DETROIT — Normal Motors is increasing its high-end GMC Yukon lineup to incorporate a brand new “AT4 Final” mannequin as a part of updates to the big SUV for the 2025 mannequin yr.
The brand new mannequin will slate in between the luxurious “Denali” and “Denali Final” fashions. The automaker declined to debate pricing for the brand new AT4 Final, however the Denali fashions presently begin at roughly $77,300 and just below $100,000, respectively. The present AT4 mannequin begins at $73,500.
Denali fashions, now of their twenty fifth yr, have grow to be a money machine for GMC. Lately, the automaker added “Final” and “AT4” fashions, with off-road styling and a few distinctive elements, to additional broaden the attain and pricing of the high-end fashions.
“We’re elevating the bar on what our prospects count on from GMC’s flagship and the addition of the AT4 Final trim fuses ruggedness and functionality with craftsmanship and refinement,” Duncan Aldred, international vp of GMC, mentioned in a launch.
AT4 gross sales symbolize about 17% of Yukon’s total gross sales. That compares with the Denali fashions at greater than 50% of gross sales for the big SUVs.
The brand new AT4 Final fashions embrace a entrance skid plate and 20-inch wheels with all-terrain tires; four-corner adaptive air suspension that may increase the automobile as much as 2 inches; and different options.
The upper-trim fashions have helped GMC attain a median transaction value of roughly $80,000 for Yukon, in line with GM.
Except for the AT4 Final, the 2025 Yukon will get updates together with new styling, bigger screens, second-row government seating, and expanded availability of a 3.0-liter diesel engine to help vary and gasoline economic system in contrast with gas-powered fashions.
The 2025 GMC Yukon will likely be produced at GM’s Arlington Meeting plant in Texas and is predicted to be out there by the tip of 2024.