Quadrasteer

[Bogle45]

What ever happened to GMs "Quadrasteer" equiped trucks?

Did they just stop producing them because they didn't take off like they thought they would?

Does anyone have one?

[bryanhunt]

Simply put it was GM's marketing department is to thank for that.

 

First off it wasn't widely advertized. Next it also wasn't marketed the way it should have been. It should have been marketed on the tahoes and specifically women first.

 

It shouldn't have been marketed the way it was (farmers and towing). It is nice for towing, its FANTASTIC in parking lots. If it would have been marketed correctly it'd be on nearly every full size SUV around. When the price was lowered most of the dealerships weren't informed of it. The dealers were never properly educated on the system to begin with and gave it a false reputation for being unreliable (when quite the contrary there is very little trouble from the few owners that have it)

[05Quadrasteer]

I have a Quadrasteer and love it. As the poster above stated GM just hosed up on the advertising. The one stat I was able to find showed that less then 2% of the product line (full size trucks and large SUV's) was ever equiped with the system. 2005 was the last year it was produced.

 

Have a nice day.

 

Bill

[bryanhunt]

If it wasn't for Quadrasteer I wouldn't be driving what I am. I had been watching the development of it for quite a few years and then when it was announced that they were going to discontinue it I was lucky enough to get ahold of one.

 

I wouldn't ever get rid of it. You don't ever really notice it's there until you turn it off. Then you realize how easy it is to take the ability to do a u-turn on a two lane highway for granted.

[ewiski]

i think quadrasteer is kinda like those people on cribs with those pimped out denalis.everything but quadsteer...in ya face!

[bryanhunt]

i think quadrasteer is kinda like those people on cribs with those pimped out denalis.everything but quadsteer...in ya face!

 

And the reason nobody purchased it was because it's not BLING item. Its a functional item. It improves the nimbleness of your truck and if you've never driven one you would never realize how significant the difference is. It doesn't make you go faster, it does't add to your supposed "coolness" factor. I've been driving suburbans and crew cabs since before I even had my license and as everything seems to keep on getting smaller those vehicles end up being a chore to drive and navigate through the number of obsticles that are only noticble in larger vehicles.