's style light bar/roll bar GM slapped on this new model.

Edited January 29, 2016 by BlackZ71Silverado

BlackZ71Silverado, on 29 Jan 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:BlackZ71Silverado, on 29 Jan 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:BlackZ71Silverado, on 29 Jan 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:

 

 

Anybody have any specifics on the rear "Eaton" locker, like which model it is and is it really different than the current rear Eaton locker?

 

 

The same G80 as almost every other truck they make has. It's literally an All Terrain with a light bar, tires, side steps and the valence taken off lol. Oh and don't forget the GM performance exhaust lol.

 

Places are saying it will be priced between $3000 and $3500.

Edited January 30, 2016 by 1994Vmax

 

The same G80 as almost every other truck they make has. It's literally an All Terrain with a light bar, tires, side steps and the valence taken off lol. Oh and don't forget the GM performance exhaust lol.

 

Places are saying it will be priced between $3000 and $3500.

 

The best part of that thrown together package seems to be the Borla (GMPP) exhaust. Everything else they can keep, especially that eye-sore of a roll bar they took from the 1980's.

 

The best part of that thrown together package seems to be the Borla (GMPP) exhaust. Everything else they can keep, especially that eye-sore of a roll bar they took from the 1980's.

Oh come on..... it's retro! Everything washed out from the 80's is getting to be cool again lol!

 

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Just buy an AT and add what you want. I'd just get some legit tires and whatever else I wanted to add.

Looks a lot like my GMC Sierra Elevation Edition

It's a nice truck, but would rather see it available in an H/D 2500 Duramax

Roll Bar is cool but I wonder how McIntyre here gonna markup the price just to have an X after its name. ?