QOTD: What Was the Best GM Vehicle of 2016?

Corey Lewis
by Corey Lewis

Not that one, obviously. That one’s mine, and it’s pretty old. As 2016 finishes itself off, I want to get your take on the best GM vehicle sold this year.

Last week, some of you lost your minds when I spoke ill of the rather awful Buick Encore. Have a look at some choice statements I saw here (and in other places):

“Bias. bias against Ford!”“GM must be paying for this garbage.”“This 12 year old can’t write.”“This car review doesn’t even talk about ride and handling.” (LOL, you guys…)And my favorite sentiment of them all:“The Buick Encore is a great car, because they sell so many.”I guess we can stop with all these reviews and analysis, eh? All we need are sales figures! Tim can run TTAC by himself — it makes perfect sense. Calm down, y’all — some folks are getting way too triggered. This week I’m going to have you tell me what the best GM vehicle sold in 2016 was. I’m obviously too biased against GM (see photo above) to make an impartial judgment, right? But there are rules to this. Rules which will ensure everyone has a good time, and is able to follow the prompt correctly. Strength through joy.Rule 1: Only address GM vehicles sold in 2016. Here’s a list, for your reference, of all their passenger cars, with commercial vehicles excluded. Look how many things they made in 2016!CHEVROLETCamaroCorvetteCruzeCruze LimitedImpalaMalibuSonicSparkSpark EVSSVoltColoradoSilveradoSuburbanTahoeEquinoxTraxTraverseCity ExpressExpress Cargo BUICKCascadaLaCrosseRegalVeranoEnclaveEncoreEnvision CADILLACATSATS-VCT6CTSCTS-VXTSELREscaladeSRX GMC/DENALICanyonSierra 1500Sierra 2500Sierra 3500TerrainAcadiaYukonYukon XLRule 2: Don’t vote for used vehicles or those which aren’t on this list. We all know the real hero of GM is a 3800 C-Body from 1995.And that’s it! Use Those Two Simple Tricks To Enjoy TTAC, as discovered by A Local Mom. Maybe I’ll give you my vote for the best GM of 2016 too, with all my bias.

The 2016 Verano is my vote for the best GM vehicle of 2016. Its blend of quality, luxury, content, fuel economy, and affordability aren’t really matched with other entries across the GM lineup. The value proposition will even grow a bit more now, thanks to the model’s recent cancellation.Just don’t get the manual variant, as it gave Davefromcalgary too many sads.

Corey Lewis
Corey Lewis

Interested in lots of cars and their various historical contexts. Started writing articles for TTAC in late 2016, when my first posts were QOTDs. From there I started a few new series like Rare Rides, Buy/Drive/Burn, Abandoned History, and most recently Rare Rides Icons. Operating from a home base in Cincinnati, Ohio, a relative auto journalist dead zone. Many of my articles are prompted by something I'll see on social media that sparks my interest and causes me to research. Finding articles and information from the early days of the internet and beyond that covers the little details lost to time: trim packages, color and wheel choices, interior fabrics. Beyond those, I'm fascinated by automotive industry experiments, both failures and successes. Lately I've taken an interest in AI, and generating "what if" type images for car models long dead. Reincarnating a modern Toyota Paseo, Lincoln Mark IX, or Isuzu Trooper through a text prompt is fun. Fun to post them on Twitter too, and watch people overreact. To that end, the social media I use most is Twitter, @CoreyLewis86. I also contribute pieces for Forbes Wheels and Forbes Home.

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  • Ponchoman49 Ponchoman49 on Dec 29, 2016

    I wouldn't mind a 2016 Epsilon Impala as my last 3, a 2000, a 2008 and now the current 2013 have all been very solid choices and very reliable.

    • Zackman Zackman on Dec 29, 2016

      Me too, but with retirement 90 days away, I doubt I will ever buy new again. My 2012 Impala had better last a very long, long time!g

  • Jacob_coulter Jacob_coulter on Dec 29, 2016

    Cadillac CT6 if I won the lottery and had to buy GM. I wouldn't trust it a mile outside the warranty, but it is a beautiful sedan.

  • Wolfwagen Is it me or have auto shows just turned to meh? To me, there isn't much excitement anymore. it's like we have hit a second malaise era. Every new vehicle is some cookie-cutter CUV. No cutting-edge designs. No talk of any great powertrains, or technological achievements. It's sort of expected with the push to EVs but there is no news on that front either. No new battery tech, no new charging tech. Nothing.
  • CanadaCraig You can just imagine how quickly the tires are going to wear out on a 5,800 lbs AWD 2024 Dodge Charger.
  • Luke42 I tried FSD for a month in December 2022 on my Model Y and wasn’t impressed.The building-blocks were amazing but sum of the all of those amazing parts was about as useful as Honda Sensing in terms of reducing the driver’s workload.I have a list of fixes I need to see in Autopilot before I blow another $200 renting FSD. But I will try it for free for a month.I would love it if FSD v12 lived up to the hype and my mind were changed. But I have no reason to believe I might be wrong at this point, based on the reviews I’ve read so far. [shrug]. I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it once I get to test it.
  • FormerFF We bought three new and one used car last year, so we won't be visiting any showrooms this year unless a meteor hits one of them. Sorry to hear that Mini has terminated the manual transmission, a Mini could be a fun car to drive with a stick.It appears that 2025 is going to see a significant decrease in the number of models that can be had with a stick. The used car we bought is a Mk 7 GTI with a six speed manual, and my younger daughter and I are enjoying it quite a lot. We'll be hanging on to it for many years.
  • Oberkanone Where is the value here? Magna is assembling the vehicles. The IP is not novel. Just buy the IP at bankruptcy stage for next to nothing.
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