GMC Teases the 2017 Sierra Denali 2500HD, Wants You to Really Notice That Hood Scoop

Steph Willems
by Steph Willems

GMC’s got a secret, but it’s keeping it hidden under the hood of its 2017 Sierra Denali 2500HD for now.

The company released photos today of the their updated heavy-duty pickup, and made sure everyone noticed the functional hood scoop above its massive grille.

That scoop hints “at what is beneath” the pickup’s mildly redesigned front end, GMC said. Choosing to be mysterious, the automaker gave no other details about the model and its powerplant, claiming information would be released “in the coming months.”

Truck makers never stop fighting the horsepower war, so it’s probably safe to guess the model’s 6.6-liter Duramax turbodiesel will get a power boost, but needs to breathe better to do it.

Rated at 397 horsepower and 765 pounds-feet of torque, the Duramax is outclassed in terms of torque by the diesel-powered Ram 2500 and Ford F-250 Super Duty.

[Image: General Motors]

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  • DenverMike DenverMike on Jun 02, 2016

    It's a real sharp looking truck, except for the front. Cheap, poverty spec, "chrome delete" bumper, grill and headlights would be an excellent addition, borrowed from a base Sierra. Except Sierras don't come in a true, poverty spec, bottom feeder, cheapskate pickup. They force all-chrome and hideous cat-eye headlamps, halogen of course, on all trucks.

  • Just wondering... first of all, does the hood scoop actually improve airflow into the engine, or is it just for looks? The air has to go through the ducting and the air filter anyway, and the vacuum from a several hundred horsepower engine is likely to be sufficient to bring in all the air that is needed. Assuming the extra oomph is actually helpful, is there more air pressure to push the air in at the front of the hood, or nearer to the base of the windshield?

    • DenverMike DenverMike on Jun 02, 2016

      There's not much air-pressure at the front of the hood and negative pressure at the base of the windshield.

  • Lightspeed Lightspeed on Jun 02, 2016

    If the price of oil hadn’t crashed and if Fort Mac hadn’t been burned in the wildfire, you could count on my Alberta brothers to buy up most of these. Having said that, when did we decide we need pickup trucks with as much torque as some highway tractors? Who is hauling 20,000lb on a regular basis?

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    • Drzhivago138 Drzhivago138 on Jun 03, 2016

      @Lightspeed Overlooking the fact that you have no way of backing up that statistic, you seem to have a problem more with the people than the vehicles themselves.

  • 415s30 415s30 on Jun 05, 2016

    Wow these are hideous. I would go for the diesel Titan.

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