Off-Road in HD: GMC Announces the Sierra HD AT4X and Extreme AEV Edition

People usage pickup trucks arsenic mundane vehicles, adjacent heavy-duty models, truthful it’s not astonishing to spot automakers adding much luxury and capableness to their astir work-ready models. Rugged, off-road-read heavy-duty trucks are thing new, but GMC’s taking it to the adjacent level with the caller Sierra HD AT4X and Extreme AEV Edition trucks. The brace comes with a slew of upgrades to amended their off-road capableness portion maintaining the workhorse cognition that radical expect from heavy-duty trucks.

The 2024 GMC Sierra HD AT4X gets a 6.6-liter state V8 arsenic standard, but buyers tin adhd the 6.6-liter Duramax diesel. A ten-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel thrust are standard. The motortruck delivers 18,500 pounds of towing, a 1.5-inch assistance kit, Multimatic DSSV dampers, an physics locking rear differential, and 35-inch Goodyear tires. The HD besides gets a caller off-road driving mode, which recalibrates braking, steering, and different settings to amended traction and performance. 

The Extreme AEV Edition brings touches from American Expedition Vehicles, including 18-inch wheels and underbody alloy skid plates. It besides offers steep bumpers with integrated betterment points and a winch mounting point. 

Both trucks bring the luxury inside, wherever GMC equipped leather upholstery and massaging beforehand seats. Ash wood trim and a Bose 12-speaker premium stereo travel standard, on with a 13.4-inch touchscreen and 12.3-inch integer gauge cluster. GMC offers respective operator aids, but astir are withheld successful added-cost options package. Available tech includes a transparent trailer-view camera system, unsighted spot monitoring with trailer coverage, and adaptive cruise power with trailering.

GMC hasn’t elaborate pricing for the caller trucks yet but said much accusation would go disposable person to their on-sale day this fall.

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