- Probably one of the most well-known premium package
options when it comes to trucks today,
the Denali has always held a spot
as one of the first luxury trims
and most popular, even to this day.
But maybe you want a brand new truck
that doesn't have a 60,000 or higher price tag or-
- Tell him to bring me my money.
(all cheering)
- Maybe you want one of the first series
that had the Denali trim.
Regardless of which Sierra trim you want to go after,
there's an option for everyone
with the available trim levels for the GMC Sierra.
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Okay, so GMC trims.
We need to start from the very beginning.
Some dude from GM was visiting Alaska
or something of the sort
and saw the Dee-Naa-Lee mountain in Alaska.
He did some Googling or whatever they had
back in the 20th century (keyboard tapping)
to figure out what that even meant,
and figured out that Dee-Naa-Lee was a Koyukon word.
Wait a second.
Do you notice realized,
do you think that GM named the Yukon after the Koyukon
language or is that just coincidence?
You can't tell me that the GMC Yukon Denali came to exist
with absolutely nothing to do with that Koyukon language.
The Dee-Naa-Lee mountain is some old word that like
translates to the high one.
They wanted to translate it.
They could have just named it Mount Snoop,
and it would have meant the same thing,
I should have been an Explorer.
- No.
- Anyways,
the Denali trim has always had a higher level of precedence
than any other GM trim and any other pickup manufacturers
back in 1999, I guess, other than Cadillac,
which GM also owned.
So it gets kind of weird now that I mention it,
it's always seen the Cadillac has kind of like the testing
grounds for what's new and potentially next in the GM world.
And then Cadillac always seems to have the higher output
engines, the better interiors, because well,
GM purposely puts them ahead of the curve with a more
economical makes and models to follow.
I think the only reason GMC feels like a little bit more of
a luxurious model than the Silverados was because for the
longest time Silverado didn't have a super nice,
over the top interior.
If you wanted a fancy pickup and you were a Chevy guy,
you went with a Sierra Denali.
That's just how it was until like 2016
when the High Country Silverados came into existence,
which we also have a video for right here.
If you didn't want a Denali though,
there were other options.
You have three other trim levels and they're
all pretty straightforward.
Work truck SLE and SLT work truck just had your basics.
As you can tell by the name, after that,
you have the SLE trim, which is a step up from the base,
but not crazy fantasies.
You have cloth seats,
but it's like a nicer cloth seat. You get Chrome bumpers,
memory driver's seats, blinkers in your mirrors,
Bose stereo and a bunch of other crazy stuff in 2005,
then you go into your upgraded SLT trim,
which gets into your preparatory leathers,
your heated seats, OnStar, and more.
Then obviously the top is the Denali trim.
The best part about these GMT 800 trucks was that you could
get a quadrature option if you don't know what that is.
Basically, you just have all four of your tires turning.
Yeah, that includes the rears.
I've always wanted to drive one of these because I just
think it's the most wild design idea ever.
But the whole concept is that you have a much tighter turn
radius than your typical truck
and can just maneuver around better.
Which leads perfectly into
the GMT 900 or '07 to '13 GMC Sierras.
As trucks got newer and technology develops GMC also
makes the Denali more about the luxury details while still
keeping the features that make it unique.
You no longer are stuck with all wheel drive
in a weird looking bumper.
The next generation of Denali
gives you a very clean and sexy
Chrome grill and a new improved drive train,
all aluminium 6.2 liter engine with
variable valve timing for better output
and fuel economy and a new six speed transmission set
these trucks up for success and I'd say
GMC did a really damn good job with them.
I mean, they're one of my favorite body style GMCs,
and I definitely love to rock a GMT 990 Denali Duramax,
but hey, maybe someday
when I decided to stop buying OBS Fords and
destroying transmissions, I can make an adult purchase,
but that isn't happening anytime soon.
As you look at the details and the 07 to 13
Denali's you can see all of the fine leather and accent
details that really put this thing over the top.
You have GMC offering one of the most luxurious interiors
through the late 2000's and into the 2010s.
Once you jump up another body style,
you've got your 2014 to 2018 GMC Sierras.
I think my favorite part about the GMC is that the trim
levels don't really change.
You have your work truck renamed to a base, then SLE,
SLT and Denali, to be completely honest,
it just makes making a video about trim levels
super easy to do when it's all the same
four trims throughout the years,
2014 to 18 Sierras started with a 4.2 liter V6 and go all
the way up to the 6.2 liter V8, no new,
bigger engine for the new body style but,
no complaints either so I guess it is what it is.
