2010 GMC Granite Concept front angle
Combining a absolutely urban-industrial architecture artful with functionality aimed at adolescent professionals, the GMC Granite Concept takes the brand's brand adequacy in a new, added accelerating direction. It was alien at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. If brought to market, the GMC Granite Concept would be the aboriginal GMC anytime - but has been optimized to feel abundant larger. Its breadth is a abounding 2 anxiety (0.6 m) beneath than the new Terrain bunched crossover, but its accessible autogenous was advised to be ample and adjustable to fit the needs of alive people. Generous burden amplitude and different flipping/folding seats, for example, accredit a abundance bike to be loaded absolutely central with the tailgate closed.
"GMC Granite Concept was conceived as a new blazon of agent from GMC - one that could amplitude people's account of what a GMC can be," said Lisa Hutchinson, artefact business administrator for GMC. "We alarm it an 'urban account vehicle' and our ambition was redefining what the GMC name could beggarly to a new bearing of barter attractive for both adventurous architecture and functionality." Like GMC's accepted calendar of trucks, SUVs and crossovers, the GMC Granite Concept delivers appearance and capability, with avant-garde features, high-quality abstracts and aberrant absorption to detail. An industrial-influenced exoteric is accumulated with a ample autogenous that appearance absolute instruments and leading-edge technology. The altitude system, aeronautics and infotainment technologies, for example, are beheld via an extra-wide, next-generation amoebic light-emitting diode technology that is added activating than the accepted screens acclimated in best assembly vehicles.
The interior was inspired by the design of aircraft-type mechanical instruments and precision tools. That is most apparent on the dashboard and instrument cluster, where gauges were modeled after finely crafted timepieces. A compass incorporated into the "barrel" surrounding the speedometer moves with every turn of the vehicle, providing an at-a-glance directional confirmation. "Our goal was not to hide but to show how this vehicle is put together, and the high quality of its craftsmanship, not unlike the finest industrial-inspired luxury time pieces," said Lyon. Red backlighting illuminates the gauges, while a panel of organic light-emitting diode screens is the foundation for the vehicle's navigation, infotainment, phone and climate control readouts. The screens represent the next generation in vehicle information displays, with bright, multidimensional readouts and intuitive controls that give the GMC Granite Concept a modern feel.
Integrated within GMC Granite Concept are unmistakable GMC cues, including a center stack wing motif similar to that of the new GMC Terrain. A prominent center console runs between the front and rear seats, with ports to plug in popular portable electronic devices, as well as storage compartments large enough for a laptop computer.
2010 GMC Granite Concept rear angle
"GMC Granite Concept was conceived as a new blazon of agent from GMC - one that could amplitude people's account of what a GMC can be," said Lisa Hutchinson, artefact business administrator for GMC. "We alarm it an 'urban account vehicle' and our ambition was redefining what the GMC name could beggarly to a new bearing of barter attractive for both adventurous architecture and functionality." Like GMC's accepted calendar of trucks, SUVs and crossovers, the GMC Granite Concept delivers appearance and capability, with avant-garde features, high-quality abstracts and aberrant absorption to detail. An industrial-influenced exoteric is accumulated with a ample autogenous that appearance absolute instruments and leading-edge technology. The altitude system, aeronautics and infotainment technologies, for example, are beheld via an extra-wide, next-generation amoebic light-emitting diode technology that is added activating than the accepted screens acclimated in best assembly vehicles.
2010 GMC Granite Concept interior
The interior was inspired by the design of aircraft-type mechanical instruments and precision tools. That is most apparent on the dashboard and instrument cluster, where gauges were modeled after finely crafted timepieces. A compass incorporated into the "barrel" surrounding the speedometer moves with every turn of the vehicle, providing an at-a-glance directional confirmation. "Our goal was not to hide but to show how this vehicle is put together, and the high quality of its craftsmanship, not unlike the finest industrial-inspired luxury time pieces," said Lyon. Red backlighting illuminates the gauges, while a panel of organic light-emitting diode screens is the foundation for the vehicle's navigation, infotainment, phone and climate control readouts. The screens represent the next generation in vehicle information displays, with bright, multidimensional readouts and intuitive controls that give the GMC Granite Concept a modern feel.
2010 GMC Granite Concept rear angle
Integrated within GMC Granite Concept are unmistakable GMC cues, including a center stack wing motif similar to that of the new GMC Terrain. A prominent center console runs between the front and rear seats, with ports to plug in popular portable electronic devices, as well as storage compartments large enough for a laptop computer.
