Next Body Style Change?

grayghost7 · October 17, 2009

Just curious....does anyone have any idea when the next new body style for the trucks will debut?

LawmanSS · October 17, 2009

According to the last sentence in this article, it will be next year.

chrt396 · October 17, 2009

There is usually a 5 year lapse in between body style changes for most manufacturers. They may have some minor changes in between, but for a major change...5 years. However with that said....GM went from 99 1/2 all the way through 2007 1/2 before they changed the last one. Almost 9 years!!! We'll see how things go as we watch GM try and climb out of the hole. It costs a lot of money to re-tool for a new body style.

C. Charles Hahn · October 17, 2009

I don't think we'll see the entire GMT900 platform go away; a mid-cycle refresh/enhancement is entirely probable though.

Hopefully they re-work the gauge clusters to have a DIC screen between the tach and speedo like some of the other newer GM offerings (Equinox, LaCrosse, Camaro, G8), but leave it close enough to current so we can try retrofitting them into our older 900-series trucks.

grayghost7 · October 17, 2009

According to the last sentence in this article, it will be next year.

Wow, that's fast!!! Definitely one of the quickest changes I've seen lately. Wonder what it's gonna look like.

Ron505 · October 17, 2009

Maybe this??????

grayghost7 · October 17, 2009

Maybe this??????

Hey, that's cool....a marked improvement for sure. I'd love to see the GMC version of that one!

KMGZ400 · October 17, 2009

Maybe this??????

i think that truck is called the cheyenne

another pic...

cheyenne

i think it has a Z71 badge on the rear door...

grayghost7 · October 17, 2009

Maybe this??????

i think that truck is called the cheyenne

another pic...

cheyenne

i think it has a Z71 badge on the rear door...

Wow, that looks like it has a third door in the bed area.

redvett · October 17, 2009

Last i heard it was going to be 2013 M.Y.

amtz.zero · October 17, 2009

I don't really like it... just my opinion, though. I think the current Sierra/Silverado's look way better.

AgDoctor · October 18, 2009

i just read in the latest 4 wheel and offroad mag that it was planned for a revamp for 2012, but that it has been pushed back to 2014. look back on previous platforms, GM usually keeps the platform the same for at least 9 years.