You get more paint to match as you go up through the trim
levels and once you get to the Denali,
you have lots of Chrome because you know,
fanciest trim level requires the flashiest accents.
You also get Mega Ride Control,
which is like super fancy alien technology to have your
truck ride smoother as you're driving down the road or
bombing through cornfields.
Just kidding, don't do the second one.
GMC also decided to start offering a few special additions
on top of their variations to their trim levels.
You can get a GMC Sierra elevation Kodiak
or all-terrain edition,
and they're each just a special edition version
of the trim offerings that GMC has.
The elevation is an upgraded base with black 20 inch wheels
that you'll be changing out anyways with the custom wheel
and tire package from custom offsets,
plus an 8 inch touch screen, projector headlights,
a special grill and auto locking rear diff.
the Kodiak Sierra is upgrade to the SLE trim
with dual climate control, remote start,
a special transfer case and LED cargo box lights,
nothing too crazy in my opinion,
to separate this from an option to SLT but,
next we have the all-terrain and all-terrain X,
which are upgrades to the SLT trim.
With the GMC Sierra All-Terrain,
you get the Z 71 off-road suspension package,
auto locking rear diff, leather seats,
Bose sound system and underbody shield,
plus 18 inch black wheels that you should really swap out
for some anthems anyways,
because you're going to be doing all the outdoor exploring
and it just makes sense with this unit.
Goodyear Duratrac tires and all-weather floor mats,
you can definitely see that the all-terrain addition is a
take on Sierra's version of an off-road truck equipped with
a lot of the small features and accessories that you would
want to confidently know you can take your truck anywhere,
which leads us perfectly into
what you can get today from GMC.
Well, maybe not today, today,
since there's that whole microchip shortage thing and
dealership lots are like three quarters empty
and it's just a weird time, okay,
but if you had a GMC in 2021, here's what you can find.
GMC has gotten rid of their base or work truck
and their entry-level trim is now just called the Sierra.
It's now offering a 2.7 liter inline four cylinder eco-boost
killer to compete with the forced induction high horsepower
market that a lot of people are just in denial over.
Like, you can get 400 horsepower and cool turbo noises
with half the cylinders of a traditional V8.
Then, you have your SLE trim and still the upgraded
elevation trim with both of these variations of the SLE,
You can get the baby Duramax 3 liter turbo diesel,
which so far we've heard a lot of good things about.
Johnny Lightbar here has one
with some 22 by 10 DaVinci's on it
and let me tell ya if I ever grow up and decide
I need a good reliable all around daily,
then that truck may just be it, and I don't know,
it's just a smart, responsible adult choice
and clearly I'm not there yet.
After the SLE and elevation,
you jump into the SLT and now the new, bigger badder
All-terrain, the AT4.
The AT4 comes with the baby Duramax or 6.2
liter options for engine.
And it has all of the offroading features
you could ever want.
Well, I guess that's how it was
before Chevy just released a brand new ZR2,
but that's not even out yet.
And we already did like three videos on it.
So it's just kind of a sad line, like for this one.
The AT4 comes with a 2 inch lift kit from factory and is
as painted to match as they come.
I don't know about you,
but I seriously love the new body style GMCs and think they
just look so good, no matter which trim you go with.
On top, you still have your Denali.
Thank you GMC for not adding three more trim levels over
your best here, because I don't know.
It just kind of seems to lessen the quality of that trim.
When you add more on top of it,
like Lariat Fords used to be the best and now they're
practically a base model.
I'm not sure how I feel about it.
Denali's have multiple engine options leading up to the good
old 6.2 liter that hasn't failed Sierra or GM for that
matter in recent years.
And these Denali's come in around $62,000,
which is ironic because in 2001,
Denalis had an MSRP of 40 K,
which inflates to 62 K in today's money.
So, it's also nice to see that with GMC
keeping the Denali as the premium top of the Sierra options,
the pricing of the trucks
hasn't been blown out of proportion past current inflation
rates and if you don't think inflation is real,
then I don't know what to tell you
and maybe GM is just trying to get an extra 20 grand out of
everybody who buys a brand new truck, I can't call it.
After talking about all these GMCs,
It really makes me miss mine, I'm not going to lie.
I might need to go find myself a GMT 900 Denali Duramax and
do some cool (censored) to it.
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