2007 GMC Acadia First Drive

Introduction

GMC Acadia – 2007 First Drive: It provides the United States' first glorious glimpse of the sun each day between October and March, it boasts the natural wonder of Cadillac Mountain, and it calls the majestic rocky shores of Maine home. Acadia National Park offers beauty, ruggedness, and countless opportunities for enjoyment. Maybe that's why GMC decided to adorn its first crossover with the Acadia name. GMC pays homage to nature with its own mobile park, one displaying attractive style, capable and versatile utility, and a heritage of durability that brings all that life has to offer available to the active family. Leave it to a truck company to unleash one of the better non-truck crossovers the market has seen recently.

Origins

If the 2007 GMC Acadia looks vaguely familiar, it's because it shares its GM Lambda underpinnings with the recently launched Saturn Outlook and upcoming Buick Enclave. Sales of the General's minivans (Chevrolet Uplander, Saturn Relay, and others) never amounted to much thanks to competition like the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna, so they've been replaced by this new breed of large crossover vehicles. Blending the style of an SUV with the functionality of a minivan, the GMC Acadia and its brethren aim to attract new buyers wanting utility without the minivan's stigma or thirsty reputation of large SUVs.