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GMC Going Strong With Popular SUVs BY ANTON MEDIA STAFF specialsections@antonmediagroup.com
The GMC brand is increasing SUV production following the strongest first quarter sales ever for the midsize Acadia and compact Terrain SUVs. GMC finished the first quarter with global SUV sales up 9.4 percent and Terrain sales alone up 38 percent. To meet increased demand, the company recently announced the addition of a third shift at its Spring Hill Assembly facility in Spring Hill, TN, home of the GMC Acadia.
see GMC-SUV on page 22A
2018 GMC Acadia Denali
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GMC Hits Its Stride
GMC-SUV from page 21A “Our redesigned Terrain and Acadia have found their stride in the market and our full-size Yukon and Yukon XL continue to lead the luxury full-size segment with premium appointments and features,” said Duncan Aldred, vice president, Global Buick and GMC. “This sales momentum will continue to be built on a strong product portfolio for our global markets.” In the United States, the Terrain is attracting one of every two buyers who are new to the GMC brand. In an industry where midsize and compact SUVs account for more than one-third of all industry sales, GMC’s premium SUV lineup is well-positioned for future growth. The GMC SUV family is complemented by the industry’s only premium lineup competing in all three truck segments: midsize, fullsize and heavy-duty. The Canyon, Sierra and Sierra HD Denalis all experienced sales growth in 2017, helping the brand achieve one of the highest average transaction prices in the industry. The recently unveiled next-generation Sierra Denali and the off-road-capable Sierra AT4 will launch later this year, further strengthening the brand’s premium truck lineup. These new trucks are distinguished by bold design, segment-first technology and industry-leading truck box capability and functionality. The
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In the United States, the Terrain is attracting one of every two buyers who are new to the GMC brand.
Sierra AT4 launches the all-new AT4 brand, which will be seen on every vehicle in the GMC lineup in the next two years.
With a strong foundation of manufacturing trucks since 1902 and now selling in a dozen countries across the world, GMC offers
purpose-built vehicles designed and engineered to the highest standard. From the all-new compact SUV Terrain to the Sierra HD, our trucks and crossovers deliver GMC’s signature combination of intuitive technologies and premium execution, with the popular Denali sub-brand representing the pinnacle of GMC design, performance and amenities. Visit www.gmc.com for details about the Acadia and other GMC models.
Grinding Gears With Jeff Beck BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO
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Jeff Beck is an unabashed hot rod enthusiast. But rather than be the kind of rock star who just drops a ton of coin on a muscle car, he’s far happier rolling his sleeves up and getting his hands dirty. Having gotten an early taste for his future hobby after seeing 1958 b-movie Hot Rod Gang, Beck would later make his initial deep dive into this world when he started making money with The Yardbirds. It was then that he proceeded to buy his first car—a 1963 split-window Corvette that he still
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owns to this day. Such is his passion that he spent more of the 1980s in his garage than he did recording music, a fact covered in the most-excellent 2018 documentary Still On the Run. The following are a trio of his favorite autos.
1932 Ford Roadster
“The 1932 Ford is the iconic street rod. I’ve got a graffiti, lookalike
car that I built, which I wouldn’t let go. That would be the first one I would push out in case of a fire. The chopped look was done for a reduced frontal area, so they’d go faster. That became a fashion statement, so they’d start lowering the roof of the street rods. And that’s where that came from. It was done for speed, but it looks cool.”
2014 Land Rover
“That’s my work horse. It will go through any field. You can turn off the road and go across a 100-acre plot. That’s outside the hotrod camp.”
1963 split-window Corvette Sting Ray
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1963 split-window Sting Ray Corvette
“I’ve got two of these. Street rods are part of rock and roll life. In 1955, when the military came back from various places and wars, they wanted the highs and thrills. If you look at any good documentary, they wanted to keep the high going. What do you do when
you’re faced with death? And they knew mechanics—they were trained mechanics. And they’d go straight down to the local wrecking yard and get a V-8 engine, hop it up and stick in into a [chassis] and then go out on the salt flats and kill themselves. That’s what they did and they ended up with street culture.”
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WHY I LOVE MY CAR - Rod Rogers
1969 Karmann Ghia: An Auto Like No Other M
y wife Diana and I were married New York City teachers back in 1969, when we planned an extended European honeymoon trip during our two-month summer vacation. After considering various transportation options for leisurely traveling throughout the continent, we decided to buy a new (and reasonably-priced) automobile in Europe, see the sights and then have the car shipped home to Far Rockaway, Queens. We visited a local Volkswagen dealer in early June, paid for a bright-red 1969 Karmann Ghia convertible and picked it up the following month at the VW factory in Osnabruck, Germany. I served in the army and was stationed in Germany some years earlier, so we started our sightseeing there before going on to France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Yugoslavia (where I received a speeding ticket and paid on the spot), Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Our Ghia turned out to be an
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excellent choice; economical, reliable and so much fun to drive that we kept it for the next quarter-century, when I was seduced by a sporty red 1984 Honda CRX. The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia is a sports car marketed as 2 + 2 coupe (1955–1974) and convertible (1957–1974). Internally designated the Type 14, the Karmann Ghia combined the chassis and mechanicals of the Type 1 (Beetle) with styling by Luigi Segre of the Italian carrozzeria Ghia, and hand-built bodywork by the German coach builder Karmann. The Type 14 debuted in October 1953 at the Paris Auto Show. In 1955, the first Type 14’s were manufactured in Osnabruck, Germany. Public reaction to the Type 14 exceeded expectations and more than 10,000 were sold in the first year. In contrast to the Beetle’s machine-welded body with bolt-on fenders, the Karmann Ghia’s body panels were butt-welded, hand-shaped and smoothed with pewter in a time-consuming process commensurate with higher-end vehicles, resulting in the Karmann Ghia’s higher price. In August 1957, Volkswagen introduced a convertible version of
the Karmann Ghia. Exterior changes in 1961 included wider and finned front grilles, taller and more rounded rear taillights and headlights relocated to a higher position. In 1970, larger taillights integrated the reverse lights and larger wraparound turn signals. Still larger and wider taillights increased side visibility. In 1972, large square-section bumpers replaced the smooth round originals. For the USA model only, 1973 modifications mandated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration included an energy-absorbing bumpers and a carpeted package shelf that replaced the narrow rear seat. Nearly 500,000 Karmann Ghias were produced until late 1974, when it was superseded by the Porsche 914 and the Golf/Rabbit Scirocco. I’ve owned a ’47 Ford coupe, ’53 Chevrolet convertible, ’59 Buick LeSabre convertible, ’73 Buick Riviera sedan, ‘84 Honda CRX, ’84 Dodge Caravan, ’90 Honda CRX, ’98 Dodge Caravan and a ’16 Honda HR-V, but my overall favorite— hands down—was my delightfully driveable 1969 Karmann Ghia convertible. —Rod Rogers, reader submission
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