Monday, January 11, 2010

GMC Terrain 2010 is Cool

GMC Terrain 2010. The Terrain uses the same platform as the Chevrolet Equinox but has blockier styling. The GMC is a front-drive, five-seat crossover SUV, with an nonmandatory all-wheel-drive grouping and a pick of 2.4-liter four-cylinder and 3.0-liter V-6 engines. There’s a float of acquirable luxury features.

Base Price: $24,995 - $31,745

Specifications

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 5-door wagon
PRICE AS TESTED: $36,430 (base price: $28,095)
ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 24-valve V-6, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 183 cu in, 2994cc
Power (SAE net): 264 bhp @ 6950 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 222 lb-ft @ 5100 rpm

TRANSMISSION: 6-speed semiautomatic with manumatic shifting

DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 112.5 in Length: 185.3 in
Width: 72.8 in Height: 66.3 in
Curb weight: 4008 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 7.5 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 20.3 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 7.8 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 15.9 sec @ 89 mph
Top pace (governor limited): 120 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 161 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.78 g

FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 17/25 mpg
C/D observed: 17 mpg

Vehicle Details

$31745 Terrain AWD 4dr SLT-2
4-Door All Wheel Drive SUV, 182 bhp, 172 lb-ft, 6-sp Automatic, 20/29 mpg
5 passengers, 4200 lb, 2.4-liter, 4-cylinder engine, 23.1 lb/bhp

Audio system, AM/FM/XM biaural with CD contestant and MP3/WMA playback capability Graphic Interface Display (GID), Radio Data System (RDS), auxiliary jack input, speed-compensated volume, USB opening receptacle and outside temperature display
Audio grouping feature Pioneer premium 8-speaker grouping with subwoofer and amplifier.
XM Radio is standard on more than 50 2010 GM models, including three effort months of service. XM turns your world on with commercial-free penalization channels for virtually every penalization genre, every in amazing digital calibre sound. Turn on your favorite sports, the biggest names in News, Talk and Comedy, kinsfolk programming, exclusive concerts and original penalization series, wherever you go from shore to coast. Everything worth listening to is now on XM (XM service acquirable only in the 48 close United States and the District of Columbia. XM Radio subscription required and sold separately after effort period. Fees, taxes, and a one-time re-activation fee, haw apply. Subscriptions governed by XM Customer Agreement acquirable at xmradio.com. All fees and programming person to change. Family programming Packages are available. Not acquirable with (UE0) OnStar delete.)
Bluetooth for sound individualized cell sound connectivity to vehicle frequence grouping and HMI (Human Machine Interface)

MECHANICAL
Engine, 2.4L I-4 SIDI (Spark Ignition Direct Injection) with VVT (Variable Valve Timing), (182 hp [135.7 kW] @ 6700 rpm, 172 lb-ft [232.2 N-m] @ 4900 rpm)
Transmission, 6-speed automatic
Rear axle, 3.53 final intend ratio (Included and only acquirable with (LAF) 2.4L I-4 SIDI engine and (MXO) 6-speed semiautomatic all-wheel intend transmission.)
Alternator, 120 amps
Chassis - every rotate intend (TLM26 model only.)
Battery, 525 cold-cranking amps with summary protection
Suspension, front independent, strut identify wind springs
Suspension, rear independent trailering limb with three passing locating links, wind springs
Suspension, Soft Ride
Steering, power, variable automobile assist
Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc
Exhaust, single.