The GMC Granite Concept Comes With Suicide Doors
Posted By: Whollys Staff on January 12th, 2010 Filed Under: Vehicles
This GMC Granite Concept car comes in a little style! Equipped with some suicide doors, this Granite is powered from a 1.4L turbocharged engine, which is part of GM’s new family of small-displacement, highly efficient four-cylinder engines. It also has a six-speed transmission that uses dual-clutch technology for performance and smoothness.
“Combining a decidedly urban-industrial design aesthetic with functionality aimed at young professionals, the GMC Granite concept takes the brand’s trademark capability in a new, more progressive direction. It was introduced at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
If brought to market, the Granite would be the smallest GMC ever – but has been optimized to feel much larger. Its length is a full 2 feet (0.6 m) shorter than the new Terrain compact crossover, but its open interior was designed to be spacious and flexible to fit the needs of active people. Generous cargo space and unique flipping/folding seats, for example, enable a mountain bike to be loaded completely inside with the tailgate closed.
“Granite was conceived as a new type of vehicle from GMC – one that could stretch people’s ideas of what a GMC can be,†said Lisa Hutchinson, product marketing director for GMC. “We call it an ‘urban utility vehicle’ and our goal was redefining what the GMC name could mean to a new generation of customers looking for both bold design and functionality.â€
(via Autoblog )
