Start with what the GMC Acadia is: a 5-door SUV with 3.6 , built from 2006, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Bryan Nesbitt.
The story
The GMC Acadia is a crossover SUV manufactured by General Motors for its GMC division. The first-generation GMC Acadia shared the GM Lambda platform with the Saturn Outlook, the Chevrolet Traverse, and the Buick Enclave. The Acadia went on sale in 2006 as a 2007 model in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The Acadia replaces three of the 7- or 8-seater vehicles on the Buick-Pontiac–GMC dealership network, the midsize GMC Safari van, the GMC Envoy, and the Pontiac Montana SV6 minivan for the domestic market. As of 2009, the Lambda vehicles had replaced the Buick Rainier, Buick Rendezvous, Buick Terraza, and the GMC Envoy XL and then subsequently the GMC Envoy, Chevrolet TrailBlazer and the Isuzu Ascender. A Denali version of the Acadia debuted for 2011. In 2017, the second generation Acadia was repositioned as a mid-size crossover utility vehicle in order to compete in the growing midsize SUV market against the likes of the Ford Explorer, Edge, and the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
What is underneath
The engine is 3.6 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 6-speed 6T75 automatic. The wheelbase is 118.9 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Gmc line-up the GMC Acadia has a clear place: it replaced the GMC Envoy XL / GMC Safari / Isuzu Ascender (7-passenger version) / Pontiac Montana SV6 / Saturn Outlook; the factory was Lansing, Michigan (Lansing Delta Township Assembly), United States. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Audi R8, the Nissan Qashqai, the Aston Martin Vantage. Nearby in the Gmc catalogue sit the GMC Canyon and the GMC Sierra EV.
Owning one today
Buying one now means $9,800–$48,200 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,637–$8,709 a year. Insurance sits around $1,120–$2,490 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.