QOTD: What Was the Best GM Vehicle of 2016?
Not that one, obviously. That one’s mine, and it’s pretty old. As 2016 finishes itself off, I want to get your take on the best GM vehicle sold this year.
Last week, some of you lost your minds when I spoke ill of the rather awful Buick Encore. Have a look at some choice statements I saw here (and in other places):
“Bias. bias against Ford!”“GM must be paying for this garbage.”“This 12 year old can’t write.”“This car review doesn’t even talk about ride and handling.” (LOL, you guys…)And my favorite sentiment of them all:“The Buick Encore is a great car, because they sell so many.”I guess we can stop with all these reviews and analysis, eh? All we need are sales figures! Tim can run TTAC by himself — it makes perfect sense. Calm down, y’all — some folks are getting way too triggered. This week I’m going to have you tell me what the best GM vehicle sold in 2016 was. I’m obviously too biased against GM (see photo above) to make an impartial judgment, right? But there are rules to this. Rules which will ensure everyone has a good time, and is able to follow the prompt correctly. Strength through joy.Rule 1: Only address GM vehicles sold in 2016. Here’s a list, for your reference, of all their passenger cars, with commercial vehicles excluded. Look how many things they made in 2016!CHEVROLETCamaroCorvetteCruzeCruze LimitedImpalaMalibuSonicSparkSpark EVSSVoltColoradoSilveradoSuburbanTahoeEquinoxTraxTraverseCity ExpressExpress Cargo BUICKCascadaLaCrosseRegalVeranoEnclaveEncoreEnvision CADILLACATSATS-VCT6CTSCTS-VXTSELREscaladeSRX GMC/DENALICanyonSierra 1500Sierra 2500Sierra 3500TerrainAcadiaYukonYukon XLRule 2: Don’t vote for used vehicles or those which aren’t on this list. We all know the real hero of GM is a 3800 C-Body from 1995.And that’s it! Use Those Two Simple Tricks To Enjoy TTAC, as discovered by A Local Mom. Maybe I’ll give you my vote for the best GM of 2016 too, with all my bias.
The 2016 Verano is my vote for the best GM vehicle of 2016. Its blend of quality, luxury, content, fuel economy, and affordability aren’t really matched with other entries across the GM lineup. The value proposition will even grow a bit more now, thanks to the model’s recent cancellation.Just don’t get the manual variant, as it gave Davefromcalgary too many sads.
Interested in lots of cars and their various historical contexts. Started writing articles for TTAC in late 2016, when my first posts were QOTDs. From there I started a few new series like Rare Rides, Buy/Drive/Burn, Abandoned History, and most recently Rare Rides Icons. Operating from a home base in Cincinnati, Ohio, a relative auto journalist dead zone. Many of my articles are prompted by something I'll see on social media that sparks my interest and causes me to research. Finding articles and information from the early days of the internet and beyond that covers the little details lost to time: trim packages, color and wheel choices, interior fabrics. Beyond those, I'm fascinated by automotive industry experiments, both failures and successes. Lately I've taken an interest in AI, and generating "what if" type images for car models long dead. Reincarnating a modern Toyota Paseo, Lincoln Mark IX, or Isuzu Trooper through a text prompt is fun. Fun to post them on Twitter too, and watch people overreact. To that end, the social media I use most is Twitter, @CoreyLewis86. I also contribute pieces for Forbes Wheels and Forbes Home.
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I wouldn't mind a 2016 Epsilon Impala as my last 3, a 2000, a 2008 and now the current 2013 have all been very solid choices and very reliable.
Cadillac CT6 if I won the lottery and had to buy GM. I wouldn't trust it a mile outside the warranty, but it is a beautiful sedan.