GMC Terrain Tweaks Keep CUV Chugging; Truck Squeeze Easing

GMC Vice President Duncan Aldred thinks tweaks to the ’16 Terrain could push the 5-passenger CUV to another annual sales record and that the low gasoline prices fueling sales of the brand’s big trucks are, ironically, solving some its production constraints.

Aldred has said at times the brand has been a little light on inventories of its large pickups and SUVs, especially top-of-the-range Denali models, as the brand has strung together five consecutive years of sales gains and 14 straight months of year-over-year monthly growth.

“The gas price story didn’t really develop until the second half of last year,” he tells WardsAuto after unveiling the new Terrain here ahead of the New York Auto Show. “No doubt that helps, but GMC was already a success story before that.”