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Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy
I likely would have made your choice, too...if I was in the market for a large pickup. My argument on that topic is simply that my neighbor's wife's Yukon Denali (a vehicle based on your 1-ton pickup) is not required to put two kids in the back (and not much else). Don't tell me she needs it for the 4WD or ground clearance, because when we get only 2" on the ground they close the schools and the Yukon sits in the driveway (the kids take the bus, anyway). When I was a kid we did just fine with a station wagon (based on a car, not a truck), filling it up with the occasional load of bricks or top soil or kids going to the baseball game.
If GM was smart they would make the hybrid system standard in all the big trucks. Putting it in every one would probably halve the price (of the $10K premium) due to economy of scale, and let them boast that they have the most efficient, greenest, most responsible large truck family on the planet. But that would be too much like leadership.
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Oh yes the old dragin' wagon. Parents has a 1974 pontiac grand safari station wagon. I'm guessing it got worse MPG then your neighbors YD gets.
Besides for how tall the SUVs of today are, they are about the same length as a XL denali. I think the wagon was 500lbs less.
Pontiac Grand Safari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Four kids in our family. We could lay down all the seats in the back and all 4 of us would sleep on the overnight drive to FL for vacation.
I might of bought the hybrid version if they had that in my pickup when I bought it. But I still would be worries about long term reliability with the hybrid system.