{"id":174950,"date":"2010-01-13T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/13\/dan-neil-on-gmc-terrain-no-bark-no-bite-but-plenty-of-fleas\/"},"modified":"2010-01-13T11:38:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T16:38:00","slug":"dan-neil-on-gmc-terrain-no-bark-no-bite-but-plenty-of-fleas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/174950","title":{"rendered":"Dan Neil on GMC Terrain: “No bark, no bite, but plenty of fleas”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2010 GMC Terrain – click for high-res gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

Sometimes, we come across head-scratchers. What’s the meaning of life? Nancy Kerrigan’s anguished “Why?” Or most recently, “what is the point of the 2010 GMC Terrain<\/a>?” The answer to the latter seems easy – it’s to sell, silly. It appears to be having some effect; GMC finished December 2009 four percent ahead of its 2008 numbers. We’ve driven the Terrain and find it virtually identical to its sister car, the Chevrolet Equinox<\/a>. The biggest difference is that we find the GMC to be significantly harder to look at. The Los Angeles Times<\/em>‘ auto pundit extraordinaire Dan Neil has gotten some seat time in a V6 Terrain and notes its stylistic hardships: “the Terrain looks like it has a a window air-conditioning unit attached to the nose.” Amen.<\/p>\n

Other incongruities and letdowns crop up in Neil’s assessment, not the least of which is the entire vehicle’s r<\/em>aison d’être<\/em> in GMC showrooms in the first place. After all, Neil notes, the Terrain is a relatively blatant example of GM’s historical practice of badge-engineering. Neil goes on to wonder aloud as to why General Motors bothers with a GMC version at all – especially when the money could have been better spent raising the vehicle up to excellent from a point that he contends is solidly mediocre. The majority of the automotive press has come away rather more impressed with the Terrain\/Equinox package (heck, the Chevy was a finalist for the just-announced North American Truck of the Year award<\/a>), and despite our misgivings about the GMC’s looks, we’ve found the platform to be quite competitive with its classmates. <\/p>\n

Still, the badge-engineering issue with this vehicle is one we’ve discussed in-depth on our podcast<\/a>, and it remains a nettlesome topic. But then again, no consumers appear to be concerned about it those issues, as both the Terrain and the Equinox are selling at a handsome clip.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: 2010 GMC Terrain<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[Source: The Los Angeles Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Dan Neil on GMC Terrain: “No bark, no bite, but plenty of fleas”<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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