GMC Keeps Old Acadia New With Limited Nameplate
General Motors will rely on the same trick it has with other models by continuing production of the current GMC Acadia and giving it the Limited moniker, reports Automotive News.
However, unlike the Impala Limited that’s only sold to fleets, the current-generation GMC Acadia will be sold alongside its smaller, lighter replacement on dealer lots come this spring, much like the Cruze Limited.
Brian Goebel, spokesperson for General Motors, confirmed the decision and stated it was based on production logistics.
From Automotive News:
The decision was largely a manufacturing one. Production of the new Acadia will be in Spring Hill, Tenn., rather than at the GM plant in Lansing, Mich., where the current Acadia is built alongside its platform siblings, the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse. The next-generation Enclave and Traverse will be built in Lansing but aren’t expected to go on sale until mid-2017.
GM wants to keep a full production schedule at the Lansing plant until another product can fill the Acadia’s void.
“Given the fact that those sister vehicles will continue their production, the current Acadia will continue to be built to offer another option for our customers,” Goebel said.
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No one has yet speculated on what will happen at the Lansing, Michigan plant when the current generation Enclave, Traverse and GMC Acadia Classic will be updated. Do you suppose that the Acadia Classic will be replaced with a new GMC wearing a different nameplate? Or perhaps replaced by a Cadillac-badged version of the Enclave/Traverse? The CT7?
I still don't get GM's logic with downsizing the Acadia. Bring out a equinox-acadia tweener and call it something else, sure. But to cut one of their few hot sellers that hundreds of thousands of families appreciate specifically due to their large and roomy interiors seems insane. "Hey guys, we have this spacious 3 row CUV that people are snapping up because it's the roomiest in its class, I know, let's downsize it!"