The GMC Acadia was the final SUV to come back to Australia sporting Holden badges and was one of many final Holdens, interval. Now it’s being changed.

Set to go on sale within the US in early 2024, the already giant crossover has swelled in dimension, measuring 269mm longer and 81mm taller.

That makes it nearer in dimension to the first-generation Acadia that wasn’t offered right here, and at 5179mm from stem to stern it’s longer than a Toyota LandCruiser 300 Sequence and simply shy of a Jeep Grand Cherokee L.

Seven- and eight-seat configurations can be found, and GMC guarantees almost 80 per cent extra cargo area behind the third row.

The Acadia continues to make use of the C1XX underpinnings of the equally sized Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse crossovers, and just like the latter it has seen some downsizing below the bonnet.

The three.6-litre petrol V6 is gone, changed by a turbocharged 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine producing 244kW of energy and 442Nm of torque – up 13kW and 75Nm – mated with an all-wheel drive system and an eight-speed computerized transmission.

This additionally replaces the outgoing mannequin’s turbo 2.0-litre 4, which produced 170kW and 350Nm. The outgoing Acadia was additionally provided with a naturally aspirated 2.5-litre 4.

Most towing capability is 2268kg.

The extra off-road-oriented AT4 trim includes a totally different Energetic Torque Management all-wheel drive system with twin-clutch rear differentials and hill descent management, together with a novel suspension tune with hydraulic rebound management.

It additionally has a wider monitor, a 25mm taller journey peak, and 18-inch all-terrain tyres, and is moreover distinguished with its pink tow hooks and built-in skid plates plus a Forest Storm inside with Mahogany stitching.

The Denali continues to sit down atop the vary, distinguished by its distinctive grille and 22-inch machined aluminium wheels.

Inside, there’s laser-etched wooden trim, Galvano chrome accents, and perforated leather-based upholstery with heating and air flow up entrance and heating for the second-row outboard seats.

The Denali additionally affords energetic noise cancellation expertise.

All Acadia fashions have a portrait-oriented 15-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Google built-in, in addition to an 11-inch digital instrument cluster.

The brand new Acadia is the most recent GMC (and GM) product to realize Tremendous Cruise, promising hands-free driving on greater than 643,000km of roads within the U.S. and Canada.

Security gear on the Acadia consists of autonomous emergency braking (ahead and reverse) with pedestrian and bicycle owner detection and intersection help, in addition to blind-spot help, rear cross-traffic help, velocity restrict help and adaptive cruise management.

360-degree cameras are additionally out there, together with a hitch-view digital camera.

The previous-generation Acadia was launched in Australia in late 2018, however was discontinued with the shuttering of the Holden model in 2020.

This rebadged GMC, together with the Equinox – a rebadged Chevrolet that arrived right here in 2017 – not directly changed the long-running Captiva.

Whereas the Holden model isn’t any extra, GM has maintained a presence right here with GM Specialty Automobiles, providing the manufacturing unit right-hand drive Chevrolet Corvette and regionally remanufactured Chevrolet Silverado and Silverado HD pickup vans.

Just lately, a trademark submitting appeared on IP Australia for the GMC Yukon – a full-size SUV primarily based on the Sierra, GMC’s counterpart to the Chevrolet Silverado. GMSV hasn’t confirmed a launch for this automobile, nevertheless.